My name is Kevin Marie (Boyd) Kraaz.  Let me tell you up front that I am a woman and I was named Kevin because my mom thought it was a good “Irish” name, it was a girls/ boys name (she knew 2 little girls with that name), and she liked the meaning (gentleness and kindness).  : )  I live in Springfield, Oregon, USA.  I was raised in Riddle, Oregon (small southern town in Oregon population 1100).  Most of my father’s family lives in Riddle, Oregon.  I am a novice at genealogy.  I haven’t even had a class yet although I plan on taking one as soon they start up again in the fall.  I received three notebooks of genealogy from my mom last fall that she had accumulated; one of which is the Boyd Family.  I have been searching the internet ever since.  Someone in this group suggested that we re-introduce ourselves and list our family line.  I am not sure how to do this but here is my list of ancestors.  I am starting with my father and working my way back to William Boyd b. 14 Oct 1731 in Ireland 

My dad is Arthur Jerome Boyd  (b) 24 June 1916 married on 13 May 1940 to Callie Maria (Marie) Hausotter in Riddle, OR (b) 7 May 1922 Riddle, OR their children:
Michael Allen Boyd (b) 2 April 1943 in Eugene, Lane, OR, Served in Vietnam. - living
Patrick Arthur Boyd (b) 16 Sept 1949 in Roseburg, Douglas, OR - living Timothy Arden Boyd (b) 18 Sept 1951 in Roseburg, Douglas, OR (d) 8 Dec 1968 in Salem, OR *Kevin Marie Boyd (b) 19 July 1955 in Myrtle Creek, OR - apparently living!

My grandfather: Harvey Allen Boyd (b) 1 Dec 1894 (Prairie DuChein, Wisconsin) (d) 11 April 1974 (Riddle, OR)  married on 29 Sept 1915 to Adelia Belinda Rose.  Adelia (b) 6 July 1896 and (d) 11 April 1989 Roseburg, Douglas, OR.  Their children:

*Arthur Jerome Boyd (b) 24 June 1916 Wauzeka, Crawford County, Wisconsin; Served in WWII in the European Theater of Operations 31 May 1944 through 23 December
1945 received two Purple Hearts (for being wounded in battle, twice) -living amazingly!

Mildred Helen Boyd (b) 16 July 1918  Wilson, Rust County, Wisconsin - living

Donald William Boyd (b) 11 Oct 1921 Wauzeka, Crawford County, Wisconsin (d) 28 July 1982 Happy Valley, Clackamas, OR

Willard Harvey Boyd (b) 22 Nov 1923 Detroit Lakes, MN; Served in WWII but died in an accident on the job 2 July 1945 Riddle, Douglas, OR

Pearl Amelia Boyd (b) 14 March 1926 Frazee, Becker, MN - living

Neil Robert Boyd (b) 11 Sept 1928 Detroit Lakes, MN; Served in the Korean War - living

Marjorie Marie Boyd (b) 13 Feb 1932 Brighton, Tillamook, OR - living

Raymond Clair Boyd (b) 20 Dec 1934 Detroit Lakes, MN - living

Shirley Arlene Boyd (b) 7 Feb 1937 Cottage Grove, Lane, OR - living

Patricia Ann Boyd (b) 29 Feb 1940 Riddle, Douglas, OR - living- As you can see by the kids birth places my grandfather liked to travel a lot.

My ggfather was: Arthur James Boyd (b) 21 Feb 1853 Boydtown, Crawford, WI, (d) 6 Nov 1938 Vergas, Ottertail, MN (at his daughter’s Bessie’s home) married on 21 Feb 1881 to Alice Josephine Nutter (b) 17 Aug 1865 Indiana, (d) 31 Oct 1929 Frazee, Becker, MN. Alice was 1/2 Chippewa Indian and 1/2 English. Their children:

Lillian Geneva Boyd (b) 26 April 1883 Wisconsin, (d) 1962 Geribaldi, OR

Elizabeth Ann Boyd (b) 7 Jan 1886 Boydtown, Crawford, WI, (d) 10 Nov 1987 Boydtown, Crawford, WI

Artie James Boyd (b) 30 Oct 1987 and (d) 8 Nov 1987 Boydtown, Crawford, WI
Grace Bell Boyd (b) 30 Jan 1889 Marietta, Crawford, WI, (d) 13 July 1910 Belfield, ND 

Eldon Leroy Boyd (b) 30 Aug 1890 Boydtown, Crawford, WI, (d) 9 March 1968 

Washington Eli Sherman Boyd (b) 30 Aug 1890 Boydtown, Crawford, WI, (d) 9 Oct 1918 while serving in WWI in the USA Army, burial Boydtown, Crawford, WI

*Harvey Allen Boyd (b) 1 Dec 1894 Prairie DuChein, Crawford, WI, (d) 11 July  1974 Riddle, Douglas, OR 

Frances Amelia Boyd (b) 4 Feb 1898 Steuben, Crawford, WI, (d) 5 Aug 1986 Viola, WI

