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CHIEF: Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd 7th Baron Kilmarnock |
Richard G. and Jerri Lynn Boyd 568 W. Friedrich Street Rogers City, Mich. 49779 Contact Us:
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John Boyd Dunlop
John Boyd Dunlop, inventor of the first successful pneumatic tire.
He was born 5 Feb 1840 in Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was a veterinary doctor. He moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland where he married Margaret Stevenson, the daughter of James Stevenson, a Ballymena farmer. Later he moved to Dublin. He died in 1921 at the age of 81. He had a brother James Boyd.
His "pneumatic tyre" was patented 7 Dec 1888. His first tires were used on his son Johnie's tricycle. He was already very wealthy from his veterinary practice and his patented medicines and sold his tire patent to Harvey DuCros for $500.00 English pounds and 3000 shares of stock. He was a member of the board of directors. Dunlop Monument Inscriptions "Erected / by / JOHN DUNLOP Innkeeper Dreghorn / and AGNES BOYD his Wife /
in memory of their Son HUGH / who died 4 Aug 1845 aged 12 years. / Also the above AGNES BOYD / who died on 21st Dec 1872 aged 64 years. / And the
above JOHN DUNLOP / who died 15th April 1883 in his 79 year. / Also their
Daughter AGNES BOYD DUNLOP / Wife of FREDERICK ALEXANDER / who died 17th
June 1922 aged 83 years. A little information on a famous Scot with a Boyd ancestry & heritage. JOHN BOYD DUNLOP (1839-1921) Born in Dreghorn, Ayrshire the son of John I would appreciate the information.
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