Andrew A. Boyle (29 September 1818 – 9 February 1871) was an Irish-American politician and landowner, after whom the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California is named.
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Andrew A. Boyle was born in Ireland on 29 September 1818, and Boyle and his siblings moved to the United States with the goal of finding their father, who had emigrated there; their mother died while they were young. Boyle joined the Irish colony of San Patricio in Mexican Texas, and he was the only survivor of his battalion in the Texian Army during the Texas Revolution, owing to his sister's doing of a favor for the Mexican military commander. Boyle later moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, and he conducted business in Texas and Mexico. In 1851, he migrated to Gold Rush-era San Francisco, where he ran a shoe store. In 1858, Boyle moved to Los Angeles, where he acquired the Paredon Blanco tract upon arrival and maintained the successful vineyard there, as well as running a shoe store there and building the first brick house in the area. From 1867 to 1868, Boyle served on the Los Angeles Common Council, and he served again in 1870. Boyle died in 1871 at the age of 53.