When Peter Adams Boyle was born on 20 November 1827, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Boyle, was 29 and his mother, Christiana Adams, was 31. He married Elizabeth McGregor Sinclair on 1 January 1846, in Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He lived in New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1855 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 12 August 1880, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
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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.
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