Boals of Osnabruck Family Tree

While the following appear to have all been siblings, this has not been definitely established so each family will be presented separately. They may also just be first cousins.

Mr. Bole (perhaps a James or a John?) b. Ireland d. Ireland < 1831

m. Margaret Tremble < 1831 Ireland

1. James Bole b. < 1831 Ireland

After Mr. Bole's death

Margaret m.(2) John Hume ~ 1831 Ireland

Family came to Canada in 1831, settled in Lambton county

Reference

James Boals b. ~ 1820 Ireland (possibly the James mentioned above)

m. Anne (b. ~ 1811 to 1820 Ireland) < 1846 Ontario

1. James Boals b. Apr. 10, 1846 Osnabruck

m. Margaret Ann (Maggy, Mary) Markell (b. May 25,1847 Osnabruck; John, Sarah) Dec. 16, 1879 Osnabruck

ref. # 010209/79

1.1 John William Boals b. Nov. 7, 1880 Osnabruck, Stormont co. ref. # 231173/81

(worked as a ranch hand in Cut Knife, SK)

1.2 Sarah Anne Boals b. Dec. 30, 1882 Osnabruck ref. # 233484/83

1.3 Margaret (Mary Boals) b. Jan. 4, 1885 Ont.

m. Benjamin Henry Baker Mar. 15, 1911 Cornwall

(lived Kindersley, SK)

1.4 James Herbert Boals b. Sept. 25, 1886 Ont.

m. Stella Alguire (when?, where?)

1.4.1 Baisel Boals b. ? (a Baisel Boals obit online has 1917-2004, not sure if it is this Baisel)

m. ?

1.4.1.1 living

1.4.1.1.1 living

1.4.1.1.2 living

1.4.1.1.3 living

1.4.1.2 (4 brothers and 1 sister in all)

1.4.2 (2 other sons and 3 daughters)

James d. May 25, 1914 Cornwall, Ont.

James d. bef. 1881 (wife Anne living with son James and family in 1881 Census)

1871 Census

1881 Census

1901 Census

John Boles b. ~ 1810-1813 Ireland

m. Margaret Scott (b. ~ 1823 Ireland) June 9, 1840 Stormont (wit.: Mathew Boal, Dixon Hill)

1. Alexander Boles

m. Elizabeth Pollock

2. John Thomas Boles b. ~ 1842 Osnabruck

m. Hannah Pollock (b. ~ 1848 Ont.) Dec. 16, 1869 Osnabruck (name spelt Boales)

2.1 Alexander Joshua Boles b. Oct. 6, 1870 Osnabruck twp. (moved to Dauphin, Manitoba 1890’s)

m. Catherine Jane Eastman (b. Oct. 31, 1877 Osnabruck twp.; Allen, Margaret Boals)

June 20, 1895 Newington, Osnabruck twp., Ont.

2.1.1 Ivan Allen Boles b. Sept. 8, 1897 RM of Winchester, MB

m. Mary Murray (William, Eliza Jane)

2.1.2 Vina Delilah Boles b. Dec. 9, 1903 Ethelbert, MB

4 more children

Catherine d. May 29, 1945 Dauphin

Alex d. 1948 Dauphin

2.2 Vina Boles b. ~ 1872

2.3 Charlotte Boles b. ~ 1874

2.4 Orin Walter Boles (moved to Deloraine, Manitoba 1890’s) b. ~ 1875

2.5 Henry George Boles (moved to Deloraine, Manitoba 1890’s) b. ~ 1878

2.6 John (Jack) Boles (moved to Deloraine, Manitoba 1890’s) b. Oct. 1880

2.7 Margaret (Maggie) Elizabeth Boles

2.8 Elizabeth (Lissa) Boles

May be another daughter Delilah or Delilah may be another name for Vina.

