This article written and copyright 2012, by Will Johnson, wjhonson@aol.com, Professional Genealogist
1 Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle was born 22 May 1859 at Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Charles Altamont Doyle and his wife Mary Josephine Foley.
2 Charles Altamont Doyle
Charles Altamont Doyle was born 25 Mar 1832 in England, probably in London, the fourth of four sons born to John Doyle an artist and cartooner and his wife Marianna Canon. His mother died in childbirth of him.
3 Mary Josephine Foley
Mary Josephine Foley was born in 1838, probably in Clonmel, the daughter of William Foley, a doctor of Trinity College, and his wife Katherine Pack. Her father died when Mary was three and the family then moved back to Kilkenny where Katherine ran a girl's school for a few years.
4 John Doyle
John Doyle was born in Dublin in 1797, the eldest son of his father who was a silk mercer there. He married, probably in Dublin, to Marianna Conan. They moved to London where Marianna died in 1832 in childbirth with her seventh child, Charles Altamont Doyle.
5 Marianna Conan
Marianna Conan was born the daughter of James Conan of Dublin. She married John Doyle and they moved about 1822 to London where she had seven children and died in childbirth with the last one in 1832.