Looking for Boyle family in donegal. Grandmom born around 1888? Dont know the parish name but know the church burned down and records lost. She Married John Callahan. Can you help me find anything on them?
Buddy
Monday 7th Oct 2019, 02:56AMMessage Board Replies
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Did your Mary move to the US and died in December 1957 in Pennsylvania ?
if so.... I located her death cert, 20th December 1957 from a Road Traffic Accident, husband John J. Callahan, parents Patrick Boyle and Catherine McAteer (image available on Ancestry).
Based on the names of Mary's parents I located their marriage on the 10th February 1887 in Milford registration district in Co. Donegal, following on from the marriage I checked for births in the same district and located Mary's birth on the 5th of May 1890 at Kinnalough townland, Co. Donegal. This Boyle household is shown on the 1901 Census at Kinnalough townland, parents Patrick and Catherine and children Susan age 12, Mary 11, William 9, Thomas 6, Ellen 4 and John 2. The family are still at Kinnalough townland in 1911, with several additional children - Denis, Patrick & Charles... no sign of Mary, so she may have already left for the US...
Shane Wilson, IrelandXO Volunteer ☘
Monday 7th Oct 2019, 12:35PM