Beaver Island Church Records - B

Mathew Gray Bailey

Marriage, Sept. 22, 1885:
Mathew Gray Bailey, living on Mac. Is., 21, Born Mack. Is.; physician
Sarah Jane Gibson, 23, born B.I. (Robert's daughter)

This must be the son of John R. Bailey, "long-time resident of Mackinac Island. He served many years as the only doctor, & after the Civil War became garrison physician as Brevet Lt. Col. in the U.S. Volunteers. He published, in 1895, a guide book, Mackinac, Formerly Michilimackinac. He also served on the Mackinac Island State Park Commission." He operated Bailey's Drug Store, an Island landmark, & had his office there. The sign above it said "Bailey & Son," & it was built in 1880.

Joseph Blongery & Bridget Gallagher

Bapt., Sept. 14, 1890:
Joanna Blongery, July 22, 1890
Parents: Joseph Blongery & Bridget Gallagher

John Bonner

"Black John"

1864 church membership:
John Bonner, P + 45
Sophia Bonner, P + 26 (Sophia Harkins)
Manus, 5
Thomas, 2
James (infant) - Jan. 26, 1865

Same parents:
Ann Margry Bonner, May 28, 1867
John Bonner, Jan. 9, 1870
Dan Bonner, born 1872, died April 1, 1955, age 72; stroke
Peter Bonner, June 11, 1874, died Sept. 14, 1883 (year of scarlet fever); cause unknown
(Charl.); age 7 years
Mary Bonner, April 22, 1877
Patrick Joseph Bonner, blank - bapt. Nov. 13, 1882

Died:
John Bonner, age 73, Sept. 26, 1894 (Charlevoix); heart disease; farmer
Mrs. John Bonner, age 73, Mar. 2, 1912; heart failure
Sophia Bonner, widow, 73-3-20, paralysis; parents Thomas Harkins, Madge Carr (Charlevoix)
Annie Bonner, May 8, 1883, age 15, scarlet fever (Charl.)

John B. Bonner

"Red John"

Census 1860
He died Dec. 12, 1874, age 48; born Co. Donegal

1864 church membership:
John Bonner
Mrs. Bonner (1 st marriage; Mary O'Donnell, died April 12, 1869, age 28; born Co. Donegal)
Jeremiah, [age] 2

2nd marriage:
John Bonner, 35, fisherman, born Ire.
Cecily Gallagher, 27, born Ire. (I don't know who this is; Cecilia, daughter of Shawn, is not this old)
[Witnesses:] Michael Gallagher & Hannah McCauley

Bapt., April 2, 1866:
Patrick Bonner (child of 1 st marriage)
Parents: John Bonner & Mary O'Donnell

Bapt., Aug. 13, 1874:
Ann Bonner, [born?] Aug. 11, 1874 (child of 2 nd marriage)
Parents: John Bonner & Cecily Gallagher

Died Nov. 20, 1874, age 50, cancer; born Ire., parents unknown (Charl.)[1]

Nov. 9, 1876 - Cecily married Adolf Ostenberg (see his card)

Thomas J. Bonner

Son of Black John

Marriage, June 29, 1899:
Thomas J. Bonner, 36, [born] B.I., fisherman
Ellen Gallagher, 33, [born] B.I. (Conelius' daughter, Salty's sister)

Died:
Thomas Bonner, May 31, 1936, 74, "sudden death," heart trouble (church)
Ella Bonner, June 25, 1952, 97, (all there is - church); [age] 86, if age at marriage is right;
88 if census date correct; 86 if marriage date correct

Henry Boulanger & Victoria Brown

Neither in census.

Bapt., June 21, 1884:
Phililipina Elizabeth Boulanger
Parents: Henry Boulanger & Victoria Brown

Boyle [Family]

Died:
Hannah Boyle, May 9, 1873, age 42; born Co. Donegal; wife of Mike of Mike Boyle's Beach.
died between 1870 & '80, but I think she was older.
Bridget Boyle, June 20, 1874, age 32; born Co. Donegal.
Francis Boyle, May 18, 1888, age 71; born Ioclar (sic), Co. Donegal.
Patrick Boyle, Oct. 30, 1897, age 78; born Aranmore.
Honora Boyle, Mar. 25, 1897, age 69; born Donegal.

Bernard Boyle

I have no Bernard Boyle anywhere.

