Boyd Family History & Genealogy

Estella Boyd of Detroit, Wayne County, MI was born on July 20, 1914, and died at age 88 years old on April 5, 2003.

Joan Elizabeth (Trepina) Boyd was born on March 29, 1934 in Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois United States to Joe Trepina and Sylvia (Rybica) Trepina, and has a brother Joseph Charles Trepina Jr.. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joan Elizabeth (Trepina) Boyd.

Dressed in black with silver grey hair, on a white horse called Topper, Hopalong Cassidy as played by William Boyd (1895-1972) was the greatest western law enforcer of the screen for two decades. With his drink of choice sarsaparilla, he would fight for justice, run villains out of town, in a calm soft-spoken way, well over 100 times in 66 films, a hit TV series, and on the radio. Boyd never planned to be a cowboy star. Ohio born, raised in Tulsa, and relocating to California, Boyd was an orange picker and salesman among other odd jobs before picking up work as an extra at Paramount. He was spotted by DeMille who would become something of a mentor for him. Not a major star in the silent era he would graduate to top-billed handsome leading man with his prematurely grey hair. His most notable roles were "The Volga Boatman", "King of Kings", "Skyscraper", "Two Arabian Knights", "The Leatherneck" and "Lady of the Pavement." Moving to Pathe/RKO and sound proved no problem with his only well-remembered film a small western "The Painted Desert" due to Gable making an early appearance. It was when another actor with the same name who was involved in a drunken scandal was confused mistakenly as Boyd that he was fired by RKO. Despite an apology, the damage was done. Down and out and already up to marriage No. 4 he was hired to play Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Windy Halliday in a small Paramount western. He lobbied hard to play "Hoppy" the main part and as he was more of a "name" he was cast. 65 films later, across 3 studios, a 5th wife and his greatest supporter for the rest of his life, Grace Bradley - he was now a Top 10 Western box-office star from 36-44,46-49. Shrewdly mortgaging everything and buying his films back as well as the license to the character (his portrayal of Clarence E. Mulford's hero was very different), editing his films down for early TV proved to be a sensation. This led to a hit series "Hopalong Cassidy" (52-54), a failed theme park, but by the early '50s, Boyd was a national institution. His last film was an unbilled cameo for DeMille in "The Greatest Show on Earth." A film legend, a merchandising bonanza, a national treasure. Thank you, Mr. DeMille.

Krissy Ann Boyd was born on July 6, 1980 in Rockford, Illinois United States. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Krissy Ann Boyd .

Isabella Marie Boyd was born on May 9, 1844. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Isabella "Belle" Marie Boyd.

Born in Ladonia, Texas, he was a Western swing music artist who sang and played stand-up string bass with his brother Bill in "Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers," from 1932 to 1951. For RCA Records, they recorded over 200 hit singles to include "Mama Don't Like No Music," "Saturday Night Rag," "Under the Double Eagle," "Going Back to My Texas Home," and "Ramblers Rag." Together they were in a half-dozen Hollywood Westerns in the 1940s, such as "Tumbleweed Trail" (1942), "Raiders of the West" (1942), and "Texas Man Hunt." He also performed at the Grand Ole Opry with Roy Rogers and his "Sons of the Pioneers."

Rick was funny outgoing would give you the shirt off his back he was a wonderful brother and friend he loved fishing working on lawnmowers

Alta (Smith) Boyd was born on July 13, 1885 at Iowa, and died at age 79 years old on January 28, 1965 at Washington. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alta (Smith) Boyd.

Martin Bentley Boyd was born to John Madison Boyd and Angeline Narcissis Harp Boyd, and has siblings John Alfred Boyd, George Boyd, Rebecca Webb Boyd, Nora Jones, and Pearl Essie Boyd Pegg. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Martin Bentley "Doc" Boyd .

Kenneth Archibald Boyd was born circa 1923, and died at age 20 years old on July 9, 1944. Kenneth Boyd was buried at 'c/101848' Beny-sur-mer Canadian War Cemetery in 7th Recce. Regt.. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kenneth Archibald Boyd.

John Madison Boyd was in a relationship with Angeline Narcissis Harp Boyd, and has children Rebecca Webb Boyd, John Alfred Boyd, George Boyd, Martin Bentley "Doc" Boyd, Nora Jones, and Pearl Essie Boyd Pegg. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Madison Boyd.

Angeline Narcissis (Harp) Boyd has a brother John Harp. Angeline Boyd was in a relationship with John Madison Boyd, and has children Rebecca Webb Boyd, John Alfred Boyd, George Boyd, Martin Bentley "Doc" Boyd, Nora Jones, and Pearl Essie Boyd Pegg. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Angeline Narcissis Harp Boyd .

