Person:James Doyle (40)

James Sebastian (Jimmy) Doyle was born on 13th June 1894 in the city of Dublin, son of a policeman named Thomas Doyle and his wife Bridget Cleary. When he was only three years old his mother died, shortly after giving birth to his brother John Maurice. Jimmy and his two surviving brothers went to live with their late mother's brother and sister, Thomas and Eliza Cleary, at Monasterevin in County Kildare.

Jimmy later moved to London, where he ran a sweet shop at 160 Tollington Park in the Finsbury Park area. His cousin Michael Reid and his family briefly lived there with him during World War II.

Jimmy died in 1954, aged 59.

At his cousin Joseph Reid's marriage in 1927.

From his memorial prayer card.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office of Ireland. Civil Registration.

   b. James Sebastian DOYLE, September Quarter 1894, Dublin South Registration District, Vol. 2, page 606

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Roman Catholic Church. Parish Registers of St Kevin's Roman Catholic Church, Harrington Street. (National Library of Ireland).

   1894
   No.223
   Name: James Seb [faded]
   Surname: Doyle
   Born: 13 June
   Parents: Thomas Doyle & Bridget Cleary
   Address: [faded - transcript says 8 Lombard St West]
   Baptised: 15 June
   Priest: [faded - transcript says James Hickey]
   Sponsors: [faded]

3. ↑ Census Office. Ireland Census 1901. (National Archives of Ireland)
   County: Kildare, District Electoral Division: Monasterevan, Parish: Monasterevan, Townland or street: Skirteen, 31 Mar 1901.

   Form A (about the family):
   Thomas Cleary, head, Roman Catholic, Read & write, 48 [1852/3], male, Blacksmith, not married, b. Co. Kildare, speaks English
   Eliza Cleary, sister, Roman Catholic, Read & write, 44 [1856/7], female, Housekeeper, not married, b. Co. Kildare, spearks English
   Thomas Balfe, boarder, Roman Catholic, Read & write, 33 [1867/8], male, Blacksmith, not married, b. Dublin City, speaks English
   Joseph Doyle, nephew, Roman Catholic, Read & write, 11 [1889/90], male, Scholar, not married, b. Dublin City, speaks English
   James Doyle, nephew, Roman Catholic, Read, 5 [1895/6], male, Scholar, not married, b. Dublin City, speaks English
   John Maurice Doyle, nephew, Roman Catholic, Cannot read, 3 [1897/8], male, not married, b. Dublin City, speaks English
   Form B (about the house):
   Private dwelling
   4 outbuildings
   Walls of stone, brick or concrete
   Roof of thatch, wood or other perishable material
   2 rooms
   2 windows in front of house
   1 family living there

4. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. James S. DOYLE, March Quarter 1954, Islington Registration District, Vol. 5c, page 1058, aged 59 [1894/5]

5. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1954
   DOYLE James Sebastian otherwise James of 160 Tollington Park-road London N4 died 17 January 1954 Administration London 15 April to John Maurice Doyle instrument panel maker. Effects £939 14s. 8d.