1871 Census

1881 Census

3. Margaret Boles

m. James Richards

4. Ellen Boles

5. Dora (Dolly) Boles b. ~ 1852

m. Robert W. Cline

6. Jane Boles b. ~ 1854

m. Alexander Henry (spelt: Boals)

7. Rebecca Boles b. ~ 1859

m. Guy Grant

8. Matthew Boles

m. Lizzie Scott

9. Rachel Boles

m. Fred Smith

10. Susan Boles

m.(1) Timothy Cummings

m.(2) Lucius D. Fowler

m.(3) George Cline

m.(4) William Hesson

11. Oliver Boles

m. Jessie Smith

John d. < 1891

1871 Census

Robert Boals b. ~ 1814 Ireland

m. Jane Hume of Finch (b. ~ 1816) Oct. 15, 1844 Stormont co. (wit.: John Hume, Alex Hume)

1. Margaret Boals b. Aug. 23, 1848 Ont.

m. Allan Eastman (b. May 3, 1857, Newington, Osnabruck twp.; Daniel, Catherine Waldroff)

Jan. 9, 1877 Osnabruck twp.

1.1 Catherine Jane Eastman b. Oct. 31, 1877

m. Alexander Joshua Boles (John, Hannah Pollock)

(see the John Boles family above)

1.2 Harriet Eastman b. Oct. 2, 1878 or 1879 d. Apr. 14, 1946

1.3 Hannah Eastman b. Oct. 18, 1880 or 1881 d. Nov. 2, 1946

1.5 Kenneth Eastman b. July 9, 1882 Newington, Osnabruck twp. d. Apr. 18, 1960 Surrey, B.C.

1.6 Korah Eastman b. Dec. 5, 1884 or 1885 Osnabruck twp. d. Feb. 7, 1972 Chemainus, B.C.

1.7 Phoebie Ellenor Eastman b. Jan. 5, 1886 Osnabruck twp. d. Jan. 21, 1951 Vancouver, B.C.

1.8 Hiram Eastman b. Sept. 27, 1887 or 1888 Osnabruck twp. d. Jan. 25, 1972

1.9 Ann Eastman b. Nov. 24, 1889 or 1890 Osnabruck twp. d. Aug. 21, 1957 Dauphin, MB

Margaret d. June 13, 1901

Allen m. twice again

Allen d. Oct. 5, 1935 Ethelbert, MB

2. Eliza Boals b. ~ 1848

3. Dorothy Boals b. ~ 1849

m. William Hiram Shaver

4. John Robert Boals b. ~ 1851 (July 11, 1855 in 1901 census) Ont.

m.(1) Lydia Waldroff (b. ~ 1852 Ont.) ~ 1874 Ont.

4.1 Alonzo Boals b. ~ 1875 Ont.

4.2 Robert Boals b. Sept. 9, 1879 Ont.

4.3 William Boals b. Sept. 3, 1883 Ont.

Lydia d. 1884

John m.(2) Viola Mattice (b. Oct. 4, 1867 Ont.)

4.4 John Boals b. Nov. 29, 1885 Ont.

4.5 Mabel Boals b. Oct. 25, 1887 Ont.

4.6 Evelyn Boals b. Nov. 7, 1890 Ont.

4.7 Ruby Boals b. Mar. 12, 1897 Ont.

1881 Census

1901 Census

5. Hannah Ellen Boals b. ~ 1852 Osnabruck

m. Elias Warner (b. ~ 1848 Osnabruck; Michael, Margaret) Sept. 25, 1883 Woodlands, Stormont co.

ref. # 011534/83

6. Sarah Boals b. ~ 1854

7. Mary Boals b. ~ 1854 (twins)

8. Alexander Boals b. ~ 1856

9. Susan Boals b. ~ 1857

10. Jemima Boals b. ~ 1861

1871 Census

1881 Census

William Boal b. ~ 1827

m. Ann Doran of Osnabruck May 11, 1847 (wit.: James Boal, Robert Boal)

