Was it Arthur Doyle & Mary or Their Children Who First Made the Crossing From Ireland to Canada?

County Kilkenny

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This blog has been under an assumption for many years that brothers Owen and Charles Doyle were the two Doyles who left Graiguenamanagh, Ireland for Canada. However, new genealogy indexes have provided some great new data! You can find this data on the Facebook group: Descendants of Arthur Doyle and Mary of Graiguenamanagh, Ireland.

Here are some discovered facts about Arthur - the patriarch of the North America Doyle Family from Graiuenamanagh :

1) Arthur Doyle was born in 1780 in Graiguenamanagh, Ireland, County Kilkenny.

2) Arthur Doyle was in Quebec  in route to Montreal on July 17, 1828.

3) So, he made it to Canada!

But ...

1) Did he complete the journey from Quebec to Montreal? Or did he pass away during the journey?

2) Did he arrive in Tyendinaga Township/Marysville-Ontario in Canada?

3) If so, perhaps he passed away fairly early on and was buried in a make-shift grave with a marker that has been lost.

4) His death/burial information are still to be found. So many possibilities.

5) But, he did make it to Canada!

This is fuzzy, and I'm not sure what ancestry research place it come from, but it asserts that Arthur died in Ontario, Canada. Click here to see the document a little closer.

 

And here's evidence that his wife Mary lived with their son Martin (other records indicate that she lived with her son Michael). This excerpt comes from ...

... the book "The Story of Holy Name of Mary Parish" ... which has a large section on the Doyles from Graiguenamanagh, Ireland who settled in Tyendinaga Township/Marysville, Ontario, Canada.

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5 Fast Facts on Graiguenamanagh, Ireland - The Origins of the Doyle Dining Room Family!

Graiguenamanagh, Ireland - 1997
 (County Kilkenny)
photo by Andreas Franz Borchert

It was Arthur Doyle and his wife Mary ... who made that move ... who got on a boat and left for a New World, for new hope, a better life. They (along with some of their adult children purportedly left Graiguenamanagh, Ireland circa 1820s/1830s and found themselves in Tyendinaga Township/Marysville, Ontario, Canada. Some (all?) of their children who also moved to Canada are: Charles, Owen, Bridget, Catherine, Martin, and Michael.

Five Fast Facts on Graiguenamanagh, Ireland:    

1) You can try to pronounce it: Gráig na Manach (GRAIG-na-MAN-ah).

2) Graiguenamanagh means, "Village of the Monks."

3) Graiguenamanagh is home to a 13th Century Cistercian Abbey (now a parish church) known as Duiske Abbey.

4) Not far from Graiguenamanagh are the ruins of the medieval Ullard Church — which was founded by St. Fiachra (FEE-uh-kra) who later moved to France and became known as St. Fiacre (fee-AHKr). St. Fiachra/Fiacre is the patron saint of gardeners.

5) Graiguenamanagh has great hiking trails and one of the few remaining authentic Irish woolen mills, creating cloth from the fleece of Irish sheep (Cushendale Woollen Mills).

A St. Fiachra/Fiacre Garden Plaque

The Feast of St. Fiachra/Fiacre is August 30.

Interested in learning more about Graiguenamanagh, Ireland? 

Try this book ... 

Graiguenamanagh—a town and its people

by John Joyce

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According to Google Maps, Graiguenamanagh (in County Kilkenny) is southwest-ish from Dublin (County Dublin) … about a 1 hour, 33 minutes drive (80 miles).

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Can You Trace Your Ancestry to: Arthur Doyle & Mary of Graiguenamanagh, Ireland?

Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
photo by: Humphrey Bolton / The riverside from the bridge, Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny / CC BY-SA 2.0

 An Invitation ...

It seems fair to assume that Arthur Doyle & Mary (maiden name not yet known) have thousands of descendants with a wide range of surnames living now. Do you think you can trace your ancestry to Arthur Doyle & Mary? If so, please let us know your connection in the comment section below. Or better yet, please send a photo of yourself/your family with an explanation of the lineage, and I will add you to this post. It would be fun to create a collection of various family members at the Doyle Dining Room blog. You get Bonus Points if you have a photo of yourself at the memorial/tombstone of any of the Arthur Doyle & Mary family member at the Holy Name of Mary Cemetery in Canada! 😇 By The Way ... if you like to vacations at Alexandria Bay in the Thousand Islands, this cemetery is only 72 miles away! About a 1 hour and 15 minute drive (do remember your passport if you are not Canadian, though!). 

