Sylvester James Boyle (1907 - 1987)

Ancestors

Died Apr 1987 at age 79 in Coral Spring, Florida

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Biography

There were two sets of twins among the children of Matthew and Catherine Boyle. Sylvester James was a twin of Sylvia. Until Sylvia's death in 1927 the twins' names would appear, separately or together, in the records as Sylvester and Sylvia. After 1927 and before 1940 Sylvester James appears in the records with the single name James. James was among the three youngest sons of Matthew and Catherine. Those three sons together with their parents made up a household on Pittsburgh's North Side in 1930.^[1] Within a few years that household separated, with James moving east to Greensburg, Westmoreland County, by April 1935.^[2] When his mother died in August 1936, James was still residing in Greensburg. Based on the supplemental question for his wife in the 1940 census, James married about 1937. By 1940 the family (Sylvester J., 32, Nancy, 20, Margaret, 1 month) was living on the east side of Brownsville, along the original National Road, close to its intersection with Route 166.^[2] When his father died in January 1941, viewing of the body was held at the Sylvester Boyle residence on National Pike East.^[3]

By the late 1950's the family was associated with West Palm Beach, Florida.

Died APR 1987. Coral Spring, Florida. Source: Footnote: Social Security Death Index. Tom Boyle gives his death as 1989. FOOT Social Security Death Index. Tom Boyle gives his death as 1989.

Sources

1. ↑ 1930 Census, Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, 22 pct, ED 2-397, 15 April 1930, sheets 14B, line 100, and 15A, lines 1-4, 212 West Stockton Avenue. There was also a lodger listed on line 5. James appears on line 3, age 22. He was an Electrician in the Building Industry.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1940 Census, Pennsylvania, Fayette, Redstone Twp., Ed 26-87, 29 April 1940, sheet 22B, lines 54-56, US Highway Route 40. Supplementary questions for Nancy, from line 55, are near the bottom of the form. For both James and Nancy their residence in 1935 had been Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. James was employed as a Motorman in a Coal Mine.
3. ↑ Obituary, Brownsville Telegraph, January 4, 1941, p. 1, "Matthew Boyle Dies Yesterday Afternoon." Matthew had died at St. Francis Hospital in Pittsburgh.

• Thomas Edward Boyle