HomeBeaver Island History - Helen Collar Papers
Church Records Letter B (Continued)
Michael Boyle
I have no Mike Boyle in the census this old.
1864 church membership:
Michael Boyle, P + 72
Mrs. Ann Boyle P + 50 - Hannah1
Catherine Boyle, 14
Michael Boyle, 11 (Nov. 16, 1867)
Bridget Boyle, 8 - right age to be the Bridget Boyle [who] died Jan. 20, 1877, age 22, born
Ireland.
Michael Boyle & Clara Smith
(Clara, daughter of Charles Smith)
Bapt., June 6, 1886:
Hugh Boyle, May 1, 1886
Parents: Michael Boyle & Clara Smith
Same parents:
Charles Boyle, Aug. 24, 1887
Joseph Boyle, July 3, 1891 - died Sept. 5, 1891, age 2 mos.
Died:
Clara Smith Boyle, Aug. 20, 1891, age 30, fall after childbirth; parents Charles Smith & ?
Charlevoix - Clara Smith Boyle, Aug. 20, 1891, age 30, fall after childbirth; Gallilee
Twp., born St. James; father Charles Smith, mother unknown.
Church - Clara Boyle (Smith), July 25, 1891, age 26; born Ypsilanti, Mich..
Neal Boyle
I have no Neal Boyle except in these church records. The wife of James' son called me in Crawfordsville.
[See original manuscript for short family tree of Neal Boyle]:
1 st marriage:
Catherine Boyle, 1840-1877 - born Co. Donegal; married in Penn.; died Sept. 25,
1877, age 37, evidently [of complications resulting from] childbirth - right
Children:
James, 1869 - born Penn.
Hugh, 1875 - born Penn.
Catherine, 1877 - died soon
2 nd marriage:
Mary Ward, born ca. 1850
Daughter:
Bridget, 1880
Bapt., Sept. 20, 1877:
Catherine Boyle, Sept. 16, 1877 - died May 12, 1882, age 5 yrs., 3 mos., of diphtheria
Parents: Neal Boyle & Catherine Boyle
Marriage, Jan. 21, 1880:
Neal Boyle, 35, born Ire., farmer (it looks as if he hedged on his age)
Mary Ward, 29, born Ire.
Bapt., Nov. 14, 1880:
Bridget Boyle, Nov. 7, 1880
Parents: Neal Boyle & Mary Ward
Was Mary a sister of Dominick Ward? (see church & 1880 census).
This family came through Pennsylvania and then around 1881 or '82 moved to Escanaba.
Owen Boyle
I don't know who this is. The only Owen Boyle I have anywhere is Ropa, & he wasn't married to Ellen Big Biddie until 1872.
Bapt., Mar. 31, 1867:
Kate Boyle, born Mar. 18
Parents: Owen Boyle & Mary Boyle
Owen Boyle & Ellen Boyle
"Owen Ropa" & "Ellen Big Biddie"
Marriage, Aug. 8, 1872:
Owen Boyle, 23, born Ire.
Ellen Boyle, 22, born Ire.
[Witnesses:] Andrew & Mary Ellen Roddy
Bapt., July 28, 1874:
Ellen Sophia Boyle, July 26, 1874
Parents: Owen Boyle & Ellen Boyle
Same parents:
Edward Boyle, July 29, 1876 - died Oct. 26, 1883, age 7 yrs., 2 mos., scarlet fever
John Boyle, June 30, 1878 - died June 24, 1880, age 2 yrs., 3 days
Hugh Boyle, June 1, 1879
William Boyle, Dec. 28, 1880 - died Oct. 15, 1883, age 2 yrs., 9 mos.
Emma Boyle, Feb. 16, 1882
Mary Boyle, Nov. 14, 1885
Hannah Boyle, Mar. 17, 1888
Grace Ann Boyle, Feb. 24, 1890
Joseph Boyle, July 15, 1892
Died:
Owen Boyle, Mar. 3, 1907, age 61, heart failure, married; born Ire.; farmer; parents John
Boyle, mother unknown (Charlevoix).
Ellen Boyle, April 4, 1940, age 94, cerebral hemorrhage; residence Chicago (church).
Patrick Boyle
I don't know who this is, but is in the census. He is the right age to be the Patrick living in 1860 in the home of Anthony Benjou(?), age 29.
Marriage, Feb. 2, 1862:
Patrick Boyle, 32
Mary Boyle, 16 (daughter of Mike & Big Biddie?)
1864 church membership:
Patrick Boyle, 34
Mrs. Boyle, 18 (Mary Big Biddie?)
Owen Boyle, infant
Edward Boyle, April 1, 1866
Bapt., July 10, 1864:
Ellen Boyle, July 7, 1864 - not in the 1870 census, did she die?
