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Family HistoryFamily History - Helen Barden Purdy


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Helen Barden Purdy and one of her descendants down to the second generation.


First and Second Generations
1. Helen Barden Purdy,1 born 15 November 1910 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho, the daughter of Dr. James Spencer Purdy and Janet Seward Robinson.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, Florida3, 4). Robert is buried in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida.3

Child of Helen Barden Purdy and Robert Hugh Boyd:

 2i. 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.