12. | Mungo Alexander Boyle was born on 14 Oct 1845 in Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (son of Robert Hendry Boyle and Janet Millar); died on 26 Jul 1930 in Harrisville, (Ipswich Reserve), Fassifern Valley, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia; was buried in Harrisville Cemetery, Harrisville, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: LH26-FXG
- FindaGrave Memorial ID: 140867566
- _UID: 07584CDDE25C413B85A128AB08C4054F5BBD
- Census-Household Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
- Location-Witness: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 2 Lot 6 whole
- Religion-Member: 1851, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
- Census-Household Member: 1861, Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
- Directory: 1922, Harrisville Cemetery, Harrisville, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia; Electoral Rolls
- Occupation: 1922, Harrisville, (Ipswich Reserve), Fassifern Valley, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia; Farmer, Kelvin Grove Farm
Notes:
?i?from Family Search: Mungo Boyle (LH26-FXG)
?/i?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'. (actually in Queensland)
The father died at Ipswich. He came from Canada with his brothers James, Robert, John and Munga. The latter had an injured foot. The other brothers were pioneers of Harrisville district and lived long and useful lives. He was a great friend of John Hooper, father of Mrs. E. McLean of Boonah and May who married John Vardon, a selector of Milora.
?i?From a Harrisville Local History
?/i?Their youngest son, Mungo and his wife Sarah Watson, an Irish lass, continued to farm at Kelvin Grove and reared eleven children there. Their children married members of other pioneering families and have been a part of the history of Harrisville. Ernest, Harriet and Olive remained single and llived at Kelvin Grove till their deaths. They were involved in the local church, School of Arts and other organizations.
Mary, Mungo and John Mason Miller are the only family members mentioned in John's letters in 1870 to his twin brother Andrew Burns Miller.
(Medical):My grandfather Boyle had a severe accident. He was using an adze to trim a log and a chip of wood stuck to the corner of the adze and caused it to glance off and nearly severed his foot across the instep. Remarkably, I think there was an old army doctor in Ipswich and he came out and did what he could but grandfather always had a lame foot, his foot wouldn't go flat on the ground, so he always was handicapped by his damaged foot.
Birth:
Birth date also recorded as c 1842 @ Lanark
His marriage certificate Australia, 18 Nov 1869, specifically gives his birthplace as Lanark, Lanark Cty, Canada West.
FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LH26-FXG
FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140867566
Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
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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Religion-Member:
Role: Member
Location-Witness:
Role: Witness
Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member
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, Qld. : 1909 - 1954), Wednesday 6 August 1930, page 6
THE LATE MR. MUNGO BOYLE. MILORA, August 4. There passed away at his residence at Hillgrove, on Saturday, July 26, an old identity of the Harrisville district, the late Mr. Mungo Boyle, in his 90th year. The late Mr. Boyle was born in Lanack, Canada, in the year 1841, and his early manhood was spent among the Canadian hills. For many years he was engaged in felling timber and rafting it down the rivers to the sawmilling settlements. At the age of 24 he came to Australia, landing in Brisbane in February, 1866. Almost immediately he came to Harrisville, where an elder brother had already selected the piece of land which has since remained the home of the Boyle family. In 1871 he married Miss Sarah Watson, who died 12 years ago. The late Mr. Boyle leaves five sons and five daughters, 19 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Of a happy, genial, disposition, the late Mr. Boyle was a friend to all, and in return was beloved by all. He passed peacefully away in his own home, nursed by loving daughters. His remains were in-terred in the Harrisville Cemetery, on Sunday afternoon, July 27, in the presence of a large crowd of mourners.
DEATH.
BOYLE.?At his residence, Kelvin Grove Farm, Harrisville, on July 26, Mungo Boyle, in his 89th year.
Mungo married Sarah Ann Watson on 18 Nov 1869 in Ipswich Reserve, Queensland, Australia. Sarah was born on 25 Mar 1851 in Donegal, Ireland; died on 11 Jun 1918 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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