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- From 1930 Census, North Dakota, Cass County, Highland District, Ancestry.com:
Martin Boyle, Head of household, Age 50, age at first marriage: 30; born in Canada, parents born in Canada, year of immigration to U.S.: 1881; farmer, grain and stock, Veteran: Yes.
Mary Boyle, wife, age 41, age at first marriage: 21; born in North Dakota, parents born in Canada.
John Boyle, son, age 17, single, born in North Dakota, father born in Canada, Mother born in North Dakota, student.
Eloise Boyle, daughter, age 19,single, born in North Dakota, father born in Canada, Mother born in North Dakota, occupation : maid.
James Boyle, son, age 16, single, born in North Dakota, father born in Canada, Mother born in North Dakota, student.
Bobby Boyle, son, age 8, single, born in North Dakota, father born in Canada, Mother born in North Dakota, student.
Jerry Boyle, son, age 6, single, born in North Dakota, father born in Canada, Mother born in North Dakota, student.
From a history written by brother, Daniel Boyle:
Robert was born in Highland, Cass, North Dakota, 6 Nov 1921 where his parents farmed from 1909 until 1937. The farm was a large one for the time and well equipped. Five quarters of land were owned and usually as many were rented. From an early date the farm home had central hot water heat, running water, and a 32-volt Delco plant to furnish electricity for lights and simple appliances. One of the appliances was a churn which fitted into the 32-volt Maytag clothes washer. The house had a summer kitchen in the b asement and a separate dining room for the hired men. Outbuildings included a bunk house for the hired men, a blacksmith shop, a smoke house, a root cellar and an ice house. During prosperous years, ice was shipped by the carload from Detroit Lakes, MN; at other times it was cut by hand and hauled from the Maple River nearby. Flour was purchased by the ton and stored in 100-pound bags on a long table in the attic. Sugar was purchased in 500-pound lots, olives and whiskey in five-gallon kegs. In the fall, a carload of lignite coal to be shared with relatives was ordered from a coal mine in Taylor, ND in which the family had an interest. In 1912, Martin (Robert's father) purchased a Mighty Michigan touring car with Spanish leather upholstrey and 16-inch springs in the seats.
Minimum size for a threshing crew was 15 men and household help included as many as three "hired girls". Meat was butchered, bread baked, butter churned, fruit and vegetables preserved. Mary's (Robert's mother) all time baking record was 32 loaves on a Saturday which had to be repeated the following Tuesday.
The farm was diversified with beef and dairy cattle as well as grain. Martin favored Belgian horses for draft work and Hambletonian trotters for driving. At one time he owned 80 horses, some of them unbroken broncos he purchased in western North Dakota.
During the years on the farm, Mary managed the household, bore and reared seven children, and nursed her brother-in-law, Francis Boyle, during his lingering illness.
Low prices beginning in the 1920's, the drought, bad weather, poor crops and livestock diseases of the 1930's took their toll. These conditions were complicated by bad investments, the poor health of Mary and inability to obtain refinancing. Foreclosure occurred in 1937, Martin left the farm where he had lived for 49 years and where he and Mary had lived for 28 years. Robert was 16 at this time.
They moved to Alice, ND to start anew. Two children were left at home - Robert in high school and Daniel only four years old. Instead of a ten-room well equipped farm home, they now lived in a three-room house without central heat. Water was obtained by going to the town pump two blocks away which in the winter was surrounded by a huge mound of ice. The rent was $6 a month.
Robert went to high school in Sheldon, N.D. During his last year in high school, he and his cousins, Geraldine and Kathleen Boyle had rooms in Sheldon where they did light housekeeping. He graduated from Sheldon High School in 1939.
He moved to California and worked in an airplane defense plant where he met Fae Kendell who had also moved to California from Utah to work. He eventually joined the Army Air Force during WWII. He was a flight engineer on B-24 bombers used for training purposes and stationed at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado. (Serial # 37548549)
On 19 Sep 1944, he was married Fae Virginia Kendell in the chapel at Lowry Field, Denver, Colorado, by the Catholic Chaplain Werner A. Rauh. Witnesses were: Robert Blaissing and Fred Hand.
No children were born during this marriage.
On 22 May 1945, Robert was killed in an airplane crash on a farm in Arapahoe, Colorado.
He was buried in Sheldon Cemetery, Sheldon, Ranson, North Dakota.
From newspaper article published in North Dakota:
SERVICES HELD FOR PFC ROBERT BOYLE
Services were held Thursday in St. Henry's Catholic church at Alice, N.D., for PFC Robert T. Boyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Boyle of Alice, killed in the crash of an army bomber at Lowery Field, Denver, Colo., May 22. Rev Fr. Bannon officiated and members of the Enderlin and Sheldon American Legion posts participated. Burial was in the Sheldon cemetery.
Pvt. Boyle has been in service 2 1/2 years, Besides his parents he leaves Mrs. Boyle, at Dener; three brothers, Jack of Seattle, James of Duluth, now an ensign in the coast guard, and Daniel at Alice, and a sister, Mrs. Leslie Wold of Seattle.
Mrs. Adella Ellis of Ogden, Utah, a sister of Mrs. Boyle, accompanied her to Alice for services.
Pvt. Boyle was a nephew of P. J. Boyle, 810 Thirteenth at N; and John Boyle, 910 Eighth St. S and a cousin of O. J. Boyle, 1019 Second St. N.
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