| 12. | Robert Hendry Boyle was born in 1795 in Campsie Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 3 Sep 1795 in Campsie Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland (son of William Boyle and Cathrine Hendry); died on 13 Jul 1881 in Harrisville, (Ipswich Reserve), Fassifern Valley, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia; was buried on 14 Jul 1881 in Harrisville Cemetery, Harrisville, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. Other Events and Attributes:
- Community Work: Flinders Shire, Kennedy Division, Queensland, Australia; member of the Goolman Divisional Board
- FamilySearch ID: G3RG-H4F
- FindaGrave Memorial ID: 140866983
- Name: Robert Boal
- _UID: 094E62AEA27D4DCCA02A4BDBB505ECD40937
- Land & Property: 27 Jun 1825, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Purchase of NE half of Con 2 Lot 6 From Henry Glass, 100 acres for L32.10.0
- Religion: 1831 1834, Lanark Village, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
- Land & Property: 8 Oct 1834, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Con 2 Lot 5 NE of SE, purchase from James Hall Sr., 100 acres for L 1450
- Land & Property: 7 Aug 1839, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 2 Lot 6 SW, 100 acres, Deed of Bargain & Sale - James Blackwood to Robert Boyle for 110L. mortgage of 55 L.
- Land & Property: 16 Oct 1847, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Mortgage discharged
- Community Work: 1850, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; One fo the founding members of the management committee, Lanark Agricultural Society
- Census: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
- Location: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 2 Lot 6 whole
- Occupation: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
- Religion: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
- Land & Property: 15 Dec 1858, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Con 2 Lot 5, to David Boyle for mortgage
- Census: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
- Religion: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Congregationalist
- Land & Property: 17 Dec 1864, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Con 2 Lot 6 NE Sale to Charles McIraith, 100 acres for $3000.
- Land & Property: 17 Dec 1864, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Robert Henry Boyle Sr. & wife to Charles McIlraith, NW half of W half Con 2 Lot 6 for 3400 L.
- Immigration: 5 Feb 1866, Brisbane City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Arrived in Australia on ship Golden City
- Occupation: 5 Feb 1866, Canada; Tanner, listed at arrival
- Land & Property: 11 Apr 1868, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Sale of SW 1/2 of W half 58 acres for 450 L. to Simon Alcorn
- Directory: 1874, Fassifern Valley, Ipswich Reserve, Queensland, Australia; Robert Henry Boyle, Sr
Notes:
?i?from Family Search: Mungo Boyle (LH26-FXG)
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An article written by a Mr C.M. Forbes and published in the Perth Courier 15 Dec 1905 through 9 February 1906 (transcribed by C. Dobie) records that a Robert Boyle was one of the founding members of the management committee of the Lanark Agricultural Society when it was formed in 1850.
The whole family (with the exemption of William) appear to have taken ship from London for Brisbane AU on the 'Golden City' on 23 Oct 1865, arriving in Australia on 5 Feb 1866. The shipping records relating o the 'Golden City' seems to indicae that the brothers John (Margaret), Robert (Elizabeth) and David (Nancy Agnes Jameson) brought wives with them from Canada. It appears that the daughters Kate (Katharine/Catharine) and May (Mary) married in Australia.
They took up agricultural land near Ipswich, Queensland, AU, where they built a small cottage called 'Kelvin Grove' (harking back no doubt to the Kelvin River of Robert Hendry Boyles's Scottish origins). Most of the cottage still stands, although nearly derelict since a fire in about 2000.
?i?From a Harrisville Local History
?/i?Robert Hendry Boyle born in 1793 (1795?) at Campsie Scotland and his wife Janet Miller, born in 1808 (1802?) and their eight adult children and their families came to Queensland from Scotland via Canada arriving in the 1860s. Robert and Janet 'took up' 120 acres of land, part of the 11,000 acres that made up the Ipswich Reserve, calling their property 'Kelvin Grove' after their home in Scotland. Other members of the family 'took up' parcels of land near by. In 1872, Robert gave an acre of his land for the Hillgrove School. The family grew cotton until the 1880s and for a while tried flax. Robert and Janet are both buried at the Harrisville cemetery.