Bapt., Oct. 10, 1878:
Sarah Boyle, Oct. 3, 1878
Parents: Bernard Boyle & Bridget Boyle

Daniel Boyle & Catherine Gallagher

Catherine - "Katcheline Mor"

1864 church membership:
Daniel Boyle, P + 29
Mrs. Dan Boyle, P + 28 (Catherine Gallagher)
Mary Boyle, 6 (married James Hamrock, June 9, 1880)
Hugh Boyle, 4
Bridget Boyle, 3 (born April 13, 1863; married Anthony Malloy (son Dan), June 1, 1885; died Mar. 2, 1902)
Denis Boyle, 3 (wrong; 1 or 2 years younger than Bridget, see census)

Bapt., Aug. 6, 1866:
Ann Boyle, born July 24, 1866
Parents: Dan Boyle & Catherine Gallagher

Same parents:
Michael Boyle, Aug. 21, 1867
Dan Joseph Boyle, Mar. 18, 1869
Philip Boyle, July 23, 1870
Patrick Boyle, July 7, 1875

Died:
Catherine Boyle, Nov. 12, 1907, age 77, old age (church); born Ire.
Charlevoix [death records]: Nov. 2, 1907, age 77, born Ire.; parents Hugh Gallagher & Bridget Boyle.
Dan Boyle, Dec. 18, 1919, age 86, influenza; parents Dennis Boyle & Mary McCauley.
(church). [Charlevoix death records?] Dec. 18, 1919, age 87-4-3, old age; widower, born
Ire.; farmer, retired 6 years; father Daniel Boyle, mother unknown.

Daniel C. Boyle & Bridget Bonner

Daniel, son of Hugh Boyle, & Bridget, daughter of Big John Bonner.

Marriage, Feb. 12, 1879:
Daniel Boyle, 26, born Penn., farmer
Bridget Bonner, 21, born Penn.

Bapt., Dec. 4, 1879:
Nelly Agnes, Dec. 3, 1879
Parents: Dominick Gallagher (wrong - he is Dan) & Bridget Bonner

Same parents:
Patrick Boyle, May 31, 1881
Elizabeth Boyle, Dec. 18, 1882
Hugh Boyle, Aug. 29, 1884
John Boyle, July 9, 1886 (died Dec. 12, 1887, age 16 mos. {church}. Charlevoix -
Leonard John Bonner, age 1 yr., 5 mos., cause unknown; [parents] Dan Boyle &
Bridget Bonner.)

Edward Boyle & Bridget Gallagher

"Neddy" & "Big Biddie"

1864 church membership:
Edward Boyle, [born] 1824
Mrs. Edward Boyle (Bridget Gallagher)
Ellen Boyle, 16 - married Owen "Ropa"
Emma Boyle, 12 - married John O'Donnell, son of Barney
Hugh Boyle, 10 - married Val's daughter Anna
Grace Ann Boyle, 8 - married Bernard McCafferty, Oct. 17, 1882
Patrick Boyle, 3 - died Aug. 21, 1891, age 30

Died:
Bridget Boyle, April 6, 1904, age 90, old age; born Ire.. Charlevoix: Bridget Gallagher,
April 6, 1904, age 90, old age; born Ire.; parents Edward Gallagher & Emay[?] O'Donnell.
Edward Boyle, April 20, 1904, age 80, old age; born Ire.. Charlevoix: Edward Boyle,
April 20, 1904, old age, widower; born Ire.; parents ? Boyle & Em___ O'Donnell - ?
Patrick Boyle, July 23, 1891, age 28, consumption; born Ire.; sailor; [parents] Edward
Boyle & Bridget Gallagher.

Hugh Boyle

In 1860, '70, '80 censuses.

1864 church membership:
Hugh Boyle, 30 - died Mar. 7, 1882
Mrs. Boyle (Ellen O'Donnell), 31
Daniel Boyle, 12 - married Bridget Bonner, Feb. 12, 1879
Grace Boyle, 10 - married Shan (John) Gallagher, Oct. 16, 1872 (son of Shamus)
Patrick Boyle, 8 - married Ann Kennelly, Jan. 23, 1878; died Jan. 22, 1881
Bridget Boyle, 6 - married John O'Donnell (of Sand Point, Mich.), April 23, 1878
Ellen Boyle, 4 - possibly Bernard McNamara, Jan. 19, 1881
William Boyle, 2 - died May 18, 1883
Manus Boyle, infant, 6 mos.; [born] Dec. 5, 1863
Francis Boyle, Jan. 28, 1867
Cecilia Boyle, Mar. 7, 1869
Ann Boyle, Oct. 15, 1871

Died:
Hugh Boyle, Feb. 20, 1882, age 52, cause unknown; born Ire.; merchant; parents not given
(Charl.). Hugh Boyle, Mar. 7, 1882, age 54; born Aranmore [church records?].
William Boyle, May 18, 1883, age 21; born B.I..

