Brendan, I'm Ed Boyle,ggs of Patrick Boyle who came over from Ireland in 1847. His age about 18 or 19. He went to Friendsville PA and worked on a large farm as overseer.In the late 1860's or early 70's he moved with his family into NY and went to work on the railroads.The family moved to Westport,NY in1875 and remained there.He went to work on the D&H railroad as did several of his sons.My gf Patrick Boyle lived in Ticonderoga NY and also worked for D&H.My ggf died 1914 and gf died 1918 both in Westport, NY.A lot of Boyle's lived in the north country of upstate NY.Some are still there. Thank you for any help you can provide me.Ed Boyle.email;ejboyle@olypen.com

Hi, all: My ggf Michael also came over from Ireland (County Clare) in 1847, at the age of about 27. The family lore is that he came through New York, perhaps worked on the Barge Canal, came to work on the railroad and made his way out to Dubuque, Iowa. In 1854 he bought a farm in Jackson County, Iowa, married a woman also from Clare (Ellen Howe, from Carrowduff near Miltown Malbay) in 1857 or 1858. There was a John Boyle who was a witness to the wedding at Sinsinawa, Wisconsin ... I'd love to be able to trace that John Boyle, or figure out where precisely in Clare Michael came from (I think around Quilty / Miltown Malbay) but that may be buried in the mists of time. My Web site (http://family.boyle.net) has a goodly amount of information about Boyles in Clare, including several Patrick Boyles, but it's pretty hard to nail connections down without more specifics. Best of luck to all, Alan Boyle -----Original Message----- From: Edward Boyle [mailto:ejboyle@olypen.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:25 PM To: BOYLE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Boyle] Re: Martin Boyle Brendan, I'm Ed Boyle,ggs of Patrick Boyle who came over from Ireland in 1847. His age about 18 or 19. He went to Friendsville PA and worked on a large farm as overseer.In the late 1860's or early 70's he moved with his family into NY and went to work on the railroads.The family moved to Westport,NY in1875 and remained there.He went to work on the D&H railroad as did several of his sons.My gf Patrick Boyle lived in Ticonderoga NY and also worked for D&H.My ggf died 1914 and gf died 1918 both in Westport, NY.A lot of Boyle's lived in the north country of upstate NY.Some are still there. Thank you for any help you can provide me.Ed Boyle.email;ejboyle@olypen.com ==== BOYLE Mailing List ==== Bill Dillon's Page http://members.aol.com/wbdillon/lines/boyle.htm Boyle Genealogy Forum: http://genforum.genealogy.com/boyle/ Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl To change to D (digest form) http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/b/boyle.html Listowner, Pat Connors: mailto:nymets11@pacbell.net