Dr. James Doyle, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin,
unknown artist, courtesy of the Univ. College Cork,
Ireland
William Dile/Doyle
b. Ireland
d.
| Children | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| James (?B.) Dile/Doyle | b. 1825 Ireland | d. December 1887 Seven Mile Ford, Smyth Co., VA of pneumonia | m. Elmiera Caroline Bishop (known parent, Mary Ann Bishop) |
| ? (perhaps Martin Doyle) | b. Ireland | d . | m. |
Actually, we still don't know much about the origin of James
Doyle
and even less about his father. William Diel/Doyle is listed as
James'
father and mother, Mary, on the Marriage Certificate of James
Doyle and
Elmiera Caroline Bishop in September of 1855. He is Irish
according to
the census records but some sources have said he came from County
Cork
and another said that he came from Limerick, Ireland.
There has been some difficulty tracking down the correct James
Doyle because it became a name associated with Irish national
pride. Bishop James Warren Doyle (1786-1834) was a Roman
Catholic Bishop from Kildare and Leighlin counties. He was born
near Wexford which is the traditional home of the Doyle family
name. He used passive resistance and civil disobedience to
protest the "Tithe" laws which were put in place by the British to
support the Anglican church. Doyle said that the church was,
"taking the blanket from the bed of sickness, the ragged apparel
from the limbs of the pauper, and selling it by auction for the
payment of the tithe." The "Tithe War" showed that there
some progress possible to negotiate with the British. He
also helped establish National Schools across Ireland from 1831
which was used as a model for public schools in England and
Scotland. Because of his notoriety the name of James Doyle seems
to have been used in most Doyle families for at least one
son. [Wikipedia 2013]
Dr. James Doyle, Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin,
unknown artist, courtesy of the Univ. College Cork,
Ireland
Rumors about the original immigrant Doyles are diverse.
Dorothy Hitchings says, "The story that she heard was that the
three Doyle brothers came
from Lemrick County, Ireland and worked on the building of the
train
from Norfolk to Bristol. James Jackson Doyle worked for Preston in
Seven Mile Ford as a gardener after he came to America about
1842".
[interview with Dorothy Hitchings of Roanoke, VA in 1995, a
relative of
the Doyle & Grubb family]
Elroy found that the ship Saranak on an earlier
trip came from
Liverpool. Cork would certainly be an easier port to make than
Limerick
but they could still have come from Limerick and gone overland or
sailed around to catch
a boat from Cork. Historically the Doyles are centered in
Leinster,
Wexford, Wicklow and Carlow according to the [Clans and
Families of
Ireland]. [Clans and Families of Ireland p. 104]
"The Embarkation, Waterloo Docks, Liverpool"
from The Illustrated London News, July 6, 1850
Liverpool was a major port for immigration from all over
Europe. The standard procedure was to wait in Liverpool
until the
immigrant could book passage. They sometimes had to wait weeks in
often
very poor and expensive lodging. See more on this in our
historical page on Ireland and the
Potato Famine.
Although there are perhaps hundreds of Doyles immigrating, only so many of these fit the profile of our James Doyle because of his age. The James Doyle that we have identified as the closest fit came to the port of Philadelphia on the ship Saranak on 30 May, 1849. He may have come, possibly, from Limerick Co., Ireland with a possible brother or cousin, Martin Doyle, also on the same boat. [ship manifests of Phil., National Archives, WA, DC]
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