Frances Ann Boggus (1869-1954)

Frances Ann “Fannie” Boggus was born July 1869 in Alexandria, Rapides County, Louisiana.  She was the daughter of Peter Boggess and Amanda Antionette Sims.  She was raised in Rapides County, Louisiana.

Fannie married John Stewart Eyre on July 29, 1889 in Alexandria, Rapides County, Louisiana.  She was 20 years old and he was 23 years.  John was born in November 1865 in Alexandria, Rapides County, Louisiana, the son of Willis Preston Eyre and Mary Elizabeth Ann Fant. 

 John and Fannie had one child:

            John Don “Donnie”                         born January 21, 1891

After their marriage, John and Fannie settled their family in a home in Pollock, Grant County, Louisiana, where John found work as a farm laborer.  By 1910, John was working as a prospector for a lumber mill.

John’s and Fannie’s only son, Donnie, and his wife died within two years in the late 1920’s, leaving their four children as orphans.  The children moved in with their grandparents in their home in Alexandria, Rapides County, Louisiana.

John Stewart Eyre died on January 17, 1929 in Alexandria, Rapides County, Louisiana.  He was 63 years old at his death.

In 1930, Fannie and her grandchildren were living in a home on Webster Street in Alexandria, along with Fannie’s sister-in-law, Katie Ray.  Fannie was employed as a housekeeper at that time.

Frances Ann Boggus Eyre died on March 30, 1954 in Alexandria, Rapides County, Louisiana.  She was 85 years old at her death.

Notes for Frances Ann Boggus

Birth:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: T623_565; Page: 33A; Enumeration District: 63.

Marriage:  FamilySearch.org, Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906 for Fannie A. Bogguss

Residence in 1930:  Year: 1930; Census Place: Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana; Roll: 816; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 10; Image: 299.0.

Death:  FamilySearch.org, Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954 for Frances Ann Eyre

Notes for John Stewart Eyre

Birth, Residence & Occupation in 1900:  Year: 1900; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: T623_565; Page: 33A; Enumeration District: 63.

Residence & Occupation in 1910:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Pollock, Grant, Louisiana; Roll: T624_515; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0060; Image: 86; FHL Number: 1374528.

Death:  FamilySearch.org, Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875; 1894-1954 for J S Eyre