Thank you for visiting - I do hope that you will find something/someone of interest to you in your search for family history within my ancestor's family.

This page will be added to for a long time, as I suspect it will take that long to gather histories and pictures of Grandpa and Grandma Boyes and their children, as well as who all of their descendants are. But I'm going to update it as I get information. Any mistakes, or errors are not intentional and may be in the original data or in my entering that data, so be patient and write to me and let me know about any that you see and I'll correct them.
 
 

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Relative sites:
                              The Ronspiez family history page (Dona Ronspiez is a descendant through William)
 
 

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Newspaper Article - 19 Aug 03
(this is an article about the place that Anne Geldard Boyes died)

News: Casper | Wyoming | National

Mormons remember tribe's act of kindness 150 years ago
 

NIOBRARA, Neb. (AP) - An act of kindness by the Ponca Tribe more than 150 years ago that saved the lives of 400 Mormons was commemorated over the weekend by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Near present-day Niobrara, 23 Mormons died during the winter of 1846-47 from the bitter-cold weather. But thanks to an invitation from the Ponca Indians to spend the winter with them, hundreds of other Mormons were saved.

The Ponca friendship was remembered at a powwow over the weekend near Niobrara, where church leaders presented the Ponca Tribe with a plaque as commemoration.

The 4-foot wooden plaque - featuring an artistic scene and written accounts of some of the pioneers - tells the story of how both groups of people had been driven from their lands.

''The Mormons contacted us early this year,'' said Phil Wendzillo of Crofton, the tribe's director of cultural affairs. ''They had been wanting to do something for some time to thank the Poncas for their assistance.''

Dr. Mike Tibbitts of Sioux Falls, a church leader, said permission to make this an official presentation was given in 2001 from the church in Salt Lake City.

''When we realized that the last celebration of this event was the centennial commemoration in September 1946, it became obvious that we needed to remember what had been done for our ancestors and people again,'' Tibbitts said. ''The willingness of the Ponca people to share their community as a place of haven for the advance party of our pioneers those many years ago is a story that needs to be shared again.''

His wife, Joylene, actually had several family members in the group of Mormons who wintered in Niobrara in 1846.

''A lot of times, when two distinctive group's histories intertwine, it is often a memory of war. It's great to be the exception,'' Wendzillo said.

The plaque tells the story of 1846, when it was late summer and the Mormons headed west to the Rocky Mountains after being driven from their homes in Nauvoo, Ill.

At the direction of Brigham Young, this advance group traveled along the Platte River to a deserted Pawnee village on the Loup River. While they were there, eight Ponca chiefs arrived.

The Mormons accepted the Ponca's invitation to winter with them in their camp on the ''Running Water,'' or Niobrara River, near its entry into the Missouri River.

A friendship was formed between the Ponca and pioneers. Homes were built of native materials and buffalo hunts were held. They shared their food.

When the spring of 1847 brought better weather, the Mormons returned to their church's winter quarters near Omaha. Later that year, many of this pioneer group traveled to Salt Lake City.
 
 

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Histories
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Descendants

Children with Ann Geldard: (changed their last name to Boyce to avoid a mixup of the mail with regards to Elizabeth's children, the second family)

William, b: 23 Sep 1824 in Phelps, Ontario, New York - m. Phoebe SPIERS, m.  8 Mar 1857 to Elizabeth MAXWELL - d: 11 Sep 1887 in South Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah

Thomas, b: 31 Mar 1827 in Redford, Wayne, Michigan

Mary Ann, b: abt 1829 in Redford, Wayne, Michigan - m. George H. CROSS

Elizabeth, b: 13 Apr 1831 in Laharp, Wayne, Michigan - m. 19 Apr 1849 to Jacob Mica TRUMAN - d: 6 Nov 1919 in Gunlock, Washington, Utah

Henry, b: 12 Jun 1837 in Redford, Wayne, Michigan - m. Susan Lavina WIMNER

Margaret Ann, b: 12 Apr 1840 in Redford, Wayne, Michigan - m. 15 Feb 1857 to Milo ANDRUS - d: in Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah
 
 

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Children with Elizabeth Taylor: (left their last name as Boyes)

Agnes, b: 24 Aug 1849 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah - d: 24 Apr 1850

Edward, b: in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah - d: 14 May 1850

Mary, b: 12 May 1850 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah - m. 26 Oct 1866 to Charles Alfred HARPER - d: 24 Nov 1910 in Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah

Elizabeth, b: 26 Feb 1852 in Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah - m. 4 Dec 1871 to Milo ANDRUS, Jr. - d: 14 Jun 1938 in Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah

Sarah Leonora, b: 28 Nov 1853 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah - m. 6 Mar 1876 to James Austin TAYLOR - d: 30 Apr 1944 in Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah

Rachel, b: 25 Oct 1855 in Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah - d: 28 May 1858

Ann Taylor, b: 28 Oct 1858 in Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah - m. 6 Mar 1879 to Don Carlos WALKER - d: 16 Nov 1924 in Lewisville, Jefferson, Idaho

George, b: 8 Jan 1861 in Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah - d: 11 Nov 1861

Joseph, b: 3 Jan 1862 in Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah - m. 29 May 1889 to Mariette MARTIN - d: 5 Apr 1944 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
 

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