Lydia Evelyn Reed is presumed to have been born circa November 11, 1866, in Floyd County, Virginia, to Mary Ann Lester and Otey T. Reed.[1]
On September 30, 1883, in Floyd County, Virginia, Lydia married Henry Montague Boyd.[2] This couple appears to have had at least 9 children.[3]
Lydia is presumed to have died circa June 9, 1948, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She is presumed to be buried in Newberry Thomas Boyd Cemetery, in Floyd County, Virginia.[4]
FamilySearch.org profile: Lydia Evelyn Reed; free-use site, login required to view profile and source documents; profile created through membership collaboration; date accessed: 15 Nov 2019
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC59-TRS : 15 July 2017), Liddie E Reed in household of Orty E Reed, Alum Ridge, Floyd, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 25, sheet 267D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,365.
"Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5Y6-F3L : 11 February 2018), Henry M. Boyd and Lydia E. Reed, 30 Sep 1883; citing Floyd , Virginia, reference p84 e75; FHL microfilm 31,345.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2LK-RSL : accessed 15 November 2019), Lydia E Boyd in household of Henry M Boyd, Morken, Clay, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 6B, family 92, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 693; FHL microfilm 1,374,706.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFKW-4Y9 : accessed 15 November 2019), Lydia E Boyd in household of Henry M Boyd, Weirgor, Sawyer, Wisconsin, United States; citing ED 199, sheet 12A, line 50, family 231, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 2016; FHL microfilm 1,822,016.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3D3-CT9 : accessed 15 November 2019), Lydia E Boyd in household of Henry M Boyd, St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 121, sheet 4A, line 44, family 47, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1120; FHL microfilm 2,340,855.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSLD-V5W : 27 July 2019), Lydia E Boyd in household of Henry Boyd, Ward 9, St. Paul, St. Paul City, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 90-195, sheet 3A, line 32, family 56, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2000.
"Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FD7V-9V7 : 8 August 2019), Lydia Boyd in entry for Henry M. Boyd, 08 May 1940; citing Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, reference 373; FHL microfilm 2,243,099.
"Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ1-VK9K : 25 October 2019), Lydia Reed in household of Walter Sydney Boyd, Hugo, Washington, Minnesota, United States; citing Death, multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
"Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZC-S5M7 : 25 October 2019), Lydia Reed in household of Walter Sydney Boyd, Hugo, Washington, Minnesota, United States; citing Death, multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
Findagrave.com
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 November 2019), memorial page for Lydia Evelyn Reed Boyd (11 Nov 1866–9 Jun 1948), Find A Grave Memorial no. 188982947, citing Newberry Thomas Boyd Cemetery, Floyd County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by cchldrss (contributor 49126320) . (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188982947/lydia-evelyn-boyd)
Acknowledgments
WikiTree profile Reed-897 was created by Raven-12 through the import of Blickensderfer.ged on 9 Feb 2011.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia: