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N9-7
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- 1935-09-24 (Creation)
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In honor of her 95th birthday, Susanna Doyle (first name also listed at times as Suzanne) posed for the Bremerton Sun outside her home at 1510 Sixth St., Bremerton, on September 25, 1935. Pictured with her is her pet canary "Dick Dilver." Unusually alert, her favorite topics for discussion were government, politics and the growth of the Puget Sound Naval Yard. The same picture ran in 1936, when "Grandma Doyle" swore she was celebrating her 97th birthday. Mrs. Doyle was born around 1840 on Prince Edward Island and was of Irish descent. She was raised in Canada. After being widowed by her first husband, Capt. John Robert Bruce, she married again to Owen Doyle. They had a farm in Montana. She had 5 children, 20 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Doyle died in June of 1937 at the reported age of 97 years. She had lived in Bremerton for 33 years and died at the home where she lived with her daughter Mrs. Susie Leonhardt. (Bremerton Sun 9-26-1935, pg. 1; 9-26-1936, pg. 1; 6-21-1937, pg. 1)
Aged persons--Bremerton; Birds; Birdcages; Pets; Doyle, Susanna;