Stanley A. Boshoff (1923 - 2014)

Born 7 Aug 1923 in North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lucia (Dimartin) Boshoff — married 16 Feb 1948 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 2014 at age 90 in Oneonta, Otsego, New York, United States

Biography

1930 United States Census^[1]
Name: Stanley A Boskoff
Sex: Male
Age: 6
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Event Place (Original): Enfield, 130, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Event Type: Census
Birth Year (Estimated): 1924
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: South Africa
Mother's Birthplace: England

1940 United States Census^[2]
Name: Stanley Boshoff
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 7, North Adams, North Adams City, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 16
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Birth Year (Estimated): 1924
Last Place of Residence: Same Place

TWENTY-SIX BOYS GO TO CAMP (photo)^[3][4]
TWENTY-SIX BOYS GO TO CAMP TODAY Baptist Camp Opens at Lake Ashmere,Hinsdale.....FOR TWO WEEKS............Total Number at Camp is 38...Group to Return July 22....Girls Take Over Site July 25. Twenty-six boys left this morning for two weeks at Camp Ashmere, the camp at Hindsdale sponsored by the First Baptist Church of this city. The boys and their leaders gathered at the church this morning for transportation to the camp.When they have had their two weeks of camping a group of girls will go to the camp. The boys from this city who left today are as follows: Jack White, William Hodgson,Frederick Osborne,Stanley Boshoff, Frederick Boshoff,Albert Fountain, Gordon Hermon,Willaim Mausert, Howard Goodermote,Raymond Collier,Edwin Jackson, Thomas Hurlburt Jr.,Donald Lapine,Donald Putnam,Frederick Calkins,David Nassif,Wallace Kenyon, Ralph Kenyon,Robert Lapan,Stanley Wilson,Donald Moors,William Barcomb,Edwin Myers and James McLean.Also in the group was Leon E. Storms of Oriente,Cuba who is visiting in this city. The boys will retirn from Camp Ashmere Saturday, July 22. Parents are invited to visit the camp and especially to attend the evening campfire sessions. The feature of the camping season this year will be the dedication next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 O'clock of several new cabins at the camp. The dedication ceremonies have been arranged by the Clare class of the Baptist church. In addition to the North Adams boys who will be at the camp several boys from other communities are attending this year. Among them are Frederic Marchegiani of Stamford,Vt.,Jackie Callahan and Paul W. Langer of Adams and boys from Amherst,Holyoke,Springfield, Needham and Manchester,Ct. The total number of boys in camp is 38.

1943 United States World War II Army Enlistment Records^[5]
Name Stanley A Boshoff
Name (Original) BOSHOFF STANLEY A
Event Type Military Service
Event Date 21 Apr 1943
Term of Enlistment Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Event Place Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Race White
Citizenship Status citizen
Birth Year 1923
Birthplace MASSACHUSETTS
Education Level 3 years of high school
Civilian Occupation Stock clerks
Marital Status Single, with dependents
Military Rank Private
Army Component Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source Reference Civil Life
Serial Number 31345956
Affiliate ARC Identifier 1263923
Box Film Number 04293.151

1943 Military Details^[6]
Enlisted: April 21, 1943 in Springfield Massachusetts

1950 United States Census^[7]
Name: Stanley A Boskoff
Sex: Male
Age: 24 years
Event Date: 7 April 1950
Event Place: Schenevus, Maryland, Otsego, New York, United States
Event Place (Original): Schenevus, Otsego, New York
Birth Year (Estimated): 1926
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Bartender
Race: White
Industry: Hotel
Relationship to Head of Household: Head

2014 United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries^[8]
Deceased
Name Stanley A Boshoff
Event Type Obituary
Event Date 14 Jan 2014
Event Place Oneonta, New York, United States
Residence Place Saratoga Springs, New York
Gender Male
Age 90
Occupation Postal Carrier
Birth Date 07 Aug 1923
Birthplace North Adams, Massachusetts
Death Date 30 Mar 1975
Burial Place Emmons
Newspaper Daily Star, The
Spouse and Children
Lucia M Dimartin Wife Female
Philip P Boshoff Son Male
Rose A Boshoff Wife Female
Parents and Siblings
Philip Boshoff Father Male
Amy Bryant Sister Female
Amy Bryant Sister Female
Extended Family
Laurel Boshoff Granddaughter Female
Others on Record
Ada Sur Boshoff Unknown Female
Rev Stephen Fournier Nonrelative Male

Stanley A. Boshoff
Daily Star, The (Oneonta, NY) | 14 January 2014
Stanley A. Boshoff
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Stanley A. Boshoff, 90, most recently of Saratoga Springs and formerly of Worcester, passed away on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at the Saratoga Hospital.
He was born Aug. 7, 1923, in North Adams, Mass., the son of Philip and Ada (Sur) Boshoff. He married Lucia M. DiMartin on Feb. 16, 1948. She predeceased him on March 30, 1975.
Stanley served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was in Normandy and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, where he was injured and received the Purple Heart.
During his working career, he drove truck and for 17 years was a rural postal carrier working out of the Worcester office. He then worked at the Albany Postal Distribution Center until his retirement in 1986.
Stanley was a member of the Worcester American Legion, and VFW. He loved sports and was an avid Red Sox and New England Patriots fan, as well as a follower of various college sports.
While living in Cheshire, Mass., from 1986 to 2011, where he resided with his sister, Amy Bryant, he took advantage of the opportunities of walking and hiking in Berkshires.
He is survived by a son, Philip P. Boshoff, and his wife, Rose A. of Saratoga Springs; a granddaughter, Laurel Boshoff of San Antonio, Texas; a sister, Amy Bryant of Pittsfield, Mass.; as well as two nephews and several cousins.
A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16, at the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, 14 Grand St., Oneonta, with the Rev. Stephen Fournier officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Emmons.
There will be no calling hours.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Saratoga Hospital Foundation, 211 Chestnut St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866.
Condolences to the family may be made online at www.grummonsfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are by the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, Oneonta.
Copyright 2014, The Daily Star / Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (CNHI). All Rights Reserved.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMP8-GZ4 : accessed 3 March 2023), Stanley A Boskoff in household of Phillip P Boskoff, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 130, sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll ; FHL microfilm .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K46B-M6L : accessed 7 January 2018), Stanley Boshoff in household of Ada Boshoff, Ward 7, North Adams, North Adams City, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-73, sheet 18B, line 65, family 357, 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 1568.
3. ↑ homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shirleyb/schools/camp.html
4. ↑ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:8-MXvNMN8soJ:homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shirleyb/schools/camp.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
5. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8R9-MZ6 : 5 December 2014), Stanley A Boshoff, enlisted 21 Apr 1943, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
6. ↑ http://www.ancientfaces.com/person/stanley-a-boshoff/153293385
7. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:6XTP-FZ77 : Sun Jan 29 10:04:31 UTC 2023), Entry for Stanley A Boskoff and Luisa M Bashoff, 7 April 1950.
8. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVT7-5QY9 : accessed 14 March 2019), Stanley A Boshoff, Oneonta, New York, United States, 14 Jan 2014; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Star, The, born-digital text.

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