My Boyd family has a puzzling
history. I noticed the name "Belle
Boyd" on one of the pages
here. My great-grandmother Marguerite Boyd
had a sister named Isabella
Boyd. They called her Bella, or Belle for short.
Now for the puzzle.
Great-grandmother Marguerite
Boyd was supposedly born in Belfast
Ireland, but the family was
allegedly from Edinburgh, Scotland
originally. Her father
was Thomas Boyd. Now Marguerite married or
eloped with a man named Andrew
Greer, perhaps from England. My
grandmother never knew her
father because he died 3 months before she
was born.
They came over to the States
between 1896-1899, and were supposed to
be managing a stone-ware factory
somewhere in Ohio. Somehow or other
later on about 1900 they ended
up in Massachusetts. They lived in the
Haverhill Mass. area.
Marguerite was born about 1871,
and died 21 Oct. 1913 from exhaustion.
Her husband Andrew Greer and
his brother (name unknown) both
died in Mass. around 1900
of stone-masons disease of the lung. He left a
wife and four children. Andrew,
a son, and Mary (Minnie) my grandmother.
The other two children died
in the early 1900's from a black diptheria
epidemic that hit the area
hard.
As you can see, this is a bit
vague, but it's all I have. My grandmother passed
away last summer and I never
got to tell her about her family because they
have been like elusive butterflies!
I've been told that the Boyd's are of the
Stuart clan, and that the
family was active in many things. This Bella Boyd was
very high up in the Salvation
Army over there, but that's all I know of her. Is there
any help for me out there?
I was told they came in at
Canada, but that didn't check out, so I wish we could
get a break somehow. Thanks
for listening anyway, and if anyone has heard of these
people, please email me?
Carol Mushero majikpaw@mint.net