♂ Roy Blain Boyd

1883 - 1942

Roy Blain Boyd
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Parents
Joseph Samuel Boyd
Joseph Samuel Boyd
1859 - 1938
Clara May Lowry
Clara May Lowry
1864 - 1909
Spouse
Jennie Linn Sims
Jennie Linn Sims
1883 - 1970
Children
 

Timeline

1883


Mar 19
1883 U.S. and Canadian railroads institute 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.

1885


Age: 1y
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1905


Aug
Age: 22y
Roy Blain Boyd Family - 1930 United States Federal Census

marriage


Jennie Linn Sims
They married after they both turned 22 that year.
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1905 Russo-Japanese War: The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur in Qing Dynasty China.

1906


Aug 29
Age: 23y
1906 Richard Oldham argues that the Earth has a molten interior.

1918


Sep 12
Age: 35y
1918 • Release in the United States of the film The Glorious Adventure featuring Mammy Lou who becomes one of the oldest people ever to star in a film, at a claimed age of 114.
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1919


Age: 35y
1919 • The Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, ending World War I with Empire of Austria-Hungary.
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1922


Age: 38y
1922 • The Turkish large-scale attack opened against Greek forces in Afyon. Turkish victory is achieved on August 27.

1930


Age: 46y
Roy Blain Boyd Family - 1930 United States Federal Census

residence


Leaburg, Lane, Oregon, USA ⇓
Roy Blain Boyd was a "teamster", a word for a truck driver in North America. His oldest son Charles Emilius is living with his wife, Geneva, and son, Charles Elder, on the same page.
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1930 • Building of the Boulder Dam (later known as the Hoover Dam) is started on the Colorado River in the United States.

1940


Age: 56y
1940 • WWII: The French government flees to Bordeaux and Paris falls under German occupation.

1942


Feb 17
Age: 58y
1942 • WWII: Legislation approved the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve to help fill jobs and free men to serve during the war effort. They were known as the SPARs - Semper Paratus, Always Ready!

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