Some of the more interesting spellings of a person's first and last name (surname) can be witnessed when researching the name of Patrick Boyce's spouse, Alice Haynes in Canadian Archival records. The discrepancies can be easily attributed to the French speaking Enumerators, Catholic Priests, and Notaries located throughout Sainte Marie, Saint Sylvestre, Saint Elzear, Saint Patrice, Saint Severin and the Broughtons who tried their level best to interpret the heavily accented, Irish settlers of the day.
Alice Haynes married Patrick Boyce in Ireland. It is well documented that the Boyce families originally came from Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland. The Haynes surname can be, also, found in County Donegal and neighboring Sligo County. While the exact location of the marriage between Alice Haynes and Patrick Boyce is currently unknown, it is very probable that they were married in Stranorlar, Ireland.
I want everyone to know how so very brave and so very strong this lady was when she decided to leave everything behind in Ireland with two exceptions ... her husband and her two children ... and endured a frightening journey of 3-months crossing the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger aboard a poorly maintained sailing ship. The maintenance was so poor that the passengers were required to bail the ship of seawater, 24-hours a day for every day they were at sea.
And get this ... our Alice (Haynes) Boyce helped with the chores of bailing the ship, the children, the meals, and the cleaning of clothes ALL THE WHILE SHE WAS 8-MONTHS PREGNANT! Yes, she successfully brought to life another son, Michael Boyce, while crossing the Atlantic Ocean under the most deplorable conditions. While this child was officially born "at sea" he was, indeed, baptized in the Catholic church located in Sainte-Marie. The child would live into his 90s.
As did Alice. She died in the Old Boyce Homstead located on the Saint-Olivier Range in the rural town of Saint-Elzear, 14 Apr 1889. She was 94 years young and so looking forward to the Springtime flowers. This mother would bear nine children, and she successfully raised eight of these children into adulthood. She was an amazing lady.
Witnesses to her burial in the Saint-Elzear Catholic Cemetery were Peter Boyce (her son) and John Owen Boyce (her nephew and my great-grandfather).
Alice Haynes married Patrick Boyce in Ireland. It is well documented that the Boyce families originally came from Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland. The Haynes surname can be, also, found in County Donegal and neighboring Sligo County. While the exact location of the marriage between Alice Haynes and Patrick Boyce is currently unknown, it is very probable that they were married in Stranorlar, Ireland.
I want everyone to know how so very brave and so very strong this lady was when she decided to leave everything behind in Ireland with two exceptions ... her husband and her two children ... and endured a frightening journey of 3-months crossing the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger aboard a poorly maintained sailing ship. The maintenance was so poor that the passengers were required to bail the ship of seawater, 24-hours a day for every day they were at sea.
And get this ... our Alice (Haynes) Boyce helped with the chores of bailing the ship, the children, the meals, and the cleaning of clothes ALL THE WHILE SHE WAS 8-MONTHS PREGNANT! Yes, she successfully brought to life another son, Michael Boyce, while crossing the Atlantic Ocean under the most deplorable conditions. While this child was officially born "at sea" he was, indeed, baptized in the Catholic church located in Sainte-Marie. The child would live into his 90s.
As did Alice. She died in the Old Boyce Homstead located on the Saint-Olivier Range in the rural town of Saint-Elzear, 14 Apr 1889. She was 94 years young and so looking forward to the Springtime flowers. This mother would bear nine children, and she successfully raised eight of these children into adulthood. She was an amazing lady.
Witnesses to her burial in the Saint-Elzear Catholic Cemetery were Peter Boyce (her son) and John Owen Boyce (her nephew and my great-grandfather).
Some of the more interesting spellings of a person's first and last name (surname) can be witnessed when researching the name of Patrick Boyce's spouse, Alice Haynes in Canadian Archival records. The discrepancies can be easily attributed to the French speaking Enumerators, Catholic Priests, and Notaries located throughout Sainte Marie, Saint Sylvestre, Saint Elzear, Saint Patrice, Saint Severin and the Broughtons who tried their level best to interpret the heavily accented, Irish settlers of the day.
Alice Haynes married Patrick Boyce in Ireland. It is well documented that the Boyce families originally came from Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland. The Haynes surname can be, also, found in County Donegal and neighboring Sligo County. While the exact location of the marriage between Alice Haynes and Patrick Boyce is currently unknown, it is very probable that they were married in Stranorlar, Ireland.
I want everyone to know how so very brave and so very strong this lady was when she decided to leave everything behind in Ireland with two exceptions ... her husband and her two children ... and endured a frightening journey of 3-months crossing the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger aboard a poorly maintained sailing ship. The maintenance was so poor that the passengers were required to bail the ship of seawater, 24-hours a day for every day they were at sea.
And get this ... our Alice (Haynes) Boyce helped with the chores of bailing the ship, the children, the meals, and the cleaning of clothes ALL THE WHILE SHE WAS 8-MONTHS PREGNANT! Yes, she successfully brought to life another son, Michael Boyce, while crossing the Atlantic Ocean under the most deplorable conditions. While this child was officially born "at sea" he was, indeed, baptized in the Catholic church located in Sainte-Marie. The child would live into his 90s.
As did Alice. She died in the Old Boyce Homstead located on the Saint-Olivier Range in the rural town of Saint-Elzear, 14 Apr 1889. She was 94 years young and so looking forward to the Springtime flowers. This mother would bear nine children, and she successfully raised eight of these children into adulthood. She was an amazing lady.
Witnesses to her burial in the Saint-Elzear Catholic Cemetery were Peter Boyce (her son) and John Owen Boyce (her nephew and my great-grandfather).
Alice Haynes married Patrick Boyce in Ireland. It is well documented that the Boyce families originally came from Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland. The Haynes surname can be, also, found in County Donegal and neighboring Sligo County. While the exact location of the marriage between Alice Haynes and Patrick Boyce is currently unknown, it is very probable that they were married in Stranorlar, Ireland.
I want everyone to know how so very brave and so very strong this lady was when she decided to leave everything behind in Ireland with two exceptions ... her husband and her two children ... and endured a frightening journey of 3-months crossing the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger aboard a poorly maintained sailing ship. The maintenance was so poor that the passengers were required to bail the ship of seawater, 24-hours a day for every day they were at sea.
And get this ... our Alice (Haynes) Boyce helped with the chores of bailing the ship, the children, the meals, and the cleaning of clothes ALL THE WHILE SHE WAS 8-MONTHS PREGNANT! Yes, she successfully brought to life another son, Michael Boyce, while crossing the Atlantic Ocean under the most deplorable conditions. While this child was officially born "at sea" he was, indeed, baptized in the Catholic church located in Sainte-Marie. The child would live into his 90s.
As did Alice. She died in the Old Boyce Homstead located on the Saint-Olivier Range in the rural town of Saint-Elzear, 14 Apr 1889. She was 94 years young and so looking forward to the Springtime flowers. This mother would bear nine children, and she successfully raised eight of these children into adulthood. She was an amazing lady.
Witnesses to her burial in the Saint-Elzear Catholic Cemetery were Peter Boyce (her son) and John Owen Boyce (her nephew and my great-grandfather).
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