When James was 18 he was visiting his aunt's millinery shop in Tooele. Ethel Shields happened to be in the shop, and the two began to court. James rented a horse and buggy and the two would ride together quite often.
James and Ethel got married in the Salt Lake Temple on 19 April 1911. Ethel remembers having their wedding breakfast at the Chesapeake Café on 3rd South between West Temple and Main Street. Together they had six children: Elda LaVon (1912), James Keith (1913), Ethel Maxine (1916), Romulus Dean (1918), Eldon Wayne (1921), Clair Dee (1932).
James worked in the smelter in Garfield, Utah, on his farm in Delta, Utah, and as a dairyman in Delta and Lynndyl, Utah. In 1934 the family moved to Park City, where he worked in the coal mine for 10 years. He moved his family to Bakersfield, California to get away from the mines and worked in the boiler room at the railroad. This only lasted a year because he wasn't well enough for the work. So the family moved back to Salt Lake, where he worked for the Purity Biscuit Co., Clover Leaf Dairy and the City Water Works.
James was a man of small stature. He loved baseball and played whenever he had the chance. He played third base. He was a bit of a jealous man with a temper. But he was a good man and a hard worker.
In 1967 James was rushed to the hospital. He had a ruptured intestine and gangrene set in. He was in the hospital for seven weeks, and died 31 October 1967. He is buried in the Delta City Cemetery.
When James was 18 he was visiting his aunt's millinery shop in Tooele. Ethel Shields happened to be in the shop, and the two began to court. James rented a horse and buggy and the two would ride together quite often.
James and Ethel got married in the Salt Lake Temple on 19 April 1911. Ethel remembers having their wedding breakfast at the Chesapeake Café on 3rd South between West Temple and Main Street. Together they had six children: Elda LaVon (1912), James Keith (1913), Ethel Maxine (1916), Romulus Dean (1918), Eldon Wayne (1921), Clair Dee (1932).
James worked in the smelter in Garfield, Utah, on his farm in Delta, Utah, and as a dairyman in Delta and Lynndyl, Utah. In 1934 the family moved to Park City, where he worked in the coal mine for 10 years. He moved his family to Bakersfield, California to get away from the mines and worked in the boiler room at the railroad. This only lasted a year because he wasn't well enough for the work. So the family moved back to Salt Lake, where he worked for the Purity Biscuit Co., Clover Leaf Dairy and the City Water Works.
James was a man of small stature. He loved baseball and played whenever he had the chance. He played third base. He was a bit of a jealous man with a temper. But he was a good man and a hard worker.
In 1967 James was rushed to the hospital. He had a ruptured intestine and gangrene set in. He was in the hospital for seven weeks, and died 31 October 1967. He is buried in the Delta City Cemetery.
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Marian Boyle Schank
1872–1952
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Mary McDougal Graham Boyle McNeill
1876–1917
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Margaret Boyle West
1877–1973
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Josephine Jeanette "Nettie" Boyle Rossiter
1879–1928
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Mabel Elizabeth Boyle Duncombe
1884–1963
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George David Boyle
1886–1949
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Anna Genva Boyle McNeill
1888–1975
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Andrew Robert Boyle
1890–1973
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Royden Archibald Boyle
1898–1989
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