Family History - Janet Seward Robinson

1. Janet Seward Robinson,¹ born ca. 1875 in New York (parents not determined).¹ Janet married, 24 December 1909 in Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York, Dr. James Spencer Purdy^{3, 4} (born 6 December 1873 in Bellona, Yates County, New York, the son of Stewart Lewis Purdy and Josephine Barnes;^{2, 3} James died 28 January 1946 in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington²).

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Helen Barden Purdy, born 15 November 1910 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho. Married Robert Hugh Boyd.

1. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Washington, Island County, Oak Harbor, E.D. 15-1, Sheet No. 13, Purdy Helen Boyd, 34, Idaho, divorced, owner, self service laundry; daughter Janet Susan Boyd, 4, Washington; mother Janet Purdy, 75, New York, widow.
2. Find a Grave (website). (Cremated), James Spencer Purdy, born: 6 December 1873 in Bellona, Yates County, New York; died: 28 January 1946 in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington (from record, which includes the text of his obituary; and provides the names and links for his parents, siblings, and one wife).
3. Washington, West of the Cascades: Historical and Descriptive; the Explorers, the Indians, the Pioneers, the Modern, Volume 2. Herbert Hunt, Floyd C. Kaylor. S. J. Clark Publishing Co., Chicago, Seattle, Tacoma. 1917. Pages 509-511, biography of J. Spencer Purdy, M.D., providing vital and biographical details of James Spencer Purdy, including his Purdy ancestors, two marriages and two daughters, one from each marriage. [A few dates and places, and names of individuals, in this biography differ from other sources.]
4. New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848, 1908-1936, available at familysearch.org, J. Spencer Purdy, 36; father: Stewart L. Pardy [sic]; mother: Barrus [sic, Barnes]; Janet Seward Robinson, 35; father: Horatio Robinson; mother: Walker; married on 24 December 1909 in Ledyard, Cayuga County, New York.

2. Helen Barden Purdy² (Janet¹), born 15 November 1910 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho.^{1, 2} Helen married, 9 February 1941 in Snohomish County, Washington, Robert Hugh Boyd⁵ (born 21 July 1914, the son of Ralph Vernon Boyd and Irene Zally Baker;^{3, 4} Robert died 25 June 1991 in Dade County, Florida^{3, 4}). Robert is buried in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida.³

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Janet Susan Boyd, born ca. 1946 in Washington.1

1. U.S. Federal Census, 1950, Washington, Island County, Oak Harbor, E.D. 15-1, Sheet No. 13, Purdy Helen Boyd, 34, Idaho, divorced, owner, self service laundry; daughter Janet Susan Boyd, 4, Washington; mother Janet Purdy, 75, New York, widow.
2. Washington, West of the Cascades: Historical and Descriptive; the Explorers, the Indians, the Pioneers, the Modern, Volume 2. Herbert Hunt, Floyd C. Kaylor. S. J. Clark Publishing Co., Chicago, Seattle, Tacoma. 1917. Pages 509-511, biography of J. Spencer Purdy, M.D., providing vital and biographical details of James Spencer Purdy, including his Purdy ancestors, two marriages and two daughters, one from each marriage. [A few dates and places, and names of individuals, in this biography differ from other sources.]
3. Find a Grave (website). Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida, Robert Hugh Boyd, born: 21 July 1914; died: 25 June 1991 (from record, which provides the name and link for one wife).
4. Florida Death Index 1877-1998; available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Robert Hugh Boyd, born: 21 July 1914; died: 25 June 1991 in Dade County, Florida.
5. Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008, Male, Index to Marriage Records, Snohomish County, Washington, Robert H. Boyd and Helen B. Purdy; married on 9 February 1941.