I am also researching a James William Doyle born in Canada about 1845 and moving to North Dakota in the late 1870's. His oldest son James Married Katherine Davis in North Dakota . Do this names ring a bell? thanks, Nan Surnames: Davis/Doyle Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/IcT.2ACIB/1992.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Bill, OK so excited here I can hardly breathe! My great great grandfather was James William Doyle b. Dec 30, 1845. He lived in and around the area you mentioned. He had a daughter Mattie Bell Doyle( my great-grandmother) and possibly two sons; George O Doyle & Newt Doyle. (I have the Doyle/Davis family Bible with many listings that I have yet to connect. He was married to Sarah Ann Johnson. If any of this is familiar, please get back with me. I would love to see his pension record and anything else you might have that goes along with this family line. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DOYLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message