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Beaver Beacon sketches the “Wee Paddy” Boyle family line, 1994

Also Wee Paddy Boyle family-history note · Patrick Boyle Beaver Island ancestry

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TypeEvent
Date1994-11
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1994-11
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Summary

The November 1994 Beaver Beacon sketches a “Wee Paddy” Boyle family line, giving an Irish birth, 1868 immigration, 1897 drowning, and reported descendant counts while commenting humorously on a proposed township road renaming.

Evidence limits

This is a brief newspaper genealogy and editorial aside, not a verified family tree, civil record, or road-renaming decision.

Sources

  1. Gives a brief source-specific account of an Irish-born Boyle ancestor, reported immigration in 1868, death by drowning in 1897, and five children and twenty-six grandchildren, in a humorous argument about a township road-renaming request. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1994-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the short family-history note.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1994-11_Beaver-Beacon

Added 7 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Beacon sketches the “Wee Paddy” Boyle family line, 1994”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-wee-paddy-boyle-family-history-1994/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, November 1994, “Paid Een Og” and the “Wee Paddy” Boyle introduction. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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