The best grandfather of all time, and my best friend

George Boyd was born to John Madison Boyd and Angeline Narcissis Harp Boyd, and has siblings John Alfred Boyd, Martin Bentley "Doc" Boyd, Rebecca Webb Boyd, Nora Jones, and Pearl Essie Boyd Pegg. George Boyd married Ethel Jones at Allen, Ponotoc County, Oklahoma, USA, in Allen, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma United States, and has children Johnny Boyd, Jimmy Boyd, and Paralee Boyd. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Boyd .

Katheryn Yvonne (Boyd) Tipton was born to Nearl E Boyd and Amy Wilsinchenko Boyd, and has a brother Gerald Boyd. Katheryn Boyd married Micheal Tipton. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Katheryn Yvonne Boyd Tipton.

Gerald Boyd was born in 1961 at Denver, CO., USA to Nearl E Boyd and Amy Wilsinchenko Boyd, and has a sister Katheryn Yvonne Boyd Tipton. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gerald Boyd.

Isabella Ellen (Boyd) Donleavey of New South Wales Australia was married to James McCrossin Donleavey. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Isabella Ellen (Boyd) Donleavey.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Alfred Boyd .

Ella J. Boyd was born on July 4, 1861. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ella J. Boyd.

Jimmy Boyd (Only known as "Jimmy Boyd') Born January 9, 1939 Jayess, Mississippi, U.S. Died March 7, 2009 (aged 70) Santa Monica, California, U.S. Occupation Actor, musician and singer Years active 1951–1963 Spouse(s) Yvonne Craig (m. 1960; div. 1962) Anne Forrey (m. 1980; div. 1984) Children 1 Jimmy Devon Boyd (January 9, 1939 – March 7, 2009) was an American singer, musician, and actor known for his recording of the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus". Boyd's parents would take their children to country and western dances held in a barn in Colton, California outside of Riverside. It was at one of these dances when Boyd's older, nine-year-old brother, Kenneth, went up to the bandstand and told the band leader, Texas Jim Lewis, he should hear his little brother sing and play the guitar. Lewis called seven-year-old Boyd up to the stage to sing and play. After the dance concluded, Lewis and the manager of a local radio station approached Boyd’s parents to make an offer of $50 per appearance on an hour-long radio show to be broadcast from the dance every Saturday night. While the family was in Los Angeles for surgery Leslie Boyd required for cataracts, they were told about auditions being held for the Al Jarvis Talent Show on KLAC-TV. Following his audition, Boyd appeared on Jarvis' show the same night. Winning the contest, Boyd was the subject of numerous telegrams and telephone calls from fans addressed to Jarvis and KLAC Jarvis, along with co-host, had a five-hour-a-day, six-day-a-week talk show on KLAC-TV called Hollywood On Television. After his popular appearance and win on the talent show, Jarvis signed Boyd to appear regularly on Hollywood on Television, a show he co-hosted with Betty White. With his popularity rising, Boyd started to be seen on other television shows, including CBS-TV's The Frank Sinatra Show. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" Boyd recorded the song "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" for Columbia Records in 1952, when he was 13 years old. It became a hit, selling over two and a half million records in its first week's release and Boyd's name became known internationally. Boyd was presented with two gold records. Boyd's record went to number one on the charts again the following year at Christmas, and continues to sell as a Christmas song. Collective disc sales by 1966 amounted to over 11 million copies. Boyd owned horses, so Columbia presented him with a silver mounted saddle. Inscribed in the silver plate on the back of the saddle were the words, "Presented by Columbia Records to Jimmy Boyd commemorating his 3,000,000 record of 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus'". Between February 1953 and November 1954, Boyd made five appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. In that era, an appearance on Ed Sullivan's program (or even being introduced in the audience as was often the case of film stars and athletes), was considered by the entertainment industry and the public alike to be the pinnacle of success. In the same year and the years that followed Boyd made multiple appearances on Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall, The Doris Day Show, The Bing Crosby Show, The Bob Hope Show, the syndicated The Patti Page Show (1955), Dave Garroway, The Merv Griffin Show, The Tonight Show, Shindig, American Bandstand and other programs throughout the United States and Canada. Boyd recorded several more hit records: teaming up with Frankie Laine in the spring of 1953 on "Tell Me a Story" (written by Terry Gilkyson), which reached #4, and "The Little Boy And The Old Man" with Frankie Laine (#24), and with Rosemary Clooney that summer on "Dennis the Menace," which reached #25. Frank Sinatra declared that Miller's choices of songs had ruined his career, and he promptly switched over to Capitol Records, where he chose his own songs and began making hit records again. However, Boyd felt a great deal of loyalty to Miller. He did not follow through with his own wish to go to Memphis and record