Harry Boyd (b) 18 March 1901, (d) 1902

Bessie Olive Boyd (b) 13 March 1903, (d) 29 Jun 1967 Vergas, Ottertail, MN

Blanche Pearl Boyd (b) 27 June 1905 Prairie DuChein, Crawford, WI, (d) 22 May 1967 Eugene, Lane, OR

My gggfather was Robert Boyd (b) 1814 Columbus, OH, (d) 1856 Boydtown, Crawford, WI (he was one of the pioneering families of Boydtown, Wisconsin.  I have an
article about this. Married on 16 March 1848 in Marietta, Crawford, WI to Elizabeth Hester Ann Wayne (b) 22 Oct 1832 Coles County, IL, (d) 7 Jun 1915 Boydtown, Crawford, WI. (She is suppose to be related to Anthony Wayne, General in the Revolutionary War - I haven’t been able to work on that yet.)  Their Children:

Robert William Boyd (b) 7 Mar 1850 Boydtown, Crawford, WI, (d) 6 Jun 1955 Steuben, Crawford, WI at the age of 105!  I have an article on him.  He was buried on 9 Jun 1955 in Boydtown Cemetery, Crawford, WI.  He married Martha Jeffords on 4 Mar 1878.   Children:

Maria Boyd (b) 1852 Boydtown, Crawford, WI

*Arthur James Boyd (b) 21 Feb 1853 Boydtown, Crawford, WI, (d) 6 Nov 1938 Vergas, Ottertail, MN.

Lorinda Catherine Boyd (b) 28 Oct 1855 Boydtown, Crawford, WI, (d) 17 Jun 1932 Kalispell, MT, buried in the Conrad Cemetery in Kalispell, MT.  Married Ike Jeffords 12 Feb 1893 in Boydtown, WI. 

John Newton Boyd (b) two months after his father’s death -1856 Boydtown, Crawford, WI, (d) 29 Jun 1889. Married Phoebe Hopwood.

My ggggfather was Robert Boyd (b) 3 June 1773 in Ireland.  I know his father was William Boyd and his mother was Sarah Johnson Boyd.  I know he married a
lady that already had a son. Their children:

Kingsley R. Boyd (the half brother to the rest of the kids) (b) 1810 Gelena, IL, (d) 1900

*Robert Boyd (b) 1814 Columbus, OH, (d) 1856 Boydtown, WI

David Boyd fought in the Civil War with the South.  He had a daughter named Belle Boyd who was a confederate spy.  I have the article on her but I can’t prove she
is related to my David Boyd in any way... yet!  My mom is certain she is. James Boyd had a son named James. He fought with the North in the Civil War. Thomas Boyd fought with the North in the Civil War.  Alexander Boyd he fought with he North in the Civil
War.  see Belle Boyd's Ancestry 

The story goes that this ggggfather Robert Boyd that came from Ireland was taking his wife and children to Kentucky on the Mississippi River when he and his wife took sick and died from Yellow Fever near St. Louis, MO in a little town called Natchee.  They were buried there at Boyd Mound, MO.  The six children were farmed out to families in the area.  When I did research on the Boyd Mound, I discovered it was an archaeological dig of Indian graves.  Natchee’s cemetery listing did not list these relatives, but it did say there were headstone that they could not read.  Also, the kids
probably had no money to buy a headstone.  My relative, gggfather Robert Boyd was farmed out to a slave owner who treated him like a servant and called him poor white trash.  His job was to take food to the black slaves and everything else a boy of 12 could do.   When a load of slaves were to be sold, they were taken down the river on a river boat and Robert went along to feed the slaves.  When they were able to go
back to the plantation, Robert hid in the engine room and fought off the crew with the meat cleaver he used to cut the meat for the slaves.  He finally got free and went to live with the Chippewa Indians (Ojibwa).  He later started a trading post, worked as a raftman on the Mississippi and in a sawmill.

My gggggfather was William  Boyd (b) 14 Oct 1731 in Ireland; (d) 12 April 1821 Waterford, Erie County, PA.   You have him dying in 1831.  Married Sarah Johnson
1757 in Ireland.  She was born 28 May 1741 in Ireland and died 1 May 1808 in Waterford, PA.   Their Children:

Margaret Boyd (b) 29 Nov 1759, Ireland. (d) 19 April 1827.  Married James M. Anderson, Col. Abt 1781 in Cecil County, Maryland. 

Esther Boyd (b) 29 Jan 1761 in Ireland. 

James Boyd (b) 17 Sept 1762 in Ireland.  Died 1848 William Boyd (b) 10 Sept 1765 in Ireland.

Nancy Boyd (b) 23 March 1768 in Ireland.  John Boyd (b) 3 Jan 1771 in Ireland 

*Robert Boyd (b) 3 Jun 1773 in Ireland died at  Natchee, MO, USA.

David Boyd (b) 20 May 1775 in Cecil County, Maryland. (D) 8 Nov 1865

Thomas Boyd (b) 23 Oct 1778 in Delaware, USA.
 

That is my Boyd line.  Anyone part of this line?  I’d love to hear from you.  

Kevin Marie Boyd Kraaz   kkraaz@yahoo.com.
 

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