James BOYLAN

James married Sarah GIBBONS. (Sarah GIBBONS was born in Mar 1838 in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland and died on 15 Feb 1913 in Forty Fort, Luzerne Co, Pennsylvania, USA.)

Here is the 1860 US Census record of Pittston Township, which lies nead Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and lists the family of James Broylan and wife and children Bridget (age 6), Catherine (age 55), James (age 3), and Peter (age 1). James' wife is listed as Mary, though other records indicate her name is Sarah. So either this census record is not a match for our James and Sarah, or Sarah used an alternate name of Mary, which I am leaning toward. I find no other census record for James Boylan to corroberate a wife named Sarah or Mary. See below for links to Sarah's obituary and death certificate.

Sarah Gibbons Boylan obituary mentioning having 2 daughters (as in the census) and sons Peter (listed on the cencus) and Patrick (possibly not yet born for the census of 1860).