THE CANADIAN BRANCH
THE BOYD-WOOD FAMILY c.1933
This page was created 6/13/2000 (last updated 6/25/2000)
Robert "Rob" William Boyd (ISB3) was born 7/27/1909 in Ardmore, PA. He and Edith "Babe" Louise Wood were married c.1933. Rob graduated from highschool and held a variety of job until he enlisted in the Canadian Army at the outbreak of WWII. He was sent to England in May of 1940, was trained, and ended up in the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corp (RCOC) where he rose to the rank of Staff Sargeant by the end of the war. He died 12/27/1962 and was buried at York Cemetery, Military Sect., in North York, Ontario. The date of Babes death in not known.
Robert "Bob" James Boyd (ISB3a) was born 4/18/1936 in Toronto, Ontario. He worked at a number of various jobs before entering the Graphic Arts (printing) buiness where he worked for thirteen years. At that time he went to work for the Queen's Printer of the Ontario government as a printing consultant. He retired in 1998. He and Shirley Joan Hatfield were married 12/31/1959. She was born 12/15/1939 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She graduated from the Edgehill School for Girls of Windsor, NS in 1959. She then went to Toronto to work for the Physicians & Surgeoons Insureance (forunner of the Ontario Government Health Insurance) as a medical claims examiner. Shirley died 1/27/1997. Bob currently lives in Oakville, Ontario.
Brenda Boyd (ISB3a1) was born 3/8/1962 in Toronto, Ontario She graduated from Sheridan College with a diploma in Early Childhood Education (ECE). After teaching in the public school system she was hired to set up an ECE program at Fernhill Private School in Mississauga, Ontario where she still teaches. She and Barry Michael Stannard were married 6/30/1990. He was born 11/23/1960 in Toronto, Ontario. He graduated from the Western Bible College with a degree in Business Management. He is currently working as a manager of driving training and safety for the GO Transit (Ontario Government Commuter Service). They currently live in Georgetown, Ontario.