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PATRICK DOYLE
An enterprising dairy farmer of San
Joaquin County is Patrick Doyle, born in County Wexford, Ireland, June 21,
1871, a son of Dan and Helen (Murphy) Doyle.
The father was a horse trainer by trade.
The son, Patrick, was one nine years old at the time of her father’s
death. The mother is still living at the
old home in Ireland, at an advanced age.
They were the parents of seven children:
William, Ellen, James, Patrick, Jack, Statia
and Margaret.
When Patrick Doyle was ten years old
he began to make his own way in the world, working on farms in his native
country. In 1888 he came to the United
States, and at first went to Buffalo, New York, where he learned the plumber’s
trade. After working at his trade for
two years, he went to South Dakota and there helped in the building of the
railroad at Custer, which occupied him for six months; then he went to Omaha,
Nebraska, and found employment in a rock quarry. In 1892 he came to California and was
employed on a dairy ranch on the Sacramento River, where he remained for
twenty-seven years, until 1919, when he settled in San Joaquin County, at
Thornton. It was then he bought his 117
acres of open land; and here he now has thirty-three acres in alfalfa and a
dairy of twenty-five cows. He has been
successful in his undertakings, for he has utilized his opportunities as they
have crossed his path.
In June, 1898, in Sacramento, Mr.
Doyle was married to Miss Kate Mernor, a native of
County Wexford, Ireland, a daughter of John and Alice Mernor. While still a young girl, Kate Mernor left home and went to London, England, where she
made her own living for twelve years.
She then came to California, and here met and married Mr. Doyle. They are the parents of seven children; Jack
and Dan are managing an 800-acre grain ranch in Yolo County; Edward, Cecil and
George are deceased; and James and Alice are living at home with their
parents. A self-made man in the truest
sense of the word, Mr. Doyle owes his advancement entirely to his own
efforts. He is deeply interested in all
that pertains to the welfare and progress of San Joaquin County.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1587. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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