(they lived in Louisville, New York in 1850 which is right across the St. Lawrence River from Osnabruck; the 1850 Census lists them in Louisville just before Matthew below)

1. Ellen Boal b. ~ 1848 Canada

2. Margaret Boal b. ~ 1849 Canada

3. John Boal b. ~ Aug. 1850 Canada

1850 Census of Louisville, New York

Matthew Boal b. July 14, 1810 Letterkenny, Donegal, Ireland

(note: Matthew's date of birth is based on his age of 65 years, 3 months and 17 days given on his death record of Oct. 31, 1875. This record also states his place of birth as Scotland but all other records indicate that this family is of Ulster Irish descent (i.e.. primarily Scottish settlers in the north of Ireland). His place of birth is as given on his daughter Margaret's death certificate.)

m. Mary Ann (Annie) Stubbs (b. July 12, 1818, co. Sligo, Ireland) (based on the 1901 Census record and verified by her 84 years of age on her death in 1902) married probably in Canada about 1842

(they lived in Louisville, New York in 1850 which is right across the St. Lawrence River from Osnabruck; the 1850 Census lists them in Louisville immediately after William above; the 1871 Census lists them in Kincardine, Bruce co.)

1. John Boal b. ~ 1843 Canada

m. Catherine Murray Kirk (b. Aug. 15, 1861 Menstry, Logie, Perthshire, Scotland; James, Jessie Graham)

Oct. 15, 1879 Kincardine, Bruce co. ref. 001418/79

1.1 Matthew James Boal b. Dec. 21, 1880 Kincardine, Bruce co. ref. 002246/80

m. Mary Evelyn Osler (b. Apr. 15, 1888 Medonte, Simcoe co.; Charles, Sarah Blakely) Nov. 19, 1906 ref. 005229/06

(they lived on Nassau St, Toronto; James was a sailor)

1.1.1 Frances Eveline Boal b. Sept. 11, 1907 ref. 005940/07

1.2 Samuel John Boal b. Apr. 22, 1882 Kincardine, Bruce co. ref. 003120/82

1.3 Edward Boal b. Sept. 10, 1883 Kincardine, Bruce co. ref. 002433/83

1.4 Ethel Boal b. May 25, 1885 Kincardine, Bruce co.

1.5 Margaret Pearl Boal b. Apr. 7, 1887 Kincardine, Bruce co. ref. 003235/87

Pearl d. May 20, 1892 Kincardine, Bruce co. (consumption) ref. 002230/92

1.6 Catherine Ruby Boal b. Jan. 22, 1889 Kincardine, Bruce co. ref. 002949/89

John d. July 8, 1899 Kincardine, Bruce co. ref. 005562/99

Catherine m. Samuel James Vaughn June 6, 1907 Sault St. Marie, Algoma county, Ont. ref. 005018/07

Catherine d. Oct. 1, 1929 Red Cross, Thessalon, Algoma county, Ont. age 61 yr. 1 mos. 16 days ref. 009388/29

2. Samuel Boal b. ~ 1844

3. Mary Ann Boal b. ~ 1845 Ontario (age 21 at marriage, 4 in 1850 census)

m. Adam Rutherford Nov. 5, 1866 Bruce county ref. 1030055/67

4. Margaret Boal b. June 12 1848 or 1849 Shanty Island, New York (an island in the St. Lawrence off Stormont co.)

m. John Miller (b. Jan. 2, 1843 Scotland; William, Isabelle Turnbull) May 11, 1888 Kincardine, Bruce co., Ont.

ref. 001512/88

4.1 John Harold Miller b. Aug. 12, 1890 Kincardine, Bruce co.

4.2 Annie Edna Miller b. Oct. 7, 1891 Kincardine, Bruce co.

John d. July 18, 1907 Kincardine, Bruce co., Ontario ref. 007245/07 bur. Kincardine Cemetery July 20 (no stone)

Margaret d. Nov. 18, 1923 Kincardine, Bruce co. ref. 009201/23 bur. Nov. 21 with John

