MD I STEPHEN BLOYD &BLOYD Origins
Hi guys,
I got inspired this afternoon and called a very old phone number I've
had (since maybe 1990) for Dee Bishop. I found her name and address on a
letter that was reproduced on copy paper (you remember the kind you used
with a piece of carbon paper) and added to the back of the BLOYD Family
History by Thelma Setzer at the LDS library in Salt Lake. I also found
alisting in the LDS Family History Records. The listing gave the phone
number plus some BLOYD marriages and birth/death dates.
had (since maybe 1990) for Dee Bishop. I found her name and address on a
letter that was reproduced on copy paper (you remember the kind you used
with a piece of carbon paper) and added to the back of the BLOYD Family
History by Thelma Setzer at the LDS library in Salt Lake. I also found
alisting in the LDS Family History Records. The listing gave the phone
number plus some BLOYD marriages and birth/death dates.
Anyway, I called Dee, as I said about 1990, but haven't talked to her
since, although I have often mentioned the conversation to BLOYD
researchers because she was the one who told me about there being three
BLOYD brothers and one drowning in Chesapeake Bay and some other things.
since, although I have often mentioned the conversation to BLOYD
researchers because she was the one who told me about there being three
BLOYD brothers and one drowning in Chesapeake Bay and some other things.
So, the establishment of this list and the Forum inspired me to call
her. She is retired now and says she has kind of let the genealogy go,
but she is still interested because she never did figure out where her
BLOYDs fit into things. I promised her that I would call her and send
her anything I thought would pertain to her lines.
her. She is retired now and says she has kind of let the genealogy go,
but she is still interested because she never did figure out where her
BLOYDs fit into things. I promised her that I would call her and send
her anything I thought would pertain to her lines.
Here is the pertinent portion of the letter:
Here is the pertinent portion of the letter:"Please let me know if [The BLOYD Family History book] is still
available, as I would really love to have a copy......especially if it
includes any of my line of the family. My direct ancestors include: C.J.
Bloyd (b. 1884, Kans.), Reuben Elliott Bloyd (b. 1860 in W. Va. or VA.)
John Henry Bloyd (b. 1836 in Dorchester Co., Md.) and Stephen Bloyd, who
was also born in Maryland I think. Stephen Bloyd married a Mary Ann
Dawson who was born in 1814 in Maryland.
available, as I would really love to have a copy......especially if it
includes any of my line of the family. My direct ancestors include: C.J.
Bloyd (b. 1884, Kans.), Reuben Elliott Bloyd (b. 1860 in W. Va. or VA.)
John Henry Bloyd (b. 1836 in Dorchester Co., Md.) and Stephen Bloyd, who
was also born in Maryland I think. Stephen Bloyd married a Mary Ann
Dawson who was born in 1814 in Maryland.
"This is as far back as I have been able to trace my line of the family.
There is one recurring story that has been told in the family in various
versions. It concerns the Bloyd who first immigrated to this country,
and includes the ship captain (in one version he was a Bloyd), and a
Bloyd being born at sea or dying at sea. Also that the name "Bloyd" had
been originally spelled some other way."
There is one recurring story that has been told in the family in various
versions. It concerns the Bloyd who first immigrated to this country,
and includes the ship captain (in one version he was a Bloyd), and a
Bloyd being born at sea or dying at sea. Also that the name "Bloyd" had
been originally spelled some other way."