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n t r o d u c t i o n
This history is comprised of the genealogy of the families who have
lived in North Tryon. A genealogy is defined as "an account of the
descent of a family from an ancestor or ancestors". The families are
arranged alphabetically and some of the genealogies begin with a brief
family history.
The first parents are presented in a paragraph with their birth,
death, and marriage dates, burial location, and parent' s names where
the information was available. Their children are listed in order of birth
and a + sign is placed before the name of each child indicating more
information for that family line follows below. A series of diamonds
separates the generations to assist the reader. Abbreviations have been
used: b. -born; d.-died; bur.-buried; cem.-cemetery; m.-married; c -
circa, meaning about or approximately. Information sources are listed
at the end of each family. Pictures of houses and residents that were
available have been included.
It has been our endeavour to provide complete and accurate infor-
mation; however, we realize the text will contain mistakes. Please accept
our apology for any inaccuracies.
It is our wish that the reader will enjoy this book as much as we have
enjoyed writing it and that the information will provide assistance in
further genealogical research.
North Tryon Historical Association
December 1992
^Jrbing Family
William James Jim Arbing b. 26 Dec 1869, d. 23 Dec I960, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., possibly son of Samuel and Sophia Arbing, m. 22
Dec 1897 Ansonettia Nettie Callbeck, b. 14 Apr 1872, d. 19 Apr 1960,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Matthew Callbeck and Charlotte
Newsome. See Callbeck history.
Jim Arbing came to North Tryon from Freetown in 1900. He
purchased the land that is now owned by the Gordon Cutcliffe family,
east of the Jim Chisholm property. He opened a blacksmith shop on
the south west corner of his land adjacent to the Chisholm property.
Arbing and Chisholm became involved in a bitter and expensive legal
dispute regarding the location of the line dividing their properties. Jim
Arbing, perhaps anticipating the outcome of the dispute, entered into
an agreement with George Callbeck to purchase the land and house
across the road that had once belonged to Phoebe and Martha Muir-
head. He sold his house in 1902 to Gordon Hudson and moved across
the road to about where the Donald Lord house now stands. He moved
his blacksmith shop across and up the road to the site where Sheldon
Dixon's garage now stands. Jim Arbing continued to serve the public
from this loction for close to 40 years.
Jim and Nettie Arbing were the school janitors. Mrs. Arbing was
considered a very stern, sober lady by some of the children in the
community. Her appearance and her housekeeping were immaculate.
Her hair was pulled back into a tight bun, and her black dress was
covered with a white crisply starched apron. The school children carried
buckets of water from the pump in the Arbing's back porch to the cooler
at the school. The bedroom off the kitchen, visible from the porch, was
always impeccable. The plump white bed pillows never changed their
appearance from day to day and Mrs. Arbing never appeared to work,
she was always in her favourite chair, rocking and watching while the
water was being pumped. The children were very aware they were not
to spill a drop on Mrs. Arbing's spotless floor.
The Arbing blacksmith shop was torn down when the Trans Canada
Highway was built in 1952. The James Arbing house was sold and moved
to Mrs. Richie Cameron' s on the River Road in Augustine Cove.
Jim Arbing and Nettie Callbeck had 3 children:
Harry Price b. 23 Feb 1898, killed Apr 1911, at the North Tryon
school when the window fell on his neck.
+OHve b. 14 Oct 1902.
+Ivyb. 23 Aug 1904.
Olive b. 14 Oct 1902, daughter of Jim Arbing and Nettie Callbeck,
1st. m. Frank Mayhew, see Mayhew history; 2nd. m. Blaine Orville
Dawson, see Dawson history; 3rd. m. Aloyeusus Croken, bur. Kinkora;
4th. m. Clarence Franks; 5th. m. Ingham Coles, Summerside.
Olive lives at the South Shore Villa, Crapaud, in 1992.
Ivy b. 23 Aug 1904, d. 14 June 1959, bur. Lower Bedeque Cem.,
daughter of Jim Arbing and Nettie Callbeck, m. Robert Affleck, b. 1913.
Ivy and Robert lived in Bedeque and had no children. Robert
traveled as a Watkin's Man, selling household products.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Olive Coles; Lena Nicholson;
Tryon United Baptist Church Records.
Vj e l l Fa mi l y
John Bell Sr. b. Gretna, Scotland, 1783, d. 22 Dec 1876, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., m. Jane Little, b. Carlyle, England,
1787, d. 22 Sept 1849, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem..
John and Jane took ship in 1820 with 7 of their children at Bo'ness,
Scotland, and sailed to Miramichi, NB. From there they proceeded to
Charlottetown where they found temporary shelter at the Wind-Mill
Hotel. From Charlottetown the family and all their belongings em-
barked in an open craft up the West River, however the craft went adrift,
and they landed at Samuel Dawson's farm. The family continued their
trek, walking through the forest, each carrying some provisions on their
backs, to Crapaud, then on to Tryon, where they rented a farm on the
Branch Road from Fred B. Holland. The following year, the family
moved to Cape Traverse where they bought the James MacNaught farm
and eventually built the Bell Homestead, later called Bell's Point. The
farm was mostly wooded. Each year John and his sons cleared about
three acres of woodland, stumped the land with the help of horses, then
planted barley, wheat, and potatoes. The Royal Gazette, on the 15 Oct
1839, lists John Bell of Cape Traverse, as a fenceviewer, a person who
settles boundary disputes.
John Bell and Jane Little had 11 children:
Squire John b. 20 Nov 1807, d. 7 Nov 1895, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., m. Janet Campbell, b. 1810. They lived in
Cape Traverse and had 8 children.
+Walter b. 1807.
Sarah b. 1810, m. William Leard. See Leard history.
Elizabeth b. 1813, m. John Muttart. See Muttart history.
Jane m. Cornelius Howatt. See Howatt history.
Thomas b. 1817, d. 4Jan 1897, bur. Cape Traverse United Cem., m.
Jane Muttart, b. 1823, d. of diptheria 23 Apr 1880. They settled in
Carleton and had 10 children.
Margaret b. 1820, d. 28 July 1896, bur. Cape Traverse Church of
Scotland Cem., m. 21 Aug 1842 Hector MacFadyen, b. 1815, d. 11
March 1881. They lived in Augustine Cove and had 6 children.
George L. b. 1826, d. 9 March 1904, bur. Cape Traverse United
Cem.,' 1st. m. Catherine Jelley, b. 1825, d. 1885, they had 9 children;
2nd. m. 9 May 1887 Mary MacPherson, d. 1922, age 89. They lived in
Cape Traverse.
James b. 1828, d. 1898, m. in Ingersoll, Ontario.
William m., lived in Ingersoll, Ont., had 3 children, and owned a
saw mill.
Ann b. 1833, d. 16 March 1868, bur. Cape Traverse Church of
Scotland Cem., m. 20 Oct 1852 John Walker. They had 7 children.
Walter b. Scotland, 1807, d. 2 Apr 1905, bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scotland Cem., son of John Bell and Jane Little, m. Elizabeth Howatt,
b. 1821, d. 27 Jan 1892, daughter of Adam Howatt and Unice Buell.
