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Dan Boyle

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TypePerson
Born1872
Died1961-07-29
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Person
Born
1872
Died
1961-07-29
Spouse
Maggie Boyle
Children
Margaret Bridget "Teresa" Boyle Gallagher
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
demographycommunitycatholicism
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Daniel P. “Turner” Boyle (1872–1961) was identified in August 1961 as a 90-year-old native-born Beaver Island resident who died July 29.

Note on duplicate record

This record documents the same person as Daniel P. "Turner" Boyle. The full biography — the 1945 newspaper feature, Feodor Protar’s will, and the 2026 family interview identifying Boyle as Eleanor Gallagher McDonough’s maternal grandfather — is written there. This article is kept as the source-qualified record of the August 1961 Beaver Beacon obituary itself, since other articles may cite it by this id.

Evidence and limits

The cemetery index supplies the fuller name and birth year. Its spouse listing, combined with the obituary’s age, date, birthplace, and named children — daughters Mary McDonough and Margaret Bridget "Teresa" Boyle Gallagher, and a son, Jack — makes the identification with Daniel P. "Turner" Boyle established rather than a name-only join.

Open questions

See Daniel P. "Turner" Boyle for the open questions on this family.

Kin

This articleDan Boyle1872 – 1961Maggie Boyle1865 – 1957Margaret Bridget"Teresa" Boyle Gallagherc. 1917 – 2011
Only relations stated in the sources are drawn; absence means unrecorded, not childless or unmarried.

Sources

  1. Identifies Dan Boyle as 90, the oldest native-born Beaver Island resident, and reports his survivors and funeral. The notice does not provide a civil identity or complete genealogy.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1961-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eight-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1961-08_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Lists Daniel P. “Turner” Boyle (1872–1961), married to Margaret “Maggie” Gallagher. The obituary's age, exact death date, Beaver Island nativity, and children Mary McDonough and Theresa Gallagher provide the identity bridge.

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 4 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Dan Boyle”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/dan-boyle/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1961, “Obituaries.” (and 2 further sources listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-04. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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