William Henry Boyle

1831 - 1905  (74 years)

• Name	William Henry Boyle
  Birth	11 Feb 1831	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	St. Andrew's Lanark Village William, b. 11 Feb 1831, son of Robert Boyle and Janet Miller
  Christening	22 May 1831	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Lanark Village, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1851	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Canada
  	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) ----
  		1851 Census Robert Boyle Household
  		Robert Boyle property in Lanark Twp
  Location-Witness	1851	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Concession 2 Lot 6 whole
  	Role: Witness
  Religion-Member	1851	Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Free Church
  	Role: Member
  Occupation	1861	Campsie Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Carpenter
  Census	Apr 1861	Campsie Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [3, 4]
  	Scotland - Drumfarm Farm Hill, lodger, unmarried, carpenter
  	Name: William H Boyle Age: 30 Estimated birth year: abt 1831 Relationship: Lodger Gender:?tab?Male Where born: America Registration Number: 475 Registration district: Campsie Civil Parish: Campsie County:?tab?Stirlingshire Address: Dunn Farm Hill Occupation: Carpenter ED: 10 Household schedule number: 162 Line: 20 Roll: CSSCT1861_63 The following is a combo of 1851 and 1861 census information for the family. Household Members:?tab? Name?tab?Age Walter Knox?tab?48 b. 1817 Kilsyth, Stirling, lime miner in 1851; farmer of 18 acres in 1861 (Knore in Ancestry transcription) Mary Orr Knox?tab?44 Stirlingshire 1817 Archibald Knox (b 1841 in 1851 census, not in 1861) Walter Knox?tab?18 b 1842 Baldernock Stirling William Knox b 1845 in 1851 census, not in 1861) Mary Knox?tab?11 b 1849 Robert Knox?tab?9 John Knox?tab?5 William H Boyle?tab?30 In 1851, William Knox, brother of Walter, Lime Miner, Stirlingshire
  FamilySearch ID	KG6P-BG3
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KG6P-BG3
  Land & Property	Abt 1Apr/1867-29/2/1868	Queensland, Australia
  	Lease of Land
  	Register of lands 1861 to 1868 This open data file lists the names of people and businesses who purchased Crown Land in Queensland that had been opened as a selection or agricultural reserve between 1861 and 1868. Information also includes the lease number and Queensland State Archives' catalogue details. 624 Boyle Robert Henry Lease Purchase 252 Item ID 102540 Previous sys SUR/9; PRV12280/1/3 Microfilm Z4253 Register - leases c1/4/1867 - c29/2/1868
  Land & Property	1862	Queensland, Australia   [5]
  	Sale of property
  	Name: William Henry Boyle File Date:1862 File Place:Queensland, Australia Role:Seller Item ID:?tab?18756 Folio or Page Number:22 Prev Sys:IMM/246 Microfilm Number:Z1570 Land Order Number:272 (also 277) Collection Title:?tab?Land Orders 1861 to 1874 URL:http://www.archives.qld.gov.au.
  Occupation	1862	Brisbane City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia   [6]
  	Farmer
  	First name(s) William H. Last name Boyle Sex Male Status Single Age 30y Birth year 1831 Nationality Scotch Occupation Farmer Passenger or crew Passenger Arrival year 1862 Ship name Montmorency Ship's master J. J. Sowerby Ship's departure port London Departure year?tab?- Departure date?tab?28 Dec 1861 Arrival date 11 Apr 1862 Arrival port Brisbane Comments The Montmorency sailed from London (28 Dec 1861) via Plymouth (4 Jan 1862); passenger from London List type Departure State?tab?Queensland Country?tab?Australia Record set Queensland Customs House Shipping 1852-1885: Passengers And Crew Category?tab?Immigration & Travel Subcategory?tab?Passenger Lists Collections from?tab?Australasia
  Immigration	28 Dec 1861-11 Apr 1862	Brisbane City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia   [7]
  	passenger on Montmorency, JJ Sowerby master, departed from London via Plymouth
  	First name(s) William H. Last name Boyle Sex - Status - Passenger or crew Passenger Arrival year 1862 Ship name Montmorency Ship's master J. J. Sowerby Ship's departure port London Departure year?tab?- Departure date 28 Dec 1861 Arrival date 11 Apr 1862 Arrival port Brisbane Comments From London via Plymouth List type Arrival State Queensland Country?tab?Australia Record set Queensland Customs House Shipping 1852-1885: Passengers And Crew Category Immigration & Travel Subcategory Passenger Lists Collections from?tab?Australasia From Peter Prove email: " 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." However records show he died in Ingham, Herbert District, Queensland but his wife Elizabeth McEwan died in Harrisville suggesting that he had contact with the family. He married 24 May 1864 and lived in Ingham, Herbert District, Queensland, Australia, well north ( abt 1500 km) of Brisbane where the family landed.
