Patrick Coyle
20 May 1841 Ireland – 21 June 1925 CT
Son of Michael Coyle & Mary Cunningham
My Great Great Grandfather
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| Patrick Coyle |
Patrick Coyle was the son of Michael Coyle & Mary Cunningham.
He had at least 3 siblings: James, Margaret & Michael; all born in County
Cavan, Ireland.
Patrick
married Margaret Brady, daughter of Thomas Brady & Catherine Gibney, on 11
February 1870 in County Cavan, Ireland.
The family lived in a
gate keeper’s cottage on Moat’s Lane. There were three houses in a row and they
were alike; built from field stone with slate roofs. Each house usually had
three rooms, side by side, all entered from the outside. In the kitchen there
was a back door which led to a lean-to where animals resided. These animals had
access to the kitchen for warmth. The outside of the Coyle house was part of
the stone wall that encircled the property. The small house was covered with
climbing roses which gave it a charming look. The Coyle house was located at
the entrance to the manor house which was a two story wood frame house,
surrounded by fields. There were 50 or 60 acres to the estate.
Oldest son, Michael
Coyle, left Ireland in May 1885 for New York City. Patrick was the next to
leave Ireland, arriving in New York City on 19 October 1885. He came aboard the
ship S. S. Circassia. The ship’s passenger list shows Patrick to be a 45 year
old farmer. , The next year the rest of the family left
Ireland. Margaret Brady Coyle came to
the United States with a party of seven other family members. The group arrived
at the Port of New York on 21 May 1886. The boat was called the City of Berlin. The Coyle family settled
in Waterbury, CT.
Patrick & Margaret
had 11 children, 4 born after they arrived in the USA. Patrick Coyle became a
naturalized citizen of the United States on 24 October 1896 in the District
Court of Waterbury, Connecticut.
Patrick was a minor
player in the family. Margaret was the driving force behind the family. She
ruled her children with a firm hand and ran a small grocery store. Patrick was
usually a day laborer. In 1910 Patrick and his wife were on Ridge Street in
Waterbury, Connecticut. He was a laborer
in a cemetery. In
1920 Patrick and Margaret were living on Woods Street in Waterbury. They also had a home in Milford, CT.
Patrick Coyle died on 21
June 1925. A
newspaper article said:
News has been received here of the death in Milford early
yesterday morning of Patrick Coyle, formerly of this city. Mr. Coyle died at his home, 178 Broadway,
Wildmere Beach, Milford. For 40 years
Mr. Coyle was a resident of Waterbury, leaving this city three years ago to
take up a summer residence in Milford.
He spent his winters in Florida. Besides his wife, he leaves 10
children. Michael, Bernard and Thomas in
Texas, Patrick in Florida, William in California. James, Katherine, Margaret, Mrs. B. W. Kelly
and Mrs. William F. Cass of this city.
The funeral will take place tomorrow morning at 10:30 from the house to
St. Gabriel’s Church, Walnut Beach. The
burial will be in the Catholic cemetery, Milford.
Patrick & Family:
1 Patrick Coyle b: 20
May 1841 Moate, Cavan, Ireland, d: 21 Jun 1925 Milford, New Haven, CT
... + Margaret Brady b:
Abt. 1855 Killykeen, Cavan, Ireland, m: 11 Feb 1870 Granard, Cavan, Ireland, d:
22 Nov 1934 in Waterbury, New Haven, CT
......2 Michael Coyle
b: 24 Nov 1870 in Moate, Ireland, d: Unknown
...... + Mary Jo Mullane b: 3 Aug 1867 Ireland, m: 9 Nov 1895 NY, d: 17 Dec 1927 NY
......2 Bernard Coyle
b: 13 Feb 1872 Cavan, Ireland, d: 8 Nov 1946 New Haven, CT
...... + Maria d: Bef.
1930
......2 Catherine Coyle
b: 23 Dec 1873 Cavan, Ireland, d: 15 Oct 1952 New Haven, CT
......2 Maria Coyle b:
29 Jan 1876 Cavan, Ireland, d: 21 Dec 1885
......2 Patrick J Coyle b: 28 Dec 1879 Moate, Cavan, Ireland, d: 30 Jun 1954 FL
...... + Nancy Guilette
b: OH, m: 1925 St Petersburg, Pinellas, FL
......2 Margaret Coyle
b: 16 Apr 1881 Cavan, Ireland, d: 30 Jul 1972 Waterbury, CT
......2 Thomas A Coyle b: 21 Aug 1883 Cavan, Ireland, d: 13 Sep 1962 Los Angeles, CA
......2 James J Coyle
b: 16 Apr 1887 Waterbury, CT, d: 13 Oct 1955 Waterbury, CT
...... + Madeline
Herbst b: 10 Nov 1892 CT, m: 7 May 1912 NY, d: 1948 New
Haven, CT
......2 Bridget Coyle
b: 21 Dec 1888 Waterbury, New Haven, CT, d: 21 Apr 1943
...... + Bernard William
Kelly b: 25 Apr 1894 Waterbury, CT, m: 27 Apr 1925
......2 Maryanne Coyle
b: 7 Mar 1891 Waterbury, CT, d: 29 Mar 1977 New Haven, CT
...... + William F.
Cass b: 20 Sep 1893, m: 27 Nov 1918, d: 19 Mar 1959
......2 William Paul
Coyle b: 29 Jun 1894 New Haven, CT, d: 16 Sep 1963 California
...... + Lauretta Niail
b: 1891 CT, m: 1 Oct 1912 New Haven, CT, d: 12 May 1960 CA
New York Passenger List, Microfilm #1027358, Family
History Library, Item #1294; S. S. Circassia, October 1885. Passenger: Pat Coyle. Photocopy of page given to author by Kathleen
G. Coyle, Arizona and by Robert Coyle, Oregon.
Immigration Record from Castle Garden Immigration Center
for Pat Coyle, 19 October 1885, www.castlegarden.org.
New York Passenger List, Microfilm #1027363,
Family History Library, May 1886.
Passengers: Margaret, Bridget, Kate, Patrick, Maggie and Thomas Coyle
with Margaret and Barth Brady. Photocopy of page given to author by Kathleen G.
Coyle, Sun City West, Arizona and by Robert Coyle, Florence, Oregon.
Patrick Coyle, Naturalization Record, 24
October 1896, Volume 9, Page 400; District Court in Waterbury, Connecticut.
1910 US Census, Waterbury, New Haven, CT,
Microfilm Roll #T624, Roll 141, Page 97A; ancestry.com. Patrick Coyle family.
1920 US Census, CT, New Haven, Waterbury, SD
38, ED 433, Sheet 12B. Patrick Coyle family on Wood Street.
Patrick Coyle, Newspaper Funeral Notice. Photocopy from Kathleen G. Coyle given to
Robert J. Coyle and given to author.
This prompt comes from Amy Johnson Crow at her blog, No Story Too Small. She suggests we “write once a week about a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, a research problem — any that focuses on that one ancestor.”