with Sam Phillips at his Sun Records, where the dawn of rock and roll was beginning with many of the new rock artists of the time. Instead, he concentrated more on movies and television, and finishing his education. In retrospect, Boyd said he wished that he had gone to Sun Records. Other recordings Another favorite recording session of Boyd's was a song written by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, "That's What I'll Give to You". Terry Melcher produced the session for Boyd on Vee-Jay Records. Vee-Jay was the first company to release all the early Beatles records in the United States. Before Boyd's single was released, Vee-Jay was sued by Capitol and lost all the royalties and rights to the Beatles. Vee-Jay Records went bankrupt. The song was recently released on Rhino Records. Herb Alpert had visited the session at Vee-Jay and liked it so much he asked Boyd and Melcher to record for his and Jerry Moss' label, A&M Records. While recording the album, the Manson murders occurred at a house in which Melcher had previously lived, prompting Melcher to abandon the project and go into seclusion. The album was never finished. Bobby Darin wrote and produced a record, Made In The Shade, for Boyd. Although they had met briefly at different events, Boyd and Bobby became friends while working on different movies at Universal Studios. Work in film, television and Las Vegas Boyd showed he had comedic talents in recurring roles in the television series Bachelor Father (as Howard Meechum, the boyfriend of the Noreen Corcoran character), Date with the Angels, The Betty White Show, Broadside (in the role of Marion Botnik), and My Three Sons. He also appeared in a number of motion pictures, including Inherit the Wind (1960). In that film, Boyd portrays Howard, a student who is called as the first witness in the trial of teacher Bertram Cates. One of his surviving performances available online is with Betty White on "The Betty White Show" in the mid-1950s. At the time, Boyd was the youngest entertainer ever allowed to appear in Las Vegas, starring at the famed Sands Hotel's "Copa Room" at age thirteen during Sinatra's "Rat Pack" era. On Boyd's opening night show he was applauded back onstage by the audience for multiple encores. With the audience still cheering and whistling, Sands boss, Jack Entratter, standing backstage, caught Boyd and stopped him from going back on stage after his third encore. Entratter asked Boyd if he could please go back for only one encore during his performances, and explained that it was nearly two o'clock in the morning and that the hotel needed the people to go back to the casino and gamble. Boyd also appeared at the Golden Hotel in Reno, Nevada. Following entertainers such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, Frankie Laine, Johnnie Ray and Eddie Fisher with his own show, he performed at 90,000 seat-plus venues such as Soldier Field, The Rubber Bowl, The Plantation, Red Rocks and others, in Chicago, Ohio, Colorado, Hawaii and Canada, along with hundreds of one-nighters on the road throughout the U.S., Canada, and England. A seasoned performer at fourteen, he took time off to return to Hollywood to star in a horse racing movie called Racing Blood for 20th Century Fox. Boyd found Hollywood to be far less grueling than life on the road. At sixteen years of age he returned to Hollywood again to appear in The Second Greatest Sex with Jeanne Crain, George Nader, and Bert Lahr for Universal Pictures. Then it was on to New York to do a musical version of Tom Sawyer for The United States Steel Hour on CBS, with Florence Henderson as Becky. Boyd hung up his guitar at least temporarily and started having fun as a regular on comedy shows like Date With The Angels, Bachelor Father with John Forsythe, and Broadside. He starred with Mickey Rooney, Terry Moore, Dan Duryea and Yvette Mimieux in the film Platinum High School for MGM. Boyd was shooting Bachelor Father with Forsythe and simultaneously filming Inherit the Wind with Spencer Tracy, Gene Kelly and Fredric March for Universal Studios. Boyd co-starred in the national touring company of Neil Simon's play The Star-Spangled Girl with George Hamilton and Deana Martin. Neil Simon's brother Danny Simon stated, "Initially Jimmy didn't want to do The Star-Spangled Girl. It meant he would have to leave L.A. for a year, and he wasn't sure he wanted to do the same show night after night. Neil and I took him out to dinner and coerced him into it. Jimmy got rave reviews, and was glad he did the play." Personal life In 1960, Boyd married actress Yvonne Craig (TV's Batgirl). After a year of marriage, Boyd was drafted into the Army and was stationed in Texas. Separation proved unfortunate to his marriage, which ended in divorce in 1962. Boyd went to the Republic of Vietnam in 1965 with his own show for the USO. In February 1967 he also joined in Nancy Sinatra's USO trip to entertain American troops in South Vietnam. Boyd married a second time in 1980. He and Anne Forrey Boyd had a son together, but divorced in 1984. He remained single for the rest of his life. When asked, "What's the most exciting thing that ever happened to you?" his reply was, "The birth of my son." Jimmy Boyd died of cancer in 2009 at the age of 70. For his contributions to the recording industry, Boyd has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.