5. Joseph Boal b. ~ 1850 Canada (lived in New York at age 1)

m.(1) Hannah Marie Avery (Samuel, Harriet) Mar. 4, 1880 Kincardine, Bruce co. ref. 001551/80

5.1 William Samuel Boal b. Feb. 21, 1881 Kincardine, Bruce co. ref. 002446/81

William Samuel d. Feb. 2, 1898 Kincardine, Bruce co. (pneumonia) ref. 002038/98

Hannah d. Aug. 19, 1903 Petrolia, Lambton county (intestinal obstruction) ref. 014137/03

m.(2) Mary Jane Farrel (b. ~ 1859 Hungerford twp., Hastings, Ont.; John, Jane Rutledge)

Mar. 30, 1904 Kincardine, Bruce co.

(living in Calgary in 1911 census)

Joseph and Mary d. Calgary, bur. Burnsland cemetery, Calgary dates unknown

6. William Ewart Boal b. Dec. 16, 1852

m. Rebecca Brown (b. May 15, 1856, Portland, Ont. (?); William, Deborah)

Aug. 11, 1880 Fergus, Wellington co., Ont. ref. 011778/80

6.1 Dora G. Boal b. Aug. 14, 1882

6.2 Roy L. Boal b. Aug. 29, 1883

6.3 Glenn V. Boal b. Oct. 31, 1887

6.4 Annie Deborah Boal b. July 13, 1889

6.5 Rebecca End Boal b. July 20, 1891

6.6 Robert Murray Boal b. Mar. 14, 1894

6.7 Joseph Boal b. Jan. 6, 1896

6.8 William E. Boal b. July 9, 1898

Above birth dates are all from the 1901 Census of Ontario, Grey co. North (65), Derby township (a-1) p. 4, 5

7. Robert Boal b. ~ 1857 Ontario

m. Clara Broughton (Henry, Martha Jane Gurney) Dec. 25, 1883 Bosanquet, Lambton co. ref. 005640/83

(Robert was a teacher in Kincardine, Ont. in 1883)

7.1 Ethel M. Boal b. 1884

m. J. Percy Snider (living at West Montrose in 1920)

7.2 Martha E. Boal b. Dec. 18, 1884

7.3 Annie Maud Boal b. 1888 (a teacher in Brampton in 1920) d. 1958 and bur. Woolwich twp., Waterloo co.

7.4 Norman A. Boal b. 1890 d. July 30, 1914 and bur. Woolwich twp., Waterloo co.

7.5 Florence Muriel Boal b. 1895 West Montrose

m.(1) J. Percy Snider

m.(2) George Alan Gordon Aug. 16, 1919 Forest, Lambton co. (where she was a teacher in 1919)

7.6 Winnifred Boal b. Dec. 1897 d. May 13, 1903 (age 5 years, 3 months) bur. Woolwich twp., Waterloo co.

Note: the above references for Robert and Clara's children are unconfirmed by myself and are copied from The Gurney Family History page on rootsweb.

8. Martha Boal b. ~ 1864

Matthew d. Oct. 31, 1875 Kincardine, Bruce co. ref. 001383/75

Annie d. Feb. 1, 1902 Kincardine age 84 ref. 005713/02

1850 Census of Louisville, New York

1881 Census

Dolly Boal of Osnabruck

m. John Hume of Finch Mar. 17, 1845 (wit.: Wm. Boal, Margaret Boal, Robert Boals)

Boals Not Yet Fit Into The Above

A son of one of the above.

Matthew Boles

m. Sarah Hutchins

1. Edith Rachel Boles b. Nov. 1884

d. Feb. 1885

Sarah d. Nov. 1885

I would like to express my appreciation to Maer for providing me with help sorting this family out.

Maer contact info: genesaplenty at gmail.com

and also to Pat Kincade for many of the civil records listed above.

Pat contact info: rkincade at telusplanet.net