Walter and Elizabeth lived and farmed in Cape Traverse.
Walter Bell and Elizabeth Howatt had 12 children:
John Howatt b. 13 Dec 1846, d. 29 Jan 1929, bur. Summerside
Peoples Cem., m. 7july 1882 Helen Howatt, b. 1859, d. March 1916,
daughter of Cornelius Howatt. John was premier of PEI, 1919 to 1923.
They had no children.
Cornelius b. 1849, d. 24 March 1931, bur. Cape Traverse Church of
Scotland Cem.. Cornelius was a ship's captain.
James b. 12 June 1851, d. 8 Aug 1872, bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scotland Cem., not married.
William Edward b. 28 Oct 1853, d. Oct 1927, bur. Cape Traverse
United Cem., m. 19 July 1887 Lucy Rogerson, b. 21 Nov 1862, d. 21
March 1939, bur. Cape Traverse United Cem., daughter of William
Esquire Rogerson. They lived in Cape Traverse and had 4 children.
Jane MacDonald b. 28 July 1855, m. John Dixon. See Dixon history.
Margaret Ann b. 7 Feb 1858, m. John Crockett, b. 9 June 1856, son
of John Crockett and Margaret Manson. They lived in Carleton and had
3 children.
Walter b. 15 June 1860.
Donald MacDonald b. 15 June 1860, d. 1952, bur. Crapaud Cem.,
m. Eva Selina Myers, b. 9 Aug 1869, d. 1947, bur. Crapaud Cem.,
daughter of Thomas and Mary Jane Myers. They lived in Tryon and had
7 children.
Matilda Little b. 1 July 1863, d. 25 Dec 1939, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., m. by licence issued 20 May 1895 John
MacDonald, d. 25 Aug 1935, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland
Cem.. They lived in Victoria and had no children.
+Robert Bruce b. 1 July 1865.
Sarah Ann m. 17 Jan 1873 Charles Macintosh, bur. Crapaud Cem..
They lived in Victoria and had 12 children.
Elizabeth m. in Ontario in 1876 George Bloor, b. England 1848, son
of Charles Bloor. George emigrated by himself in 1860. Elizabeth met
George when visiting her Uncle William. They lived in Ingersoll, Ont.,
and had 4 children.
Robert Bruce b. 1 July 1865, d. 3 Dec 1912, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., son of Walter Bell and Elizabeth Howatt, m.
Maude Roblee, b. 1875, d. 1956, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland
Cem., daughter of Wesley Roblee and Louise Callbeck.
Robert and Maude lived at Waddell's Mills, Cape Traverse. Robert
died at an early age, leaving Maude with a young family. Maude moved
to North Tryon about 1915 and bought the Hubert Thomson property
owned in 1992 by Warren Delaney. The Bell's moved in 1945 to the
Joseph Rogerson property, east of the Presbyterian Church.
Robert Bell and Maude Roblee had 3 children:
Mary Elizabeth May b. 15 Feb 1902, m. Mr. Varley. May left home
as a young woman to find work in the New England States. They had
no children. May resides in Florida in 1992.
Jean Louise b. Sept 1905, d. 6 Oct 1978, bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scotland Cem., not married.
+Walter John Wesley b. 24 Nov 1911.
Walter John Wesley b. 24 Nov 1911, son of Robert Bell and Maude
Roblee, m. 1969, Beulah Oakley, div. 1972. They had no children.
The Walter Bell
farm was owned by
John Howatt in
1880. The Matthew
Callbeck family,
the Billy Callbeck
family, the Reuben
Rogerson family,
and the Joseph Ro-
gerson family lived
t here before
Maude Bell bought
the house and
farm.
Walter was a
Wa l t e r Be l l
Sheldon Dixon collection.
Walter Bell House. Hazel Robinson.
farmer and his home was open to anyone needing a place to stay for a
night, a week, or a month, while they were looking for work or working
in the area. Several young men whom Walter had befriended returned
to his home in the winter of 1985 and assaulted and robbed him. Walter
required hospital care.
Part of the Bell house was destroyed by fire in 1970, and again in
1986. The house burned to the ground early on 23 December 1989.
Walter was rescued by George and Crystal Wood. Bernie Metcalfe was
also living in the house and escaped uninjured. Walter sold the building
lot to the Presbyterian Church. Walter lives in an apartment in the
former Dixon Store in 1992. He is a member of the Tryon United Baptist
Church.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Bell History; Walter Bell.
/ohn Bynon Family
John Bynon b. England, 26 Dec 1816, d. 26 Dec 1888, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., m. 22 Feb 1845 Agnes Muirhead, b. Scotland, Jan 1817,
d. 2 July 1872, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., possibly daughter of Robert
Muirhead and Mary Sharpe. See Muirhead history.
John was a Deacon of the Tryon Baptist Church where all his family
were members.
John Bynon and Agnes Muirhead had 8 children:
Jane b. 1847, d. 1933, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., m. 18 Dec
1876John Rogerson, b. 1853, d. 1925, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem..
Wedding witnesses were Philip Foy and James Rogerson.
Mary b. 1849, d. 17June 1908, bur. Canoe Cove Presbyterian Cem.,
m. 28 May 1891, as his 2nd. wife, John McLean, b. 1835, d. 1911, bur.
Canoe Cove Presbyterian Cem.. They lived in Bonshaw.
Adelaide b. 1851, d. Apr 1887, 1st. m. 27 March 1869 William D.
Clark. They had 1 child. Adelaide 2nd. m. 23 Aug 1887, as his 2nd. wife,
George Oakes, b. 1840, d. 19 Feb 1892. They had 1 child: Bella m.
Reginald Dawson. See Dawson History.
+George b. May 1851.
Charlotte b. 1853, m. 11 Dec 1875 Andrew Linkletter, b. 1853. They
lived in Moncton, NB.
Rachel b. 1855, m. 28 Jan 1882 Phillips M. Callbeck Foy, b. 1854,
son of Joseph Warren Foy and Phoebe Robertson Callbeck. They lived
in Charlottetown and had 2 children.
Marcellia b.c. 1859, d. 2 March 1910, age 51, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., m. 23 Dec 1887 Percy Deuse Howatt, b. 1851, d. 7 Feb 1910, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem.. Witnesses at the wedding were John Bynon and
Jane A. Rogerson.
Robert b. 1861.
George b. May 1851, d. Feb 1932, bur. Cape Traverse United Cem.,
son of John Bynon and Agnes Muirhead, m. 25 Jan 1886 Martha Clark,
b. 27 Apr 186?, d. 8 March 1919, bur. Cape Traverse United Cem..
Cella Bynon was a witness at George and Martha' s wedding per-
formed by the Tryon Baptist minister. George was a farmer.
George Bynon and Martha Clark had 3 children:
Roy b.c. 1887.
Alfred A. b. 18 Sept 1888, d. 5 Dec 1922, bur. Cape Traverse United
Cem..
Robert b.c. 1890.
Sources: Census; Brent Wood research; Mildred Clark research;
Tryon United Baptist Church Records.
