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 (1st 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 1st marriage)
Parents: John Bonner & Mary O'Donnell

Bapt., Aug. 13, 1874:
Ann Bonner, [born?] Aug. 11, 1874 (child of 2nd 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 censuses.

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 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 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 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 2nd 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.