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James Boyd / Laura
Stevens
Lakefield
(Gore), Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada
James Boyd (abt. 1801- 1874) born Jan
29, he was 51 at time of 1851 census ie born 1800-1801 and William Boyd
(abt.1797- 1860?) born Aug 7, he was 54 at time of 1851 census ie born
in 1797-1798 settled in Gore Township near Lakefield, Argenteuil,
Quebec, Canada in about 1825.
Their name
is sometimes given as Boyde.
My ancestors
were
A. George
Albert Boyd (b. 1877, Lakefield, Gore), my Grandfather
B. James Boyd (b. 1832 d. 1877, Lakefield, Gore), my GGrandfather
whose wife was Laura Stevens and C. James Boyd (born 29 Jan abt
1801,
Ireland d. 1874), my GGGrandfather, same James Boyd as mentioned above.
1 - I am
looking for the place of birth of the above listed
James Boyd (born Jan 29, ~ 1801) somewhere in Ireland.
2- I would
like to also find the place of birth of his wife
Elizabeth Scott (born Dec 12, (and 45 in 1851 census) ie ~1806)
somewhere in Ireland,
I have the 1831, 1842, 1851, 1861. 1871, and 1881 Census reports of Gore
Township, PQ (or is it QC) Canada..
1831 Census
Both William and James Boyd are shown living in Gore (LDS File 1375923
at frames 1806-1808). James Boyd is listed as having 100 acres but no
farm data is given for him (his entry is squeezed in between two
others). 5 persons were shown as living with him. Land ownership rights
do not appear indicated. No ages given either.
1840 Land
Grants
In Ref
"GS 15.3 Q4 1891" List of Grantees of Land by the Crown, both
William and James are listed as grantees in 1840. See the index and
pages referred to (341 and 363) on page 30 of "printed
list". I assume you will be getting the full record of these
grants.
1842 Census
Gore Argenteuil
James Boyd
Family
LDS Film 1375934 at "1231" James is listed with 9
persons on farm. On page 7 of that record it clearly states that
he is on the land as a "free" i.e., I believe this means
a freeholder, as against adjacent entries that show
"squatters" and "tenants". James Boyd is given as
having been 17 years in the Province, so he came to Quebec in about
1825. Well, he was married in Montreal in 1825, so this makes sense.
But, no ages are given.
William Boyd
Family
William Boyd with 9 others (17 years in the Province) was a
"free" holder, not a squatter or tenant. Thus, he came to
Quebec Province in 1825 (1232 (Page 29 of Enumeration District 17) of
Film #1375934).
1851 Census
James Boyd Family Gore Argenteuil 1851 Census
(labeled on Schroder's copy on reverse as "folio page
35")
Age* at next birthday given at * of each line.
*
James Boyd farmer Ireland
Epis 51 Jan 29
Elizabeth Boyd
Ireland do
45 Dec 12
James Boyd
Canada do 20
Sep 02
Elizabeth Boyd
do
do 22 May 12
Moriah Boyd
do
do 18 May26
Mary Boyd
do
do 14 Jun 10 (Gill
says July)
Thomas Boyd
do
do 12 Jul 20
William Boyd
Family Gore Argenteuil 1851 Census
(labeled on Schroder's copy on reverse as "folio page 60")
William Boyd
farmer Ireland
Meth 54 Aug 7
Mary
Ireland do
38 May 10
Sarah Boyd
Canada do
14 Jul 26
William Boyd
do
do 10 Jan 20
Andrew Boyd
do
do 08 May 10
Alexander Boyd do
do 05 Jul 14
Rachel Boyd
do
do 01 Jul 12
These are my
transcriptions. I now see that Gill made a transcription and index, see
page 139 (James) and page 134 (William) of Gill for the same data.
1861 Census
Enumeration District One, Township of Gore, James Boyd, now 60 and Mary
Ann Boyd, widow of William Boyd listed.
1871 Census
James and Elizabeth Boyd give their ages as 67 and are listed. Looks
like son, James Boyd, is running the farm. (LDS Film #493444)
I don't see
anything else in the census reports that will help in this search
In his book
C. Thomas Boyd states that James and William were brothers.
Thomas' statement is backed by a land description "center of Gore
on road
from Lakefield to Lachute". That's pretty specific. It would
seem that Thomas had some detailed information at his disposal. (I need
a detailed map of the area of Gore and Lakefield, i.e., the township of
Gore.) If one believes that these are the William and James
mentioned by C. Thomas in his 1896 History of Lakefield/Gore, it is
interesting that William family is Methodist and James family is
Episcopalian. Well, there are no other Williames or Jameses of the
appropriate age in the 1851 Census, so I conclude that William and James
were brothers on the basis of Thomas' statement..
Moreover, it
relates the brother in a special way with adjacent properties. I would
believe it. I now have a copy of a detailed map of the area of
Gore and Lakefield, i.e., the township of Gore, right down to "land
plots" and James BOYD had three or four plots right next to Echo
Lake and his "brother" William's plot is right next to him.
My James
BOYD (1801-1874) died 9 Mar 1874, and was buried 12 Mar 1874. I
believe his death and burial record is from Holy Trinity Church,
Lakefield. I have
a copy of the parish record, but it is poor and doesn't even give his
age. LDS File #1992751 at 01141 (for some reason I also note 1131).
Robert Block
Eileen E. McElroy's
Gore, Argenteuil Quebec
GenealogyPage http://www3.telus.net/public/mcelroye/webpages/gore.html/roots.html
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Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary
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