South African Boyds
Dear Richard
My grandmother,
Mary
Crighton Boyd was born 19 November 1878 in
Irvine,
Ayrshire, Scotland. She married Alexander
Beaton, 1871, in
Falkirk,
Stirlingshire, Scotland. They emigrated to Durban, South Africa
about
1902/1903. They had a daughter (my mother) and a son. Mary died
23 June
1902 at Durban.
Also
interested in data on Angus Hutton Boyd
who married John Campbell
Beatson
4 Aug 1909 at Falkirk. He was a brother of Alexander and was born
19 April
1873 and died at Falkirk.
Ronald
H. Curling
106
Moreton Hall
253
N. Ridge Road
Durban
4001
Natal,
South Africa
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Subj:
South African Boyd Lineage
Date:
00-09-28 15:19:03 EDT
From:
[email protected] (Clinton Shane Boyd)
To:
[email protected]
Hi All
My name
is Clinton Shane Boyd,
and I represent the 5th generation Boyd of my
lineage
in South Africa. The first Boyd to come to SA was a Thomas
Boyd,
born
11th January 1860. He was married to Annie
Ross, born 18th July 1864.
Thomas
Boyd was a soldier in Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders (91st
Regiment),
and we suspect came to SA to fight in the Zulu War of 1879.
Thereafter
he stayed in SA and his eldest son, Robert
Malcolm Boyd, my great
grandfather,
also appears to have been a military man. Unfortunately we have
no other
information regarding Thomas Boyd, his father etc., and thus how
our
family relates back to the other Boyd lineages. We do have photographs
of Thomas
Boyd and family with some of the chidren wearing navy hats
embroided
with "H.M.S Brisk".
I would
greatly appreciate any information. I suspect that the Argyllshire
Highlander
angle is the best to pursue.
Regards,
Clinton
Shane Boyd [email protected]
Pretoria
South
Africa
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