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HISTORY OF BOYLE
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Boyle was located on the Canborough Road, a stopping point for the stage coach travelling from Niagara Falls to Wellandport.
There were two hotels. Haggarty’s Tavern, John Haggarty was the Innkeeper in 1853. In 1890 Haggarty Hotel was the location for a council meeting of Gainsboro.
The Lambert Hotel was located on the 1862 map.
The date of the first school is unknown but a school for section #8 was located before 1862..
By 1880 a post office was located on the corner of Boyle Road North.
In 1900’s Dave Rogers had a blacksmith shop on the lot east of the school. In 1920’s Wm. Butler Sr. Ran a butcher shop business and sold meat to the Welland market. His son ran Butler Bus Lines and in 1965 bussed the children to the new Gainsborough school in Bismarck.
At the corner of North Boyle road was a store. It was built by Paul Badowski. It was owned by James Jamieson. Later owners were Prentice, Staton and Diltz.
West of the store was a small blacksmith shop owned by Chancie Strong.
The Brethren-in-Christ church was established in 1927 on Boyle road north. Located on land from the Robert Moot farm. Another church was Bethel located on Elcho road.
List of Postmasters for Boyle were: The first was George Putman 1888-1889. Orlando Robins 1899-1903, W.H. Smith 1904-1908, John N. Bland 1908-1909, William Wilmer 1909-1911 and William Crowe was the last Postmaster in 1911 when the post office closed.
Some of the early names in Boyle:
- Beamer
- Becken
- Coleman
- Cook
- Graham
- Haggarty
- Haney
- Misener
- Moore
- Piper
- Putman
- Reece
- Robins
- Smith
- Swayze
- Wait
- Wilson
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