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o r a t i o B y n o n F a mi l y
Horatio Bynon b. 1839, bap. Nov 1859, d. 13 March 1888, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., m. 1 July 1861 Sarah Wood, b. Kouchibouquac,
NB, 1843, d. 1929, bur. Edson Cem., Lowell, Mass., daughter of William
John Wood and Margaret Enman. Luke Wood and Thomas Ives were
Bynon house. Evelyn Cudmore collection.
witnesses at the wedding. See Wood history.
Horatio and Sarah lived on the road leading from Mount Tryon to
the Presbyterian Church. The 1891 census shows that Sarah was a widow
and a farmer. The family was Methodist and living with Sarah were her
sons, Henry, age 29, and Samuel Walter, age 12; her daughter Ella, age
17; and Penzy Quigley, age 8. Henry is listed as a farmer.
There are 2 unmarked graves in Horatio' s plot in the Tryon Peoples
Cem., most likely those of their children, Maggie and Susannah. A
connection between Horatio Bynon and John Bynon has not been
found.
Horatio Bynon and Sarah Wood had 7 children:
+William Henry b. 29 Sept 1862.
Margaret Jane Maggie b. 23 Dec 1863, d. Aug 1866.
+Elizabeth Lizzie b. l j a n 1866.
+Adinah b. 18 Nov 1870.
Susannah J. b. 4 May 1871, d. 15 Sept 1876.
Ella Jane b. 7 Sept 1874, d. 13 Jan 1963. Not married.
+Samuel Walter b. 1 May 1879.
William Henry b. 29 Sept 1862, d. 25 Jan 1931, bur. Kensington
Peoples Cem., son of Horatio Bynon and Sarah Wood, m. Lucy Jane
Walker, b. 22June 1868, d. 6July 1923, bur. Kensington Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Edward and Sarah Walker.
Henry moved from North Tryon to the Kensington area.
Henry Bynon and Lucy Walker had 2 children:
Pearl Mabel b. 19 June 1900, d. 19 July 1978, bur. Kensington
Peoples Cem., m. John William Thompson, b. 29 Sept 1889, d. 4 Sept
1954, bur. Kensington Peoples Cem., son of John Ready Thompson
and Carolyn Maynard. They had 4 children and lived in Kelvin and
Margate: Ella m. Herbert Simmons; Keith b. 1925, d. 1987, m. Gladys
Moase; Carrie m. Charles Beairsto; Willard b. 1935 m. Shirley Moase.
John Mabon b. 8 July 1903, d. 20 March 1984, bur. Kensington
Peoples Cem., m. 1923 Matilda Ramsay, b. 13June 1900, d. 4 Dec 1987,
bur. Kensington Peoples Cem., daughter of Thomas L. Ramsay and
Fannie MacGougan. Mabon farmed in the Kensington area until 1944,
when he moved to Summerside where he worked for the Journal
Pioneer. They had no children.
Elizabeth Lizzie b. 1 Jan 1866, d. 24 Aug 1945, bur. Elkhorn, Man.,
daughter of Horatio Bynon and Sarah Wood, m. 14 Oct 1885 George
Hedley Crosby, b. 24 Aug 1864, d. 12 March 1950, bur. Elkhorn, Man.,
son of George Crosby and Ann Wright, Central Bedeque.
Lizzie and Hedley lived in Elkhorn, Manitoba.
Lizzie Bynon and Hedley Crosby had 2 children:
Annie Ella b. 20 June 1889, d. 14 Aug 1913, a teacher in Manitoba,
not married.
Wilbur Walter b. 13 May 1893, d. 1 Feb 1941, m. Eva Wadman
Davison.
Adinah b. 18 Nov 1870, d. 3 Aug 1916, bur. Edson Cem., Lowell,
Mass., daughter of Horatio Bynon and Sarah Wood, m. William Donald
Wright Large, b. 22 March 1869, d. 16 Nov 1952, bur. Edson Cem.,
Lowell, Mass..
Adinah and William lived in Lowell, Mass..
Adinah Bynon and William Large had 3 children:
Eva May b. 1896, d. 1966, m. Francis O. Dutton.
Howard Ivan b. 1897, m. Anna Bertha Roth.
Ethel Blanche b. 1900, d. 1902.
Samuel Walter b. 1 May 1879, d. 1970, bur. Pasadena, California,
son of Horatio Bynon and Sarah Wood, m. 21 Aug 1801 Catherine Ellen
Cork, b. 1876, d. 8 May 1940.
Samuel Bynon and Catherine Cork had 3 children:
Mabel b. 1902, m. Willard Nicholas.
Ruth b. 1906, m. Bartlett Churchill White.
Olive b. 1913, m. Ralph Marple.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Mildred Clark research; Wil-
lard Thompson; Tryon United Baptist Church Records.
f a i ms Family
John Cairns d. 30 June 1942, age 71, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., son of James Cairns and Letitia Waddell, 1st. m. Jessie Strang,
daughter of Lizzie Strang; 2nd. m. Ella Mae Leard, b. Augustine Cove,
d.c. 1917, killed when hit by a train, bur. California.
John and Jessie lived in Middleton.
John Cairns and Jessie Strang had 7 children:
Jennie Brown b. 12 Sept 1893, d. 7 Feb 1973, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., never married.
+JohnA7/redb. 30 Jan 1895.
Violet b. 25 Dec 1895, d. 31 Apr 1989, bur. Charlottetown Peoples
Cem., m. Russell Hillus Rodd, b. 1895, d. 16 Jan 1942, bur. Charlotte-
town Peoples Cem., son of William E. Rodd, Charlottetown. They lived
in Charlottetown and had 3 children: Inez; Wilber; Roddie.
James Walter b. 1897, d. 1920, bur. Charlottetown Peoples Cem.,
perished while rescuing a child from drowning.
Charles d. as a young man.
Ethel d. in childhood.
Louis Wilber d. in infancy.
John Cairns and Ella Mae Leard, his second wife, had 1 child:
+WHberJohn b. Daly City, Calif., 12 July 1911.
John Alfred b. 30 Jan 1895, d. 30 Dec 1970, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of John Cairns and Jessie Strang, m. Zena
Blanche Leard, b. 1889, d. 5 Aug 1989, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., daughter of Smith Leard and Celia Wood.
Alfred moved to Tryon to work for Asher Howatt' s father. Alfred
served in both World Wars, and when he returned from the second war
he purchased the Charles Ives' farm under the Soldier's Setdement
Plan. Alfred farmed with his sons, Ira and Hillus. The farm was divided
between the boys when Alfred retired.
Alfred Cairns and Zena Leard had 3 children:
+Ira Wadburton b. 14 Feb 1912.
+Hazel Lee b. 7 June 1913.
+Hillus Roddb. 25 Jan 1915.
Ira Wadburton b. 14 Feb 1912, d. 15 Nov 1984, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Alfred Cairns and Zena Leard.
Ira and his mother lived in the home place until 1970. Zena lived
with Blanche and Hillus for several years before she went to her
daughter Hazel's home in 1972. Ira moved to the Simmons' Apartments
in Crapaud in 1986. The Cairns' farm was sold to Vance Dixon and
Sons. Ira never married.
