BOYLE family, Main Street, Dungloe

John:

Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out!

I looked at the civil death indexes records for the Glenties registration district. I presumed Joseph was born around 1830. There were no records from 1864-1901 for a Joseph Boyle born around 1830. I did not see him in the 1901 census so likely the family emigrated.

Roger McDonnell

Dear John   I actually own the house in Dungloe that you were seeking info on. My grandfather purchased the BOYLE house in 1904. He bought it from G.Boyle who lived in Chicago who inherited it from her family. I thought her nickname was Gertie rather than Grace but in the tradition of the Rosses this would not be unusual. My family lived in the house continuously from 1904 to 2016. I now use it as a holiday residence. I have seen the original purchase documents and the price was £32. The mortgage on the property was paid off in 1932.  Let me know if you need further info but i think your family emigrated to Chicago which was a Rosses destination. Sincerely Mary

Dear Mary,

Thank you very much for your message about my ancestors house in Main Street, Dungloe.

There have neen many suggestions that Joseph Boyle and his family emmigrated to America, but I have not as yet traced them, so you information that G. Boyle lived in Chicago is a good lead.

Joseph's sister, Eliza Boyle (my great great grandmother) emmigrated here to Australia in 1857 with her husband John McElgunn and thier children.

Regards

John

Dear John

Happy to be of assistance! I only found this website yesterday and saw your note. As far as family lore would have it I don’t think that G. BOYLE ever married. This house was owned by her brother and when he died she was the next one in line to inherit. Now it had to be that the original property was left to the three original family members as a group rather than to one. You might want to look at Arranmore Island/ Burtonport church records or St Crona ‘s ( Dungloe) records for more info. BOYLE is such a prevalent name in the Rosses area as is O Donnell and Sharkey so I hope you have a nickname to go on. Chicago was the main destination for most of the people from Arranmore . It’s odd that your family ended up in Australia. Did you ever try to see immigration records from either Glasgow or Liverpool. Both were embarkation points. The other possibility is the Derry to Philadelphia to New Orleans route. The ship records for the Derry to Philadelphia routes are available on line and the ship records in either Melbourne or Hobart might help.

I was born in Limerick, spent three years in Dungloe then emigrated to the U.S. I spent my adult life in New York, now in Wilmington , Delaware.  It’s thirty miles south of Philadelphia which unlike New York filled with people from Donegal. My daughter actually spent her summers going between Ireland and Australia. Long story but she used to stay at her father’s home in Rose Bay, a suburb of Sydney. She also went to University in New Orleans and law school in Philadelphia. It’s really a very small world but it seems that Donegal people like to follow their Viking heritage and ramble about the globe.

Good luck with your search.

Mary

Dear John

Happy to be of assistance! I only found this website yesterday and saw your note. As far as family lore would have it I don’t think that G. BOYLE ever married. This house was owned by her brother and when he died she was the next one in line to inherit. Now it had to be that the original property was left to the three original family members as a group rather than to one. You might want to look at Arranmore Island/ Burtonport church records or St Crona ‘s ( Dungloe) records for more info. BOYLE is such a prevalent name in the Rosses area as is O Donnell and Sharkey so I hope you have a nickname to go on. Chicago was the main destination for most of the people from Arranmore . It’s odd that your family ended up in Australia. Did you ever try to see immigration records from either Glasgow or Liverpool. Both were embarkation points. The other possibility is the Derry to Philadelphia to New Orleans route. The ship records for the Derry to Philadelphia routes are available on line and the ship records in either Melbourne or Hobart might help.

I was born in Limerick, spent three years in Dungloe then emigrated to the U.S. I spent my adult life in New York, now in Wilmington , Delaware.  It’s thirty miles south of Philadelphia which unlike New York filled with people from Donegal. My daughter actually spent her summers going between Ireland and Australia. Long story but she used to stay at her father’s home in Rose Bay, a suburb of Sydney. She also went to University in New Orleans and law school in Philadelphia. It’s really a very small world but it seems that Donegal people like to follow their Viking heritage and ramble about the globe.

Good luck with your search.

Mary