Tombstone Tuesday~Ervin Thetus Brock Boan

Ervin Thetus Brock Boan

b. March 23, 1875

d. Feb. 1, 1962

bu. Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery

Photo Courtesy of Fran Brewington

Ervin Thetus Brock Boan is a real mystery. Nothing is known of her life prior to the 1900 Census; between her NC Death Certificate and tombstone at Bethesda UMC Cemetery we have 3 different Birth dates for her.

• Tombstone – 23 March 1875
• NC Death Certificate – 10 March 1876
• 1900 Census – March 1881

The 1900 Census for Chesterfield County shows that George W. and Ervin Thetus were married in 1894. Married 6 years with 3 children and all 3 were living. George and Thetus spent their lives in Chesterfield County where George died in 1936.

Their daughter Nora Boan married Lacy King Davis and sometime after 1936 Ervin Thetus went to live with her daughter and Lacy in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina.

Ervin Thetus Brock Boan died 1 February 1962 in Statesville, North Carolina and was buried beside her husband George W. at Betheda UMC Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

If you have any information about the parents of Ervin Thetus Brock Boan I would love to hear from you. Her NC death certificate shows that her Father was Ervin Brock and her Mother was Ann Pigg. There are 3 Ervin/Irvin Brock in Chesterfield in the mid-1870’s. None of them had a wife named Ann. 











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1. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #019, Page 63B; Line 96, Dwelling 105, Family 105, Household of George W. BOAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed March 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1523.
2. 1910 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0034, Page: 3A/86(stamped); Line 29, Dwelling 51, Family 51, Household of Doctor BOAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed February 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1455.
3. 1920 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill Twp., Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 37, Page: 4A/104(stamped); Line 1, Dwelling 58, Family 58 <First family>, Household of George W. BOAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed March 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_1690.
4. 1930 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 10, Page: 240(stamped); Line 13, Dwelling 151, Family 151, Household of George W. BOAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed February 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T626_2192.
5. George W Boan, death certificate 012273 (20 August 1936), Vital Records, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.
6. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey; Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995, page 607. Tombstone of G. W. BOAN; 19 October 1870–20 August 1936, Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed February 2012); Memorial page for G. W. Boan; (19 October 1870–20 August 1936); Find a Grave memorial # 38268989, Citing Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
8. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 September 2014); Memorial page for Ervin T. Boan; (23 March 1875–1 February 1962); Find a Grave memorial # 38269099, Citing Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
9. State of North Carolina, death no. #5015 (1 February 1962), Irvin Brock Boan; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
10. State of North Carolina, death no. #5015, (1 February 1962), Irvin Brock Boan.
11. James C. Pigg, Chesterfield County Cemetery Survey, Chesterfield County Genealogical Services, 1995. Tombstone of Ervin T. BOAN.