Hazel Lee b. 7 June 1913, daughter of Alfred Cairns and Zena Leard,
m. 1 July 1940 Eldon Joseph Francis, b. 28 Sept 1913, son of Joseph
Francis and Josephine Stordy.
Hazel and Eldon lived in North Tryon before moving to Lady Fane
where Eldon farmed. They attend the Westmoreland United Baptist
Church.
Hazel Cairns and Eldon Francis had 2 children:
MUdred Enid b. 10 Jan 1946.
Margaret Elaine b. 10 Jan 1946.
Mildred Enid b. 10 Jan 1946, daughter of Hazel Cairns and Eldon
Francis, m. 17july 1965 Glen Lewellyn Gamble, b. 29 July 1933, son of
Lewellyn Gamble and Alice MacVittie.
Millie and Glen live in Crapaud where Millie is a cook at the Red
Rooster restaurant, and Glen works for a potato producer. They are
members of the Westmoreland United Baptist Church.
Mildred Francis and Glen Gamble had 2 children:
Kevin Glen b. 30 Dec 1966, d. 29 May 1976, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem..
Andrea Lee b. 7 Jan 1975.
Margaret Elaine b. lOJan 1946, daughter of Hazel Cairns and Eldon
Francis, m. as his 2nd. wife, 17 June 1971, Heber Harry Fall, b. 2 July
1936, son of Harry Fall and Christina MacDonald.
Margie and Heber live on the Branch Road, Tryon. Heber works for
a neighbouring farmer and Margie operates a home bakery service, as
well as cooking at the South Shore Villa, Crapaud. They are members
of the Tryon United Baptist Church.
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Margaret Francis and Heber Fall had 2 children:
Nancy Hazel b. 7 Jan 1972.
Krista Dawne b. 28 Nov 1974.
Hillus Rodd b. 25 Jan 1915, son of Alfred Cairns and Zena Leard,
m. 29 June 1948 Blanche Maudina Dawson, b. 27 Feb 1927, daughter
of Murdock Harvey Dawson and Grace Edna Francis. See Dawson
history.
Hillus served overseas during World War II, and when he returned,
he farmed for several years with his father. Hillus and Blanche lived in
a house on the Cairns farm that Charles Ives built for his mill employees.
The house was destroyed by fire in July 1953.
Hillus sold his part of the family farm and worked for a time at Ives
Mill. Later he was a Fuller Brush salesman, and then he was employed
at the Summerside Airbase as a commissioner. Blanche and Hillus are
members of the North Tryon Presbyterian Church and Blanche is a Life
Member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
The Cairns house was built by James Chisholm and was home to
Heath and Ruby Chisholm, Manson and Margaret MacNeil, and Wen-
dell and Sybil Howatt, before being purchased by Hillus and Blanche
Blanche and Hillus Cairns. Cairns Collection.
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Hillus and Blanche Cairns House. Cairns Collection
Cairns.
Hillus Cairns and Blanche Dawson had 5 children:
+Elaine Carol b. 31 Dec 1948.
+Donald Hillus b. 3 May 1950.
+Linda Grace b. 8 June 1953.
+Wayne Murdock b. 21 Feb 1957.
+Janet Blanche b. 14 Dec 1961.
Elaine Carol b. 31 Dec 1948, daughter of Hillus Cairns and Blanche
Dawson, m. 4 July 1970 Noel William Potts, b. 18 Sept 1945, son of
William Potts and Florence MacPhee, Argyle Shore.
Elaine and Noel live in Argyle Shore where they farm and operate
a winter sleigh ride business.
Elaine Cairns and Noel Potts had 2 children:
Andrew William b. 14 Sept 1973.
Amanda Florence b. 20 Sept 1979.
Donald Hillus b. 3 May 1950, son of Hillus Cairns and Blanche
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Elaine Cairns Potts.
Donald Cairns
All photo's from the
Cairns Collection.
Janet Cairns Rogers
Grace Cairns Tennina
Wayne Cairns
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Dawson, m. 19 March 1977 Ruth Leona Doucette, b. Clyde River, 26
Dec 1956, daughter of Roland Doucette and Leona Gass.
Donnie works for Marine Atlantic in Borden.
Donald Cairns and Ruth Doucette had 2 children:
Shaune Roland b. 5 Oct 1974.
Ryan Donald b. 8 Nov 1982.
Linda Grace b. 8 June 1953, daughter of Hillus Cairns and Blanche
Dawson, m. 19 July 1975 Joe Tennina, Calgary, Alberta, son of Ralph
and Rita Tennina.
Grace and Joe live in Calgary where Grace has a computer business
and Joe is a real estate agent.
Grace Cairns and Joe Tennina had 1 child:
Jennifer Elaine b. Calgary, 8 Dec 1983.
Wayne Murdock b. 21 Feb 1957, son of Hillus Cairns and Blanche
Dawson, m. 4 June 1980 Lori Slugoski, b. Manitoba, Sept 1957.
Wayne and Lori live in Saskatoon where Wayne is employed in a
potash mine and Lori is a school teacher.
Wayne Cairns and Lori Slugoski had 2 children:
Flecia Dawn b. Sask., 3 June 1983.
Amber Dawn b. Sask., 15 July 1985.
Janet Blanche b. 14 Dec 1961, daughter of Hillus Cairns and
Blanche Dawson, m. 13 July 1985 Leonard Gerard Rogers, b. 17 Jan
1961, son of Doris McGaughey and Haviland Rogers, Carle ton Siding.
Janet and Leonard live in Charlottetown where Janet works for a
national drug store company and Leonard is a chartered accountant.
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Wilber John b. Daly City, Calif., 12 July 1911, d. 15 Oct 1979, bur.
Cape Traverse United Cem., son of John Cairns and Ella Leard, m. 10
June 1942 Thelma Grace Quigley, b. 13 July 1918, daughter of Frank
Nathaniel Quigley and Francis Ann Riley. See Quigley history.
John and Thelma lived in Carleton Siding where John worked for
the CNR.
John Cairns and Thelma Quigley had 4 children:
Lloyd Douglas b. 24 Apr 1943, d. 4 May 1943.
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Margaret Ann b. 15 March 1945, m. Allison Sherren. See Lefurgey
history.
Raymond Victor b. 29 Sept 1946, m. Oct 1966 Gail Abbot, Toronto.
John Franklin Frank b. 15 Jan 1948, m. 30 Apr 1969 Bonnie
Trafford, Toronto.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Hillus Cairns; Margaret Fall;
Thelma Cairns.
( a l l b e c k Fa mi l y
The following story, taken from My Island, My People by Lome
Callbeck, relates the beginning of the Callbeck family at Tryon, the
forebearers of all Island Callbecks:
Catharine Morris, a young woman of Halifax, gave birth to a son on the
8 Sept 1771. She named the boy Philips after his father, Philips, the first
Attorney General of Prince Edward Island, and later Governor.
In the spring of 1792, Catharine's son came to Prince Edward Island. He
was not welcomed with open arms by his half-brothers and half-sisters, nor by
Philips' widow, Anne Callbeck, all of whom were of the opinion that he should
go through his earthly existance under the name of Philips Morris. He, on his
part, was just as insistent that his name should be lengthened by the addition
of the surname Callbeck. His obstinacy on this delicate point of nomenclature
remained steadfast and Philips Morris Callbeck became the ancestor of all the
Callbecks, both the proud and the humble, that lived on this Island since 1792.
