Melissa Isadora Boyer1,2
F, b. 30 May 1865, d. 1 January 1943
Melissa Isadora Boyer was born on 30 May 1865 at Plymouth, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.1,3,4 She was the daughter of William H. Boyer and Ann O'Neil.1
Melissa Isadora Boyer married Ernest James Hayden, son of James Hayden and Susan (?), on 29 December 1891 at Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA, at age 26.5,6
Melissa Isadora Boyer died on 1 January 1943 at Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA, at age 77.7 She was buried on 3 January 1943 at Apollonia, Rusk, Wisconsin, USA.7
Melissa's obituary was published in The Sheboygan Press on 8 January 1943 at Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.7 Her obituary states
"County Native is Buried on Sunday Following Rites
Sheboygan Falls.--Funeral services for Mrs. Ernest Hayden, née Melissa Boyer, former county resident who died last Friday at the home of her daughter at Chippewa Falls, were held Sunday in the Congregational church at Apollonia where she had been a church member for 50 years.
Mrs. Hayden was born at Plymouth on May 30, 1965, and lived there until her marriage to Ernest Hayden on Dec. 29, 1891. At that time they moved to Apollonia where they had made their home. Her husband and two sons preceded her in death.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Melissa Kuepfer of Chippewa Falls; and four sons, Max of Battle Creek, Mich., Guy of Detroit, Mich., Ralph of Bruch, Ws., and Jay of Sheboygan Falls."7
Melissa Isadora Boyer married Ernest James Hayden, son of James Hayden and Susan (?), on 29 December 1891 at Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA, at age 26.5,6
Melissa Isadora Boyer died on 1 January 1943 at Chippewa Falls, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA, at age 77.7 She was buried on 3 January 1943 at Apollonia, Rusk, Wisconsin, USA.7
Melissa's obituary was published in The Sheboygan Press on 8 January 1943 at Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA.7 Her obituary states
"County Native is Buried on Sunday Following Rites
Sheboygan Falls.--Funeral services for Mrs. Ernest Hayden, née Melissa Boyer, former county resident who died last Friday at the home of her daughter at Chippewa Falls, were held Sunday in the Congregational church at Apollonia where she had been a church member for 50 years.
Mrs. Hayden was born at Plymouth on May 30, 1965, and lived there until her marriage to Ernest Hayden on Dec. 29, 1891. At that time they moved to Apollonia where they had made their home. Her husband and two sons preceded her in death.
Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Melissa Kuepfer of Chippewa Falls; and four sons, Max of Battle Creek, Mich., Guy of Detroit, Mich., Ralph of Bruch, Ws., and Jay of Sheboygan Falls."7
Children of Melissa Isadora Boyer and Ernest James Hayden
- Marvin Lloyd Hayden13 b. 23 May 1893, d. b 1 Jan 1943
- Lynn Charles Hayden+4,13 b. 17 Feb 1895, d. 1927
- Max E. Hayden7 b. 19 Oct 1897
- Guy B. Hayden7 b. 1 Jan 1899, d. 18 Feb 1990
- Ralph Hayden+7 b. c Dec 1899, d. 29 Oct 1952
- Melissa Hayden7 b. c 1901
- Jay D. Hayden+7 b. 18 May 1902, d. 16 Nov 1989
Last Edited=16 Sep 2020
Citations
- [S579] 1870 US Census, WI, Sheboygan Co. 1740, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), William Boyer household, Plymouth Twp., p. 9 (174) (348) (image 9/57), dwell/fam. 64; citing Roll M593_1740.
- [S511] Linda Esposito Boyer, Boyer family file, Ancestry World Tree, online http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi, Ancestry World Tree Boyer family file (California), Feb. 2004.
- [S1068] "County Native is Buried on Sunday Following Rites," Sheboygan Press 1943 Jan 08, www.newspaperarchive.com via King County Library System, p. 2 (8 Jan 1943): viewed 16 Jul 2011.
- [S1558] 1900 US Federal Census, Chippewa Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602), Ernest Hayden household, Town of Big Bend, ED 37, sheet 6B (Anc. image 12/42), dwelling 111, family 114, accessed 23 Aug 2019; citing NARA microfilm roll T623_1780.
- [S58] Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Wisconsin Marriages, 1820-1907. Wisconsin Vital Records Index (WHS), online http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/vitalrecords, 1820-1907 Wisconsin Marriages (Madison, WI), 2000, Name: Mellissa Boyer
Marriage Date: 29 Dec 1891
County: Outagamie
Volume: 02 Page: 0374. - [S1201] Marriage Record, Melissa Boyer-Ernest James Hayden, 1891: courtesy Linda Boyer, 21 Jul 2008, Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State Street, Madison, Dane, USA.
- [S1068] "County Native is Buried on Sunday Following Rites."
- [S609] 1880 US Census WI, Sheboygan 1447, Sheboygan Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Mary An Boyer household, town of Plymouth, ED 208, p. 139b (14B) (image 14/52), dwell. 118, fam. 121, viewed 1 Sep 2012; citing Roll T9_1447; Family History Film: 1255447.
- [S1558] 1900 US Federal Census, Chippewa Co., Wisconsin, pop. sch., Ernest Hayden household, Town of Big Bend, ED 37, sheet 6B (Anc. image 12/42), dwelling 111, family 114, accessed 23 Aug 2019. Note that this part of Chippewa moved to Rusk Co. in 1901.
- [S1139] 1910 US Census WI, Rusk Co., unknown county, unknown state, population schedule, Ancestry.com, Ernest Hayden; citing http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?dbid=7884; Roll T624_1732.
- [S1121] 1920 US Census WI, Rusk Co., Rusk Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?dbid=6061), Ernest J. Hayden (indexed as Erenst J. Harders); citing Roll T625_2014.
- [S1123] 1930 US Census WI, Rusk, unknown county, unknown state, population schedule, Ancestry.com, Ernest J. Hayden (indexed as Emel); citing http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930; Roll T626_2611.
- [S1067] 1910 US Census WI, Marathon Co., Marathon Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?dbid=7884), Ernest Hayden; citing Roll T624_1719.