Hugh Boyle & Hannah Gallagher

"Hughie Hummish" & "Hannah Veag"

1864 church membership:
Hugh Boyle, P + 30
Mrs. Boyle, P + 32 - Hannah Veag
Anna Gallagher, 10 - married Charles Williams (I think)
John Gallagher, 7 (Shoemaker)
Mary Boyle, 4 [see Bridget, below]
Thomas Boyle, infant; [ born] Dec. 2, 1863, died in Chicago, Mar. 17, 1944 (residence St.
James); Tom Boyle Hannegan

Bapt., Mar. 4, 1866
Bridget Gallagher ([either she or Mary, above] married Henry Proctor; birth of William says
Mary [see also death record, below])
Parents: Hugh Boyle & Hannah Gallagher

Same parents:
Peter Boyle, Mar. 20, 1868
Hannah Boyle, Mar. 20, 1870
Hugh Boyle, Nov. 25, 1872 - died Jan. 11, 1938, age 65-1-17, single; burnt to death at Coles;
seaman ("Gutte_")
Michael Boyle, June 23, 1878 - died June 23, 1890 (is this the one who died from a fall from
a tree?)

Died:
Bridget Proctor (nee Boyle), Dec. 20, 1887, age 22; born B.I.
Hugh Boyle, May 17, 1924, age 80-100?, stroke (church). Charlevoix: May 17, 1924, age 97,
apoplexy; widower; born Ire., farmer; father Tom Boyle, mother unknown.

Hugh E. Boyle & Ann McDonough

"Red Hughie," son of Big Biddie

Marriage, Nov. 17, 1890:
Hugh B. Boyle, 34, born Ire., farmer Red Hughie (Clementine)
Ann McDonough, 29, born Ire. - daughter of Val & sister of Big Tom

Bapt., Dec. 20, 1891:
Patrick Boyle, Dec. 16, 1891
Parents: Hugh Boyle & Ann McDonough

Same parents:
Thomas Boyle, June 10, 1893
Edward Boyle, July 8, 1895
Mary Catherine Boyle, June 11, 1896

Died:
Hugh E. Boyle, June 22, 1944, age 88, old age. Hugh E. Boyle, June 22, 1944, age 88-6-24,
Coronary thrombosis; widower; farmer, born Ire.; [parents] Edward Boyle & Bridget
Gallagher.[2]
Mrs. Anna Boyle, Feb. 24, 1934, age 73; pneumonia; husband Hughie E. Boyle (church).
(Charlevoix) Anna Boyle, Feb. 4, 1934, age 77-9-22; bronchial pneumonia; married; born
Ire.; parents Thomas McDonough & Anna Kane.

John Boyle

Son of the widow Cicely, bro. Paddy Hela. May be one age 19 in 1860, living in boarding house.

Marriage, Jan. 9, 1874:
John Boyle, 35, born Ire.; farmer
Mary Connahan, 19, born Ire. - probably a daughter of the Charles Connahan family, no
relation to Hugh.
[Witnesses:] Owen Gallagher & Hannah McCauley

Bapt., June 12, 1875:
Cecily Boyle, Jan. 8, 1875
Parents: John Boyle & Mary Connahan

Same parents:
Bridget Boyle, Jan. 17, 1877

John Boyle

Son of Mike of Mike Boyle's Beach. I can't fit him into other Boyles. Didn't Lizzie say he was a brother of Gebo? or cousin? He could be the "Jacob" in the census of 1870. He is the right age, son of Mike of Mike Boyle's Beach.

Marriage, Oct. 5, 1873:
John Boyle, 25, born Ire., carpenter
Sarah Green, 25, born Ire. (White Dan's sister)
[Witnesses:] (White) Daniel Green & Bridget Green

Bapt., Jan. 20, 1874:
John Boyle, Jan. 13, 1874
Parents: John Boyle & Sarah Green

Same parents:
Sarah Ann Boyle, Mar. 15, 1875

John Boyle & Ann or Sophia
John "Navy" Boyle

In census, 1870 & 1880.