(Research):Jean Rainey 25 Grey St. Glenbrook, NSW AU 2773 sent a book 'Looking Back along the Fassifern Valley' by Harry Pugsley, 1975 which has a chapter about Robert Boyle and Janet Miller and their family to JRE Miller about 1990.
Tracey Crow Midland Highway Byrneside 3617 provided some basic information on the first generation of the Boyle family and John Miller about 1990.
No contact was made with living descendants of either.
Notes for further research: ?b?Queensland?/b? Cook arrived in 1770, Flinders in 1802 convicts to Moreton Bay 1822 from Sydney. At that time the area was part of New South Wales 1864 there was drought 1884-86 there was almost no rain
?b?Brisbane ?/b?Floods 1841 - water rose 70 feet at Ipswich 1857 1864 - water rose 45-50 feet at Ipswich (1870?) 1879 1887
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?i?The following email from Peter Prove contain erroneous information and has circulated for years.?/i? Boyle Family of Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
Robert Hendry Boyle was baptised on 3 September 1795, according to the old parochial register of births and baptisms of the Parish of Campsie, County of Stirling, Scotland. His parents were recorded as "William Boyle, Fevar Eastertown of Balgreihend, and his spouse Catherine Hendry". Based upon Robert Hendry Boyle's recorded age of 88 as at the date of his death in Australia on 13 July 1881, his birth year would have been 1792 or 1793. Robert Hendry Boyle and married Janet Miller, daughter of William Miller and Janet (or Mary) Burns, in Canada (source: Janet Miller's death certificate) on 4 March 1825 (source: entry in Robert Hendry Boyle's family bible). The children of the marriage are recorded (in the family bible) as being: Katharene, born 25 Sept 1826 Mary, born 20 Dec 1828 William, born 11 Feb 1831 John Hendry, born 7 (month illegible) 1834 Robert Hendry, born 21 Dec 1835 David Miller, born 31 Dec 1837 James, born 16 April 1840 Mungo Alexander, born 14 Oct 1842 Mungo Alexander Boyle's marriage certificate (he was married in Australia on 18 November 1869) specifically gives his birthplace as (town or place): Lanark (county or shire): Lanark (country): Canada West, and in the absence of any contrary evidence I am assuming that all the other children were also born in Lanark Twp. I was advised that in the 1991 publication by Carol Bennett, "The Lanark Society Settlers", contains numerous relevant references, including the fact that "Janet (Jessie) Miller, who was 12 years old when she came to Canada, married Robert Boyle of lot 6, con 2, Lanark Twp.", and that the 1851 census showed their family as follows: Catherine, 28 Mary, 26 William, 24 John, 18 Robert, 15
(David and James are missing for some reason) Mungo, 10 John Mason Miller, 3 (possibly a fostered child, from Janet Miller's side of the family) An article written by a Mr. C. M. Forbes and published in the Perth Courier 15 Dec 1905 through 9 February 1906 (and transcribed for the LCGS website by Charles Dobie) records that a Robert Boyle (presumably the elder) was one of the founding members of the management committee of the Lanark Agricultural Society when it was formed in 1850. The whole family (with the exception of William) appear to have taken ship from London for Brisbane, Australia, on the 'Golden City' on 23 Oct 1865, arriving in Australia on 5 Feb 1866. They took up agricultural land near Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, where they built a small cottage called 'Kelvin Grove' (harking back no doubt to the Kelvin River of Robert Hendry Boyle's Glasgow origins). Most of the cottage still stands, although nearly derelict - since a fire in the last year or so. Mungo Alexander Boyle was remembered in an article published in a local Australian newspaper in 1931 as having an injured foot "through having chopped it while falling scrub in Canada". The same article indicates that the sisters Kate (Katharene/Catherine) and May (Mary) married in Australia. The shipping records relating to the 'Golden City' seem to indicate that the brothers John, Robert and David brought wives with them from Canada (Margaret (maiden name unknown), Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) and Nancy Agnes Jameson respectively). The brother William's movements are more mysterious. Family recollections variously suggest that he had been sent out to Australia in advance of the rest of the family to acquire suitable land but absconded with the family funds, or that he remained in Canada or perhaps moved to the United States. Any further information about this family in Canada would be greatly appreciated. Willing to exchange information. Thank You. Peter N. Prove - Geneva, Switzerland. - E-Mail - peterprove@hotmail.com
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Christened:
Name:?tab?Robert Boyle
Gender:?tab?Male
Baptism Date:?tab?3 Sep 1795
Baptism Place:?tab?, Campsie, Stirling, Scotland
Father:?tab?William Boyle
Mother:?tab?Cathrine Hendry
FHL Film Number:?tab?1041973, 0102102
BOYLE
ROBERT
WILLIAM BOYLE/CATHRINE HENDRY FR411 (FR411)
M
03/09/1795
475/
20 272
Campsie
Community Work:
when the board's office was at Flinders
FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3RG-H4F
FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140866983
Probate:
Name: Robert Hendry Boyle
Place: Queensland, Australia
District: Southern
Will Number: 2700
Item ID:?tab?741879
QSA Reference:?tab?SCT/P76
Microfilm Number: Z110
File Name: Wills1857-1900
Original URL: http://www.archives.qld.gov.au...
Queensland State Archives, Wills 1857 to 1900 (all Districts), online index, Queensland Government (https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/wills-1857-to-1940: accessed 21 September 2015).
Land & Property:
Mortgage discharged 16 Oct 1847
58 acres of this property were sold to Simon Alcorn (SW of W1/2) for L. 450 on 11 apr 1848.
The remainder was sold to Charles McIlraith on 17 Dec 1864.
Community Work:
Perth Courier 15 Dec 1905 - 9 Feb 1906
Census:
Census, 12 Jan 1852
?b?#10 William Crawford 50 (1802), ?/b?carpenter, Ireland, 1802 - household Margaret 25 (1827), Elizabeth 8 (1844) , William 5 (1847), James 3 (1849), Margaret A. 1 (1851) are next to James Bredin.
In the next door household (log house) of #17 ?b?James Bredin?/b? 72 (1780), Ireland, farmer, are daughter/wife? Elizabeth 57 (1795) Ireland, May 26 (1826), William 24 (1828) #21 ?b?Robert Bredin 22 (1830), shoemaker?/b?, wife Jane 20 (1832), Richard 18 (1834), Harry W. 16 (1836), Elizabeth 14 (1838), William 11 (1841)and ?b?Alexander Wilson?/b? 72 (1780).
Another neighbour ?b?James Mui?/b?r is also a shoemaker and may be the son of the shoemaker noted in Robert Mason's diary.
#28 ?b?Robert and Janet Boyle?/b? may have operated a stopping place (1 story log house) as their property was located on the edge of Lanark village at the point where the road branches, travelling west towards Watson's Corners and north towards Hopetown. This junction would be important for access to timber shanties located further west and north.
Additional name attached to Robert Boyle's household are:
David McIntosh 24 (1828) Scotland
Robert Newen (Noonan) 17 (1835) Scotland - Residence Darling Twp
James Watt 21 (1831) Canada -Residence Dalhousie
Robert Miller 17 (1835) - Residence Bathurst
George Miller 15 (1837) - Residence Bathurst
James Miller 17 (1835 - Residence Rodden
?b?#45 Robert Cannon, cooper?/b?, Scotland 35 (1817), Isabell Cannon and daughters Sarah 4 (1848) and Jane 2 (1850) are either across the road or next door to the Boyles in a frame house with a cooper shop. Also in the household are
#49 ?b?Margaret Beith?/b?, servant, Scotland, 16 (1836)
#50 ?b?Jane Wilson?/b? 30 (1822)
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Census:
It appears that by this time Robert is surrounded by a settlement. The neighbours are numerous but include mainly skilled labour, e.g. saddler, .
