BOYLE family of Ireland & Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Michael COLLOPY and Mary Elizabeth BOYLE

I have two BOYLE families of Tailors who intermarried in Glasgow; at least one of them is from Ireland. The scarcity of records has made it difficult to take either of these branches very far back.

According to Census & marriage records, Thomas BOYLE,  a master Tailor  was born in Ireland in about 1809. He appears to have been still alive in 1871 because he was not described as deceased on his son's marriage record [John Boyle the father of his wife was listed as deceased]. He was married in Ireland [based on the birthplace given in the census for at least 4 of their children] to Margaret FREELAND born about 1812 in Ireland, although their marriage has not been found & neither have the baptisms of their children. His death certificate has now been located, so more information is available.
 

James Boyle & wife Bridget Harkins had a son;
Thomas BOYLE
b. abt 1809 in Ireland [1861 Census at 153 Canal Bank age 52 born Ireland]
d. 2nd December 1879, Bank St, Coatbridge, Lanark, Scotland. of Chronic Bronchitis
Master Tailor. He married Margaret FREELAND [born about 1812 in Ireland, maybe County Derry] in Ireland before 1834. They lived in Coatbridge, Old Monkland, Lanark, Scotland. In the 1851 Census at Main St, Coatbridge & by 1861 Census the family are living at Canal Bank, Coatbridge, Old Monkland, Lanark.
a. Miss Boyle [likely to be Catharane or Margaret, but could be another daughter]
b. before 1843
d. ?
Married a Mr. O'Coulen and had a daughter Mary O'Coulen born in about 1859 at Old Monkland. 2 year old Mary is with her grandparents in the 1861Census.
1. Catharane Boyle
b. abt 1834 in Ireland
2. Margaret Boyle
b. abt 1836 in Ireland
3. Francis Boyle
b. abt 1838 in Ireland
4. Ann Boyle
b. abt 1842 in Ireland
5. George F Boyle
b. abt 1849 Old Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
d. After 1879 as informant on father's ceath certificate.
3. Thomas Boyle
b. 26 July 1851 Coatbridge, Old Monkland, Lanark, Scotland.  Baptised 27 July 1851 at St Patricks, Coatbridge,
d. 7th October 1934 at 20 Brandon St, South Perth, Western Australia [at the residence of his daughter Mary Elizabeth Collopy]  & was buried at Karrakatta.

John BOYLE was a journeyman Tailor and appears to have died between 1850-1851 [he not in the 1851 census and his wife is then a pauper and a widow with a 2 month old baby]. He has been a difficult man to find but was born in the parish of Clanmanney, Co Donegal, Ireland, according to his marriage record.  I have found baptism records for two of his children, both baptised at St Andrews Catholic Church, Glasgow, Scotland. John BOYLE married Elizabeth Duffey/Duffy [A powerloom weaver, who according to her death certificate born about 1814 in Glasgow, the daughter of Francis Duffy and Miss Jamieson.] on the 13th Feb 1835 at Glasgow, Lanark.  Elizabeth died on 30th June 1889 at Ipswich, Queensland of Chronic Bronchitis and senile decay, the informant being her son Francis BOYLE. Her death notice in the Ipswich Herald 2 July 1889 describes her as Elizabeth Duffy, relict of the late John Boyle of County Donegal, Ireland.
1. Catherine Boyle
b. 5 December 1838 Glasgow & baptised 10 December 1838 at St Andrews Catholic Church, Glasgow.
d. Not in the 1851 or 1861 Census.
2. Peter G Boyle
b. 20 September 1841 Glasgow & baptised 20 September 1841 at St Andrews Catholic Church, Glasgow.
d. ? Alive in 1861, listed as a clothlapper.
3. John Boyle
b. abt 1845, Glasgow, Scotland
d. March 1898 in Queensland, Australia & was buried 7th March 1898 at Toowong, Cemetery. Also buried in the same grave was Thomas BOYLE who died 3 Nov 1898 age 0 years and Jane INNES buried 15th July 1946 age 87 years.
John was a Bootmaker and lived at Downing St, Spring Hill [funeral notice The Brisbane Courier 7 March 1898. Notice mentioned brother Francis Boyle, Bootmaker of Gotha St. I couldn't find a death notice].
4. Francis Boyle
b. abt 1848, Glasgow, Scotland
d. June 1924 & was buried 9 June 1924 at Toowong Cemetery, Toowong, QLD
Francis was a Bootmaker & lived at 105 Gotha St, Fortitude Valley. Electoral Roll shows him as living with a Catherine Boyle, domestic Duties & John Joseph Boyle Bootmaker. These are presumably his wife and son. A funeral notice in the paper on 25th September 1922 refers to Mrs Francis Boyle of Gotha St as the sister of Robert Ferguson.[Confusingly, there is a another Francis Boyle married to a Catherine O'Lochlin/Laughlan. He was a Baker & that family live at Moggill Rd, Indoroopilly]
5. Mary Joseph Boyle
b. January 1851 Glasgow, aged 2 months in the 1851 Census, when her family was living at 61 Princess St.
d. 23 January 1898 at 16 Parker St, Perth, Western Australia.
Mary was a Sewing Machinist.

