Emmanuel Coyle is originally from Donegal, Ireland. He went to the Scotland highlands with a group of men to sheer turnips and raise cattle for a rich family named Glenn. Frances (Fanny or Fannie) was working for the family as a maid. Which is where they met. Frances Smeetem (Smettam, Smeaton ) and Emmanuel Coyle were married 1860 in Scotland. She became a Catholic when she married (Prepared by Ftr. Buckley). Their first son died in Scotland. Bridget was born 9-28-1861, in Coldingham, Scotland. Christened in Edinburg. Godparents: Jimmy Duffy, Agnes Laugh. Sometime between 1862-!864, Emmanuel Coyle came to America. In 1865, he brought Fanny and Bridget on a 3 month boat ride. They lived on a little farm in Kickapoo, Il, until Emmanuel's death in 3-8-1900. Fanny moved to Princeville to a little house near the Ball Field. Either the field or Fanny's house was owned by George Best. Best had married Fanny's daughter, Margaret. My relation, Bridget Coyle, married Frank Hietter, ( b. 1859), in 9-18-1883. They lived on his father's farm (Francis X Hietter) until 1902. It was sold to Frank's sister Veronica Hietter Gilles in 1902. Frank and Bridget then moved to Princeville, where they owned a livery stable, later a hotel, and later moved to Akron Avenue. Their daughter, Sister Francis Theresa (Agnes), wrote, " We had two lots: one behind the barn and one at the side of the house, where he grew almost everything you can find in a garden or a farm. I lived there until I entered the convent in 1918. We had a horse, a cow, two pigs, chickens and bees. My father had peach trees, pear trees, apple trees. raspberries, blackberries, three kinds of grapes, potatoes, corn, asparagus, rhubarb, carrots, radishes, plums, onions, lettuce." Fanny died at the age of 83, on 4-27-1923 at Frank and Bridget's home in Princeville. Emmanuel and Bridget's Children Bridget Theresa b. 9-28-1861 James Edward 10-16-1863 John abt 1866 Margaret 12-25-1868 m. Geo. Best Mary Ann b. 5-6-1872 m. Max German Sophia b 8-30-1874 m. John Colgan Nellie 9-28-1876 m. Nicholas Finck Grace 3-24-1881 m. 11-18-1903 Much of the above information is excerpted from papers written by Agnes ( Sister Francis Theresa) Hietter. Some, if not all, of her information was typed around 1986. Other information has been garnered from the internet, research, and much help from Nora Stafford. Have a wonderful day Tom tracy