Roberta Boyd
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Roberta Beatrice "Bertha" Boyd (1862 - 1944), sometimes listed as Roberta Grace, was a Canadian
heroine known as the 'Grace Darling
of the St. Croix'. Her father, John Boyd, was the keeper of the Spruce Point Light near St. Stephen, New Brunswick
. Roberta, born 16th June 1862, would sometimes tend the light with her mother Kate while her father was away.
On 8th October 1882, Boyd saved two men whose sailing boat had overturned in the river, and rowed them back to shore. For this action she was awarded a gold watch by the Dominion Government with the words "In recognition of her humane exertions in saving life in the St. Croix River" inscribed on it; in addition, the Department of Marine and Fisheries presented her with a new boat with "Roberta Grace Boyd, Grace Darling of the Saint Croix" on the helm.
After her father's death on 15th September 1892, Boyd became keeper of the light. She served as keeper at Spruce Point until at least 1922 (when records were no longer published).
Boyd married Herbert LeRoy Hannah on 18th October 1900 in The Ledge, St. Stephens Parish, Charlotte Co., NB.
She died on 10th January 1944.
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heroine known as the 'Grace Darling
Grace Darling
Grace Horsley Darling was an English Victorian heroine who in 1838, along with her father, saved 13 people from the wreck of the SS Forfarshire.-Biography:...
of the St. Croix'. Her father, John Boyd, was the keeper of the Spruce Point Light near St. Stephen, New Brunswick
St. Stephen, New Brunswick
St. Stephen is a Canadian town in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, situated on the east bank of the St. Croix River at .-Climate:...
. Roberta, born 16th June 1862, would sometimes tend the light with her mother Kate while her father was away.
On 8th October 1882, Boyd saved two men whose sailing boat had overturned in the river, and rowed them back to shore. For this action she was awarded a gold watch by the Dominion Government with the words "In recognition of her humane exertions in saving life in the St. Croix River" inscribed on it; in addition, the Department of Marine and Fisheries presented her with a new boat with "Roberta Grace Boyd, Grace Darling of the Saint Croix" on the helm.
After her father's death on 15th September 1892, Boyd became keeper of the light. She served as keeper at Spruce Point until at least 1922 (when records were no longer published).
Boyd married Herbert LeRoy Hannah on 18th October 1900 in The Ledge, St. Stephens Parish, Charlotte Co., NB.
She died on 10th January 1944.