Chapter Four Children and descendants of Thomas and Georgina BOYLE (Weblink Thomas Charles Boyle and Sylvia Ethel GILES) (Weblink to parents Thomas Boyle and Georgina Miles) Thomas Charles BOYLE B 16 May 1877 Napier New Zealand D 21 August 1946 Royston Hospital Hastings NZ M 06 January 1914 Registrars Office Napier NZ Sylvia Ethel GILES B about 1891-2 Carterton NZ D 09 February 1939 at Northcote Private Hospital Palmerston North NZ Children: 1. No Issue The family history of Thomas Charles BOYLE and Sylvia Ethel GILES Thomas Charles BOYLE was born on 16 May 1877 at Napier. Details of the father were recorded as Thomas BOYLE, a Labourer age 34 years, born Auckland, New Zealand. Mother s details were Georgina BOYLE formerly MILES, age 25 years, born London, England. The details of his parent s marriage were recorded as 31 May 1876 at Te Aute, Hawkes Bay. Georgina BOYLE, the mother, of Napier, registered the birth on 09 June 1871. (Reference RGO NZ birth registration 1877 Folio 1326 Napier) Thomas Charles was aged 1 year when his mother Georgina BOYLE died on the 09 July 1878 in Waipawa. (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1878 Folio 979 Waipawa) Thomas Charles BOYLE must have attended school as I have located many letters written by him in his own hand and these show clearly that he had a good education. SEARCH School records for Thomas Charles or Charles BOYLE in the districts of Te Aute, Waipawa or Hawkes Bay district. ALSO SEARCH the Roman Catholic records for the Te Aute district. 1896-97 Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas bullock driver Te Aute H B page 258 & 207 Te Aute 29m S W from Napier BOYLE Thos labourer Te Aute H B page 258 & 207 Te Aute 29m S W from Napier 1897-98 Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas bullock driver Te Aute H B page 269 & 217 Te Aute 29m S W from Napier BOYLE Thos labourer Te Aute H B page 269 & 217 Te Aute 29m S W from Napier 1899 August Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas bullock driver Te Aute H B page 292 & 236 Te Aute 29m S W from Napier BOYLE Thos labourer Te Aute H B page 292 & 236 Te Aute 29m S W from Napier Thomas Charles BOYLE enlisted in the New Zealand 7 th contingent and fought in the (Boer War) South African War. He was attested at Wellington on 25 February 1901 aged 21 years 2 months, and was discharged in Wellington on 15 September 1902, age 23 years. He served overseas for 1 year 87 days. His attestation form recorded his religion 1
as Roman Catholic and next-of-kin as Mr Thomas BOYLE (father) address Hastings, Hawkes Bay. He was awarded with the South African Medal and clasps Transvaal, Orange Free State. His description on discharge was recorded as: Age: 23 years Height: 5 feet 10½ inches Complexion: Fair Eyes: Grey Hair: Red Trade: Labourer Intended place of residence: Hastings, Hawkes Bay (Reference NZ Defence Force Personnel Archives T C Boyle service number 4140 these records are now held at Archives NZ) 4140 Private BOYLE Thomas Charles; 7 Cont. 22 Coy; Labourer; Hastings; NOK Thomas Boyle (father), same address; Died Palmerston North 12.8.46; OFS: Tr: SA01: SA02. (Reference Rough Riders at War by Richard Stowers page 61 South African War 1899-1902) The reference to Thomas Charles s death in the above publication gave me the valuable clue that I had been searching for and assisted in completing the story of his life. At Archives New Zealand in Wellington there are references in the Army Department registers held in the Register Room there is reference to our Thomas Charles BOYLE. Source index AD 43 (4/16) Nominal Index 1903-1904 02/4031 or 463/6325 = BOYLE T 6037 Pte 8 02/6142 = BOYLE Thos C 4140 Pte 7 02/6335 or 6835 = BOYLE Thos C 4140 Pte 7 AD 4/16 02/6142 & 02/6835 = BOYLE Thos C Search AD Register Nov 26 No 4140 = Pte Thos C BOYLE 7 th Cont 02/6335 6335 02/6142 Dec 7 = Sir W R Russell Hastings SA 2175 disposed of = No 4140 Thos Chas BOYLE 7 th Cont complain he was not paid the full war gratuity. His letters have not been authorised to and he also asks for his medals. SEARCH Archives NZ for correspondence but I believe these are references to the letters that are located on his service file. 1902 August Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas sawmill hand Te Kiri T page 432 & 367 Te Kiri 74 m N W from Wanganui BOYLE Thos labr. Hastings H B page 432& 215 1905 August Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas horse trainer Hastings H B page 519 & 298 BOYLE Thos labr. Hastings H B page 519 & 298 Directories) 1906 August Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas barman Hastings H B page 541 & 305 BOYLE Thos labr. Hastings H B page 541 & 305 1907August Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas barman Hastings H B page 552 & 321 BOYLE Thos labr. Hastings H B page 552 & 321 1908 August Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas barman Hastings H B page 607 & 347 BOYLE Thos labr. Hastings H B page 608 & 347 2
