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Robert McGee Boyd
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Boyd Family
Mason Family
Boyd Ancestry
Lillian
Boyd
James Boyd
William Miller Boyd
Robert McGee
Boyd
John Noel Boyd
William
Miller Boyd
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to see a list of people & pages on this web site.
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Born: |
(Dad said that the
McGee name was originally Maggee)
24.1.1918
37 Holt Hill Road, Tranmere, The Wirral,
Cheshire. U.K.
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Photo
Opposite:
Holt Hill Road, Merseyside.
View of the
Ark Royal. |
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Dad once lived in this road and also worked on the
Ark Royal |
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This photo is in the Merseyside Maritime Museum at
Albert Dock. |
Click on the
link below to read the history of Tranmere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranmere,_Merseyside
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Father: |
William
Miller Boyd |
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Mother: |
Elizabeth
Hastings |
Occupation:
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Boiler Maker / Welder
Worked at Cammel Laird Shipbuilders and Repairers -See
photo below
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for information about Cammel Laird.History |
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Married: |
Gladys Mason
28.10.1939
Birkenhead
Age 21
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to see
marriage certificate
Address then was 4 Laurel Road, Birkenhead |
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Children: |
Robert
(Bob)
(b.1941), Gladys
(b.1943 - d.1997). Irene
(b. 1947),
William Miller (Bill) (b. 1963) |
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family photos |
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Died:
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27.1.2009 (Just
after his 91st birthday)
Leighton Lodge Nursing Home,
Turramurra NSW Australia
Intestinal cancer - suffered from dementia and age related Parkinson's Disease
Cremated at Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Chatswood. NSW |
Siblings:
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(Sarah)
Lillian,
James,
William,
John,
William, Eunice (died at
3months old) |
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Below: taken
in 2004, at Bramblewood Retirement Village annual dinner. |
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Below: Dad, aged 21,
shortly after his marriage to Gladys Mason on 29th October,
1939. |
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Dad played in a band.
It was on one of the nights that he was playing at a dance
that he "chatted up" my Mum.
He played the piano (by ear). Mum would sing any tune and
Dad could play it. (1939?) |
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1999:
Ferry cross The Mersey with Cammell Laird shipyards in the
background.
Mum, Dad and I went to UK for Marge & Les Cooper's 50th
wedding anniversary |
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Notes:
During WWII
Dad was called up for the Tank Corps. he also volunteered
for the Royal Navy Reserve.
He was rejected for both because he worked in the shipyards,
a protected industry. |
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