  Occupation	Abt 1869	Ingham, Herbert District, Queensland, Australia
  	first cattle over the range from Cardwell to the Herbert district
  	From Mary Hoods Obituary "Mr. W. Boyle, who brought the first cattle over the range from Cardwell to the Herbert district." This is a distance or about 300 km although google suggests it is about 600 km by road today. See story in 'The Ingham District, Some Early Years, Discovery and Development That was the start of the Herbert River and ?b?Scott Brothers were actually the first to open it up?/b?.
  Residence	Abt 1870	Herbert District, Queensland, Australia
  	Settlement in Herbert River area
  	The next on record was William Boyle, and he settled on what was afterwards Gedge Brothers' Estate, Marathon. See details in story ?i?The Ingham District - Some Early History, Discovery and Development ?/i?Marathon is a town within the locality of Stamford in the Flinders Shire, Queensland, Australia that failed to develop. The undeveloped town of Marathon lies between the Flinders Highway and the Marathon railway station on the Great Northern railway line from Townsville to Mount Isa. Although the town did not develop, the Flinders Highway deviates to bypass it. The name Marathon drives from the pastoral run name first used by the lessees in 1863, at the suggestion of William Lempriere Frederick Sheaffe, the Commissioner of Crown Lands Kennedy District, using a Greek historical name. The town of Marathon first appears on a 1916 survey plan. he Flinders Highway is a highway that crosses Queensland east to west, from Townsville on the Pacific coast to Cloncurry. The road continues as the Barkly Highway from Cloncurry to the Northern Territory border at Camooweal and beyond. The Flinders Highway passes a number of small outback towns and typical outback landscape predominates towards the inland. It was known as National Route 78 before Queensland began to convert to the alphanumeric system being adopted in Australia and is now designated as A6. The highway is also known as Overlanders Way.[1] Its entire length is part of the National Land Transport Network (formerly Auslink). The Great Northern Railway is a 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) railway line in Queensland, Australia. The line stretches nearly 1,000 kilometres linking the port city of Townsville, Australia to the mining town of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland. Along with a passenger service called the Inlander, it is a major freight route connecting the Mount Isa Mines to the Townsville Port. In 2010 the line moved 5.8 million tonnes of cargo, and this is expected to increase significantly in coming years. Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a population of 180,820 as of June 2018.[1] Considered the unofficial capital of North Queensland by locals, Townsville hosts a significant number of governmental, community and major business administrative offices for the northern half of the state.[4] It is in the dry tropics region of Queensland, adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef.[5] The city is also a major industrial centre, home to one of the world's largest zinc refineries, a nickel refinery and many other similar activities. The Port of Townsville is also being expanded to allow much larger cargo ships from Asia and the world's largest passenger ships to visit. It is an increasingly important port due to its proximity to Asia and major trading partners such as China. Early history Such indigenous groups as the Wulgurukaba, Bindal, Girrugubba, Warakamai and Nawagi, among others, originally inhabited the Townsville area.[6][7] The Wulgurukaba claim to be the traditional owner of the Townsville city area; the Bindal had a claim struck out by the Federal Court of Australia in 2005.[8] James Cook visited the Townsville region on his first voyage to Australia in 1770, but did not actually land there. Cook named nearby Cape Cleveland, Cleveland Bay and Magnetic(al) Island.[9] In 1819, Captain Phillip Parker King and botanist Alan Cunningham were the first Europeans to record a local landing.