Robert
Boyd
Born in Balloo, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Boyd
and Eliza (Templeton) Boyd
Brother of
James Boyd, Samuel Boyd, Charles Boyd, William Boyd, Thomas Boyd, Ellen Boyd and Elizabeth (Boyd) Clarke
Died
at age 22
in At Sea
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Aug 2018
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Biography
Robert was born in 1872 in Balloo, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland, the son of Samuel Boyd and Eliza Templeton. His birth was registered by Ellen Templeton of Mullaghboy, Islandmagee who was present at his birth.[1]
Robert was an Able Seaman on SV Lord Downshire in 1895, Official# 83938, passing away at the young age of 23[2] On May 4th, 1895, the British 4-masted barque LORD DOWNSHIRE (Captain John McMurtry), left Caleta Buena for Hamburg with a crew of 33 (including 8 apprentices) and a cargo of nitrate and was not heard of ever since. It was widely speculated that she sank in collision off the Brazilian coast with PRINCE OSCAR, July 12th but this has never been confirmed. She may also have sunk rounding Cape Horn".
Sources
- ↑ Ireland Civil Registration Birth Index https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1872/03227/2182940.pdf
- ↑ https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?259119
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Frank Boyd
:
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~12.50%
Frank Boyd :
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~12.50%
Alan Boyd :
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~6.25%
Kathy (Boyd) Theede :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #IN134230
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~3.12%
Desmond Hawthorne :
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Derek Hawthorne :
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