Kyle Family History & Genealogy

Carrie B Kyle

A photo of Thomas R Kyle

A photo of Cpl Seth Ernest Kyle - Seth was a farmer from Lucy, Shelby County, Tennessee. He was killed in action October 19, 1918 near Brandyville, France.

A photo of Lana M Kyle

A photo of Lana M Kyle

A photo of Katherine (Kyle) Timmons taken on Pigeon Key, Florida, just down from Marathon, a little spec of an island, five acres and six families lived there, the rail track gave them access to walk to Knights Key or Marathon.
People in photo include: Katherine Kyle

A photo of Tessie Mae (Kyle) Frentzel, sister of Katherine (Kyle) Timmons, taken on Pigeon Key, Florida near the beginning of the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys. Their dad, Robert, was the chief bridge tender of that bridge beginning in 1912.
People in photo include: Tessie Kyle and Tessie Frentzel

A photo of the Pigeon Key School class, thought taken 22 December 1923, L-R: Katherine Kyle, Dan Sneed, Ken Kyle, Edna Hines, Edith Carmen (teacher) Anne Kyle, Esther Hines, Mildred Sneed, Peavy boy. This group is also in a DVD video clip 'The Railroad That Went to Sea' (A Ride Down The Keys clip) by Historic Tours of America, however, the movie appears to be reversed, kids saluting flag with 'left' hand. The Kyle children are those of the chief bridge tender of the 7 Mile Bridge, Robert Kyle, his older daughter, Tessie Kyle, (married: Tessie Frentzel) was the first schoolteacher on Marathon in 1928 after quite a few years without a school. Tessie Kyle also grew up on Pigeon Key and had brothers Zollie and Robert.
People in photo include: Tessie Kyle, Tessie Frentzel, Zollie Kyle, Robert Kyle, Robert Kyle Jr, Anne Kyle, Annie Kyle, Kenneth Kyle, Leone Kyle, Tessie Frentzel, Leone Kyle, Leone Kyle, Leona Kyle, and Robert Kyle Jr

A photo of Katherine Timmons (Kyle) taken on pigeon key circa 1926
People in photo include: Katherine Timmons

A photo of the siblings of Tessie Kyle-Frentzel at the school on Pigeon Key, 22 December 1923, L-R Katherine Kyle, Dan Sneed, Ken Kyle, Edna Hines, Edith Carmen (teacher), Annie Kyle, Esther Hines, Mildred Snead, Peavy boy
People in photo include: Katherine Kyle and Tessie Kyle

The wedding certificate of Ture Jokipii and Nancy Kyle, July 4, 1987 at St. Patrick's Church, Huntington New York. Witnesses were: Charles Porto and Roseann Cerbone. The priest was Thomas M. Fusco?

Ture Matthew Jokipii and Nancy Jean Kyle's marriage registration, July 21 1987 in Huntington New York.

We are asking for help from the public to identify a man who suffers from retrograde amnesia who goes by the name of Benjaman Kyle.
Benjaman was found badly beaten in the dumpster walk-through behind a Burger King outside of Savannah, GA in August 2004. He survived the beating but upon regaining consciousness, he could not remember who he is.

Please see for the full story along with his picture.


Benjaman's few memories indicate he is 62 years old, born August 29, 1948. We have reason to believe he lived in Indianapolis 1954-1963, between the ages of 6 and 15. He recalls many landmarks of the town. He believes he was raised a Catholic but has little knowledge of the Catholic schools there.
His next memories are of Boulder, CO starting in 1976 and extending into the early 1980s. He has detailed memories of movie theatres, restaurants, and the University of Colorado at Boulder campus.
Benjaman has extensive knowledge of restaurant and movie construction, management, and equipment, so be probably worked in these industries. He does not know how to cook.
We have had no luck in identifying Benjaman through fingerprints and dental records. He has taken a battery of DNA tests but has only found lukewarm Y-DNA matches that indicate his family name could have been Powell or Davidson. However if Benjaman was adopted, he probably would not have either of these family names.
Autosomal testing has revealed he has ancestry in the western Carolinas, Eastern Tennessee and the surrounding areas of N Georgia, N Alabama, E. Kentucky. Names that come up among his distant cousins along other lines of his family are Perry, Hooper, Davis, Davenport, Pilkenton (Pilkington), Boggs, Frost, and many others. For more information see
Benjaman has received widespread publicity, appearing on the Dr. Phil TV program, and more recently on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. He has been featured in newspapers around the country yet no one has come forward to identify him.
We have done limited searches in yearbooks, but not knowing what he may have looked like as a child, and considering he might not have gone to high school in Indianapolis, we do not plan to devote a lot of time to this. Searches of birth announcements, Catholic adoption records, drivers license photos, and other such databases have produced no results.
Benjaman does not know his Social Security Number - therefore he cannot get a job, cannot get medical coverage or a bank account. He cannot apply for a credit card. He cannot even get a library card because he does not have photo ID.

We are appealing to the public to help us identify Benjaman Kyle. We are certain there are individuals who have known Benjaman in the recent past. We ask you to forward this email to as many people as you can. We'd like to give Benjaman his life back.
If you have any information on Benjaman, please contact Colleen Fitzpatrick at [contact link] or (714) 296-3065.
Thanks, Colleen Fitzpatrick PhD Identifinders International
Huntington Beach, CA 714.296.3065 [contact link]

Older Brother Kyle Anthony Clifton(23)

The photo was passed down through the famliy and was taken by The Rise(?) Art Studio in Rapid City, South Dakota.

The current owner of the photo believes that it is John Kyle (b.1815) and his wife Eliza Brown. It may also be John's brother William Kyle (b.1818) and his wife Mary Jane Wood. It could also be none of the above!

Does anyone recognize these people? Other names related to this family are Stephenson, Wood, Brown, Sheard.

House family picnic,1909. Columbus House brought us this old picture which he has on the wall. It is a
collection of turn-of-the-century residents.
People in photo include: Johnson Kyle, Ras House, Columbus House, Jane Tilley House, Elizabeth Tilley House, Loan W. House (William Lum House), Mary Cypert House, Ruby House West, Della House Horton, Mollie House Gasaway, Nora House Treadwell, Ida Kyle House, Mary House Treat, Janie Kyle Baldridge, Bertha Kelley Kyle, Maude House Gasaway, John House, Martha Manuel House, Nancy House Kyle, Irwin Kyle, and Cahal Kyle