Boyces of Christchurch Arrived 1863 *COMPLETED*

[Lucy2]

Hi Neil

Could you tell us please, what you already know about William BOYCE and his son Henry ?

Was William's wife & Henry's mother, Maria PHILLIPS ?

~  Lu

[Lucy2]

Hi again Neil

These BOYCE daughters, are proving very difficult to find.   

I am wondering if there might be transcription errors with the passenger list for the "David. G. Fleming" - arrived Lyttelton,  9 December 1863.  ?

BOYCE family

William (40) - Carpenter - Cheshire

Maria ( 32)

Eliza* Ann (15)

Eliza* Jane (9)

Henry  (5)      Catherine  (3)    Mary M.  (infant)


I especially query there being two "Eliza's" (though understand the second-named "Eliza" (Jane) may well be an abreviation for the name "Elizabeth ?)

I've found what looks to be this same family, living in London in 1861.    (See next post.)

~   Lu

[Lucy2]

1861

3, Upper Cleveland Street, St. Pancras, London, Middlesex

BOYCE - William - 41 - Cabinetmaker journeyman - b. Ireland
BOYCE - Maria - 32 - wife - b. Liverpool
BOYCE - Robert - son - 15 - scholar - b. Liverpool
BOYCE - Elizabeth J. - 7 - dau - scholar - b. Liverpool
BOYCE - Henry J. - 3 - son - scholar ? - born Liverpool
BOYCE - Sarah C. - 1 - born London, Middlesex
RG09/101/114/3/EDist. 6/Pancras/Middlesex/London
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Note:   "Robert - aged 15"  - but no "Eliza Ann" as per the passenger list.
"Sarah C. aged 1 year" may well be the child known as "Catherine" ?
Native place "Cheshire" (on pass. list) is also at odds ? 


         

[Lucy2]

Haven't found anything yet which might be the births of these children (the Liverpool-born ones).

FREE BMD (UK) has this birth, which may or may not, be the Mary M. BOYCE ?

BIRTHS - DEC - 1862

BOYCE - Mary Mahoney

Reg'n. District :   London City     

[Lucy2]

Hi Neil

Not sure if you are familiar with the "familysearch" website ?

It has the following "submitted" entry :
[A submitted entry is one which has been added by a member of the LDS church - or someone else.   No source is given for the information published, so it needs to be treated with caution, and further verified with official records.]

Catherine BOYCE - born 1860 - Cheshire

Parents: 
James William BOYCE - b. 1824 - Lancashire
Annie Marie PHILLIPS

Date of Marriage:  3 March 1853 - Lancashire

Children:

Eliz Ann BOYCE - b. 1848 - Lancashire
Eliz Jane BOYCE - b. 1854 - Cheshire
Catherine BOYCE - b. 1860 - Cheshire

http://www.familysearch.org/


~  Lu

[Lucy2]

Hi Neil

As you can see there are similarities with the information from the passenger list / the census return / and the "familysearch" entry.

The following marriage is shown at the FREE BMD website.

MARRIAGE - MAR - 1853

BOYCE - William

Brides:  Either ... Mary McDONALD / Mary Ann ROSS or Maria PHILLIPS

Registration District:   Liverpool  (Lancashire)


~  Lu

[Lucy2]

Hi Neil


I note on the entry at "familysearch" (even though they have "James William BOYCE") that this man apparently died in 1864.

I see also that there is a death at Christchurch (Barbadoes Street Cemetery) which would seem to be same person (name is given as William BOYCE - buried 19 September 1864.) ?

NZ BDM (online) have two William BOYCE deaths in 1864 - one though states an age at death of 42 years ?
Added:   1864/ 3047 - William BOYCE - 42 years - date of death - 17 September 1864 :

*   Is that your William ?

~  Lu

[zacie]

Hello Lu.
Yes James William Boyce was married to Maria Phillips. Henry James Phillips married Fanny francis Morgan 22 Feb 1880 in Christchurch.They had 4 children, William henry b 1882,Major leonard b 1880, Edwin Morgan b1884 and Henry Lionel b1886. To continue down my line William Henry married Rosa Ellen Green 1907.They had 12 children in all.Clarence Joseph b 1912 was my father.
Neil

[Lucy2]

Hi Neil

So have you already managed to find a death for William BOYCE  ?

~   Lu