The Detroit times., 1915-12-15

He's not Turk. although they have
names with hyphens and Eds in EN-
Here is his true story, dug out oil
musty tones in silent libraries. with
| tic aid OF kindly professor OF
languages versed In things genoa
! logical
In 1909 there saw the light for the
fret time. in Rensburg. Sweden
ono Christian Marquard Ed. whose
| father and mother were Swedish
by birth. and descended from a Ions
line of Swedish ancestry.
Ed. IL seems. is a Scandinavian
name. not quite so common in Swe
den as Smith. Brown, Jones and
| Robinson in the United States, but
common Swedish name, neverthe
less
Christians parents emigrated "a
Germany when he was a small boy
They settled in Altoona. which Is In
Schleswig- Holstein there's another
hyphen). on the Elbe. not far from
Hamburg. We've all heard OF Ham
burg. whence comes the not proven
statement that within its borders
the first Hamburg steak was con
oocted. But lots OF us have not
heard OF Altoona. at least the Ger
man one
In Altoona, Christian Marquard Ed
vent to school, atterward being ap.
lrehticed 10 a printer, later COINS
into newspaper work. and becoming
publisher OF little paper in Ham
burg. He became very German. II
seems marrying Hamburg girl
name and fame here and elsewhere
unrecorded Likewise. there is no
record as 10 how many children
were the result OF the marriage. al
though the objective OF this by
phenated story is met by the rec
ord that Christian and his wife had
daughter, Ida Ed.
Ida. just plain Ida Ed, without any
hyphen, was born in Bergsdorf. a
little German village not far from
Hamburg. in 1852. She had ambi.
ing 10 be an ordinary. commonplace
newspap per person like papa: nothinp
like that: she would be a really
truly authoress. who would write
novels that would be so filed with
breathless interest as 70 keep you VI
nights. devouring every word until
you reached the end. This idea
was non grata TO papa. who frowned
upon II: but Ida was not to be de
MED the artistic career her German
and Swedish heart had set upon. and
against the wishes OF her parents
she took a course in literature in
Lubbock. which is on the border line
between Schlesvig- Holstein and
Mecklenburg.
Here Ida not only imblbed the
ways and means 10 write novels. bu,
she lost her heart TO Carl (spelled
with c, not X. J. Boy. 3 German
who came honestly by his surname
which the musty tones previosuly
mentioned prove TO be a true Ger
man name, derived in the curious
and fascinating way common n
names from similarly pronounced
yet differently spelled names in 9th
er tongues. In Flemish II is Boey
and sometimes Bouy; in Dutch
Boye and Boow. all OF which are re
lated to the English Boyce and the
Celtic and Gaelic Boyd. which
means fair-haired (another hyphen)
and yellow haired.
Ida Boy, nee Ed. and her husband
Carl J. Boy. had four children. al
born in Lubbock, where the family
lived, Ida writing novels and Carl
being engaged In trade. since he is
designated a merchant
The first child was Ross. the third
Walter. the fourth ilMarquard
all of whom never stood in the lime
light. But the second child and first
son was Kari Boy. born in 1872. the
Christian name spelt with a X. not
c like his fathers: and az Kari
Boy, plain Karl Boy. without any
hyphen, did he 20 TO school and eat
his pumpernickel.
In the meanwhile, Ida. his mother
had reached fame as a novelist with
in the borders OF her native land
Some thirty books came from her
prolific pen, some ~ them ambl
tIous, judging from their titles. since
witness The ulysses OF Life.
something OF the prophetic in that
Masks Grown OF Thorns." Men
OF the Times" and Leah and Rach
ell 70 cite a catholic few.
Here comes upon the scene the
hyphen that inspired all this.
Ida Boy. authoress. known TO Ger
man fame. SAT home In Lubbock one
day about - years ago. thinking OF
her Swedish father and his German
newspaper career. Perhaps she
thought, too. OF his opposition to her
embracing literature as career
and although he was dead. conceiv
ed the idea OF giving his name a
place in the little hall OF fame she
had made for herself through her
married name
So she petitioned the city fathers
OF Lubbock, who II seems are desig
mated the Senate Of Lubbock" "a
tack on. with a hyphen. her maiden
name of Ed TO her married name oil
Boy.