James DOYLE ca 1829-1898 & Alice LANDY 1833-1905

Ireland, Portland, "Nangeela," "Muntham," Wannon River (Carapook-Merino), Victoria, Australia

James DOYLE, b. ca 1829, Dublin, Ireland son of Patrick DOYLE and Catherine WHITE was married in 1849, Dublin, Ireland to Alice LANDY, b. 1833 Dublin, Ireland, dau of ____ and ____.

This is the DOYLE family shown on the Carapook School map of 1875 as having 8 school age children and living due south of Carapook on the Wannon River. A note on the map says that "have never attended - they keep a governess".

James DOYLE (22y), Alice DOYLE (19y) and James DOYLE (2y) arrived in Victoria on the "Dominion" at Portland in October 1852. The next child Catherine's birth was registered in Portland in 1852. The birth of Catherine and the families arrival are mentioned in the 1934 obituary of Catherine BURKE (nee DOYLE) as follows...

Obituary. The death occurred at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. James O'Brien, at Merino on Sunday last, of Mrs. Catherine Burke, widow of the late Mr. Patrick Burke. Deceased was the daughter of the late James and Alice Doyle, and was born aboard ship in Portland Bay just prior to her parents landing after arriving in Australian waters. After residing at Portland for a very short time, her parents travelled per bullock waggon to Nangeela station, Casterton, where her father was employed. He afterwards selected land near Merino, and on the Wannon River. Deceased attended the Merino school when the building was an old bark hut situated at the back of where Mr. H. Kohn now resides. The only surviving district pupils who attended the school at this time are Mr. T. D. Clarke and Mr. James Boyd, who both still reside in the Merino district. When deceased grew up she was married to Mr. Patrick Burke, whom she survived by about 40 years. Source - "Portland Guardian" (Vic.) Monday, 7th May 1934.

In 1875 James DOYLE paid £176 in rates on property at Carapook.

James DOYLE owned the "Bridge Inn" at Casterton in the 1880s.

James DOYLE & Alice LANDY appear to have had the following family:

  1. James John DOYLE b. c1850, Dublin, IRL, m. Sarah BARBER and they had a large family near the Wannon River.
    1. James John DOYLE b. 1874, d. 1876, Sandford, Vic
    2. Ellis Eliza DOYLE b. 1875, Sandford, Vic, m.
    3. Mary DOYLE b. 1876, Sandford, Vic, d. 1949
    4. Peter DOYLE b. 1878, Sandford, Vic, m.
    5. James DOYLE b. 1880, Sandford, Vic, m.
    6. Francis DOYLE b. 1882, d. 1883 Sandford, Vic
    7. Sarah Agnes DOYLE b. 1883, Sandford, Vic, m. Henry SCARBOROUGH
    8. Francis John DOYLE b. 1885, Sandford, Vic, m. _______ (served in WW1, 5th Battalion)
    9. John Francis DOYLE b. 1885, Sandford, Vic, m.
    10. Nicholas Martin DOYLE b. 1887, Sandford, Vic, m.
    11. Anne Veronica DOYLE b. 1889, Sandford, Vic, m. Timothy Augustine MAHONEY
    12. Catherine Margaret DOYLE b. 1891, Sandford, Vic, m.
    13. Michael James DOYLE b. 1892, Sandford, Vic, m. _______ (served in WW1, 7th Battalion)
    14. Rose DOYLE b. 1895, Sandford, Vic, m.
    15. Norah Agnes DOYLE b. 1896, Sandford, Vic, m. ___ BOYD

  2. Catherine Alice DOYLE b. Oct 1852, at sea "Dominion" Portland Bay, Vic, d. 1934, Merino, Vic., m. Patrick BOURKE ~1837-1895, and had the following family:
    1. Thomas DOYLE \ BOURKE b. 1867, Merino, Vic
    2. Alice Mary BOURKE b. 1873, Merino, Vic, m. James Dugald O'BRIEN
    3. James Patrick BOURKE b. 1874, d. 1875, Merino, Vic

  3. John DOYLE b. 1854, Casterton, Vic, m. Alice Gertrude MULCAHY and they had the following known family:
    1. Mary Alice DOYLE b. 1878, Muntham, Vic
    2. Ann Eliza DOYLE b. 1879, Sandford, Vic
    3. Mary Johanna DOYLE b. 1881, Sandford, Vic
    4. Johanne Margaret DOYLE b. c1882, Sandford, Vic
    5. Catherine Helen DOYLE b. 1883, Sandford, Vic m. ___ MILTON
    6. Agnes Hanora Mary DOYLE b. 1885, Sandford, Vic, m. ___ FOOT
    7. John James DOYLE b. 1888, Sandford, Vic, m. ___ (WW1 service with 29th Battalion)
    8. Josephine Frances DOYLE b. c1891, Sandford, Vic
    9. Constance Mary DOYLE b. c1906, ___, m. ___ CAULFIELD

