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Note: My grandmother was vague about her age. She stole her older sister Mary's nursing papers to enlist in World War I, pretending to be older. I cannot find any birth record of her in 1894. The passenger manifest when they emigrated to Australia gave her age as 22 in 1910 (birth 1888). Her mother's death certificate in 1933 gives her age as 41 (1892). The other sisters were equally cagey on the subject.
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Obituaries:
Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov 1979, p. 4C, also Birmingham Eccentric:
Services for Margaret Clark Doyle, 84, a former member of the board of Wayne County General Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Nativity Episcopal Church, 21220 W. Fourteen Mile in Birmingham. Mrs. Doyle, a resident of West Bloomfield Township & a native of Scotland, came to the U.S. in 1919. During World War 1, she served as a nurse & ambulance driver in Europe. During the World War II, she served with the Detroit Ordnance District, a unit of the U.S. Army. In 1956, Mrs. Doyle was an unsuccessful candidate for the Detroit Common Council (City Council). She served on the Detroit Welfare Commission during Albert Cobo's tenure as mayor of Detroit. At the time of her retirement in 1962, Mrs. Doyle was on the board of Wayne County General Hospital. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Anne Mansfield, 1 granddaughter & 2 great-grandchildren.
Detroit News - Wed. 21 Nov 1979:
Margaret C. Doyle, an energetic woman who drove an ambulance in Europe during World War moved to Michigan as a war bride in 1919 & become chairman of the Wayne County Board of Institutions, died Mon. in Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, after a brief illness. Services for Mrs. Doyle, 84,of W. Bloomfield Township, were scheduled at 2 p.m. today at in Nativity Episcopal Church. Birmingham. Burial will be private. Mrs. Doyle was a native of Scotland who devoted herself to family interests after her marriage to an American Army engineer from Detroit. With the start of World War 11, she became chief employee counselor with the Detroit Ordinance District. In 1949, she was appointed to the new appeal board of the Detroit Department of Public Welfare & was named to the Detroit Public Welfare commission, serving as president of the commission from 1951-52. In 1954, the Wayne County Board of Supervisors named her to the county Board of Institutions, & she became chairman of the body late that year. As chairman, she was credited with reorganizing agency to centralize administrative authority for Wayne County General Hospital, & helping to plan a $10 million addition to the facility. She retired from the board in 1962. In 1956, Mrs. Doyle was an unsuccessful date for Detroit City Council. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William Mansfield, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the American Diabetes Association.
My grandmother never told the truth about her age. She stole her older sister Mary's nursing papers to enlist in World War I, pretending to be older. I cannot find any birth record of her in 1894. The passenger manifest when they emigrated to Australia gave her age as 22 in 1910 (birth 1888). Her mother's death certificate in 1933 gives her age as 41 (1892). The other sisters were equally cagey on the subject.
According to my mother, Nana was engaged to a doctor who died from an infection he got when he cut his finger while operating. She had been engaged 3 or 4 times, but that grief is what sent her running to the War. Possibly she feared she was pregnant. Mother once met one of Nana's old beaux, Sir Reginald Skeet.
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Obituaries:
Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov 1979, p. 4C, also Birmingham Eccentric:
Services for Margaret Clark Doyle, 84, a former member of the board of Wayne County General Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Nativity Episcopal Church, 21220 W. Fourteen Mile in Birmingham. Mrs. Doyle, a resident of West Bloomfield Township & a native of Scotland, came to the U.S. in 1919. During World War 1, she served as a nurse & ambulance driver in Europe. During the World War II, she served with the Detroit Ordnance District, a unit of the U.S. Army. In 1956, Mrs. Doyle was an unsuccessful candidate for the Detroit Common Council (City Council). She served on the Detroit Welfare Commission during Albert Cobo's tenure as mayor of Detroit. At the time of her retirement in 1962, Mrs. Doyle was on the board of Wayne County General Hospital. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Anne Mansfield, 1 granddaughter & 2 great-grandchildren.
Detroit News - Wed. 21 Nov 1979:
Margaret C. Doyle, an energetic woman who drove an ambulance in Europe during World War moved to Michigan as a war bride in 1919 & become chairman of the Wayne County Board of Institutions, died Mon. in Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, after a brief illness. Services for Mrs. Doyle, 84,of W. Bloomfield Township, were scheduled at 2 p.m. today at in Nativity Episcopal Church. Birmingham. Burial will be private. Mrs. Doyle was a native of Scotland who devoted herself to family interests after her marriage to an American Army engineer from Detroit. With the start of World War 11, she became chief employee counselor with the Detroit Ordinance District. In 1949, she was appointed to the new appeal board of the Detroit Department of Public Welfare & was named to the Detroit Public Welfare commission, serving as president of the commission from 1951-52. In 1954, the Wayne County Board of Supervisors named her to the county Board of Institutions, & she became chairman of the body late that year. As chairman, she was credited with reorganizing agency to centralize administrative authority for Wayne County General Hospital, & helping to plan a $10 million addition to the facility. She retired from the board in 1962. In 1956, Mrs. Doyle was an unsuccessful date for Detroit City Council. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William Mansfield, a grandchild and two great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials to the American Diabetes Association.
Birmingham Eccentric
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