Remembering Our Boyd Ancestors

 We visited several cemeteries this past weekend to remember and honor our Boyd ancestors.  We took time to share stories and memories of those we knew personally and shared historic information about those older ancestors.

                Visiting great great grandparents' Tom and Cora Boyd's graves.

 

 

 

 When reviewing the photos after our visit, I see that these fireman's stars are personalized.  Will take a closer shot of the rest of these next year.  Our family members were a big part of the downtown Columbus, NE fire station.

 

 

A picnic was held in Pawnee Park in Columbus following the cemetery visit.  Cousin Jane Dodds in New Zealand had sent some old Columbus newspapers to share with the gathering, along with some old family recipes that she'd come across.  I'll share some of those recipes in another post.  

   Good food, good fellowship!  We were a small, but mighty group this year. 

The newspaper article that stood out to me was the one focusing on all of the community work done by the Columbus Fire Department.  Among their projects were a number of improvements in Pawnee Park.  No wonder the Boyd clan gathered in the park annually!

Following the picnic, we made our way up to Norfolk to remember more Boyd family and my grandparents / great grandparents.

        Harold Boyd's first wife.  Buried in the plot with her sister-in-law and family.

  No relation.  But a rather colorful Norfolk resident who rests nearby my grandparents. 

                   Following are Ralph Waldo Emerson Boyd's family members.

On the way to Nebraska, I also stopped in Belleville, KS to remember Horatio Boyd, Mary, his wife and son's graves.