Family:Michael Coyle and Mary Mullane (1)

The Coyle family was living on Third Avenue in 1910 when the U. S. Census was taken again. Michael was 39 and Mary 38. He was listed as a baker in a bakery. The report shows his year of immigration as 1886 and Mary’s as 1892. They rented their home. Four children were at home: Helen, 13; Marion, 10; Margaret, 8; and Thomas, 7 years old.

In 1920 it was time for the United States to take another count of its population. On 14 January 1920 another Federal census taker visited the Coyle family. Michael was still listed as a baker. This Census showed, for the first time, that more Americans lived in urban areas than on farms. Mary Jo and Michael, who had grown up in a very rural Ireland, were raising their children in the very urban, rapidly growing, Manhattan. This Census is important in the history of the Coyle family because it is the first to show the whole family: Michael, Mary Jo and their six living children. Helen, age 23, was still single and working as an operator in a telegraph office. Marion, age 20, and Margaret, age 18, were listed as telephone operators. Thomas, age 16, was a helper in an electric shop. Lillian, age nine, was attending school. Kathleen, age three, was named ‘Kattie’ in the report. This was also the last U. S. Census that would show the family all together.

The 1925 New York State Census shows Michael Coyle and family living in an apartment at 223 East 113th Street with nine other families, most of them from Italy. Michael and Mary Jo showed their ages as 52 and 54 although they were actually 55 and 58. Michael was shown to be a baker and Mary Jo’s work was housework. Mary J. Coyle (Marion) is listed. She was 25 and a telephone operator. Margaret was 23 and also a telephone operator. Thomas was 21 and a salesman. The ‘kids’ of the family, Lillian, age 13, and Kathleen, age 8, were shown to be in school. Their oldest child, Helen, was not listed in the Census with her parents because she was married by 1925 and living at 217 Mt. Eden Avenue in the Bronx.

1.   New York, New York, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   1910.

   1910 United States Census, Third Avenue, Ward 12, Manhattan, New York City, New York, S. D. 1, E. D. 330, Sheets 16 A & B. Michael Coyle family.

2.   New York, New York, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T625)
   1920.

   1920 United States Census, New York City, New York, Vol. 279, E. D. 1292, Sheet 18, Line 70; New York State Library, Albany, New York. Michael Coyle family, 223 E 113th.

3.   New York State Census
   1925.

   New York State Census, New York County, Microfilm Box #151, AD 18, ED 32, Page 47, New York State Library, Albany, New York. Michael Coyle family at 223 E 113th.