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By Boyce Thompson

John Kruttschnitt Played a Practical Joke at His Sister’s Wedding Reception

Newspapers in New Orleans and other cities carried breathless accounts Rebecca Kruttschnitt (1889-1975) wedding in 1911 to English suitor Henry C. Woodhouse. The reports focused on the resplendent venue, the glamorous dresses worn by the bride and her maids, and the bountiful flowers that adorned the scene. They missed the most interesting event. “The wedding […]

Filed Under: Families, Kruttschnitt, Woodhouse Tagged With: Alma Kruttschnitt, Henry de Clifford Anthony Woodhouse, John Kruttschnitt, Joseph Paxton Blair, Julius Krutschnitt, Rebecca de Mendes Kruttschnitt

By Boyce Thompson

Roadblock Ahead: Tracing the Boyce Line Back to West Virginia

This amateur genealogists has spent many frustrating years trying to trace his Boyce line back to Hardy County, West Virginia, and its beginnings in North America. This dogged pursuit took me to the home of the genealogical society in Logan County Kentucky, where my third great-grandfather, J.R. Boyce, was born. When I showed the eminently […]

Filed Under: Boyce, Families, Wright Tagged With: Aaron Boyce, Hardy County, James Richard Boyce, Maria Louisa Wright, Richard Boyce, West Virginia

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