[9] In 1846, James Morrill was shipwrecked from the Peruvian, living in the Townsville area among the Bindal people for 17 years before being found by white men and returned to Brisbane.[9] Establishment Townsville ca. 1870 Anzac Cenotaph and Esplanade, Townsville, circa 1935 The Burdekin River's seasonal flooding made the establishment of a seaport north of the river essential to the nascent inland cattle industry.[10] John Melton Black of Woodstock Station, an employee of Sydney entrepreneur and businessman Robert Towns, dispatched Andrew Ball, Mark Watt Reid and a detachment of 8 troopers of the Native Police under the command of John Marlow to search for a suitable site.[9] Ball's party reached the Ross Creek in April 1864 and established a camp below the rocky spur of Melton Hill, near the present Customs House on The Strand.[9] Edward Kennedy, a member of the surveying party, recalls the Native Police chasing local tribesmen into the ocean and 'pumping lead' at them. On the return journey to Port Denison, the group 'dispersed' another aboriginal clan, rounding up fifteen women 'who remained at the scene of combat' and abducted them back to the barracks. No mention is made of the fate of any children.[11] The first party of settlers, led by W. A. Ross, arrived at Cleveland Bay from Woodstock Station on 5 November of that year. In 1866 Robert Towns visited for three days, his first and only visit. He agreed to provide ongoing financial assistance to the new settlement and Townsville was named in his honour.[9] Townsville was declared a municipality in February 1866, with John Melton Black elected as its first Mayor.[9] Townsville developed rapidly as the major port and service centre for the Cape River, Gilbert, Ravenswood, Etheridge and Charters Towers goldfields.[10] Regional pastoral and sugar industries also expanded and flourished. Townsville's population was 4,000 people in 1882 and grew to 13,000 by 1891.
  Occupation	1903 1905	Charters Towers, Kennedy Division, North Queensland, Australia   [8, 9]
  	(gold) miner
  	Notes from the Hills, Herbert River Express The Satellite Lease-one of the Planet group of Waverley's early days, and now held by Mr. Harry Carson, is being again worked by him. He is working on a nice leader that was passed through when sinking the shaft, and it runs from about 6 ft. from the surface down to within a few feet of the tunnel level, and is dipping into the hill. From present appearances a 50 ton crushing is spoken of, and if all is of a quality to what is now being raised, a good result will be obtained. Everyone on the field would like to see the present owner get a turn-up, for he is one of those who has tried to send the place ahead, and what is more, has always been willing to help along anybody who wished assistance in prospecting or developing a show; in fact, one of the old school of mining men who are fast disappearing from our nothern fields. Across Oakey Creek one of Paul Poppendorf's shows is still being worked, as also is Boyle and party's wolfram claim. The drop In wolfram will felt by the latter, more especially as their claim was looking well, and was in good working order. A bit of bad luck for the holders to bump against a falling market when all dead work was accomplished. Mat Cockrell's parcel of 13 tons cleaned tip for two tons black tin, and he tells me that he has another crushing of equal quality In sight. Evidently the Rob Roy, which was about the richest of the Waverley Co.'s leases, is not done yet, but is only beginning to show Itself. Everthing has a dry appearance round Waverley just now. Water is scarce and so is feed for stock. As if this was not bad enough, some one set fire to the grass near the township. Dry feed is bad enough, but no feed at all is worse, and it woul appear as if the lesson tought by the drought year - when nearly all grass had been burnt in anticipation of the rain that never came - has been forgotten. . . Waverley 19 Sep 1905
  		William Henry Boyle Mining 1905.jpg
  Residence	1903 1905	Charters Towers, Kennedy Division, North Queensland, Australia
  	Electoral Rolls