1909-1910 September Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas barman Hastings H B page 635& 383 BOYLE Thos labr. Hastings H B page 635 & 383 Thomas Charles s father Thomas BOYLE died on the 09 April 1912 at Opotiki. (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1912 Folio 883 Opotiki) Sylvia Ethel GILES was born about 1892 in Carterton NZ. SEARCH RGO NZ birth registration 1892 folio Carterton district Sylvia GILES school records references are as follows: GILES Sylvia School Carterton Education Board Wellington Year 1899 Reference EB-W 8/35 further enquiries Archives New Zealand Wellington GILES Sylvia School Carterton Education Board Wellington Year 1900 Reference EB-W 8/40 further enquiries Archives New Zealand Wellington GILES Sylvia School Carterton Education Board Wellington Year 1901 Reference EB-W 8/44 further enquiries Archives New Zealand Wellington ORDER Archives New Zealand Wellington Sylvia Ethel GILES reference NZ Gazettes 1911 Sources NZ Government Gazette 1911 Year 1911 page 2382 SEARCH Archives New Zealand Wellington NZ Gazettes 1911 Thomas Charles BOYLE aged 32 years born Waipawa bachelor occupation Hotel Proprietor married Sylvia Ethel GILES aged 22 years born Carterton occupation, Domestic duties on 06 January 1914 at the Registrar Office in Napier. Thomas s parents were recorded as Georgina formerly MILES and Thomas BOYLE occupation Barman. Sylvia s parent were Amelia formerly WILLIAMS and Charles Henry GILES occupation Settler. Thomas s present residence was Napier but usual residence Hastings. Sylvia s present and usual residence was Hastings. The witnesses were H A Price billiard Room Proprietor Napier and Frederick Simmonds Seedsman Napier. Buchanan. (Reference RGO NZ marriage registration 1914 folio323 Napier District) SEARCH Archives NZ for Intention to marry 1914 Napier district 1914 Hawkes Bay Electoral Roll BOYLE Charles Market Street Hastings Barman 1914 Napier Electoral Roll BOYLE Sylvia Ethel Greenmeadows married The registrar was H 1914-1915 September Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Thos Chas (Waverley Hotel) Greenmeadows H.B. page 567 & 370 Greenmeadows Hawkes Bay Prov. No Charles BOYLE recorded on the: 1915-1916 September Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory 1916-1917 September Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory 1917-1918 September Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory 1918-1919 September Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory No Charles BOYLE recorded on the: 1919-1920 September Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Thos Labr 11 Napier Ter. N page 575 & 256 Napier terrace from Milton road right 3
SEARCH 1914-1919 Directories and NZ Electoral rolls in other districts Thomas Charles BOYLE registered with the second reserves in World War One (1914-1918). His occupation was Hotelkeeper and address Rob Roy Hotel Freemans Bay Auckland Classification A. (Reference NZ Society of Genealogists War Census World War One CD-ROM) 1920-1921 September Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas (Commercial Hotel) 298 Lambton Quay W page 605 and Lambton Quay from Sydney Street right 298-310 Commercial Hotel Chas BOYLE, propr page 77 1922 Wellington North Supplementary General Electoral Roll BOYLE Charles New Commercial Hotel Lambton Quay Hotel Keeper (Reference NZ Society of Genealogists microfiche NZ Electoral Rolls) 1922-1923 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas (New Commercial Hotel) 298 Lambton Quay W page 602 and Lambton page 71 1923-1924 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas (New Commercial Hotel) 298 Lambton Quay W page 609 and Lambton page 75 1924 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas (New Commercial Hotel) 298 Lambton Quay W page 634 and Lambton page 81 1926 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas (New Commercial Hotel) 298 Lambton Quay W page 692 and Lambton page 88 1927 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas (New Commercial Hotel) 298 Lambton Quay W page 691 and Lambton page 86 1928 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas (New Commercial Hotel) 298 Lambton Quay W page 712 and Lambton page 89 1928 Wellington North Electoral Roll BOYLE Charles 298 Lambton Quay Hotel Keeper BOYLE Sylvia Ethel 298 Lambton Quay Hotel married 1929 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory 4
BOYLE Chas (New Commercial Hotel) 298 Lambton Quay W page 741 and Lambton page 91 1930 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas (New Commercial Hotel) 298 Lambton Quay W page 774 and Lambton page 97 1931 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas (New Commercial Hotel) 298 Lambton Quay W page 780 and Lambton page 97 1931 Wellington North Electoral Roll BOYLE Charles 398 [sic] Lambton Quay Hotel Keeper BOYLE Sylvia Ethel 298 Lambton Quay Hotel married 1932 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas (New Commercial Hotel) 298 Lambton Quay W page 783 and Lambton Quay from Sydney Street right 298-310 New Commercial Htl Charles BOYLE propr page 101 No Charles BOYLE 1934 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory 1935 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas trainer Levin page 844 & 626 No Charles BOYLE 1936 November Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory 