Henry Joseph Doyle (1889 - 1936)

Born 30 May 1889 in Wellsville, Allegany, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Delia Veronica (Fitzstephens) Stone — married 26 Aug 1919 in Genesee, Potter, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 6 Dec 1936 at age 47 in Hornell, Steuben County, New York

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Biography

Henry was born in 1888. It is unclear where he born, sources say both Wellsville or Stone Dam, NY.^[1][2] His parents were Patrick and Mary Doyle.^[2] His original middle name was Rycraft or Rycroft after the priest that had married his parents, but this was later changed to Joseph.^[3]

Patrick eventually left the family and Mary and Henry moved to West Seneca, NY where Mary worked at an orphanage. ^[4] Patrick and Mary may have divorced; Patrick appears to have remarried around 1906.

Sometime between 1900 and 1905 Mary and Henry moved to Hornell, NY.^[5]Henry lived in Hornell for the rest of his life.^[6][7]

Henry was injured in 1916 when steel flew from a drill press and hit him in the eye.^[8] He lost his right eye as a result. The Erie Railroad Company gave him 128 weeks' pay as compensation (at $19 a week for a total of $2,438.^[9]

Henry married Delia Fitzstephens on August 26, 1919 in Genesee, Pennsylvania.^[10] They had four daughters: Mary Ann (1920), Jean (1921), Virginia (1927), and Thomasine (known as Tommy)(1929). The family lived in Hornell, New York where Henry worked as a foreman for the Erie Railroad.^[2][11]

Henry was struck by a train and killed while crossing railroad tracks on his way home in 1936.^[2][12] His daughters were between 7 and 16 years old when he died. An inquest was held on December 7, 1936.^[13] He is buried in St. Ann's Cemetery in Hornell.^[2]

Notes

• His estate still hadn't been distributed in 1946 when the following was published: "Delia V. Doyle Stone, Hornell, has been appointed administratix of the estate of her late husband, Henry T. Doyle, who died Dec. 6, 1936, leaving personalty valued at $300. In addition to the widow, four daughters will share in the estate as follows: Mary, Virginia, Tomasine, and Jean Rose Doyle."^[14]

Images Hosted Elsewhere

• Photo of family history notes taken by one of the Doyle sisters explaining that Henry changed his middle name[12]
• Photo of Henry and Delia's marriage certificate[13]
• Photo of obituary[14]

Sources

• Death record of Henry J. Doyle, ID Number 20540, provided on August 12, 2021 through email by the Steuben County Historian.

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch ([1] : 23 February 2021), Henry Joseph Doyle, 1917-1918.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} "Hornell Railroad Employee Killed," The Evening Leader, Corning, New York, page 9, available online through Fulton History[2], accessed November 22, 2017
3. ↑ Photo of family history notes taken by one of Henry's daughters explaining his middle name[3]
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch ([4] : accessed 10 August 2021), Henry Doyle, Society for the Protection of Roman Catholic Children (incl. St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum), Erie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 276, sheet 2A, family , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,034.
5. ↑ New York State Census, 1905, database with images, FamilySearch ([5] : 8 November 2017), Henry R Doyle in household of Mary Doyle, Hornellsville, Ward 05, E.D. 05, Steuben, New York; citing p. 44, line 46, county offices, New York.; FHL microfilm 512,432.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch ([6] : accessed 9 August 2021), Henry R Doyle in household of Mary A Doyle, Hornell Ward 5, Steuben, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 5B, family 124, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1080; FHL microfilm 1,375,093.
7. ↑ "New York State Census, 1915", database, FamilySearch ([7] : 27 November 2020), Henry J Doyle in entry for Mary Doyle, 1915.
8. ↑ Hornell news, Star-Gazette (Elmira, New York), 27 Sept 1916, page 9, accessed August 10, 2021 through newspapers.com at https://www.newspapers.com/image/276136055/?terms=%22Henry%20Doyle%22&match=1.
9. ↑ "2,438.40 for Loss of Eye," Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, New York), 23 August 1917, page 14, accessed August 10, 2021 through newspapers.com at https://www.newspapers.com/image/135346585/?terms=%22Henry%20J.%20Doyle%22&match=1.
10. ↑ Photo of Henry and Delia's marriage certificate[8]
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch ([9] : 2 February 2021), Henry J Doyle, 1920.
12. ↑ "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956", database, FamilySearch ([10] : 19 October 2019), Henry J Doyle, 1936.
13. ↑ "Father of 4 Children Killed by Train," Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), 7 December 1936, page 22, accessed August 10, 2021 through newspapers.com at https://www.newspapers.com/image/135372921/?terms=%22Henry%20Doyle%22&match=1
14. ↑ "Kin in Germany Receives Estate of Bath Resident," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Saturday, August 24, 1946, page 10, accessed July 23, 2021 through newspapers.com[11]