Philips Morris Callbeck settled on one hundred acres of land granted to him
by his father, Captain Philips Callbeck. This land was not far from the Aboiteau
Bridge at Tryon and on the road that leads from the Tryon United Church to
Victoria.
Catharine Morris did not accompany her son to Prince Edward Island but
came here later, probably near the close of her life, to spend her last days with
him. These facts were apparent from her will and from records in the Bible of
her son.
This Callbeck Bible was presented by Lome Callbeck to the Tryon
United Baptist Church. Philips Morris Callbeck's obituary read:
Died- On Sat last at Tryon, much regretted by his numerous friends and
acquaintances aged 84 years. Mr. Callbeck was for many years the Senior
Magistrate for Prince County and has always sustained a character ofprobiety
and kindness of disposition.
Philips Morris Callbeck b. Halifax, 8 Sept 1771, d. 25 Jan 1856, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Philips Callbeck and Catharine Morris, m.
July 1792 Ann Nancy Warren, b. 11 Sept 1775, d. 14 Aug 1851, bur.
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Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Capt. William Warren and Jane,
widow of Henry Gouldrup.
Philips and Nancy Callbeck lived in Tryon, on a farm not far from
the Bito. They were members of the Tryon Baptist Church.
Philips Morris Callbeck and Nancy Warren had 11 children:
+Williamb. 2 Feb 1793.
Catherine Kitty b. 14 Sept 1795, d. 9 Feb 1865, m. Joseph Baker, b.
1 Nov 1790, d. 15 Oct 1853. They had 1 child: Philip.
Jane b. 1 Jan 1798, d. 27 Aug 1851, m. July 1827 Joseph Silliker, b.
1776, d. 3 Nov 1852, bur. Lower Bedeque Cem.. They had no children.
Philips b. 14 Oct 1800, d. 10 Aug 1845, m. 10 Jan 1828 Elizabeth
Warren, b. 23 July 1804, d. 15 Dec 1868, daughter of William Warren.
They had 7 children, a daughter Elizabeth Jones m. James Robinson.
See Robinson history.
+James b. 8 Sept 1802.
Matilda b. 3 June 1806, d. 26 May 1825. Left PEL
+Joseph Warren b. 16 May 1809.
Mary Ann b. 5 July 1811, m. Samuel Newsome. See Newsome
history.
Charlotte b. 20 Feb 1814, m. James Lord. See Lord history.
Phoebe Robertson b. 26 Feb 1816, d. 1894, m. Joseph Foy, b. 1801,
d. 13 Oct 1874, son of John Foy and Mary Warren. They lived at Tryon
and had 6 children.
Henry John b. 25 Feb 1818, d. 29Jan 1898, m. 17 Aug 1843 Charlotte
Amelia Robinson, b. 11 Dec 1815, d. 27 Sept 1875, daughter of Major
Thomas Robinson and Eleanor McConnel. Henry was a merchantile
trader and a ship builder at Tryon. They had 9 children.
William b. 2 Feb 1793, d. 5 July 1874, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son
of Philips Morris Callbeck and Ann Warren, m. Phoebe Wood, b. 1802,
d. 14 Nov 1876, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Joseph Wood
and Isabella Leard. See Wood history.
William and Phoebe setded on the Crossroad in Nort h Tryon. The
1864 Island directory lists William as a resident of Tryon, Lot 28, a
broker and a banker. William, in his vocation as money lender, visited
his patrons each fall in his two wheeled gig. However, William never
spent any of his earnings on axle grease, and all but the totally deaf were
aware when William was making his rounds collecting his interest.
William Callbeck and Phoebe Wood had 6 children:
Phillip Henry b. 7 Oct 1825, d. 29 Jan 1874, bur. Lower Bedeque
Cem., m. 4 Apr 1853 Priscilla Pope Wright, b. Aug 1831, d. Bedeque,
Jan 1919. They lived in Chelton where they had 3 children: Elizabeth;
Phoebe; and William. William's son Ralph was the founder of the
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Bedeque Callbeck's General Store.
Isabella Wood b. 31 Jan 1827, d. 16 March 1914, bur. Searletown
Cem., m. Stephen Black, b. 12 May 1821, d. 19 June 1894, bur.
Searletown Cem.. They had 6 children.
Joseph Wood b. 1828, d. 4 Aug 1865, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m.
1 Feb 1859 Lydia Lord Lea, b. 28 March 1837. See Lea history. Joseph
had a farm to the north of his father's on the 1863 Island map, where
Glen Lea now lives.
+Albert DesBrisay b. 31 Jan 1832.
Elizabeth b. 1833, d. 17 Oct 1862, m. 22 July 1854 Nathaniel
Montague Wright, b. 18 Nov 1830, d. 29 March 1866, bur. Searletown.
They had 3 daughters.
Artemas left the Island and never married.
Albert DesBrisay b. 31 Jan 1832, d. 22 Feb 1908, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of William Callbeck and Phoebe Wood, m. 18 March 1858
Mary Jane Lea, b. 27 June 1839, d. 13 Apr 1925, bur.Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of William Lea and Elizabeth Leard. See Lea history.
Albert D. Callbeck owned two hundred acres of land between the
Muirhead and Keough farms on the Crossroad in the 1880 Atlas, this
comprised his father's and his brother Joseph' s farm. Mr. Callbeck built
a house on the north section where he raised his family, later he moved
to a new home south of the old residence. The older house was occupied
by several families including: Gordon Thompson, Thomas Bell, and
Parker Delaney. It was demolished about 1926.
Albert Callbeck and Mary Jane Lea had at least 9 children:
+William Wesley b. 1 Feb 1859.
+Artemas Alder b. 16 Apr 1860.
+Joseph Wo o d/ W. b. 16 July 1866.
+George Huestis b. 14 June 1868.
+Thomas James Deinstadt b. 31 Dec 1870.
Lena Gertrude b. 13 Feb 1873, d. 24 March 1875, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
+Albert DesBrisay A.D. b. 5 March 1875.
+Minnie May b. 8 May 1877.
Elmina Etta b. 3 Aug 1880, m. Dr. Samuel Weir, Vancouver, BC.
William Wesley b. 1 Feb 1859, d. 3 May 1941, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Albert Callbeck and Mary Jane Lea, m. 12 June 1884 Anna
Frances Howatt, b. 6Apr l 860, d. 4 May 1941, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Thomas W. Howatt and Isabella Ann Leard, Branch Road.
They had no children.
Anna' s obituary in the Maple Leaf Magazine read:
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In North Tryon, on May 4, 1941, Mrs. Wesley Callbeck. She died about 24
hours after her 82 year old husband. There was a double funeral for the aged
couple.
Although Wesley and Anna shared a funeral, their married life was
not united, for they resided in separate houses.
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Artemas Alder b. 16 Apr 1860, d. 5 Feb 1945, bur. Medicine Hat,
son of Albert Callbeck and Mary Jane Lea, m. 10 June 1886 Charlotte
Lydia Lord, b. 22 Sept 1862, d. 30 Dec 1950, bur. Medicine Hat,
daughter of William Warren Lord and Adelaide Lord. See Lord history.
