What a wonderful resource! Thanks for keeping all this material in one place!
I am on the Australian line ( See cousin Ranald Boydell's comment below).
Hello to all the family all over the world!
Ruth
Newcastle NSW Australia

Excellent site keep up the good work!

hello everyone....ive 2 boydell sisters as my 5th grandmothers,both daughters of josiah boydell....great to see the family tree that is online ,...ive gone further back than the online tree and was surprised ...im on facebook if you look me up
all the best
johnny sanchez-griffin

Good afternoon all, my 6thgreat grandfather is josiah boydell ,ive been doing my family tree for a few months , few hours a week with a few names , today was my grandmothers janes day to which ive found loads of wonderful information, many thanks
John sanchez

I have just started delving into the Boydell side of my ancestry so to find this site is amazing. I think my mother contacted you (Mick) when she was actively researching as I have a copy of a book (from Mum) about the Boydell family written by a lady from the Australian side.
Your website is a treasure!!!
My grandfather was Harry Boydell, a Canadian as his parents, James A Boydell and Margaret Blower emigrated there from Leigh in Lancashire. I will dig out some photographs to send to you.

Stay vibing fellow Boydells

Vibes for days

I am a descendant of Gladys Boydell who married Joseph Lee. Gladys Boydell is my great grandmother.
Glady's Boydell had my grandmother Gladys Lee.

Gladys Lee married Joseph Frank Stasiak (my grandfather).
Together they had three children, Joseph Stasiak (my father), Gladys Stasiak, and adopted another daugher Robin.
Joseph Stasiak married my mother Patricia Stasiak and had me and my brother, Joseph Stasiak.

Thank you for the history, as I do not know much about my ancestors from England.

Photo #9, the PA miners, my grandfather's name was Jesse, pronounced Jess, not Jessie. It was a passed down name - his father's name and his son's name (1912). He was my grandfather's first son and fifth child. My mother, Sarah May, (1914) came next followed by Nellie, James, Elmer, Pauline, and Ruth. After Jesse developed black lung, the family moved to Paterson, NJ. Several of the girls worked in the silk factories. Jesse died in 1930 at 47.

Thanks to you and Bill for all the work you have put into tracking and consolidating this info over the years. Really neat to see!

My gr gr gt gt Grandmother is Elizabeth Boydell who married Richard Coward in 1740 in Leigh - many thanks for this info and its lovely to know we go back so far to France and the battle of Hastings very interesting and great research -

Andrea

this is pretty useful since I wanted to learn more about my family tree my father is gary boydell and my mother was Cheryl syder

Hi I'm a decendant of Hannah Boydell of Pennington Leigh 1826-1887 m Richard Falkner.
Parents were Thomas Boydell and Mary Hunt.
Any documents or photos would be appreciated
Many thanks for a great site dedicated to our family
Andrea x

Hello,

I am Brian Lambert Boydell, born 28 January 1946. My father was Thomas Peter Boydell, born 28 January 1917.
I would welcome as much background as you can give.
Best Regards
blboydell@yahoo.co.uk

ranald@maxwellboydell.com

Hi there. My family are all Australian, but I am now living in the Scottish Borders. Our decedents went to Australia from Rossett, Caergwrle and the Allyn, just across the Welsh border from Doddleston, in the early 1800's. There were two brothers, Charles and William, and basically all the Boydells in Australia now will be decedents of them. William married the daughter of Bishop William Broughton, who was the first and only Bishop of Australia, and is buried at Canterbury Cathedral. I know that the family tree back in the UK includes John Boydell who was an 18th century engraver, publisher and Lord Mayor of London, and James Boydell who was a 19th century inventor of a steam traction, engine and after whom a glacier in the antartic is named, and also a minister from slightly earlier. A lot of research on the family was done in the 1980's by Canon Eaton(?) Lloyd who was a Padre in WWII and then minister at Aynwick Castle in Northumberland, because his wife, Margaret, was a Boydell - I think my father received a copy of the family tree (as below) from him. Great site - keep up the good work.

my grand mother was annie boydell born 1879 Thomas boydell was her brother.i have some old photos of old family members. I would like to contact you.

my grand mother was annie boydell born 1879 Thomas boydell was her brother.i have some old photos of old family members. I would like to contact you.

I was married to Joseph Boydell born Feb 11, 1922 in Paterson, New Jersey. We had two sons, Logan and Noah. Joe passed away in March 1998.

Descendent of Elizabeth Boydell, b 1868 Lostock. This sign in times out too soon so please contact me at plattcom@msn.com

Great site. I have been researching my roots. Elizabeth Boydell is my great grandmother. She is daughter of James Boydell and Alice Aspinall. She was born on their farm in Lostock, Bolton, Lancs in 1868. She married John Platt in Leigh in 1892. They were silk weavers. In 1895, they emigrated to Paterson, New Jersey, USA, another silk mill town. I would like to fill in more about her early life. Let me know if I can help anyone. Thanx. Fred Platt, Wayne, NJ, USA I can be contacted at plattcom@msn.com

Great site. I have been researching my roots. Elizabeth Boydell is my great grandmother. She is daughter of James Boydell and Alice Aspinall. She was born on their farm in Lostock, Bolton, Lancs in 1868. She married John Platt in Leigh in 1892. They were silk weavers. In 1895, they emigrated to Paterson, New Jersey, USA, another silk mill town. I would like to fill in more about her early life. Let me know if I can help anyone. Thanx. Fred Platt, Wayne, NJ, USA I can be contacted at plattcom@msn.com

My K Grandmother was ANNIE BOYDELL BORN1879 MY MOTHER WAS ANNIE BRIGGS BORN 1904.I WOULD LIKE TO UP DATE YOUR RECORDS.THANK U.

Hi my father ken is a Boydell and lives in Leigh Lancashire,this is so interesting to see where the Boydell came from.will keep in touch.

My grandfather Frederick Boydell lived in Leigh lancashire. He was a musician and married a singer Elizabeth Rathbone in 1900. The had four daughters, tw o of whom survived, my mother Winifred Fairclough and he r elder sister Lizzie Boydell. Lizzie had married. A second cousin, Jack Boydell whose father appeared to have died in 1914. They had no children. Jack died about 1993 at the age of 93 or thereabouts, my aunt having per deceased him a few years before. They lived in Thonton Cleveleys near Blackpool, he was an electrician and she was a teacher and actress.
I have no brothers or sisters but gave a daughter Astrid and grandson Oscar aged 10.
Very interesting to read your page, I have a photograph of the knight in Grappenhall church. Can't quite read the Pedigree on line but would be interested in obtaining a copy if you know where or how I could do so. Thanks, Ann

was Gillian Charnley previously Gillian Boydell sister Yvonne Boydell and mother and father Joan and Eric Boydell grandma and grandad Alice and Herbert Boydell (excellent site a lot of hard work gone into it fasinating x )

Thanks for posting your ancestry, My family are from Leigh/Lowton area

Very interesting. My mother's maiden name was Boydell and I have been working on the family tree which is extensive. The main part of my ancestors seem to have settled in the Leigh / Lowton area of Lancashire but can be traced through Dodleston in Cheshire and to 1066 Battle of Hastings.

Very Nice

Really impressive, will keep in touch