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My great, great grandmother was Mary Elizabeth Boyd born 1861 who married my great, great grandfather Alfred Emile Noel. One of Mary's siblings was Reginald Boyd born in 1875 in England and therefore I believe a great, great Uncle, please correct me if I'm wrong. I've been informed that at some point in his life he went to Halifax, Canada. Later he was a crew member/officer on the C.S. Mackay Bennett which helped save surviviors of the Titanic. Reg then sadly died as a result of the Halifax Explosion in 1917. Am wondering if there is anyone out there who has any information about Reg or the C.S. Mackay Bennett and the Halifax Explosion. I work during the week so am not at my computer until the evening time.

Kind regards

Kathryn

Have you tried googling?

There must be acres of info relating to the Titanic on the internet

For background.........1881 census

Name: Reginald W. Boyd
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Isabella Boyd
Gender: Male
Where born: Dovercourt, Essex, England

Civil parish: Dovercourt
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street Address: 6 Victoria Terrace
Education:

Registration district: Tendring
Sub-registration district: Harwich
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1781
Folio: 29
Page Number: 10
Household Members: Name Age
Isabella Boyd 37
Mary E. Boyd 19
John Boyd 9
Reginald W. Boyd 5

The CS Mackay Bennett was the first of four ships chartered by the White Star Line to search for bodies in the aftermath of the sinking.

http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/titanic/ships.asp?Ship=Mackay-Bennett has a list of all bodies found and possibly further information.

Best bet is to google as Flick has said

Helen x

Hi, I have done some research but was just wondering if there were any avid Titanic researchers who may have some info on Reginald and his co crew etc. Also I was wondering if anyone can look up as to when Reg went to Canada please?

Kind regards

Kathryn

Have absolutely no idea if this is your chap:

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935

Name: Reginald Boyd
Gender: Male
Date of Arrival: 30 Sep 1909
Vessel: Tunisian
Port of Arrival: Quebec
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Roll: T-4763

No age given just "A" to denote Adult. His onward destination was Ingersoll and he was a tourist.

Here we are! (EDIT: Not so sure, see bottom of this post)

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935

Name: Reginald W Boyd
Date of Arrival: 31 Mar 1919
Vessel: Empress of Britain
Port of Arrival: St.John, New Brunswick
Port of Departure: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Roll: T-14837

Hmm, not so sure, have now seen on other posts his middle initial was "N" (although the typing on original image is blurred, it could be an "N"). However, this is a troopship and this chap is a serving member of the forces. Plus, it's after "our" Reginald died. Will still leave even if for elimination.

Hi, thanks for the link, very interesting. Just for clarification Reginald (although shown in the 1881 cesnsus as R W Boyd) his middle name was Newton, his mother's name prior to marriage was Isabella Newton. Not sure why she used her maiden name as a middle name for Reg. I will hold out on here to see if anyone has possibly a crew list for that period, you never know but I do appreciate everyone's input but at the same time don't want to waste anyone's time.

Kind regards

Kathryn

I think the second initial is wrongly transcribed in 1881

1891

Name: Reginald N Boyd
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Harwich, Essex, England

Civil parish: St Clement
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: Ipswich
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England


Registration district: Ipswich
Sub-registration district: Ipswich Eastern
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1470
Folio: 68
Page Number: 39
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Parker 49
Mary A Parker 43
Thomas Parker 18
Reginald N Boyd 15
_________________________________________________

Name: Reginald Newton Boyd
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1875
Registration district: Tendring
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 304

You'd do better to ask for info about the ship on which he served............as opposed to the Titanic

Hi, have just found that Reg married in 1905 in Halifax so he must have gone out to Canada prior to this. Sorry.

Regards

Kathryn

Thanks Flick, do I start a new thread then or what do I have to do please.

Kind regards

Kathryn

His death is listed here:

http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/remembrance/list.asp?ID=149

Must be a connection?

Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967

Name: Reginald Newton Boyd < Radio Operator
Spouse: Annabel Macdonald < Stenographer
Event Year: 1933
Event: Mariage (Marriage)
Religion: Catholique
Place of Worship or Institution: Montréal (Saint Patrick)
Province: Québec

Yes! This is his son.

The marriage took place 17/08/1933. He was the son of the late Reginald Newton Boyd and Sophia Ann Murphy.

Annabel was the daughter of John McDonald and Hannah Agatha Mailmon.

Reginald and Annabel were both from the parish of St Theresa's, Halifax, Nova Scotia. They had not signed a marriage contract.

The witnesses were Patrick O'Neill and Anthony Rooney.

Hi Margee, thank you for that, even on that form they get the middle initial wrong. It is definitely my Reg so to speak. Am wondering if there is anyway in tracing the children of their marriage albeit John and Reg Jnr would have passed on but they may well have had children. This is exciting.

Kind regards

Kathryn

1911 Canadian census
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Boyd Reginald M Head M Sep 1875 35
Boyd Sophia F Wife M Apr 1873 35
Boyd John M Son S Jul 1896 4
Boyd Reginald M Son S Feb 1898 2

Thank you for the marriage of Reginald N Boyd Jnr, am sure this is the same family, sadly I don't think there is a way to research birth, marriages, deaths et from here. Not that I'm an expert, otherwise I wouldn't be asking for help. I do not have subscriptions or spare money for the same hence my asking the help of all you dear people.

Kind regards

Kathryn

Kathryn, it IS the marriage of his son - I've just added further info. If you'd like the original image then click on the purple "Send Message" button under my name and send me your email address (don't put it on here)

Do NOT start a new thread, just keep with this one (best to have all info in one place and rules are one thread per family) :-)

We're here to help with whatever resources we have.

Hi Marie, thank you so much for the indepth info on Reg Jnr, is there anyway you can go further with this research ie to see if they had any children please, obviously you have the means, site etc to research this family.

Kind regards


Kathryn

Kathryn, I only have what is available on Ancestry worldwide. I understand Canada has pretty strict privacy laws so the information on there is somewhat limited.

However, I'm happy to see if there's anything else .....

PS - in addition to the 1911 posted at 13:02 Reginald was an Engineer in a foundry. They lived at 19 North Park.