Heroes and Rebels in the Family Tree—Thomas James Boyce (Donum Patris Part 3)

 

Heroes and Rebels in the Family Tree—Thomas James Boyce (Donum Patris Part 3)

Thomas James Boyce was born the illegitimate child of Susannah Jane Boyce on June 29, 1855 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.  Susannah was 19 years old at the time of Thomas’ birth and had been engaged to marry Thomas Sewell (Scarll) according to the marriage banns published by St. John Maddermarket, Norwich, Norfolk, England.  However, it appears that Susannah and Thomas never married.

On September 25, 1856, Susannah Jane Boyce died of typhoid fever and her child was left an orphan.  The 1861 census records show Thomas Boyce, age 6, at the Oulton Workhouse.  By age 16, Thomas was engaged as an ordinary seaman aboard the fishing vessel “Australia” skippered by William Benjamin Burwood, with John Baker Marjoram as his mate.

            On June 21, 1877, Thomas James Boyce, Age 22, and Elizabeth Ann Adams, age 21, (1856-1892) were married at St. Margaret’s Church in Lowestoft.  Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph Adams (1824-1912) and Elizabeth Ann Richards (1822-1906).  Thomas and Elizabeth had six children.  They were:

1.      Elizabeth Susannah Boyce 1878–1959 married 1901, Clement John Goulty. Both emigrated to USA in 1925.

2.      Florence Emily Boyce  1879–1945 married June 16, 1902, Arthur John Pitcher.

3.      Thomas James Boyce 1881–1964 married November 2, 1901, Amy Laura Minister.

4.      Joseph Scarll Boyce 1883–1958 married abt. December 1904, Bernice Wright.

5.      John Edwin Boyce 1884–1967 married April 20, 1907, Alice Mary Jenkerson.

6.      Alice Maud Boyce 1885–1886.

7.      Ernest Arthur Boyce 1886–1887.

After Thomas James Boyce died in the sinking of the Donum Patris, Thomas' widow, Elizabeth Ann Adams was remarried in 1889 to Henry Dann.

Genealogy:  Thomas James Boyce 1855-1886 was the father of Joseph Scarll Boyce 1883-1958 and his wife was Bernice Wright 1884-1950 and her father was Samuel Wright 1862-1936 and his father was William Wright 1815-1885 and his father was Jonathan Wright 1778-1844 and his mother was Elizabeth Baldry 1741-1821 and her father was Farrer Baldry 1709-1774 and his father was Henry Boldero/Baldry 1670-1743 and his son was John Baldry 1700-1758 and his son was John Baldry 1755-1833 and his daughter was Susanna Baldry 1774-1858 and her daughter was Phoebe Mayes 1804-1873 and her son was Thomas Forster 1837-1888 and his daughter was Caroline Forster 1864-1906 and her husband was George "Pikey" William Welch-Adams 1867-1940.

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