Parents: Patrick Boyle & Mary Boyle
Same parents:
Mary Boyle, April 17, 1868
Thomas Boyle, Aug. 10, 1870
Anna Boyle, Dec. 27, 1874
Hugh Boyle, Feb. 7, 1877
Patrick Boyle, Feb. 21, 1879
Michael Boyle, Jan. 3, 1881
Wm. John Boyle, May 17, 1887
Patrick Boyle & Ann Kennelly
In 1880 he & Ann are living with his father & mother (Hugh & Ellen), & he is a "school teacher."
Marriage, Jan. 23, 1878:
Patrick Boyle, 22, born Canada, farmer - son [of] Hugh & Ellen O'Donnell
Ann Kennelly, 17, born B.I. - daughter of James Kennelly; in 1870 census
Bapt., Nov. 7, 1878:
Ann Jane [Boyle], Nov. 4, 1878
Parents: Patrick Boyle & Ann Kennelly
Same parents:
Catherine Elizabeth Boyle, Mar. 21, 1880 - died Nov. 8, 1880, age 7 mos., teething
Died:
Patrick Boyle, Jan. 22, 1881, age 25; born B.I. (census says Can.).
Patrick Boyle & Bridget Boyle
"Paddy Hela"
Marriage, June 18, 1871:
Patrick Boyle, 30, born Ire., farmer
Bridget Boyle, 23, born Ire. - a Paganog
[Witnesses?:] Francis Dunlevy & Grace Boyle
__ "Sam"
Bapt., June 5, 1872:
Daniel Boyle, born June 3, 1872 - Turner
Parents: Patrick Boyle & Bridget Boyle
Same parents:
Ellen Boyle, July 1, 1874
Cicely Boyle, Sept. 26, 1875
Hugh Boyle, July 6, 1877 - died Oct. 15, 1924, age 47, pernicious anemia (church says heart
Trouble); married; occupation none
Mary Boyle, July 11, 1879
Bridget Boyle, Nov. 21, 1881
Francis Boyle - died Nov. 3, 1883, age 1 yr., 4 mos., scarlet fever
Hannah Elizabeth Boyle - died Dec. 23, 1883, age 13 days, cause "black hives"
Sophia Boyle, Jan. 17, 1885
Died:
Patrick P. Boyle, June 28, 1903, age 67-4-28, heart trouble; born Ireland
Patrick Burchard Boyle
In 1880 census is a Patrick with wife Bridget who evidently came from Ireland, where 1 st 2 children born. Mary A. is the 1 st one born in Michigan, age 6 in 1880. Note: Mary Ward, Ellen Ward; this is the same family in the census - dates & names of children are right.
Came to B.I. in 1875.
Bapt. Jan. 20, 1874:
Mary Ann Boyle, Jan. 14, 1874
Parents: Patrick Boyle & Mary Ward
Bapt. Aug. 25, 1875:
Patrick Boyle
Parents: Patrick Boyle & Ellen Ward
Bapt. Jan. 22, 1877:
Neal Boyle, Jan. 7, 1877
Parents: Patrick Boyle & Bridget Ward - now she's Bridget; she is Bridget in the 1880
census
Same parents:
Hannah Boyle, Dec. 22, 1878
Rose Boyle, May 10, 1880 Bridget2
Francis Boyle, July 10, 1882 Bridget
Thomas Boyle & Bridget McParthen
Bapt., Jan. 25, 1877:
Bridget Boyle, Jan. 20, 1877
Parents: Thomas Boyle & Bridget McParthen
Died:
Bridget Boyle, Feb. 2, 1877, age 25, childbirth; born Ire.; parents unknown (Charl.).
Thomas H. Boyle
Father of Hughie Hummish.
Married to Pete McCauley's mother. On May 8, 1864 he & Mary separated. Went back together 3 weeks later.
Died:
Thomas Boyle, Oct. 25, 1866, age 70; born in parish of Chaftecroan, Co. Donegal.
His widow, Mary, married Richard Fitzsimmons, May 19, 1885. "They didn't live together long."
William Boyle & Bridget Boyle
In census, but who is he? Son of Cecily.
This is a puzzle - the marriage is from the incomplete material I got with Maria:
1864 church membership:
William Boyle, 30
Bridget Boyle, 18
Marriage, 1865:
William Boyle, 30
Bridget Boyle, 18
[Children:]
Daniel Boyle, Oct. 13, 1867
Patrick Boyle, Mar. 9, 1869
Hugh Boyle, Aug. 15, 1870
Mary Boyle, Feb. 26, 1872
Died:
Bridget Boyle, June 30, 1874, age 27, confinement; born Ire.; parents unknown (Charl.).
