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Superintendent Registrar's District: Cookstown, Registrar's District: Pomeroy, County Tyrone
Births
in Edendoit
July 8, 1897
Robert William, son of William Boyd, a farmer of Edendoit, and Sarah Boyd, formerly Carrick. informant: William Boyd of Edendoit, father

UK Outward Passenger Lists, ancestry.combined
SS Columbia, left Londonderry 24 January 1923
Robert W Boyd, 25, farmer
Last address in UK: Edendoit, Pomeroy
second class passenger, headed to New York
last country of residence: UK
intended future country of residence: US
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Arrival 5 February 1923 NYC, on the Columbia, from Londonderry

Robert William Boyd, 26, single, farmer, Irish, last residence: Pomeroy, Ireland
nearest relative in Ireland: uncle William Carrick, Drumconor, Carland, Dungannon
destination: brother, Joseph Boyd, Pickering Hunt Club, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
paid for trip himself, has ticket to destination, is carrying 35 Pounds ($120), intends permanent residence
born: Edendoit, Ireland
5'9", dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes

Declaration of Intention, US District Court for Eastern Pennsylvania
February 27, 1925
Robert William Boyd, 27, gardner
born 8 July 1897, Edendoit, Pomeroy, County Tyrone, Ireland
5'8", 168 lbs, dark brown hair, grey-blue eyes
residence: 3318 No Sydenham, Philadelphia [home of his sister Mary Crozier]
last foreign residence: Edendoit, Pomeroy, Ireland
arrived at New York from Londonderry on the Columbia on or about 5 February 1923

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Petition for Naturalization
filed January 23, 1929
Robert William Boyd
residence: 109 S Keswick, Glenside, Pennsylvania [home of his sister Elizabeth Brust]
born 9 July 1897, Pomeroy, Tyrone, Ireland
left Londonderry on or about 27 January 1923
arrived NY 5 February 1923, on the Columbia
declaration filed 27 February 1925
have lived in US and in Pennsylvania continuously since 5 February 1923

witnesses:
George Boyd, gardener, 109 S Keswick Avenue, Glenside
John Crozier, battery constructor, 3318 N Sydenham

admitted as citizen April 26, 1929

WWII Draft Registration
February 16, 1942, Local Board 2, 304 Old York Road, Jenkintown Pa
Robert William Boyd, 44
109 S Keswick Avenue, Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County
born July 8, 1897, Pomeroy, N Ireland
occupation: landscaping, own business
at same address
5'7 1/2", 172 lbs, ruddy complexion, blue eyes, black hair
contact person: Mr John Crozier, 3318 N Sydenham, Philadelphia

Veterans Compensation Application Files
application dated January 28, 1950
application received April 13, 1950

Robert W Boyd
128 Bickley Road, Glenside, Montgomery County
born July 8, 1897, Pomeroy, Tyrone, Ireland
in domestic service from
July 18, 1942 to January 12, 1943
December 9, 1944 to December 23, 1944
in foreign service from
January 13, 1943 to December 8, 1944
entered active service at Allentown PA, July 18, 1942
left at Ft Dix, NJ December 23, 1944
residence when entering active service: 109 S Keswick Avenue, Glenside, Montgomery County PA
beneficiaries: George Boyd 425 Tyson Avenue, Glenside PA

SSDI
Name: Robert Boyd
Last Residence:
18966 Southampton, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Born: 8 Jul 1897
Died: May 1985
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)

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Robert W Boyd
Birth 1897
Death 8 May 1985 (aged 87–88)
Burial
Arlington Cemetery
Drexel Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
Plot Sunnyside
Memorial ID 69505331