  4. Eliza DOYLE b. 1856, Casterton, Vic, m. 1878 (at Carapook) Daniel CASEY and they had the following known family:
    1. Annie CASEY b. 1879, Casterton, Vic
    2. Elizabeth Bridget CASEY b. 1880, Casterton, Vic, m. ___ RODDA
    3. Daniel CASEY b. 1882, d. 1885, Sandford, Vic
    4. Mary Josephine CASEY b. 1883, Casterton, Vic, m. Henry George WESTON
    5. Bernard James CASEY b. 1885, Casterton, Vic, m. Mary Jane GUNNING
    6. James CASEY b. 1886, Casterton, Vic
    7. Thomas John CASEY b. 1888, Casterton, Vic
    8. Daniel Joseph CASEY b. 1890, Casterton, Vic, m. Deborah Gertrude McSHEEHY
    9. James Francis CASEY b. 1891, Casterton, Vic, m. Alice MORRIS
    10. Alice Veronica CASEY b. 1892, Casterton, Vic, ___ SULLIVAN
    11. Francis Sheila CASEY b. 1894, d. 1897, Casterton, Vic.
    12. Francis Patrick CASEY b. 1897, d. 1917, Casterton, Vic
    13. Patrick CASEY b. 1897, d. 1897, Casterton, Vic
    14. Michael CASEY b. 1900, d. 1900, Casterton, Vic

  5. Mary DOYLE b. 1857, d. 1861, Casterton, Vic.

  6. Peter DOYLE b. 1859, d. 1860, Casterton, Vic.

  7. Mary Margaret DOYLE b. 1861, Merino, Vic, m. William James McDONNELL

  8. Peter Patrick DOYLE b. 1863, Merino, Vic, m1. Ann Nora COLEMAN, m2. Mary Theresa RYAN and had 6 children with his first wife and 2 children with his second wife:
    1. Catherine DOYLE b. 1886, Sandford, Vic, m. ___ FLYNN
    2. Alice Mary DOYLE b. 1887, Muntham, Vic, m. Edward John FLYNN
    3. Maud Bridget DOYLE b. 1889, Sandford, Vic, m. John Patrick DINEEN
    4. John Andrew DOYLE b. 1893, Sandford, Vic, m. Mary Ellen HEENAN (WW1 service with 5th Machine Gun Battalion)
    5. Agnes Honora DOYLE b. 1897, Casterton, Vic, m. ___ BURTON
    6. Honora Frances DOYLE b. 1900, Merion, d. 1900, Casterton, Vic
    7. Veronica DOYLE b. 1908, Casterton, Vic
    8. Leo Patrick DOYLE b. 1910, Casterton, Vic, m. Mary Elizabeth RICHARDS

  9. Francis James DOYLE b. 1865, Merino, Vic, d. 1933 West Wyalong, NSW. Appears to have married Jane PRICE in 1897 at Corowa, NSW and had the following family...
    1. Thomas James DOYLE b. 1896, Corowa, NSW
    2. Frances M DOYLE b. 1898, Urana, NSW
    3. Mildred A DOYLE b. 1900, Corowa, NSW
    4. Herbert Leslie DOYLE b. 1902, Urana, NSW
    5. Ethel May DOYLE b. 1904, Corowa, NSW, m. Alfred Tennyson BURGESS
    6. George Joseph DOYLE b. 1906, Casterton, Vic, m. Jessie Mary Jane GRADY
    7. James Francis DOYLE b. 1908, Casterton, Vic
    8. Eileen Annie DOYLE b. 1911, Sandford, Vic
    9. John Patrick DOYLE b. 1913, Casterton, Vic

  10. Margaret Theresa DOYLE b. 1867, Merino, Vic, m. James Nicholas DIX and had a large family in the Sandford and Hamilton areas.

  11. Patrick Peter DOYLE b. 1869, Casterton, Vic, m. Margaret HEENAN and they had the following family:
    1. Anthony James DOYLE b. 1897, Casterton, Vic, d. 1974, Ballarat, Vic, m. Annie Winifred MORRISON 1904-1987. (Anthony DOYLE seved ib France in WW1 with the 7th Battalion, AIF, was wounded twice and invalided home in 1918. Wando Vale War Memorial)
    2. Maurice Patrick DOYLE b. 1899, Casterton, Vic
    3. Thomas John DOYLE b. 1901, Casterton, Vic, m. Grace TOMKINS
    4. Cecil James DOYLE b. 1903, Casterton, Vic
    5. Ambrose Anthony DOYLE b. 1904, Casterton, Vic

  12. Annie Mary Gertrude DOYLE b. 1870, Sandford, Vic, m. Robert James OSWALD and they had family at Sandford.

  13. Michael DOYLE b. 1872, Glen___, Vic, m. Ellen McEVOY and they had the following family:
    1. Ernest Michael DOYLE b. 1895, Casterton, Vic
    2. Mary Ethel DOYLE b. 1897, Casterton, Vic
    3. James Clarence DOYLE b. 1899, Casterton, Vic
    4. Raymond Francis DOYLE b. 1901, Casterton, Vic
    5. Reginald Pierre DOYLE b. 1906, Casterton, Vic
    6. John Alphonsus DOYLE b. 1908, d. 1909, Casterton, Vic