Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Robert Hayhurst Boyce    
                Born: Mar-31-1896          in Doddridge Co, WV  1,2
                Died: Apr-27-1946          in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  3
              Census: 1930                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1900, 1910           in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 1)
          Occupation:                      stationary engineer for gas company  4
              Father: Charles Boyce   (1871 - 1896) 
              Mother: Ida Ellen Starkey   (1877 - 1954) 
                Wife: Edna Faye Benedum     
             Married: Nov-15-1914          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  5
                Born: Dec-17-1894          in Doddridge Co, WV  6,5
             Resided: 1950                 in Salem, WV  7
             Resided: 1949                 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  8
              Census: 1930                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Father: Anderson Albert Benedum   (1863 - 1935) 
              Mother: Hannah Jane Evans   (1863 -     ) 
           M Child 1: Robert Boyce, Jr.      
                Born: Dec-12-1920          in Salem, Harrison Co, WV  6
           M Child 2: Joseph Walton Boyce      
                Born: Nov-14-1923          in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV  6,9,10
                Died: Sep- 6-1986          in Warren, Trumbull Co, OH  11,10
             Resided:                      in Newton Falls, Trumbull Co, OH  12
             Resided:                      in Garrettsville, Portage Co, OH  13
             Resided: 1947                 in Salem, WV  9
              Census: 1930                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
            Military: Jul-21-1943 - Dec-13-1945 U.S. Navy, World War II, European Theater  14,15 (see note 2)
                Wife: Luella Mae Ash  b. Jul-20-1927  d. May-20-1994  
             Married: Nov-14-1947          in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV  9 (see note 3)
           F Child 3: Roberta Lee Boyce      
                Born: Aug-29-1926           13
             Resided:                      in Warren, Macomb Co, MI  16
             Husband: John Oscar Yerkey  b. Oct-15-1923  d. May-17-1988  
         Census name: Johnny Yerkey 
             Married: Jun-29-1947          in Harrison Co, WV  5

Sources:
(1) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) 1930 Census, Lewis County, WV. 
(5) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) Obituary of sister. 
(8) City Directory. 
(9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(10) Social Security Death Index. 
(11) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. 
(12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued thru Railroad Board. 
(13) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 2, Ancestry.com. 
(14) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(15) U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives. 
(16) U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, Ancestry.com. 

Event Notes
Note (1) In 1910, in household of maternal grandparents.
Note (2) Served aboard the tank landing ship LST-997, participating in Operation
Dragoon, the invasion of southern France, in August and September 1944.  He
later served aboard LST 907.
Note (3) at Glen Smith's







Name Index