Patricia Ann Boyle was born on January 20, 1920 in Everson, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Patrick J. Boyle and Bridget McCardle, both born in Fayette County. Her siblings were Fedelis Marie, James Francis, Madeline, Mary, and Eileen.

The family was listed in the 1930 Federal Census of Rostraver, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, at which time the father was a coal miner. In 1940, Patricia A. was a student nurse at St. Francis Hospital. The census record states that she had lived in Monongahela, Pennsylvania in 1935.

She moved to the Washington, D. C. area, which is where she obtained a Social Security Card. In fact, the whole family seems to have moved to the area, specifically to Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C.

The father, Patrick J. Boyle, died in 1958 at Mt. Ranier, Maryland. His wife, Bridget E., died there on May 4, 1987. They are buried at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Prince George's County, Maryland.

According to the Social Security Death Index, Patricia Ann Boyle died on October 7, 1992 in Baltimore, Maryland.