Alder and Charlotte lived in Medicine Hat, Alberta.
Alder Callbeck and Charlotte Lord had 3 children:
Warren Glydon b. 9 Jan 1889, d. 1924.
Alberta May b. 10 Sept 1893, d. 1968, m. 1912 Andrew Milton
McElroy, b. 1879, d. 1966. They had 10 children.
Dora Gladys b. 10 June 1896, m. 1920 Joseph Atkinson, b. 1878, d.
1958. They lived in Alberta and had 1 child: Harold.
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Joseph Wood/ W. b. 16 July 1866, d. Summerside, 1 Dec. 1953, bur.
Summerside Peoples Cem., son of Albert Callbeck and Mary Jane Lea,
m. Minnie Ellen Hood, b. 26 May 1869, d. Summerside 15 Feb 1939,
bur. Summerside Peoples Cem., daughter of John Matthew Hood, a
shoemaker and shoe store operator at Tryon, and Isabella Ann Leard.
J.W. and Minnie farmed on the Crossroad before they moved to
Summerside where J.W. continued to be a successful farmer and
business man.
J.W. Callbeck and Minnie Hood had 4 children:
Frank Hood b. North Tryon, 20Jan 1892, d. 12 June 1978, m. Myrtle
Yeo.
George Albert b. 26 March 1894, d. 1971, bur. Summerside Peoples
Cem., m. Viola Gladys Farquharson b. 1887, d. 1959.
Annie Alma b. 18 Oct 1896, m. John B MacDonald.
Maggie Rosetta b. 28 March 1899, m. Horace E Clark.
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George Huestis b. 14June 1868, d. 25Jan 1937, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Albert Callbeck and Mary Jane Lea, m. 23 Nov 1892
Amanda Muttart, b. 2 Dec 1867, d. 30 Sept 1954, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem.. See Muttart history.
George had a large, well kept farm on the Crossroad, and was noted
for his superior livestock. The following obituary described the events
in North Tryon 28 Jan 1937:
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There passed away at his home in North Tryon on Monday morning, George
H. Callbeck, one of the most prominent farmers of the district. Mr. Callbeck was
69 years of age and had led a most useful, active life, working for the welfare
of the community. He was keenly interested in agriculture and was a past
president of the Tryon Dairying Co. occupying that position for many years. A
devoted member of the Tryon United Church, he manifested a Christian spirit,
exemplified with courage and great faith. He was untiring in his work for the
church and was for 20 years secretary of the Sunday School. He was also one
of the church stewards up to the time of his death. His demise is a distinct loss
to the community which he served so faithfully and well. There are left to mourn,
his sorrowing widow, formerly Amanda Muttart; one daughter, Laura, Mrs.
HedleyB. Weeks; two sons, Dr. LeaM. Callbeck, Crapaud; andj. Albert, North
Tryon; also five brothers, Wesley, Tryon; Alder, Medicine Hat, Alberta; J. W.
Callbeck, Summerside; Deinsteadt, Stolly, Sask.; Dr. A.D. Callbeck, ofPentic-
ton, BC; and one sister, Mrs. Samuel Weir, Vancouver, B. G, to whom sympathy
is extended. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon from his late residence
to the United Church at Tryon. There was a short service at the home for the
family and immediate friends. The service in the church was largely attended.
Many people travelled long distances to pay their last respects to an honoured
friend. Rev. F. Young conducted the service and spoke in eloquent terms of the
many fine qualities of the deceased, and referred to him as one of the pillars of
the church. The hymn, 'Jesus Lover of My Soul", was sung at the house, followed
by prayer. At the church, "Abide With Me", "Nearer My God to Thee", and
"Peace Perfect Peace", were beautifully rendered by the choir. Mrs. CD. Wright
was at the organ. The pallbearers wereMessers William S., Albert, Frank, and
Hedley Muttart, Wallace Lowther, and James Stavert. Among the lovely floral
tributes were, a pillow from the family, crescents from J. W. and Mrs. Callbeck,
and Geo. G. and Mrs. Callbeck; spray, J. Cutcliffe and family, a spray from
Tryon Dairying Co., and crosses from Mr. and Mrs. Harold Messervey, and
Mrs. Lillie Nicholson; besides cut flowers from Arthur and Mrs. Dawson.
George Callbeck and Amanda Muttart had 4 children:
+Laura Etta b. 28 Sept 1893.
+Lea Muttart b. 21 May 1897.
Hedley Franklin b. 1 June 1899, d. 10 July 1928, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
+John Albert b. 17 July 1905.
Laura Etta b. 28 Sept 1893, bur. Sherwood Cem., daughter of
George Callbeck and Amanda Muttart, m. 26 Nov 1913 Hedley B.
Weeks, b. Fredericton, PEI, 25 June 1889, d. 22 Oct 1969, bur. Sher-
wood Cem..
Laura' s wedding was the event of the year in North Tryon. Charles
Ives ran electricity from his mill to the apple orchard on the Weeks farm
for the occasion. Homes in the community did not have electricity at
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this time, so the after dark reception was a spectacular event. Laura and
Hedley lived where Wendell Muttart now lives, later moving to Char-
lottetown where Hedley operated a coal delivery business, and Laura
managed Week's Grocery Store.
Laura Callbeck and Hedley Weeks had 2 children:
Infant daughter b. 14 March 1919, d. 14 March 1919, bur. Sherwood
Cem..
+Benjamin Lloyd b. 21 Sept 1921.
Benjamin Lloydb. 21 Sept 1921, son of Laura Callbeck and Hedley
Weeks, m. 15 Apr 1952 Mary Elizabeth Stewart, b. 27 March 1924, d.
16 Apr 1977, bur. Sherwood Cem., daughter of John Herbert Stewart
and Mary Lucilla McNeill.
Lloyd Weeks and Mary Stewart had 1 child:
Mary Nancy Louise b. 3 July 1957, m. 8 June 1984 George Norman
Robertson. They had 2 children: Amanda Elizabeth b. 29 Apr 1989;
Peter Benjamin b. 22 May 1991.
Lea Muttart b. 21 May 1897, d. 20 Jan 1987, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem. son of George Callbeck and Amanda Muttart, 1st. m. Muriel
Ethelwyn MacMurdo, b. 14 Oct 1900, d. 3June 1972, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of Archibald MacMurdo and Ada Burrows, Nort h
Bedeque; Lea 2nd. m., as her 2nd. husband, Gladys Sword Orser, b. 31
Aug 1901, London, Ont., daughter of Andrew John McAllister Sword
and Anna Elizabeth Hamilton.
Lea had a dental office in Crapaud. After serving in WW II, he
opened a practice in Summerside where he continued until he retired
in 1970. Lea had no children. Gladys lives in Summerside in 1992.
John Albert b. 17 July 1905, d. 2 March 1990, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of George Callbeck and Amanda Muttart, m. 19 June 1929
Bertha Phoebe Cutcliffe, b. 20 Apr 1906, daughter of Joseph Cutcliffe
and Jane Brown. See Cutcliffe history.