William Boyle & Nelly Lenahan
Billy - son of Whiskey
Bapt., April 14, 1896:
Mary Francis Boyle, Mar. 27, 1896
Parents: William Boyle & Nelly Lenahan
William B. Boyle & Hannah Malloy
William - "Whiskey"
Not a member of church in 1864.
Bapt.:
Mary Boyle, Feb. 2, 1863 - married Charles Gallagher, son of Cornelius, Nov. 24, 1884
Parents: William B. Boyle & Hannah Malloy
Same parents:
Catherine Boyle, Feb. 7, 1865 - married Charles McCauley, Feb. 11, 1889
William Boyle, Jan. 1, 1867
Susan Boyle, Mar. 23, 1869 - married Fred Sendenberg, Aug. 25, 1890
John Boyle, May 2, 1870
Nellie Boyle, died Mar. 18, 1871, age 5 days (Charlevoix [rec.])
Edward Boyle, Mar. 29, 1873
Elizabeth Boyle, July 22, 1875
Cornelius Boyle, Dec. 25, 1877 - died Mar. 17, 1878, cause unknown (Charl.)
Died:
Hannah Boyle (Malloy), Jan. 27, 1891, age 52; born Aranmore
William Boyle, April 20, 1899, age 76-0-0, bronchitis; widower; born Ire., parents Conel
Boyle & Rosie McGraw (Charl.; not in church record).
"Widow Boyle"/ Cicelly Boyle
1864 church membership:
Widow Boyle, P 1 st + 60
William Boyle, 20
Patrick Boyle, 25 (Paddy Hela)
John Boyle, 24
(Mike) Thomas, + 28 (called Manus) - married Mary Sharkey (Susan); his picture found in
Paddy Hela's house
Died:
Julia Boyle, Dec. 22, 1881, age 72, cause unknown; parents unknown (Charl.)
James Harry Briggs
Marriage, Oct. 26, 1885:
James Harry Briggs, Elk Rapids, 20, [born] Can., printer
Nelly McCauley, 19, [born] B.I.
Jeremiah Brophy
Bapt., July 30, 1889:
Julia Brophy
Parents: Jeremiah Brophy & Catherine O'Donnell
? Brown
1864 church membership:
Capt. Brown alias
Mrs. Brown
This is a strange entry. There are 2 Browns in 1870: John, who is a farmer, & his wife Mary, & John, a laborer, wife Susan. What does "alias" mean?
Charles Brown & Julia Bushe
Bapt., Feb. 25, 1876:
John Brown, Feb. 10, 1876
Parents: Charles Brown & Julia Bushe
Bapt., Aug. 11, 1878:
Josephine Brown, July 10, 1878
Wesley Brown & Mary? Gordon
Wesley - son of John & Susan Brown. In 1880 census married to Bridget.
Bapt., Sept. 14, 1884:
Elbridge Henry Brown, June 18, 1884
Parents: Wesley Brown & Mary Gordon
Same parents:
Rose Brown, bapt. Dec. 29, 1885
Died:
Delia Brown, May 24, 1883, age 1 yr., 5 mos., scarlet fever; parents Wesley & Bridget Brown
(Charl.).
William Brown & Ann Gallagher
Marriage, May 24, 1875:
William Brown, 35, born Canada, fisherman
Ann Gallagher, 20, born Ire. - age, could be Hannah Veag's daughter
[Witnesses:] Michael O'Donnell & Mary Ann Brown
William Brown & Mary Harkins
William - son of Wm. Brown? - only a guess - no, mother not old enough.
Marriage, May 22, 1881:
William Brown, 22, born ?, fisherman
Mary Harkins, 16, born B.I. - daughter of Patrick Harkins
William Brown & Susan Malloy
Susan - daughter of Pat Malloy?
Bapt., May 14, 1879:
Catherine Brown
Parents: William Brown & Susan Malloy
Bapt., May 14, 1879:
Mary Brown, born Nov. 2, 1877
Parents: William Brown & Susan Malloy
W. Brownson
There was a Mormon named George Brownson.
Bapt., Sept. 20, 1863:
W. Brownson, born Aug. 23, 1863
Parents: W. Brownson & Catherine Gallagher
? -
Angelica Bounosaw, born May 6, 1865
Parents: Chas. & Th. Michel
G. Brunswick
Bapt.:
J. B. Brunswick
Parents: G. Brunswick & Bridget Gallagher
Joseph Budwine & Amenda Bagley
(also Baudoin or Beaudoin)
Bapt., Dec. 11, 1892:
Julia Ida Budwine, Dec. 20 [?], 1892
Parents: Joseph Budwine & Amenda Bagley
Michael Burke & Bridget Gallagher
Michael in census.
