James Albert Boyce (1887 - abt. 1967)

Born 1887 in Saint Pancras, London, England

Ancestors

Died about 1967 at about age 80 in Chelmsford, Essex, England [uncertain]

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Biography

James Boyce was born in England.

1891 Street address: 35 Hawley Road Kentish Town London

Registration district: Pancras Sub registration district: Kentish Town ED, institution, or vessel: 9 Piece: 132 Folio: 94 Page Number: 5

Household Members:

Name Age

Edward D Boyce 31Licensed Victualler born Gt Yarmouth

Lizzie Boyce 33 born Yaxley, Hunts.

Edward W Boyce 4

James A Boyce 3

Christopher Wright 25 Lodger

Alfred Little 23 Lodger

Sarah Tilbury 18 Servant

James' parents died when he was young, his father dying last in 1905. In 1901 both James and his brother Edward are to be found in Beccles College, in Beccles Suffolk, their mother having died in 1895.

1901 Pupil at Beccles College

Registration district: Wangford Sub-registration district: Beccles ED, institution, or vessel: The College Piece: 1799 Folio: 153 Page Number: 1 Household schedule number: 1

1911 Street address: 67 Ombersley Road, Birmingham, boarding with the Belton family aged 22 and working as an accountant's clerk.

Registration district: Kings Norton Registration District Number: 383 Sub-registration district: Balsall Heath ED, institution, or vessel: 16 Household schedule number: 29 Piece: 17900

WW1 Service Name: James Albert Boyce

Gender: Male

Birth Date: abt 1887

Enlistment Age: 28

Marriage Date: 8 Jun 1918

Marriage Place: Tooling

Document Year: 1915

Residence Place: 67 Ombersley Rd, Birmingham (later 28 Maybury Street Tooting)

Regimental Number: 5579

Other Regimental Numbers: 143681

Regiment Name: Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment

Number of Images: 2

Form Title: Short Service Attestation

Family Members:

Name Relation to Soldier

James Albert Boyce Self (Head)

Sarah Anne Eliza Searle Spouse

Two children were born to the marriage:

Births Sep 1921

Boyce Edna M Searle Wandsworth 1d 1150

Births Sep 1926

Boyce Kathleen M Searle Lambeth 1d 388

1939 Boyce Household (3 People) 7a Maybury Street , Wandsworth, London, England

James A Boyce 18 Sep 1887 Male Woolwich Arsenal Labourer In Fuse Department Ex Commercial Married 131 1

Sarah A E Boyce 14 May 1888 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 131 2

Edna M Bright (Boyce) 01 Jul 1921 Female Dressmaker Single 131 3

Sources

• Births BOYCE, JAMES ALBERT (Mother BRIGHTY ) GRO Reference: 1887 D Quarter in FULHAM Volume 01A Page 202

• Marriages Jun 1918 Boyce James A Searle Wandsworth 1d 983 Searle Sarah A E Boyce Wandsworth 1d 983

• Name: James Albert Boyce (soldier of 28 Maybury Road) Estimated birth year: abt 1888 Age: 30 Spouse: Sarah Anne Eliza Searle (of 28 Maybury Road) Spouse Age: 30 Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 8 Jun 1918 Parish: Tooting Graveney Borough: Wandsworth Father Name: Edward Daniel Boyce (Publican) Spouse Father: Charles Henry Searle (Labourer) Register Type: Parish Register

• This is the most likely death for James - Name: James A Boyce Death Age: 79 Birth Date: abt 1888 Registration Date: Sep 1967 Registration district: Chelmsford Volume: 4a Page: 441