Thoughtful Gestures from and Elderly Brother to an Elderly Sister

Some beautiful homemade postcards my cousin Andrea sent to me after her Mom, Eileen Therese Doyle Barbarisi passed away. What a thoughtful brother Uncle Leo was to his sister! 

 

The Whole Collection Andrea Sent Me
Some of the artwork is by Aunt Eileen, and some are by Uncle Leo.

Uncle Leo & Aunt Eileen's Last Visit Together
Largo, FL

Aunt Eileen would have been 90 today!

Add Your Data to the Descendants of Arthur Doyle & Mary Poll!

Holy Name of Mary Church
Marysville (Tyendinaga Township), Ontario, Canada

This chart is so much fun, and a great way to divvy up the so-many Arthur & Mary descendants! Where do you fit in?

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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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Are You a Descendant of Arthur Doyle and Mary of Graignuemanagh, Ireland (County Kilkenny)?

An Emigrant Ship in Dublin Bay - 1800s

If you believe you might be a descendant of Arthur Doyle and Mary Lownsdale* of Graignuemanagh, Ireland (County Kilkenny), consider requesting to join this Facebook group (see link below):

*For a time, it was suggested that a Mary Lownsdale was the wife of our Arthur Doyle; however, other details, such as church affiliation, hometown, and names of children do not match. So, there is a confidence that our Arthur most likely married a different Mary ... whose maiden name is yet to be determined. 

Facebook Group Description ...

Descendants of Arthur Doyle and Mary - Graiguenamanagh - Tyendinaga

A Great Discovery Made!
Find more detail here.

Corrections for many a Doyle Ancestry.com chart!

Hopefully some day soon we'll learn our Mary's Maiden Name!

A Doyle Descendant Visiting Graiguenamanagh, Ireland - the home of this Doyle Branch!

 

Amy Sinnigen-Ogburn (a Doyle descendant) and her husband John at M. Doyle Grocery & Bar in Graiguenamanagh, Ireland.

Graiguenamanagh on Facebook

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Florence Bates Doyle & John A. Doyle - Rescuers on Conesus Lake!

 

A recently-shared article by Robert "Bob" Doyle Jr. on how Florence May Bates Doyle & John Albert Doyle saved four men from drowning after their boat lost control on Conesus Lake.

Unfortunately, there is not date for this article, and Page Fourteen - with the rest of the story - is missing.

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A Rosary From Margaret/Sr. Mary Bernadine Daley

My dear cousin sent me a few heirlooms that she had gotten from her mother, my aunt: Eileen Therese Doyle Barbarisi.  This one is a particularly special treasure. It is a 15-decade rosary that belonged to an older sister of our Grandma Doyle. This sister, Margaret Daley, became a nun at a very young age, and then died not long after at the age of 17!

We didn't have the precise details, so Andrea and I had to go back and forth with some details we could pull together and solved the puzzle ...

A 15-Decade Rosary the Belonged to a Great Aunt: Sr. Mary Bernadine Daley
Born: Margaret Daley; 1887
Died: Sr. Mary Bernadine, Sister of Mercy; 1904; Corning, NY
Parents: Daniel Patrick Daley & Anna Jane Moore Daley

Some of our back-and-forth messages to figure out who exactly this rosary belonged to:

Andrea had the rosary blessed before sending it to me. 😇

A write-up on the funeral of Sr. Mary Bernadine (copied by my Grandmother and her namesake: Mary Bernadine Daley Doyle):

Here's another piece of interesting information - these pictures are of a hand-crafted desk once used by Sr. Mary Bernadine. My cousin Matt Judge (son of Elizabeth Doyle Judge) holds this gem!

The pretty lady holding the baby is my and Andrea's grandmother, Mary Bernadine Daley Doyle. She was born in 1907 ... just three years after the passing of her oldest sister Margaret/Sr. Mary Bernadine. Grandma Doyle was named after this sister who she only heard stories about, and never met. But, perhaps up in heaven they are best friends and keep a close eye on the family members still here on earth ...

Unfortunately, I have no photos of Margaret/Sr. Mary Bernadine ... but here are a few more of her sister/our grandmother named after her ...

Mary Bernadine Daley Doyle
A Grandmother to Andrea & Me (and MANY others!)
The youngest sibling of Sr. Mary Bernadine - the owner of the rosary!

Another photo of Mary Bernadine Daley Doyle
The baby sister of Margaret/Sr. Mary Bernadine Daley - Sister of Mercy

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