Myra Elizabeth (Ramsey) Boyd (1898 - 1963)

Born 15 Aug 1898 in Hancock County, West Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of William Melvin Boyd — married 8 Sep 1915 in New Cumberland, Hancock, West Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1963 at age 64 in Weirton, Hancock County, West Virginia

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Biography

15 Sep 1898 Poe, Hancock, WV - birth of Myra E Ramsey, dau of G G & Laura Ramsey^[1]

8 Sep 1915 New Cumberland, Hancock, WV - marriage of William Melvin Boyd, 29, to Myra Elizabeth Ramsey, 17, dau of A G Ramsey ^[2]

1920 Poe District, Hancock, West Virginia ^[3]

• A George Ramsey M 52 Widowed Head Farmer Pennsylvania
  • Myra E Boyd F 21 Married Daughter West Virginia; William M Boyd M 33 Married Son-in-law Farmer Pennsylvania
    • M George Boyd M 1 Single Grandson Pennsylvania
  • Edna M Huff F 23 Married Daughter West Virginia; Ulysses Hill Huff M 30 Married Son-in-law Farmer West Virginia
    • Laura Agnes Huff F 1 Single Granddaughter West Virginia

1950 Chester, Hancock, West Virginia ^[4]

• William M Boyd M 64 Married Head Truck Driver Pennsylvania
• Myra E Boyd F 51 Married Wife West Virginia
  • John D Boyd M 11 Never married Son West Virginia
• Ulyses H Huff M 61 Widowed Lodger Proprietor West Virginia
• Harold Russel M 38 Divorced Lodger Coster West Virginia

Myra Elizabeth Boyd died Weirton, Hancock WV 24 Mar 1963 age 64; b 15 Aug 1898, parents Andrew Ramsey & Laura Whitehill ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMCS-W4F
2. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTWN-696
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNLS-TCB
4. ↑ United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FQZ-YRXJ United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FQZ-YRXJ
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973

• The Whitehills in America (Heroes and Heroines) written and edited by Samuel Milliken Whitehill, Jr., Patricia Whitehill Halter, and Cassius Furman Whitehill, Jr. (Family Heritage Publishers) p. 351
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CV-MMM : accessed 10 December 2018), John Whitehill, Poe district, Hancock, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40, sheet 2B, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,759.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPNH-3MG : accessed 10 December 2018), Andrew G Ramsey, Poe, Hancock, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 2B, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1681; FHL microfilm 1,375,694.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM4L-WH2 : accessed 10 December 2018), Myra E Boyd in the household of Andrew G Ramsay, Clay, Hancock, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 10A, line 41, family 202, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2533; FHL microfilm 2,342,267.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7CH-75Q : 15 March 2018), William Boyd, Clay Magisterial District, Hancock, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 15-23, sheet 12A, line 3, family 205, 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 4406.
• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMPN-YXC : 30 May 2018), Andrew Ramsey in entry for Myra Elizabeth Boyd, 24 Mar 1963; citing Weirton, Hancock, West Virginia, County Records, Dist.150; Ser.97, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 858,763.
• Obituary of John D. Boyd; East Liverpool Review [East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio]; Thursday, January 1, 2015; Page 5A.