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View Tree for Thomas E. BolandThomas E. Boland (b. October 06, 1880, d. October 14, 1964)

Thomas E. Boland (son of James P. Boland and Mary Clipper) was born October 06, 1880 in Elkader, Iowa, and died October 14, 1964 in Elkader, Iowa, St Joseph's Cemetary. He married Mary Donlon on May 03, 1916 in St Joseph's Catholic Church in Elkader, Iowa, daughter of William Joseph Donlon and Anna Schoepf.

 Includes NotesNotes for Thomas E. Boland:
Baptised at St Joseph's Church in Elkader, Iowa on October 31, 1880 and his Godfather was Thomas Boland and Godmother was Anne Friewiller.

Thomas E. Boland grew up on the James Boland homestead and after he grew up he became a Finishing Carpenter. He spent a number of years in and around Quinault Washington, where he owned 80 acres acres of woods and some open land. He had to sell the land during the depression and so did not get the real value out of the land. My sister, Dolores and my Mother, Mary went out to see the land a number of years after the death of my Dad and were impressed as to it's size and the size of the forest that was still there.
In 1914 he was visited by Dr. Thomas Donlon, his sister Mame's husband. We have a copy of a letter that the doctor wrote home to Mame that tells a lot about the land. It also brought out that Phillip, his brother was out there and helped in building some of the buildings. We had a black bear rug and a cougar skin that Dad brought back from there for quite a few years as I remember when I was much younger.
We are not sure when he retuned to Iowa but we do know he married my Mother, Mary Elizabeth Donlon on May 2, 1916. George, my brother said that Mom said she was 21 and Dad was 35 when they got married at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. They had six children, Ray, Dolores, Regina, George, Joseph and Luke.
Dad did quite a bit of home building in his time and also worked on the Guttenburg dam, where he became over heated and eventually lost the use of one of his eyes. Also he had done special police work for the town of Elkader through the years. During the depression, he and Raymond worked on the removal of the train tracks in the area. The metal from the tracks were sold to Japan (we always thought it supplied the Japanese with iron to make war on the United States in 1941). The railroad ties were sold quite cheaply and I remember at one time we had over 1000 times in our yard. I think Dad sold them to people as they needed them for a price but not sure what the price was.
We had a large acreage in Cox Creek area, called the McDermott Place. We grew a lot of vegetables in the summer and peddled them to residents of Elkader each summer. Radishes for a nickel a bunch, a large bunch of carrots for fifteen cents, a 2-1/2 gallon bucket of pickles for 50 cents to a dollar. Sold a lot of other vegetables as well.
We moved to Elkader shortly after the World War II broke out and lived in Coalville (Eastern area of Elkader) and lived there for several years, then moved down into main part of town when my brother George left for the Navy. While living in the downtown area--Dad helped pick up something heavy one day and the very next day he went totally blind. He was walking down the street and was asking everybody why it was snowing in July. He never was able to see a gain after that. It was a very difficult time for him and took years for him to accept it. He was blind the last 18 years of his life.
Prepared by Joseph W. Boland in 06-04-2001

More About Thomas E. Boland and Mary Donlon:
Marriage: May 03, 1916, St Joseph's Catholic Church in Elkader, Iowa.

Children of Thomas E. Boland and Mary Donlon are:
  1. +Raymond Edward Boland.
  2. Dolores Boland, b. March 15, 1919, Elkader, Iowa, d. December 23, 1996, Prescott, Arizona.
  3. +Regina Ann Boland, b. February 16, 1923, Elkader, Iowa, d. March 31, 1987, Manchester, Iowa.
  4. +George Boland.
  5. +Joseph William Boland.
  6. +Luke Boland.
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