1864 church membership:
John Boyle, 50
Mrs. Boyle, P + 46 - Ann & Nancy in census; Sophia in death record of son John
John Boyle P + 11

Died:
Nancy Boyle, Nov. 10, 1887, age 78; born Arran (Aranmore or Arran Island?)
John Boyle, July 18, 1889, age 70; born Arran Mor (church).
Thomas Boyle, age 28, drowned; born Ire.; parents John & Sophia Boyle.
Ann Boyle, Nov. 10, 1888, heart disease; born Ire.; parents Neil Boyle & Bridget
O'Donnell (Charlevoix).
John Boyle, July 17, 1889, age 70, cause?; born Ire.; farmer; parents John Boyle &
Hannah Gallagher.

John Boyle & Margaret Boyle

[In] 1870 census.

1864 church membership:
John Boyle P 31
Mrs. Boyle P 29 - Margaret
Susan Ann Boyle, infant - 1870 census Rosa

Marriage, June 12, 1862:
John Boyle, 29
Margaret Boyle,
[Witnesses:] John & Bridget Boyle

Evidently John died before April 1875, when Margaret married Patrick O'Donnell.

Bapt.:
Catherine Boyle, born Mar. 16, 1863 (must have died; see name used again below)
Parents: J. Boyle & Margaret Boyle

Same parents:
Rose Ann Boyle, May 25, 1864
John Boyle, April 3, 1866
Catherine Boyle, Dec. 12, 1868

John B. Boyle & Ellen Gallagher

Marriage, Sept. 23, 1866:
John Boyle, 33, laborer, born Ire.
Ellen Gallagher, 27, born Ire. - this could be the widowed daughter-in-law of Michael
Gallagher
[Witnesses:] Michael O'Donnell & Catherine McCauley

[Bapt.?:]
Dominick Boyle, born June 29, 1867
John Boyle, Dec. 17, 1871
Mary Boyle, Nov. 7, 1874

Manes Boyle & Catherine Kennelly (or Kimball)

Here is another Manes Boyle, unless one of the Marys died & this is a 2 nd wife.

Bapt., June 20, 1886:
Sarah Boyle, June 9, 1886
Parents: Manes Boyle & Catherine Kennelly? question mark is in record I think, or else I
had a hard time making it out. Could it have Kimball, as in death of a Louis Boyle, age
4 mos., on Sept. 9, 1886 [below]?

Died:
Louis Boyle, Sept. 7, 1886; 4 mos., cause unknown; [parents] Manes & Kate Boyle
(Charlevoix).
Louis Boyle, Sept. 9, 1886, 4 mos., [parents] Manus Boyle & Kate Kimball (church).

Manes Boyle & Mary Gallagher

This is Cecily's son & Shamus' daughter. In 1864 church roll he is in his mother's home; in the 1880 census he is [listed as] Morris Boyle.

Marriage, Jan. 25, 1870:
Manes Boyle, 31, born Ire., laborer - widow Cicely's son - no - the one in 1860 [census], age
20, living in boarding house.
Mary Gallagher, 16, born Ire. - Shamus' daughter
[Witnesses:] Hugh Connaghan & Grace Boyle

[Bapt.?:]
Mary Ann Boyle, Dec. 22, 1870
Daniel Boyle, Feb. 18, 1873
Cicely Boyle, Nov. 2, 1875 - Charlevoix birth rec. Nov. 2, 1875; parents Manes & Mary
"Farmer"
Bridget Boyle, Feb. 6, 1878
Sarah Jane Boyle, Mar. 7, 1881
Owen Boyle, Aug. 29, 1883 - father Maurice here, but I think Owen belongs here

Manes Boyle & Mary Sharkey

Different from Cecily's son. She must be sister of John Sharkey & Margaret Sharkey Early.

Bapt., Oct. 15, 1878:
Cecily Boyle, Sept. 16, 1878
Parents: Manes Boyle & Mary Sharkey

Michael Boyle

"Mike of Mike Boyle's Beach"

1864 church membership:
Michael Boyle
Mrs. Boyle (Hannah)
Jack Boyle, 14 - married Sarah Green
Thomas[?], 16 - drowned in L. Michigan, age 23, Oct. 23, 1873
Sophia, 12

Bapt., Mar. 30, 1863:
Mary Boyle, born Mar. 22, 1863

Bapt.:
Hugh Boyle, born June 17, 1865 - Gebo? Died Jan. 18, 1934, age 73

Died:
Michael Boyle, Nov. 12, 1900, age 82, old age; born Ire. (Charl.). [Church records?] parents
Jack & Bridget Boyle.
John Boyle, April 16, 1877, age 31, consumption; born Ire.; carpenter; parents Michael &
Hannah.

1 This reference is not clearly tied to a particular individual but from the line immediately below, regarding Cecily's marriage, is probably an alternate death record for John.

2 Second death record probably from Charleviox.