Albert had a mixed farming and fox ranch operation on the Cross-
road. Albert sold his farm to George Muttart in 1945, and the family
moved t o Summerside where Albert was a salesman for the Interna-
tional Farm Machinery Co. and later a car salesman. Tom Bud Rowley
and his wife, Hildred, and their three children rented the house for
several years before Glen Lea bought the house.
Albert was a trustee of the North Tryon school for many years and
Bertha was a member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute. Bertha,
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Albert, Bertha and Arthur Callbeck. Ethel Thomson Collection.
who lives in Summerside, is a talented artist, painting Island scenes.
They were members of the Tryon United Church.
Albert Callbeck and Bertha Cutcliffe had 1 child:
+George Arthur b. 27 Feb 1939.
George Arthur h. 27 Feb 1939, d. 14 Nov 1980, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Albert Callbeck and Bertha Cutcliffe, m. 22 May 1961
Kathryn Logan, b. 5 Apr 1940, daughter of Judson Logan and Marjorie
Whitlock.
Arthur graduated from Mount Allison University with a degree in
Business Administration, then from Nova Scotia Technical Institute
with a Civil Engineering Diploma. He worked in the Toront o area.
Arthur Callbeck and Kathryn Logan had 2 children:
Heather Mikell b. 23 Feb 1962.
Robyn Suzanne b. 1 July 1965.
ThomasJamesI>Kfwto<ftb. 31 Dec 1870, d. after 1937, son of Albert
Callbeck and Mary Jane Lea, m. Mary Maude Leard, b. 15 Sept 1874,
bur. Saskatchewan, daughter of Nathan Leard and Francis Bell; 2nd.
m. Bertha Leard Lord, sister to Maude.
Thomas and Maude lived in Stolly, Saskatchewan. After Maude' s
death, Deinstadt came back to Tryon, but before his death he ret urned
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to Saskatchewan.
Deinstadt Callbeck and Maude Leard had 4 children:
Harold Lewis b. 6 Apr 1896.
Arthur Edwin b. 4 Nov 1897.
William Elmer b. 22 Jan 1902.
Darcy Percy Albert b. 4 June 1905.
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Albert DesBrisay AD. b. 5 March 1875, son of Albert Callbeck and
Mary Jane Lea, m. Cora Gladwin.
A.D. was a medical doctor and lived in Penticton, BC.
A.D. Callbeck and Mary Jane Lea had at least 1 child:
Elma Etta m. Mr. Wait.
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Minnie May b. 8 May 1877, d. 22 Feb 1928, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Albert Callbeck and Mary Jane Lea, m. 8 Sept 1898 Artemus
Cameron, b. 12 July 1872, d. 8 July 1954 , bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scotland Cem., son of William Hyde Cameron and Martha Platts.
Minnie and Artemus lived in Augustine Cove.
Minnie Callbeck and Artimas Cameron had 5 children:
Vivian Gladys b. 22 Oct 1903, m. Brent Carr, Tryon.
Leith b. 26 Nov 1905, m. Aletha Dickie, Borden.
Infant.
Infant.
Kenneth b. 4 Oct 1913, 1st. m. Bessie Milligan Sherren, 2nd. m.
Mable Wadman Newsome.

^ James b. 8 Sept 1802, d. 3 Dec 1868, bur. Westmoreland Baptist
Cem., son of Philips Morris Callbeck and Ann Warren, m. by license 24
March 1832 Mary Jane Lowther, b. 1812, d. 24 Feb 1911, bur. West-
moreland Baptist Cem., daughter of William Lowther and Hannah Fox.
James and Mary Jane were members of the Tryon Baptist Church.
James and Mary Jane had 9 children:
Hannah m. 9 Oct 1855 Edwin Locke.
Mary Ann b. 29 Apr 1835, m. Anthony Collett.
Jane b. 6 June 1837, d. 1922, m. William Beer.
Philips b.c. 1839, d. 13 Apr 1929, bur. Summerside Peoples Cem.,
m. 11 Oct 1864 Maryjane Best, d. 19July 1914, age 69, bur. Summerside
Peoples Cem.. They had 5 children. Their daughter Gertrude m.
Wilfred Inman. See Inman history.
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William b. 1841, remained a bachelor.
+Matthew b. 1843.
Almira Grace b. 1844, d. 1934, m. Richard Billingsley. They had 4
children: Bess; Belle; Maud; Charles.
Louisa m. Wesley Roblee. Their daughter Maude m. Robert Bell.
See Bell history.
Joan m. William Beer.
Matthew b. 1843, d. 24 Apr 1933, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of
James Callbeck and Mary Jane Lowther, m. 29 Jan 1867, his cousin,
Charlotte Newson b. 1847, d. 19 Dec 1919, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Samuel Newson and Mary Ann Callbeck. See Newsome
history.
Matthew and Charlotte raised their family in the house where their
grandson, Leaman Callbeck, now lives. Matthew moved this house from
Searletown to Tryon. They later moved to North Tryon to live in the
house last occupied by Walter Bell. Their son William lived in the North
Tryon house for some time. Matthew was a farmer and he and Charlotte
were members of the Tryon Baptist Church.
Matthew Callbeck and Charlotte Newsome had 7 children:
Thomas d. young.
Mary Janejanie b.c. 1869, d. 27 Apr 1931, m. Edson Mabey, d. 30
Nov 1955.
Ansonettia Nettie b. 14 Apr 1872, m. James Arbing. See Arbing
history.
Robert b.c. 1875, m. Elizabeth Large. They had 4 children: Earl;
Leaman; Florence; Annie.
+William Edmund Billy b. 5 May 1879.
Irene May b.c. 1882, d. 31 Oct 1905, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Carolyn Jewell Carrie b.c. 1886, m. Wellington Sentner.
William Edmund Billy b. 5 May 1879, d. 15 Jan 1965, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of Matthew Callbeck and Charlotte Newsome, 1st.
m. 1906 Luta Mae Foy, b. 1884, d. 7 June 1908, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of Theodore Foy and Almira Boulter; Billy 2nd. m. 1913
Margaret Adele Lowther, b. 24 Jan 1893, d. 26 June 1979, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of Herbert Lowther and Amy Livingston.
Billy and Luta were living in the Joseph Rogerson house in Nort h
Tryon when their daughter, Mae, was born. Billy and Margaret lived in
the Joseph Rogerson house and in the Charles Ives' hired hand house
before purchasing the Russell Thomson house. Billy was a hog farmer
and also sold DeLaval Separators. Billy and Margaret moved from
North Tryon to Crapaud.
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Billy Callbeck and Luta Foy had 1 child:
Ethel Mae b. 1 June 1907, d. 28 March 1992, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., not married. Mae was raised by her Aunt Ethel Foy and lived in
Tryon. She assumed the Foy name.
Billy Callbeck and his 2nd wife, Margaret Lowther, had 1 child:
+Myrtle Elizabeth b. l OJune 1919.
Myrtle Elizabeth b. lOJune 1919, daughter of William Callbeck and
Margaret Lowther, 1st. m. 1 Sept 1937 Elmer MacDonald, son of
George and Millie MacDonald; Myrtle 2nd. m. 16 Dec 1988 Louis
Francis, son of Parker Francis and Mabel Simmons. Myrtle and Louis
had no children. Louis is a retired farmer and they live in Crapaud.
