The photograph, above, is James J & Madeline (Herbst) Coyle. Date unknown
James Joseph Coyle was born 16 April 1887 in Waterbury, CT. He was the son of Patrick Coyle and Margaret Brady. He married Madeline Herbst on 7 May 1912 in New York. From 1919 – 1940 James taught wood working in a public school in Waterbury, CT. In 1930 he and his family lived in Oakville. Madeline died 22 September 1948 in Waterbury, CT. James died 13 October 1955 in Waterbury, CT.
The obituary for James Joseph Coyle:
James J. Coyle, Briarwood Rd., manual training teacher at Washington School for 31 years, died at St. Mary’s Hospital last night after a long illness. Born in Waterbury, he was the son of Patrick and Margaret (Brady) Coyle. He had been retired for the past five years. Mr. Coyle was a communicant of SS Peter and Paul Church. He is survived by five sons, Robert J., John J., both of Waterbury, Thomas J. of New Haven, James J., Jr., of Detroit, and Rev. Joseph J. Coyle, SVD of Techny, Ill.; two daughters, Mrs. Richard S. Wolff, Woodcliff Lake, N. J., and Miss Madeline M. Coyle, Springfield, Ill.; two brothers, Thomas and William, both of Los Angeles, California., two sisters, Miss Margaret E. Coyle and Mrs. William Cass, both of Waterbury; and 13 grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Monday at 8:15 from Murphy Funeral Home, 115 Willow St., to SS Peter and Paul Church at 9 when a solemn high Mass will be celebrated by his son. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
1 James Joseph Coyle b: 16 April 1887 , CT, d: 13 Oct 1955 CT
…… + Madeline Herbst b: 10 Nov 1892 CT, m7 May 1912 NY, d: 22 Sept 1948
…………2 Rosemary V Coyle b: 29 Sept 1914 , Lamar, Texas, d: c 1960
………… + Richard F. Wolff b: 07 Jan 1914 CT, m 1939 CT, d: 5 April 1991 FL
………………3 Sarah Jane Wolff
……………… + John Bymes
………………3 Betsey Anne Wolff
……………… + Eric Frey
………………3 Richard S. Wolff
……………… + Cheryl Whitney
………………3 Robert C. Wolff b: 06 March 1950, d: 6 Aug 1975
…………2 Robert James Coyle b: 27 April 1916 CT
………… + Ruth H. Pottle b: 14 Sept 1919 MA, m: 09 Jan 1943 VA
………………3 Robert James Coyle Jr
……………… + Sandra Fuchs
……………………4 Robert James Coyle III
………………3 Susan Weymouth Coyle
……………… + Gary Streit
……………………4 Gary Joe Streit Jr.
……………………4 Christy Lynn Streit
…………………… + Steindorf
………………3 Peter Alan Coyle
……………… + Joanne Graver
……………………4 Scot Christopher Coyle
………………3 Melissa Kathryn Coyle b: 25 Feb 1949 CT, d: c 2000 Oregon
…………2 Thomas James Coyle b: 3 Aug 1919 CT, d: 25 Dec 2001 Arizona
………… + Roseanne S. Vozella b: 19 Aug 1920, m: 17 July 1944 CT
………………3 Thomas James Coyle b: 24 Aug 1945 CT, d: 16 Dec 2010
……………… + Ann Bryant
……………………4 Anne Coyle
……………………4 Michelle Coyle
…………………… + Michael Porter
…………………………5 Derik Porter
…………………………5 Britan Porter
………………3 Lucille Madeleine Coyle
……………… + Charles Lewis Timothy Jr
……………………4 Lisabeth Timothy
…………………… + Eric Douglass Knapp
…………………………5 Aaron Timothy Knapp
…………………………5 Nathan Timothy Knapp
……………………4 Charles Lewis Timothy III
…………………… + Sandra Archibald
…………………………5 Charles Lewis Timothy IV b: 11 March 1999 CT
…………………………5 Ethan James Timothy
……………………4 Scott Alan Timothy
…………………… + Lillian O’Casio
…………………………5 Scott Michael Timothy b: 07 Dec 1999 CT
………………3 Karen Coyle b: 22 July 1948 in CT, d: 9 Jan 2011 CT
……………… + Donny LaRose
………………3 Dean Coyle b: 08 February 1952, d: c. 2008
……………… + Cindy Francis
……………………4 Tina Marie Coyle
……………………4 Celeste Coyle
…………………………5 Kayla Coyle
………………3 James J. Coyle
……………………4 Melody Rose Coyle
…………2 James Joseph Coyle b: 06 Feb 25 CT
………… + Barbara A. Kozlak b: 29 Oct 1929 CT, m: 04 Aug 1951 CT
………………3 Kathleen Ann Coyle
………………3 James John Coyle
………………3 Robert Greg Coyle
…………2 John Joseph Coyle b: 24 Jan 1926 CT, d: c 2002
…………2 Joseph James Coyle b: 29 Nov 1927 CT
………… + Carmen Cherry b: 20 Nov 1936 CA, m: 19 July 1975
………………3 Monica Maria Coyle
……………… + Dennis Harrison
……………………4 Jacob Harrison
……………………4 Brayden Harrison
…………2 Madeline Mary Coyle b: 07 Sept 1930 CT
………… + William McCormick b: 08 May 1926, m: 29 Oct 1960
………………3 Joseph McCormick
………………3 Thomas McCormick
………………3 Rosemary McCormick
………………3 Michael McCormick
Selected Sources:
- 1920 United States Census, Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, Microfilm Roll #T625-194, ED 430, Sheet 14B; ancestry.com. James J. Coyle family.
- 1930 United States Census, Oakville, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Microfilm Roll #T626 – 270, ED 47, Page 12B; National Archives, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. James Coyle family.
- Certificate of Marriage for James J. Coyle and Madeline Herbst, 7 May 1912, Roman Catholic Church of Saint Peter, New York.
- Funeral card for James J. Coyle, 13 October 1955, The Murphy Funeral Home, 115 Willow Street, Waterbury, Connecticut.
- J. J. Coyle, Retired School Teacher, Dies. (1955 October 14). The Waterbury Republican, p. Page 3.
- World War I Draft Registration Card 5 June 1917
James Joseph Coyle, 30, b. 16 April 1887. - World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Watebury, Conn., Roll WW2-2283208.
James Joseph Coyle, 95 Lexington Ave., Waterbury, Conn. - Waterbury City Directories
- Family documents, interviews, letters, etc.