Sixth Generation
1372.
Grace Ellen VANDEL was born on 15 Mar 1915 in Lineville,
Wayne, Iowa.52 She was
christened about 1932 in Houston, , Texas.152
She died on 2 May 2008 in Houston, , Texas. Grace Vandel
was born in Lineville, Iowa on March 15, 1915 to
James Anderson and Mary Ellen Vandel. She had two sisters, Alta and
Crete; and five brothers: Julius, Ben, Paul, Roy, and Kenneth. Her
father worked for the railroad. The family moved several times.
First they went to Vaughn, Wyoming; then to Mitchell, Nebraska and
finally to Alliance, Nebraska. Grace was athletic and was on the all-
star basketball team. She graduated from Alliance High School in
1933. She joined her sister, Crete, in Houston, Texas after the
birth of Crete's first child, Shirley, so she could help take care of
her. From this experience, she decided to go to go to nurse's training,
which she did for the next two years.
During her time in Houston she met Beuron Boyd, who became her
husband. They were married October 6, 1938. They had two sons,
Robert Bruce and Byron Lee Boyd. Grace passed away at the age on 93
on May 2, 2008 in Houston, Texas.
Grace Ellen VANDEL and Beuron BOYD were married on 6 Oct 1938 in Houston,
, Texas.52 Beuron
BOYD (son of Dr. James Monroe BOYD and Catherine Virginia STALSBY) was born
on 6 Oct 1913 in Natchitoches, , Louisiana.152
He died on 23 Nov 2002 in Houston, , Texas.153
Grace Ellen VANDEL and Beuron BOYD had the following children:
2457 | i. | Robert Bruce BOYD was born on 3 Sep 1945 in Houston, , Texas.152 He died on 6 Nov 1971 in Ft. Stockton, , Texas.152 He was buried about 9 Nov 1971 in Houston, , Texas.152 |
+2458 | ii. | Byron Lee BOYD. |