The following neighbours include frame houses and may indicate proximity to Lanark Village. As you to the next page the houses are of log.
Neighbours:
?b?John Gillis?/b? and ?b?James Caldwell?/b?, both lumber merchants
?b?Gavin Jamieson?/b?, yeoman, Ireland, Baptist 68, log
Mrs. 69 Ireland
?b?Hugh McEwen?/b?, Blacksmith, Scotland, Baptist, 41, frame
Mrs. 41 & children
?b?Alex McNichol?/b?, Innkeeper, 32, frame
Mrs. 24
?b?Thomas McMaster?/b?, labourer, 29
Mrs 31
?b?Richard Payne?/b?, druggist, 30
?b?John Teskey?/b?, labourer, 27
Mrs, 27 and family
?b?Samuel Drummond?/b?, 29 yeoman,
Mrs. 23, and family
?b?Robert Craig?/b?, tanner, 37, Scotland
Mrs. 38, and family, with labourer Tusau Disheau, labourer, Darling
?b?Robert Boyle?/b?, yeoman, 66, 1 1/2 story log
Mrs. 59
John H. 28, in Lavant
Robert H. 26, in Dalhousie
David, 24
Mungo, 19
Catherine, 35
Mary 33
John Miller, 12
Henry Connwell, 1
?b?William Alcorn ?/b?37, log 1 1/2 story
Mrs 38
Mary 11
Siman 9
James 8
David 5
William 5
Robert 3
Alexander 2
Died:
Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser (Qld. : 1861 - 1908), Tuesday 19 July 1881, page 2,,,,,,DEATH. On the 13th July, at Ipswich Reserve, near Harrisville, Queensland, Robert Hendry Boyle, sen., late of Canada, aged 88 years. The Queensland Times. IPSWICH, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1881.
Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1903 - 1926), Monday 18 June 1923, page 8........OBITUARY...MR. R.H. BOYLE. Mr. Robert. Hendry Boyle, one of the very earliest , settlers in this district, died at the Ipswich General Hospital on June 9. after a short illness, at the age of 88 years (writes our Harrisville correspondent). In the early days deceased was a member of the Goolman Divisional Board when the board's office was at Flinders. He is survived by a large family. For some time before his death he resided with his daughter, Mr. John Wiggins. The interment took place at the Harrisville cemetery on Sunday, the burial service being conducted by Evangelist Arnold, of the Church of Christ, Boonah.
Name:?tab?Robert Hendry Boyle
Death Date:?tab?13 Jul 1881
Death Place:?tab?Queensland
Father's name:?tab?William Boyle
Mother's name:?tab?Katharene Hendry
Registration Year:?tab?1881
Registration Place:?tab?Queensland
Registration Number:?tab?000870
Page Number:?tab?1451
Buried:
Headstone for: Robert hendry Boyle d:1 Jul 1881 (age 85) his wife Janet Miller(Boyle) d:12 Jun 1884 (age 80) and Elizabeth May Boyle daughter of Mungo & Sarah Boyle d: 12 May 1886 (age 2)
Robert married Janet Millar on 4 Mar 1825 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Janet (daughter of William Millar and Elizabeth Gilmour) was born in Jul 1801 in Whitelee, East Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 30 Nov 1801 in Cardross Parish, Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; died on 12 Jun 1884 in Harrisville, (Ipswich Reserve), Fassifern Valley, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia; was buried in Harrisville Cemetery, Harrisville, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1887 - 1970 (83 years)