Please send your photo and lineage information to: Theresa Doyle-Nelson. 

Here's an Example ...

Pictured is John G. Doyle with his wife Lauren Saurini Doyle; they live in Rochester, NY.

- John G. Doyle is a son of J. Gregory Doyle. 

- J. Gregory Doyle is a son of John Gordon Doyle.

- John Gordon Doyle is a son of John Albert Doyle.

- John Albert Doyle is a son of Owen Eugene Doyle.

- Owen Eugene Doyle is a son of Owen Doyle (who emigrated from Graiguenamanagh, Ireland) & Margaret Shaughnessy (who emigrated from Ireland). 

- Owen Doyle is a son of Arthur Doyle and Mary (maiden name unknown), also from Graiguenamanagh, Ireland.

*This photo was taken circa 1998 or 1999 at the tombstone/memorial of Owen Doyle & Margaret Shaughnessy at Holy Name of Mary Cemetery in Marysville, Canada.

If you suspect you might be a descendant of Arthur Doyle & Mary and Owen & Margaret from Ireland, please take a look at the page below; it shares the names of their 9 children. Perhaps this list of names will help you discover a connection ...

The Story of Holy Name of Mary Parish; 1837-1987 (p. 77)
Please Click Here for an Updated Version (1837-2012)

This photo and list of names might also help you to find a link. It's of one of Arthur Doyle & Mary's great-grandsons: John Albert Doyle and his family ...

The John Albert Doyle & Florence May Bates Doyle Family
c. 1930

Front Row L🠆R: 

John Albert Doyle & Florence Bates Doyle (parents)

Middle Row L🠆R: 

Robert Eugene, Marion (m. Otto Frazer), Rosemary (m. Robert Francis Dowling Jr)

Back Row L🠆R: 

Arlington T. (Arlie), Marjorie (m. Benedict Miller), John Gordon (the groom!), Florence "Honey" (m. Crabill Waldron), Kenneth V. (Ken/Kenny), Leo (who died in an auto accident in 1935 at the age of 22.)

* Worth noting: John Albert & Florence May had four other children who died very young: 

- A set of twins (year unknown; perhaps between Arlington & Kenneth).

- Dorothy Marie died at the age of 3 in 1912.

- William died at infancy in 1918. 

Some helpful links ...

Descendants of Arthur Doyle and Mary - Graiguenamanagh - Tyendinaga   ~Facebook Group

Owen Eugene Doyle @ FindAGrave.com

John Albert Doyle @ FindAGrave.com

Florence May Bates Doyle @ FindAGrave.com

Holy Name of Mary Parish in Canada

Tyendinaga Township/Marysville, Ontario, Canada

The First Doyle to Arrive in North America

A String of Five Generations from Arthur Doyle & Mary

Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, Ireland

If you have an Ancestry.com account, you can find many of these people and loads of clippings and photos within the "Marjorie R. Frazer" Family Tree. Marjorie is a granddaughter-in-law of John Albert & Florence May Bates.

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If you believe you might have some Irish ancestry through Holy Name of Mary Parish in Tyendinaga Township/Marysville, Ontario, Canada, you might enjoy a copy of this book ...

The Story of Holy Name of Mary Parish

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*Taken from the:

 Descendants of Arthur Doyle and Mary - Graiguenamangh - Tyendinaga

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The First Doyles to Leave Ireland for North America ... for "The Doyle Dining Room" Branch

AN UPDATE!    

It has been thought for some time now that Owen Doyle and Margaret Shaughnessy were the patriarch/matriarch who left Ireland for the New World. Some updated research using new genealogy indexes points strongly to Owen's parents: Arthur and Mary as being the true patriarch/matriarch! How fun to stumble upon one more generation who emigrated from Graiguenamanagh, Ireland! There is a lack of details on Arthur's amount of time in Canada, but he did make it there! 

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