G'Day all These miscellaneous New Zealand Boyd records may help someone with their Boyd research. The areas they relate to are New Zealand; Scotland, Australia, and Oregon USA. None are directly related to my Boyd line Good Hunting Brian Boyd Melbourne Australia Alexandra (New Zealand) Presbyterian Church - The Alexandra marriage register commences in 1868 when the Parish was formally established. A "gap" exists in the register between October 1871 and July 1877 during which time the Parish was vacant (i.e. without a Minister). Mr Boyd, a Student Missionary, was appointed in 1874 however he was not able to perform marriage ceremonies until after he was licensed and ordained in 1877. During the period 1871 to 1877, Presbyterian Marriages must either have been performed out of town by other Ministers or even by Ministers of other denominations in the town. "Union" Church services and sharing of Ministers were not uncommon in these early years. The Minister at Alexandra, the Rev Alexander Watson, recorded in 1910 that few early records of Presbyterian work in the district (prior to 1879) were held. A Deacon's Court minute book is held from the formation of the Parish in 1868 however a Session was not formed until 1879 when minutes commence. BOYD, Rev Andrew Gray He had studied in Glasgow HM Isla Bank SP Alexandra COP Licensed by Presbytery of Clutha Ordained by Presbytery of Clutha 1877 Ordained Alexandra COP 28.3.1877- resigned 10.4.1878 South Dunedin DnP 1880 - resigned 1882 - to USA Died 1915 Oregon USA BOYD, Rev Douglas Campbell b 6.11.1922; w Rene b 8.2.1925 m 4.9.1946 Hall 1958-9 (special course) Ord Grants Braes DnP 26.11.1959 St Davids Sydenham ChP 8.7.1965 St Columba Naenae WnP 4.9.1969 Chalmers Timaru 23.9.1976 Iona Aranui Chch 26.8.1982 - retired 31.1.1988 BOYD, Rev David Kirkland (Tim) b 20.8.1900; w Jessie Winifred b 1.1.1901 m 30.1.1930 d 27.11.1984 Parents fr N Irel; came to NZ & farmed; Tim b at Levels Sth Cant. Hall 1925-7 Ord Malvern ChP 1.12.1927 Queenstown COP 9.5.1935 Waikari ChP 10.3.1944 Lyttelton ChP 16.5.1951 Trinity Ashburton 7.4.1960 ret 31.1.1966 He edited Outlook for a time on the death of P. Smith; edited Forum for a time.(mag for mins) Died 9.9.1982 Ashburton, aged 82 BOYD, Rev James Hall b 23.4.1886,Glasgow, Scotland w (1) - no information w (2) Edna Helena b 24.6.1893 m 4.10.1922 d 16.6.1982 Came to NZ as a young man; had trained as engineer in John Browns Shipyard Glasgow also as Head of Department in a wholesale warehouse; attended Bible Training Institute at Glasgow. Joined Home Missionary service 1916. Exempted from HM Course on account of training in BTI Glasgow. HM Port Ahuriri HBP 1916; Ord HM Dec 1917 - resigned 1918 to NZEF Upon discharge from forces to : Whangamomona TkP 1919 Terrace End, Palmerston Nth 1920 res 1923 and withdrew Inglewood TkP 1924 - reaccepted Point Chevalier AP 1928 Mangapapa-Kaiti GP 1931 Woodville MnP 1936 New Lynn AP 1939 Mangere AP 1946 Birkenhead NSP 1947 - retired 30.4.1951 Died 17.2.1967 BOYD, Rev John Shaw b (?) >From the United Presb. Church of Scotland, trained at the United Presb. Church Hall. To Australia - Ordained Essendon/Keilor, Presb. Church of Victoria, 14 Jul 1962 (from 1863 Essenden only) - resigned 1 Oct 1872 Moss Vale, Presb. Church of New South Wales, 1880-1881 Cootamundra/Temora (supply) 1882-1883 To New Zealand - Received from Presbytery of Sydney 1883 Inducted into Hamilton WkP 22.10.1885 - resigned 7.6.1887 Retired to New South Wales, Australia 1893. Died (?) BOYD, Rev Robert Cunningham b 18.3.1874 Dundee, Scotland w Jessie White b 19.11.1869 m 2.4.1900 d 5.5.1957 Elder at Martyrs United Presbyterian Church, Dundee and Home Missionary in the UF Church in Scotland for 8 years; formerly a Colporteur; came to NZ as HM under scheme with Dr Gibb 1921; in World War One he served with the YMCA in France for 2 years. HM Orepuki SP 1921; Ord HM 21.5.1921 Nightcaps SP 1924 Stewart Island SP Apr 1928 Waikaia MtP 1931 - retired 31.3.1938, as he had become partially blind. Died 16.8.1946 -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 98 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message