1864 church membership:
Michael Burke
Mrs. Burke - Bridget Gallagher; blind
Michael Burke, 6 (Joe? - census)
Hugh Burke, 4
Michael (?), 1
Bapt., April 18, 1865:
Ed Burke, April 7, 1865 - died Sept. 9, 1890, age 25
Parents: Michael Burke & Bridget Gallagher
Same parents:
Phillip Burke, Nov. 30, 1866
- an Ada Burke married John Cross - daughter, above? or granddaughter
Died:
Bridget Burk (Gallagher), Feb. 16, 1891, age 58; born Aranmore.
Michael Burk, Jan. 25, 1903, age 75, old age; born Ire. (church).
Joseph Burke, April 14, 1946, age 89, age & heart (church).
Richard Burk(s)
I don't know who this is. Is not in census. Is it a brother of Michael?
Bapt., May 24, 1868:
Anthony Burk
Parents: Richard Burk & Bridget Gill
Thomas Burke
Died:
Tom Burke, June 16, 1943, age 77, survived by sons & daughters (church).
Tom Burke, June 16, 1943, age 66-10-4; farmer; parents Mike Burke & Bridget? (Charlevoix).
Mary Burke, Dec. 28, 1938, age 56-11-25, apoplexy; married; parents Patrick Gallagher &
Bridget Sullivan Bridget Boyle (Charlevoix) - must be a wife of one of Michael
Burke's sons. Wife of Tom.
James Burns & Sarah Martin
James - stepson Dan McCauley3
Marriage, Jan. 12, 1882:
James Burns, 25, born Canada, fisherman
Sarah Martin, 20, born B.I. - daughter of James Martin
Bapt., April 10, 1885:
Martin W. Burns, Mar. 14, 1885
Parents: James Burns & Sarah Martin
John Burns & Lavise Butler
Lavise - daughter of William Butler
Marriage, Jan. 7, 1884:
John Burrans (sic), 29, born ?, fisherman
Latisse Butler, 29, born B.I.
[Witnesses:] John McDonough & Ellen McCauley
Bapt., Feb. 8, 1885:
Martin Burns, Jan. 10, 1885
Parents: John Burns & Lavise Butler
Same parents:
Sarah Burns, Feb. 27, 1887
James Burns, Oct. 8, 1889
William John Burns, Feb. 5, 1892 - buried Jan. 7, 1921, "Soldier in France" - does this mean
his body was brought home at this date?
Bridget Burns, Aug. 6, 1894 - married Willis O'Donnell; daughter Elenor died Mar. 9, 1927,
age 7-2-11
Peter Burns, Feb. 10, 1897
Mary Rose Burns, died Aug. 9, 1927, pulmonary tuberculosis; single
John W. Burns, 1903 - died Mar. 17, 1903, age 0-1-17, croup
Died:
Livisa Burns, May 25, 1915, age 50, "chronic illness;" born Mich.; father Wm. Butler, mother
unknown (Charlevoix).
Lovisa Burns, June 1916, age 50, cancer; parents William & Sarah Butler (church).
John Burns, June 29, 1931, age 80, born Canada (church).
William Butler & Sarah McCampbell
Bapt., Jan. 7, 1883:
Latise Butler (Lovica in census)
Parents: William Butler & Sarah McCampbell
She evidently was converted before marrying John Burns.4
Patrick Carmody & Mary McDonough
Marriage, Sept. 15, 1862:
Patrick Carmody, 40
Mary McDonough, 30 ["Big Mary"]
[Witnesses:] Anthony & Catherine Gill
1864 church membership:
Patrick Carmody P + 45
Mrs. Carmody P + 30
Mary Ann Carmody, baby, Jan. 2, 1865
Bapt., June 8, 1866:
Elizabeth Carmody, May 25, 1866 - called Ellen when married to Patrick Roddy, Feb. 18,
1886
Parents: Patrick Carmody & Mary McDonough
Same parents:
John Carmody, Mar. 1, 1868
Census has an Edward, age 2 in 1870, & a John, 1/2, who Nonie said was born
posthumously.5
1 The author has drawn an arrow from "Hannah" to Michael and/or Bridget, below.
2 "Bridget" here & on the next line probably refers to the mother's being listed by this name in these baptism records, rather than either "Mary" or "Ellen."
3 Does not indicate whether he was the stepson of Dan McCauley or if McCauley was his stepson. See Biographical Cards for possible clarification.
4 "She" here apparently refers to the daughter, Lavise (see entry for John Burns, above).
5 That is, after Patrick Carmody's death (drowning) in late 1869 or early 1870.