In the 1851 Census, Elizabeth [Duffy] Boyle is aged 39 & a widow pauper, living at 61 Princess St, Glasgow. John Boyle has died, it must have been in the last year, as baby Mary is only 2 months old. Peter is 9, John is 6 and Francis is aged 3. There is no sign of Catherine, who would be 12 if she is still alive. By the 1861 Census the family is living at 20 Main St, Glasgow and Elizabeth, now 47 is described as a Powerloom Weaver, son Peter 19 as a clothnapper, John 16 a shoemaker & 13 year old Francis and 10 year old Mary are scholars.
I can't find the families in the 1871 Census, although Thomas Boyle [junior] a tailor,  is boarding at 7 Downie Place, Govan, Lanarkshire with David & Elizabeth Smith and their Grandson David Boyle.

Thomas Boyle , a Tailor's Cutter [son of Thomas Boyle, Master Tailor and Margaret Freeland] marries on the 24th October 1871 at the Francis Chapel in the Hutchesontown District of Glasgow to Mary Joseph Boyle, a Sewing Machinist [daughter of John Boyle a deceased Journeyman Tailor and Elizabeth Duffy].

Aloysius & William Joyce, Marie [nee Collopy] Francis, Michael Collopy, Thomas Boyle, Mary nee Boyle Collopy
Eileen Collopy [child], Francis Joyce, Sheila nee Collopy Joyce, Jack Apps and George Collopy.

Anselm & Terry Collopy, Thomas Boyle, Bernie, Marie & Frank Collopy, Michael Collopy & wife Elizabeth nee Boyle
and Eileen and George Collopy on the grass.

Thomas BOYLE arrived in Queensland on the Southern Belle on the 6th March 1874, leaving behind in Scotland his wife Mary & infant son Thomas. Mary arrived in Queensland 3 years later on the 3rd August 1877on the City of Agra, accompanied by her mother Elizabeth [Duffy]. Two of Mary's brothers John and Francis [both shoemakers] also emigrated to Brisbane, but as yet I don't know who they travelled with. The family lived in Ipswich, Qld, then Sydney in 1890 where Thomas ran a Tailoring business at  512 Elizabeth St, before moving to Perth, WA in 1898. Poor Mary died aged 47 on 23rd January 1898 at 16 Parker St, Perth, Western Australia of Fever & Hypertensive Collapse. Thomas Boyle died on the 7th October 1934 at 20 Bandon St, South Perth, Western Australia.
Thomas BOYLE & Mary Joseph BOYLE had 8 known children;

1. Thomas Boyle
b. 8 Feb 1873 Anderston, Glasgow [described as Major Thomas Boyle of Adelaide in his father's death notice of 1934).
d. 21 March 1952 in South Australia.
2. Donald Boyle [of Victoria & so far only known from the death notice of his father in 1934].
3. Francis John Boyle
b. 3 July 1878 Ipswich,Qld.
d. 21 May 1952 in the Mater Hospital, Sydney, NSW.
(described as of Sydney in his father's death notice of 1934. John married 23 April 1900 to Mena Blanche Worth) & they lived at 107 Melbourne Rd, Perth & then at Alfred St, North Sydney & finally at Lane Cove. Francis & Mena Boyle had 5 children; 3 sons and two daughters.
4. Mary Elizabeth Boyle
b. 25 July 1880 Ipswich, Qld
d. 19 October 1943 at Perth, WA.
She married 16 June 1897 at Perth, WA to Michael COLLOPY, a blacksmith. They had 11 children.
5. George Joseph Boyle
b. 24 August 1882 at Ipswich, QLD (described as of London in his in his father's death notice of 1934. He married Clara Gertrude Pettit in 1909 at Perth, WA , but she died on 13th  July 1912 in Perth, preceded by the death of their infant son Kevin Michael Boyle on 25th May 1912 & George Joseph Boyle on the 26th May 1910, all buried in the same site at Karrakatta.  George worked for the Defence Department and fought in WWI at Gallipoli in the 11th Battalion. He married for a second time in 1918 at West Ham, England to Jessie Maud Smith.
6. Margaret Esther Veronica Boyle
b. 5 April 1885 [Easter Sunday] at Elizabeth St, Ipswich  Qld described as Reverend Mother St Cecilia of Notre Dame des Missions in her father's death notice of 1934).  She died on the 7th March 1971 at Highgate, Perth and is buried at Karrakatta, Perth.
7. Agnes Josephine Boyle
b. 25 September 1887 Ipswich, Qld .
d. Agnes died on 16th December 1915 at the Government Hospital, Kalgoorlie, WA of a long lingering illness, patiently bourne..
8. John Benedict Boyle
b. 21 March 1891 at Sydney, NSW, Australia (described as of Perth in his father's death notice of 1934.)
d. He died 28 April 1946 in Perth & is buried at Karrakatta. Edith is also buried at Karrakatta.
John married in 1918 at Lambeth, England to Edith Elizabeth Alice Noel and the couple were in Perth, Australia by 1920 when their first daughter was born.

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