Person:Patrick Coyle (3)

The Patrick Coyle family lived in a gate keeper’s cottage on Moat’s Lane, County Cavan, Ireland. There were three houses in a row and they were alike; built from field stone with slate roofs. Each house usually had three rooms, side by side, all entered from the outside. In the kitchen there was a back door which led to a lean-to where animals resided. These animals had access to the kitchen for warmth. The outside of the Coyle house was part of the stone wall that encircled the property. The small house was covered with climbing roses which gave it a charming look. The Coyle house was located at the entrance to the manor house which was a two story wood frame house, surrounded by fields. There were 50 or 60 acres to the estate.

Patrick left Ireland, arriving in New York City on 19 October 1885. He came aboard the ship S. S. Circassia. The ship’s passenger list shows Patrick to be a 45 year old farmer. , Patrick was to remain in the United States for the rest of his life.

Patrick Coyle died on 21 June 1925. The Waterbury Republican paper said:

News has been received here of the death in Milford early yesterday morning of Patrick Coyle, formerly of this city. Mr. Coyle died at his home, 178 Broadway, Wildmere Beach, Milford. For 40 years Mr. Coyle was a resident of Waterbury, leaving this city three years ago to take up a summer residence in Milford. He spent his winters in Florida. Besides his wife, he leaves 10 children. Michael, Bernard and Thomas in Texas, Patrick in Florida, William in California. James, Katherine, Margaret, Mrs. B. W. Kelly and Mrs. William F. Cass of this city. The fu-neral will take place tomorrow morning at 10:30 from the house to St. Gabriel’s Church, Walnut Beach. The burial will be in the Catholic cemetery, Milford.