Royal (Paddy) Daniel BOYER

12th Sep 18931 - 19th May 1973

Mill worker, bartender, lumberjack

Life History

12th Sep 1893	Born in Phillips, Price County, Wisconsin at home.1
18th Jun 1900	Recorded in census in U. S. Census, Wakefield Gogebic, Michigan.
8th Jun 1905	Recorded in census in State of Minnesota; Carlton; Cloquet Ward 1.
20th Apr 1910	Recorded in census in U. S. Census; Minnesota, Carlton, Cloquet, E.D. 36, Sheet 7; Surname Beyer.
5th Jun 1916	Married Thelma Lauretta MCGILVRAY in Cloquet, Minnesota.
21st Nov 1916	Birth of daughter Beverly Helen BOYER in Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota.
2nd Jan 1918	Birth of son Bruce Royal BOYER in Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota.
27th Dec 1918	Birth of daughter Betty Elaine BOYER in Elk Mound, Dunn County, Wisconsin.
31st Jul 1920	Birth of son Jack Daniel BOYER in Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota.
5th Feb 1922	Birth of daughter Dorothy Ann BOYER in Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota.
11th Sep 1923	Birth of daughter Charline BOYER in Cloquet, Carlton County, Minnesota.
19th May 1973	Died in Lutheran-Deaconess Hospital; Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Other facts

	Birth statistics in Delivered by Mrs. Wolf, a midwife.
	Interment in Lakewood Cemetery, Columbarium Niche; Minneapolis, MN (cremated).

Notes

     Royal and Thelma first met at Pinehurst Park, Cloguet, Minn. in 1914. They were married on June 5, 1916 when Royal was 20 years old and Thelma was 17 years old. Royal's Best Man was Allen McCoubrey and Thelma's Maid of Honor was Katherine Bertram. Went to the dance with female companions. Pavilion was an open air dance floor they had Friday night dances for many years.        Their first home was an upstairs flat in a home on 3rd Street. Home of Monroe. Went horse and buggy riding and in the winter went on horse with cutter (sleigh). He worked on the Cloguet River standing on logs directing them to the paper mill. 3 times hardware store, delivered meat for market, Balsam Wood, delivered laundry. First car an old truck, Chevrolet (1928?). Had ising glass windows that were put on when it rained.

Pet dog Jacko

Story from Betty Hanebeck about the Fire
    Betty's father, Royal Daniel (Paddy) received money from the fire. Betty, his favorite, wanted a pair of red shoes purchsed even tho they were too small. che kept them under her pillow.

    Many people died during the fire, according to Betty. Some people thought they would be save with their children in their root cellar. But they suffocated in the fire.

Betty Hanebeck remembers a story her father told
    Royal Daniel told the story that their father was asked to have a garage moved from one side of the house to the other. When he and the sons had completed the task (they were charging $20.00) the man said that the price was too high for such quick work, and refused to pay., It seems that they began to get the crew to work on jacking up the garage again. The owner asked "what are you doing?" The reply was "since you don't want to pay the price, I'll return the gargae where it was." The owner give in and paid the price.

Sources

1. Original Birth Record - Delayed; Wisconsin Price County; Vol 33, Birth Page 145