John J. Boyle

John Joseph Boyle was born in 1870 at St. John, New Brunswick. He was the son of Patrick and Margaret Boyle, and brother of Catherine, James, Daniel, and Mary. He married Mary, and they had a daughter Gertrude.
Boyle first enlisted in the Navy at Boston, June 8, 1898. He re-enlisted multiple times, including February 17, 1917 and was chief water tender of the United States Navy. He died of disease on December 6, 1917, at the naval hospital in Newport, Rhode Island. His next of kin was his daughter, Mrs. James Flanagan, of 51 Wigglesworth St., Malden.