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Edwin Alonzo Boyd (April 2, 1914—May 17, 2002) was a Canadian bank robber and leader of the Boyd Gang. His career made him a notorious Canadian folk hero. ==Early life== Edwin Alonzo Boyd was born on April 2, 1914.〔Kathleen Doyle, "Gentleman" Bank Robber Edwin Alonzo Boyd (Suite 101: 2009). Retrieved on Jan 20, 2010〕 Four months after Ed was born, the British Empire, of which Canada was part, went to war with Germany. His father Glover Boyd joined the army in August 1915.〔Brian Valée, Edwin Alonzo Boyd: the story of the notorious Boyd gang (Doubleday Canada Limited: 1997) 11.〕 It would be a few years before Glover would return home from the war. The apartment the family lived in was now too small so they soon moved to a duplex on Bee Street in Todmorden, an area beyond the Don Valley, in East York.〔Brian Valée, 13.〕 Soon after, Eleanor (Edwin’s mother) became pregnant again, so Glover Boyd took a job at the Toronto Police Department.〔Brian Valée, 13.〕 Edwin was enrolled in school in the 1921-22 year, but due to an incident at school he did not remain there for very long and before his first year of schooling had ended his family had moved again.〔Brian Valée, 15-16.〕 At this time he switched to Gledhill Public school to finish out the semester. In September 1923 Glover moved the family a few blocks north and Ed switched to Secord Public school for a brief period of time before being transferred back to Gledhill Public school.〔Brian Valée, 17.〕 The Boyds soon moved again, this time to Glebemount Avenue.〔Brian Valée, 18.〕 With this move came the transfer to yet another new school, this time to Earl Beatty Public School and it was here that Ed became more of his own person. It was here that he became a soccer player on the school team, and for years his picture hung in the hall of the school.〔Marjorie Lamb and Barry Pearson, The Boyd Gang (Peter Marin Associates Limited: 1949) 8.〕 It was also at this time that Edwin Alonzo Boyd joined the YMCA marching band. It was with the YMCA that Boyd mastered the mouth organ and he also accompanied the YMCA band as they won a world championship at the Canadian National Exhibition.〔Marjorie Lamb and Barry Pearson, The Boyd Gang (Peter Marin Associates Limited: 1949) 8.〕 In early 1930 Gord and Norm Boyd contracted scarlet fever, and while taking care of them Eleanor Boyd became sick herself and died from the disease.〔Brian Valée, 26.〕 In 1933 Edwin had his first brush with the law when he was picked up for vagrancy by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.〔Marjorie Lamb and Barry Pearson, 9.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edwin Alonzo Boyd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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