  	Name?tab?William Henry Boyle Gender?tab?Male Electoral Date?tab?1903 Electoral Place?tab?Charters Towers Kennedy Queensland Australia
  		William Henry Boyle 1903
  		William Henry Boyle 1905
  Residence	1903 1905	Charters Towers, Kennedy Division, North Queensland, Australia
  	York Street
  _UID	5BB1B0B6A73C4C59B7054623EB91B7AAFC13
  Death	3 Sep 1905	Ingham, Herbert District, Queensland, Australia   [10]
  	Name:     William Henry Boyle Death Date:     03 Sep 1905 Death Place:     Queensland Father's name:     William John Boyle Mother's name:     Janet Miller Henry Registration Year:     1905 Registration Place:     Queensland Registration Number:     000624 Page Number:     2536 William John Boyle, his son, not father, probably reported the death
  Notes	Family Search record for Mungo (LH26-FXG) suggests that little is known of Williams movements. 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. A web search revealed: Queensland Archives Land Orders #272 and #277, issued in 1862. Ancestry revealed that he married in Queensland in 1864. Australia Electoral Rolls 1903 William Henry Boyle, York Street, miner. (Research):Lambton 1851 - Dawn William Boyle C10 L15 (agr) 200 acres John Boyle C7 Lpt4 - 126 acres
  Person ID	I2078	Lanark County Origins | This is my paternal Lineage
  Last Modified	16 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert Hendry Boyle,   b. 1795, Campsie Parish, East Dunbarton (Stirling), Scotland d. 13 Jul 1881, Harrisville, (Ipswich Reserve), Fassifern Valley, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia (Age 86 years)
  Relationship	biological
  Mother	Janet Miller,   b. Jul 1801, Whitelee, East Renfrew, Renfrew, Scotland d. 12 Jun 1884, Harrisville, (Ipswich Reserve), Fassifern Valley, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia (Age ~ 82 years)
  Relationship	biological
  Marriage	4 Mar 1825	Lanark Highlands (Lanark), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth McEwan,   b. Abt 1841, Ayrshire, Scotland d. 23 Jan 1891, Harrisville, Moreton District, Queensland, Australia (Age ~ 50 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1864	Queensland, Australia   [11]
  	Name:     Elizabeth McEwan Spouse Name:     William Henry Boyle Marriage Date:     24 May 1864 Marriage Place:     Queensland Registration Place:     Queensland Registration Year:     1864 Registration Number:     B000915 Page Number:     9668 Name:     William Henry Boyle Spouse Name:     Elizabeth McEwan Marriage Date:     24 May 1864 Marriage Place:     Queensland Registration Place:     Queensland Registration Year:     1864 Registration Number:     B000915 Page Number:     1453
  Children	+ 1. Janet Miller Boyle,   b. 7 Aug 1865, Ingham, Herbert District, Queensland, Australia d. 13 Feb 1934, Ingham, Herbert District, Queensland, Australia (Age 68 years)   2. William John Boyle,   b. 7 Aug 1867, Queensland, Australia d. 3 Feb 1935, Queensland, Australia (Age 67 years) + 3. Mary Boyle,   b. 6 Mar 1870, Queensland, Australia d. 30 May 1947, Ingham, Herbert District, Queensland, Australia (Age 77 years)   4. Margaret Boyle,   b. 4 May 1874, Queensland, Australia d. 18 Jun 1874, Queensland, Australia (Age 0 years)   5. Ellen Boyle,   b. 22 Jul 1875, Queensland, Australia d. 12 Sep 1875, Queensland, Australia (Age 0 years)   6. Elizabeth May Boyle,   b. 13 May 1881, Queensland, Australia d. 1 Jun 1884, Queensland, Australia (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F633	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Feb 1831 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Christening - 22 May 1831 - St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Lanark Village, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member - Canada - 1851 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Location-Witness - Concession 2 Lot 6 whole - 1851 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Religion-Member - Free Church - 1851 - Lanark Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Carpenter - 1861 - Campsie Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland Census - Scotland - Drumfarm Farm Hill, lodger, unmarried, carpenter - Apr 1861 - Campsie Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland Land & Property - Lease of Land - Abt 1Apr/1867-29/2/1868 - Queensland, Australia Land & Property - Sale of property - 1862 - Queensland, Australia Occupation - Farmer - 1862 - Brisbane City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Immigration - passenger on Montmorency, JJ Sowerby master, departed from London via Plymouth - 28 Dec 1861-11 Apr 1862 - Brisbane City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Marriage - 24 May 1864 - Queensland, Australia Occupation - first cattle over the range from Cardwell to the Herbert district - Abt 1869 - Ingham, Herbert District, Queensland, Australia Occupation - (gold) miner - 1903 1905 - Charters Towers, Kennedy Division, North Queensland, Australia Residence - Electoral Rolls - 1903 1905 - Charters Towers, Kennedy Division, North Queensland, Australia Residence - York Street - 1903 1905 - Charters Towers, Kennedy Division, North Queensland, Australia Death - 3 Sep 1905 - Ingham, Herbert District, Queensland, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		William Henry Boyle 1903
  		William Henry Boyle 1905

  
  

• Sources

  [S673] copyright Barbara Chambers, UK, Napoleonic War - Regimental indexes 1806 Transcription, ((findmypast.com)), William, born 11 Feb 1831. (Reliability: 3). [S103] Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1785-1935, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2010 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Robert Boyle Household; Year: 1851; Census Place: Lanark, Lanark County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11732; Page: 11; Line: 34., 1,7921::0. (Reliability: 3). [S628] Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., USA, California, San Francisco Area, Funeral Home Records, ((ancestry.ca)), (accessed 11 Jan 2020), entry for William H. Boyle, Dunn Farm Hill, Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland; Parish: Campsie; ED: 10; Page: 30; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1861_63 (Reliability: 3). [S628] Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., USA, California, San Francisco Area, Funeral Home Records, ((ancestry.ca)), (accessed 11 Jan 2020), entry for William H. Boyle, Drumfarm Hill, Campsie Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland; FindmyPast, The 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census was taken on the night of 7 April 1861 (Reliability: 3). [S680] Ireland, W.P.W. Phillimore & Gertrude Thrift, Indexes to Irish Wills 1536-1858, 5 vols., ((findmypast.com)), accessed 9 Jan 2020), William Henry Boyle sale of land; Original data: Various Property Indexes. Queensland State Archives. (Reliability: 3). [S683] Editor: Tom WilliamsTaghomon Historical Society, Ireland, Jacob Poole Of Growtown - And the Yola Dialect, ((http://www.taghmon.com/vol3/chapter4/chapter4.htm)), accessed 11 Jan 2020), William Henry Boyle; contains more info than file attached to immigration. (Reliability: 3). [S683] Editor: Tom WilliamsTaghomon Historical Society, Ireland, Jacob Poole Of Growtown - And the Yola Dialect, ((http://www.taghmon.com/vol3/chapter4/chapter4.htm)), accessed 11 Jan 2020), William H. Boyle. (Reliability: 3). [S251] Ancestry.com, U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-2017, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2011 Place:Lehi, UT, USA), digital images, \i Ancestry\i0 ?(ancestry.ca : accessed 11 Jan 2020), 1,2190::0. (Reliability: 3). [S682] Ancestry.com. General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002., UK, General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, ((ancestry.ca)), "The Northern Miner, Charters Towers, Queensland:Notes from the Hills," 2 Oct 1905, p. 6, col. 4. (Reliability: 3). [S157] USA, Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940, ((familysearch.org)), accessed 9 Jan 2020), William Henry Boyle; Ancestry.com. Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. (Reliability: 3). [S31] Ancestry.com, Australia, Marriage Index 1788-1950, ((https://www.ancestry.ca/)), William & Elizabeth Boyle marriage. (Reliability: 3).