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Florinda Jane BOYCE

Florinda Jane BOYCE

Female 1859 - 1932  (72 years)


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  • Name Florinda Jane BOYCE
    Birth 7 Jul 1859  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Cove District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1920, 1930  Vinton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 2 Apr 1932  Vinton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Burial Elk Cemetery, McArthur, Vinton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I45988  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2021

    Father William BOYCE,   b. CA 1823   d. 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
    Mother Rebecca A. MARTIN,   b. CA 1828   d. 29 Mar 1906, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years)
    Family ID F12963  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josiah REED, Jr.,   b. 12 Sep 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1939, Vinton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    Marriage 22 Sep 1881  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Cove District):
      Josiah Reed, 39, b. Oct 1860, farmer, married 18 yrs; wife Florindia, 38, b. May 1862, mother of 2 children (one still living); son Odia C, 16, b. Aug 1883; mother-in-law Rebecca Boice, 64, b. Jul 1835, widowed.
      (Note: Florinda's age and birth date are inconsistent with her marriage record and all other census records.)

      1910 Census, Vinton Co, Ohio (Elk Twp), enumerated on May 11 1910:
      Josiah Reed, 55, b. W.Va, farmer, married 28 yrs; wife Lornida Reed, 51, b. W.Va, mother of 2 children (1 still living); niece Julia Reed, 13, b. W.Va.

      1920 Census, Vinton Co, Ohio (Elk Twp), enumerated on Jan 2 1920:
      Josiah Reed, 61, b. W.Va, farmer; wife Florinda J, 60, b. W.Va.
      The adjacent household was that of their son Odia.

      1930 Census, Vinton Co, Ohio (Elk Twp), enumerated on Apr 15 1930:
      Josiah Reed, 73, b. W.Va; wife Florinda J, 70, b. W.Va.
    Children 
    +1. Odia C. REED,   b. 23 Jul 1882, Leading Creek, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1957 (Age 74 years)
     2. (Male) REED,   b. 7 Nov 1885, Horn Creek, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F18748  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2395] Ohio Death Records 1908-1932, 1938-2022 [database online], (Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 55.
      Identified as Josiah Reed, age 23 as of Sep 12 1881, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Florinda Jane Boyce, age 22 as of Jul 4 1881, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Sep 22 1881 "at the Residence of Brides Fathers." Informants for the marriage license: Josiah Reed & W. E. Watson. (Note: W. E. Watson is presumably William E. Watson, husband of Florinda's sister Abigail.)