Dorothy M Boyle

Brief Life History of Dorothy M

When Dorothy M Boyle was born on 25 December 1917, in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, her father, William E Boyle, was 48 and her mother, Nellie Mary Flynn, was 32. She died on 28 October 2003, in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Saint Mary Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

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Edward A Breor Jr.
1920–1988
Dorothy M Boyle
1917–2003

Sources (5)

  • Dorothy Boyles in household of William Boyles, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Dorothy Mar Breor, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • Dorothy Boyle in household of Wm E Boyle, "United States Census, 1920"

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World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Liam, Declan, Fergus, John Patrick, Padraic, Seamus, Aileen, Brigid, Cathal, Colm, Conn.

Irish (Donegal): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Baoighill ‘descendant of Baoigheall’, a personal name of uncertain meaning, perhaps from baoth ‘rash’ + geall ‘pledge’.

Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Biéville, near Caen, Normandy, formerly Boiavilla. The Boyle earls of Glasgow, lords of Kelburne (Ayrshire) are descended from Adam son of Gilbert son of Richer de Boiville. In 12th-century England, men named de Boiville held land in Millom and Saint Bees, Cumberland, and were associated with grants of land in Gloucestershire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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