Leonard Francis Boyce (1921 - 1981)

Leonard's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Boyce family tree.

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Leonard's Parents

George Reginald Boice

Agnes Moore

Marcella Boyce Leonard Francis Boyce

Agnes Boyce

Parents:

George Reginald Boice

Apr 21, 1893 - Nov 17, 1969

Agnes Moore

Jun 4, 1899 - Mar 24, 1946

Siblings:

Agnes Boyce

Dec 12, 1923 - Feb 18, 2012

Marcella Boyce

Sep 17, 1930 - Mar 23, 2016

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Leonard Francis Boyce & Louise Matilda (Dittmar) Boyce

December 1948 - 1970
Cause of Separation: Divorce

Leonard Francis Boyce

Louise Matilda (Dittmar) Boyce

Lois Ann (Boyce) Flack Leonard William Boyce

Linda Lee Boyce

Spouse:

Louise Matilda (Dittmar) Boyce

Jan 30, 1923 - Jan 27, 1998

Children:

Lois Ann (Boyce) Flack

Aug 15, 1949 - Unknown

Linda Lee Boyce

Jun 27, 1952 - Unknown

Leonard William Boyce

Aug 23, 1953 - Unknown

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Leonard Francis Boyce & Stephanie R Pietrucha

September 2, 1942 - 1947
Cause of Separation: Divorce

Leonard Francis Boyce

Stephanie R Pietrucha

Leonard Francis Boyce, Jr

Spouse:

Stephanie R Pietrucha

Sep 2, 1919 - Jan 2, 2013

Children:

Leonard Francis Boyce, Jr

Aug 22, 1944 - Unknown

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Leonard Francis Boyce

Added: Jun 08, 2017

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Leonard Francis Boyce was born on May 23, 1921, in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Agnes Moore, age 21, and George Reginald "Reggie" Boyce, age 28. He was baptized in Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Hoboken, NJ, probably in May of 1921. He had two sisters; Agnes and Marcella Boice. He had a good singing voice and sang in a local quartette. He married Stephaine R Pietrucha at the Saint Aloysius Church, Newark, New Jersey, on September 2, 1943, when he was 22 years old. He had enlisted in the US Army on Sept 16, 1940 at age 19. He went on to serve in the Army overseas during WW II. On August 22, 1944 his son, Leonard Francis Boyce, Jr was born. At some point after the birth of his son, he and Stephanie were divorced. He and Louise Matilda Dittmar, also of Hoboken, NJ were married in the Town of Pamelia, Jefferson County, New York by Justice Chester Paul, Mr and Mrs August F Tafel were their witnesses. They lived in Brownville, NY until 1963, where he was a Vestryman at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Brownville. Originally, they lived with Louise’s Aunt, Anna Lawler Tafel. She passes away in 1957. He had three children with Louise; Lois Ann, Linda Lee and Leonard William Boyce. Lenny play steel guitar a little and love Johnny Cash. In October 1963 the family moved to Watertown, Jefferson Co, NY where the couple had, had a grocery store, the Holcomb Street Market, since sometime in the 50s. After purchasing a home at 516 Holcomb Street the couple ran the grocery store together. They purchases a few horses, and eventually had a stable on outer Gotham St in Watertown, called Gotham Hill Stables. Lenny enjoyed horses and riding as he and Louise had ridden together when they were still in New Jersey and in NY before they had children. He had artistic ability and was good with math. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Watertown. On 29 Jan 1968, one day before his wife's 45th birthday and two months before his oldest daughter was to leave for England to study equestrianship, he left his family without a word. He had fallen from a horse the Sunday before and it was feared he had a head injury. That was not the case. Lenny left town and moved to Oceanside California. There he divorced Louise and married Gladys “Edith” Keen Adderley from Watertown, New York. Sometime during the early 70s (possibly 1972) he had his first heart attack. After his recovery, he visited Watertown (around 1974) and his saw his three children and met his first two grandchildren, twin boys, Scott and Eric Boyce, sons of his son Leonard William. He and his third wife separated at some time after this, around 1980. He tried to get his former wife, Louise to move to California to be with him, but she was not willing to leave her children and grandchildren who were in New York. He eventually reconciled with his wife and then passed away in Oceanside, San Diego, California, 2 OCT 1981. His ashes were sent to his oldest daughter to be buried with her at the time of her death. Along with his four children, one from his first marriage, and three from his second, he had three grandchildren; Scott, Eric and Rick Boyce of Watertown and Christopher from at the time of his death. 

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In 1921, in the year that Leonard Francis Boyce was born, on March 4, Warren G. Harding became President. Previously a U.S. Senator, Lieutenant Governor, and Ohio State Senator, Harding was a popular President. But many scandals plagued his short administration (he died in office after 2 and a half years), including the revelations of one of his mistresses and the Teapot Dome scandal. Historically, Harding is rated as one of the worst Presidents.

In 1940, he was 19 years old when on September 16th, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, was enacted - the first peacetime draft in U.S. history. Men between 21 and 36 were required to register with their draft boards. When World War II began, men between 18 and 45 were subject to service and men up to 65 were required to register.

In 1956, at the age of 35 years old, Leonard was alive when on May 20th, the U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb dropped from a plane over Bikini Atoll. Previously, hydrogen bombs had only been tested on the ground. The Atomic Age moved forward.

In 1969, when he was 48 years old, on July 20th, the first men walked on the moon. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. both walked on the moon but it was Armstrong who first stepped on the moon. They fulfilled the promise of President Kennedy's commitment in 1961 to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade.

In 1981, in the year of Leonard Francis Boyce's passing, on August 1st, MTV debuted. It was the first music video TV channel. The first music video played was the Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" - the second was Pat Benatar's "You Better Run".