1935 October Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas trainer Levin page 844 & 626 1938 November Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas (Hotel Majestic) 25 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North page 876 and Fitzherbert Avenue from the Square right 25 Hotel Majestic Chas BOYLE propr. Page 499 1938 Palmerston North Electoral Roll BOYLE Charles Hotel Majestic Fitzherbert Avenue Hotel Keeper BOYLE Syliva Ethel Hotel Majestic Fitzherbert Avenue married Sylvia Ethel BOYLE aged 48 years died on 9 February 1939 at Northcote Private Hospital Palmerston North from Fitzherbert Avenue Palmerston North. The death registration recorded that she was aged 22 years when she married Charles BOYLE in Napier. She was born in Carterton and her parents were Amelia formerly WILLIAMS and Charles Henry GILES a Farmer. She was buried on 11 February 1939 Kelvin Grove 5
Cemetery by Church of England minister G Y Woodward. Cause of death was Cerebral haemorrhage Hyperprisis as certified by Dr C King who saw her last on 9 February 1939. The undertaker C Hall from Palmerston North registered the death on 13 February 1939. (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1939 Folio 501 Palmerston North District) Palmerston North Kelvin Grove Cemetery = Section H Block 6 Plot 37 & 39 Burial Record = BOYLE Sylvia Ethel buried 11-2-1939 & GILES Amelia Emily buried 20-2-1941 and Headstone = In loving memory of SYLVIA ETHEL beloved wife of Charles BOYLE died 9 th February 1939 aged 48 years. (Reference Alexander Turnbull Library NZSG Cemetery microfiche Palmerston North Kelvin Grove Cemetery) Probate records Name Sylvia Ethel BOYLE, place Palmerston North, occupation Married Woman, court Palmerston North, Archives reference AAOY W3298 0047/39, Probate number 0047/39, date filed 10 March 1939, Type Will, source Archives NZ Wellington ORDER Archives NZ Wellington 1939 November Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas (Hotel Majestic) 39 Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North page 895 and Fitzherbert Avenue from the Square right 39-49 Hotel Majestic Charles BOYLE propr. Page 513 No Chas BOYLE 1940 November Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory 1941 November Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas Melford Road Awapuni Palmerston North page 924 and Melford Road Awapuni both sides from College Street Harry MOORE, Chas BOYLE, Alex NICOL Labourer page 549 1942 November Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas Milford Road Awapuni Palmerston North page 928 and Milford Road Awapuni both sides from College Street Harry MOORE, Chas BOYLE Alex NICOL Labourer page 554 1943 November Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas Milford Road Awapuni Palmerston North page 930 and Milford Road Awapuni both sides from College Street Harry MOORE, Chas BOYLE Alex NICOL Labourer page 558 1944 November Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas Milford Road Awapuni Palmerston North page 930 and Milford Road Awapuni both sides from College Street Harry MOORE, Chas BOYLE Alex NICOL Labourer page 566 1945 November Stones Wellington Hawkes Bay & Taranaki Directory BOYLE Chas Milford Road Awapuni Palmerston North page 977 and Milford Road Awapuni both sides from College Street West, Harry MOORE, Chas BOYLE Alex NICOL Labourer page 588 Thomas Charles (registered Charles) BOYLE aged 68 years born Waipawa occupation Hotel proprietor died on 21 st August 1946 at Royston Hospital Hastings from Milford 6
Road Awapuni. He was buried 22 nd August at Palmerston North by Roman Catholic minister Father L E Janson. Cause of death was Jaundice 6 weeks Carcinoma Liver Carcinoma Colon as certified by H M Wilson who saw him last on 20 th August. His father was Thomas BOYLE occupation Labourer. He married aged 36 years in Napier to Sylvia Ethel GILES. There were no living issue. The undertaker E O Tong from Hastings registered the death on 24 th August 1946. (Reference RGO NZ death registration 1946 folio 2885 Hastings District) Name BOYLE Thomas Charles, place Palmerston North, occupation Retired Hotelkeeper, court Palmerston North, Archives reference AAOY W3298 0201/46 Probate number 0201/46, Filed date27 August 1946, Type Will, further enquiries Archives of New Zealand Wellington ORDER Archives New Zealand Wellington Palmerston North Kelvin Grove Cemetery = Section H Block 6 Plot 37 & 39 Burial Record= 37 BOYLE Sylvia Ethel buried 11-2-1939, 37 GILES Amelia Emily buried 20-2-1941, 39 BOYLE Charles buried 22-8-1946 Headstone: In loving memory of SYLVIA ETHEL beloved wife of Charles BOYLE died 9 th February 1939 aged 48 years. Always remembered. And CHARLES BOYLE died 21 st August 1946 Age 68 years (Reference Alexander Turnbull Library NZ Society of Genealogy cemetery microfiche Palmerston North Kelvin Grove Cemetery) Family Tree of Thomas and Sylvia BOYLE B-3-1- Thomas Charles BOYLE born 16 May 1877 Napier died 21 August 1946 Hastings NZ married 06 January 1914 Napier NZ Sylvia Ethel GILES born 1891 Carterton NZ died 09 February 1939 Palmerston North NZ (No Issue) 1-2-3- Generations 7