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Hugh Lockhart Boyd (1855 - 1946)

Hugh Lockhart Boyd
Born in Lackaduff, Glenties, County Donegal, Irelandmap
Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married 1872 (to about 1890) in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 26 May 1892 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Died at age 90 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Hugh was the son of Hugh Boyd and Susanna Lockhart.

Hugh emigrated to America about 1870 and settled in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. He operated as a Grocer.

Hugh Boyd had two marriages. His first to Jane/Julia Brisland ? about 1872. Known children born to Hugh and Jane were Richard, Aaron, Harry M and Hugh R. Living with them at the time of the 1880 Census is Bella Boyd aged 19 from Ireland. Perhaps Hugh's sister ? [1]

He was widowed about 1887.

Hugh secondly married Elizabeth Sanders on 26 May 1892. [2]

In the 1900 Census, Hugh is recorded as having been married eight years. Four children have been born in his marriage to Elizabeth, three are living, Frank Sanders, Welsh Sproule? and a daughter Jane.

In the 1910 Census, his nephew Hugh C Boyd is living with the family having arrived from Ireland in 1905.

Hugh Lockhart Boyd died in 1946 aged 93 and is buried at Allegheny Cemetery Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. [3]

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW6V-M75 : Sat Mar 09 11:02:12 UTC 2024), Entry for Hugh Boyde and Julia Boyde, 1880.
  2. "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFWX-SLF : Sat Mar 09 18:11:00 UTC 2024), Entry for Hugh L. Boyd and Elizabeth Sanders, 26 May.
  3. "Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cemetery Records, 1845 - 1960", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WHHN-NFZM : Fri Mar 08 00:04:02 UTC 2024), Entry for Hugh L Boyd, 9 Mar 1946.


Research Notes

Hugh's birth date is taken from the record of his second marriage in 1892.





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