Robert Andrew Boy (1896 - 1978)

Born 6 Nov 1896 in Sullivan, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Son of John Aiken Boy and Harriet Esther (Giesler) Boy

Husband of Viola Pauline (Ford) Boy — married 27 Mar 1929 in Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1978 at age 81 in Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

Rob Boy was a Tennessean.

This profile is part of the Boy Name Study.

Rob engaged in farming in Tennessee.

Rob was born November 6, 1896^[1], he was the youngest son of John Aiken and Hattie Boy.^[2][3][4]

He grew up on a portion of the Jacob Boy farm along the Holston River in Bluff City, Tennessee. Riverside Rd Bluff City TN 37618

About 1910, the entire family gathered for a photo at the farmhouse:

Left to right: Alice & Arch Maden, son Billy, Herbert Maden (on porch), Rob (in yard), Bonnie Maden, Alfred, Edelle, Lulu (behind Edelle), John Aiken (father). On porch: David Clark, Harriet Giesler Boy (mother) and Lee (on steps)

At one time he lived at the YMCA. As a young man, he was apparently a rather well-known bachelor. He appeared in the "In Kingsport's Social Realms" section of the Kingsport Times on a number of occasions.

Monday, July 26, 1926 it was noted "Misses Effie Ketron and Mayme Ketron and Mr. Robert Boy were visiting in Bristol yesterday."^[5]

Friday, December 24, 1926 "Mr. Robert Boy is visiting relatives in Atlanta, Ga." At this time, his brother Alfred and his sisters Lulu & Edelle were living in Atlanta.

Friday, May 13, 1927 it was reported that he was among the group attending a weinie roast. "A party of local young folks enjoyed a weinie roast at Seven Springs Wednesday evening. After the "feed" various games were played and the return to Kingsport was made about 10:30 o'clock. The party was composed of Misses Margaret Ernst, Lydia Ernst, Thelma Winchester, Edna Ketron, Doris Hultin, Sallie Burke, Francis Ketron, Claude Steadman, Bob Gott, Walter Alcorn, Lindsey Peeler, James Peeler, Harry Howlett, Robert Boy, and Harold Howden. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bosch and Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Spivey."

Monday, June 27, 1927 "Mr. Robert Boy is spending his vacation with family and friends in Atlanta, Ga." This again would have most likely been his brother, Alfred and sisters, Lulu & Edelle. There may have been others who had made the move from Bluff City to Atlanta.

Sunday, August 14, 1927 Mr. Robert A. Boy, is spending the week end in Bristol with friends." This was the last of the reports of his social doings that I have found until Thursday March 28, 1929 when the announcement of his wedding was published.

Wedding Announcement.

He married Pauline Ford on March 27, 1929 at the home of Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Lowry, Hill Street, Bristol, Tennessee.^[6][7][8] After they were married, they lived on Windsor Avenue in Bristol.^[6][9] He worked at the Kingsport Press and soon they bought a house in Kingsport.

After the birth of their son, Bobby, they sold the Kingsport property and purchased the home place of his parents from his oldest brother Clark "D.C." in Bluff City.^[10] He had a tobacco allotment, raised beef cattle, and did general farming. He was known for his prize watermelons which he sold on his farm and to the local schools.

He passed away suddenly on February 16, 1978.^[11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6P-RRM : 13 March 2018), Robert Andrew Boy, 1917-1918; citing Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,877,694.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSZD-Z3P : accessed 1 May 2018), Robert E Boy in household of John H Boy, Civil District 16 (north part), Sullivan, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 117, sheet 1B, family 8, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,601.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGFV-FZN : accessed 1 May 2018), Robt A Boy in household of John A Boy, Civil District 16, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 169, sheet 4A, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1522; FHL microfilm 1,375,535.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNPH-HWX : accessed 1 May 2018), Robert L Bay in household of John Bay, Civil District 16, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 172, sheet 15A, line 40, family 299, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1767; FHL microfilm 1,821,767.
5. ↑ KIngsport Times accessed on Newspapers.com
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "Boy-Ford Wedding Solemnized Wednesday" Kingsport Times, Thursday, March 28, 1929, p. 8. Accessed at https://www.newspapers.com/image/71727193/?terms=Robert+Boy#
7. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH7-PYBQ : 23 December 2016), Robert A Boy and Pauline V Ford, 19 Mar 1929; citing Sullivan, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,135,339.
8. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH7-PYBS : 23 December 2016), R A Boy and Pauline V Ford, 27 Mar 1929; citing Sullivan, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,135,339.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/SP7V-CSR : accessed 1 May 2018), Robert A Boy, Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 5A, line 42, family 106, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2281; FHL microfilm 2,342,015.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K489-SGQ : accessed 1 May 2018), Robert Andrew Bay, Civil District 16, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 82-30, sheet 22A, line 32, family 352, 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 3938.
11. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLWC-WXQ : 19 May 2014), Robert Boy, Feb 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
12. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 23 September 2018), memorial page for Robert Andrew "Rob" Boy (6 Nov 1896–16 Feb 1978), Find A Grave: Memorial #76313885, citing Morning View Cemetery, Bluff City, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by E B Holmberg (contributor 47264819).

• Rob Boy was my grandfather. I interviewed him for an English project my Junior year in high school. Over the years I had other conversations with him, my grandmother, my parents and my maternal grandmother who knew him and his family for her entire life. Personal knowledge of Boy-41 and family records
• Family Search ID KZC3-2Jx
• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed with a Family Tree DNA Family Finder test match between Emily (Boy) Holmberg and her second cousin GRB. Their most recent common ancestors are John Aiken Boy and Harriet (Giesler) Boy their great grandparents. Predicted relationship reported by FamilyTreeDNA: Second to Third Cousin based on sharing 195 cM across 11 segments.