Myrtle Callbeck and Elmer MacDonald had 2 children:
William Boyd b. 26 Feb 1938, m. 26 June 1957 Clare MacEwen, b.
16 Dec 1937, daughter of Daniel MacEwen and Rose MacEachern. They
had 4 children: Nancy; Kathy; Cindy; Tammy.
Margaret Adele b. 31 Aug 1953, m. 18 June 1977 James Claude
Pauptit, son of Herman Pauptit and Rita Elizabeth Colwill. They live in
Freetown and had 3 children: Elizabeth Dawn b. 31 May 1980; Barbara-
Lee Adele b. 12 Jan 1983; James Scott b. 12 Dec 1986.
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Joseph Warren b. 16 May 1809, d. 10 Nov 1876, son of Philips Morris
Callbeck and Ann Warren, m. 30 July 1835 Maria Jane Nelson Warren,
b. 20 June 1811, d. 8 March 1875, daughter of William Warren and Ann
Robinson.
Joseph and Maria lived on a farm on the Branch Road, Tryon, and
were members of the Tryon Baptist Church.
Joseph Callbeck and Maria Warren had 8 children:
Eliza Ann b. 1837, m. 25 Dec 1869 Charles A. Kidson.
George Warren b. 1838, m. 3 Feb 1864 Eliza Inman and lived in the
USA.
Matilda Phoebe b. 1840, d. 26 Aug 1899, m. Mr. Jordan and moved
to Maine.
Louisa Nelson b. 1842, m. 10 Apr 1862 William Dobson or Warren.
+Wellington Benson b. 9 Jan 1844.
Philips Morris b. 1847, d. 10 Jan 1884, not married.
Mary Jane b. 1849, d. 9 Feb 1885, Chelsea, Mass., not married.
William Warren b. 1851. No further record.
Wellington Benson b. 9 Jan 1844, d. l j a n 1921, bur. Westmoreland
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Baptist Cem., son of Joseph Callbeck and Maria Warren, m. 15 Dec
1869 Millicent Clark, b. Bedeque, 22 Nov 1849, d. 16 March 1914, bur.
Westmoreland Baptist Cem..
Wellington and Millie lived and farmed on the Branch Road, Tryon,
and were members of the Tryon Baptist Church.
Wellington Callbeck and Millicent Clark had 10 children:
Maria Jane b. 2 Aug 1871, d. 1956, m. Alfred Canfield, b. 1864, d.
1938. They had 6 children.
Henry James b. 24 Oct 1873, d. 18July 1950, m. 27 Sept 1901 Ethel
Louise Campbell, b. 1 Feb. 1881, d. 21 Feb 1953. They had 3 children.
Lelia Alice b. 11 Sept 1875, d. 19 Sept 1880, diptheria.
+Howard William b. 31 Jan 1878.
Addie Roy b. 24 Jan 1880, d. 30 Dec 1943, not married.
Walter Hinson b. 2 Feb 1883, d. 24 March 1954, m. Sarah Compton,
b. 1885, d. 1969. They had 3 children.
Ella May b. 7 March 1885, d. 18 Sept 1968, m. B.R. Smith of Boston.
Percy R. b. 1 Dec 1886, d. Hampton, NB, 28 Feb 1974, not married.
Charles Cordon b. 21 June 1888, d. 26 Nov 1952, m. Annie
MacLean, b. 1883, d. 1965. They lived in Nelson, BC, and had 3
children.
Lloyd F. b. 23 Apr 1891, d. 5 July 1892, scarlet fever.
Howard William b. 31 Jan 1878, d. 7 Apr 1952, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., son of Wellington Callbeck and Millicent Clark, m. 18
Oct 1905 Nettie Simmons, b. 31 Jan 1881, d. 17 July 1967, bur.
Westmoreland Baptist Cem., daughter of John Simmons and Margaret
Rogerson. See Rogerson history.
Howard and Nettie lived where George and lone Wood live in 1992.
They were members of the Tryon United Baptist Church and Nettie
was a member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute. Their farm is
owned in 1992 by Vernon Inman.
Howard Callbeck and Nettie Simmons had 1 child:
Margaret Millicent b. 11 Aug 1909, m. Otto Johnson. See Johnson
history.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Lome Callbeck research;
Lloyd Weeks; Gladys Callbeck; Bertha Callbeck; Leaman Callbeck;
Brent Wood research; Tryon United Baptist Church Records.
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f h i s h o l m F a mi l y
William Alexander Chisholm b. Scotland, 1844, d. 1916, bur. Nort h
Tryon Presbyterian Cem., m. Jane Ann Morrison, b. 1849, d. 1911, bur.
North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of James William Morrison
and Ella Lea Leard. See Morrison history.
William landed with his parents at Pictou, NS, from Scotland, in
1852. They settled in Sunny Brae, NS. William moved to Prince Edward
Island in 1861 and joined Alexander Morrison in the furniture making
business. William built a house to the east of the furniture factory on
the Bedeque road on land formerly owned by Thomas Ives. The house
was divided when William's son James married Jean Roblee and James
and Jean lived in the east side. An addition to the house was used for
some time as a post office and Jean was the post mistress.
William Chisholm and Ann Morrison had 9 children:
+Jessie Belle b. 1870.
+James Alexander bap. 21 Jan 1872.
Elizabeth b. 17 March 1875, m. Frank Lang. See Lang history.
+Minnie b. 1876.
Janie b. 1877, d. 7 Nov 1890, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
Mary Jane b. 1878, bap. 23 July 1878, d. before 1891.
+Carolyn Lydia b. 1879.
Alexander b. after 1881, d. before 1891.
+Grace E. b.c. 1892.
Chisholm family. Back row, L to R: Carrie, Elizabeth, James. Front row L to R: Jessie,
Minnie, Ann, Grace?, William. Amy MacDonald Collection
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William and Ann Chisholm house with family standing in front. Helen Asprey Collection
Mary Jane, Alex, and Grace are not on the 1891 census.
Jessie Belle b. 1870, d. Aug 1942, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., daughter of William Chisholm and Jane Ann Morrison, m. James
Theodore Waite, Summerside, bap. New Annan 8July 1866, d. 1952, bur.
North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., son of John Waite and Elizabeth
Rayner.
Jessie and Theodore lived and farmed in Travellers Rest.
Jessie Chisholm and Theodore Waite had 1 child:
Frederick b. 31 Oct 1898, d. 21 July 1985, bur. Summerside Peoples
Cem., m. 19 March 1930 Ruth Waugh, North Bedeque, b. 31 July 1899,
d. 19 Feb 1987, bur. Summerside Peoples Cem., daughter of Charles
Waugh and Rebecca Burns. They lived in Travellers Rest and had 1
child: Doris Eleanorb. 14Febl 931, m. 14 Feb 1957NewtonMacArthur,
Kensington, b. 20 Nov 1929, son of Myron MacArthur and Jean Hope
Jardine. They live in Kensington and had 5 children.
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James Alexander b. Sept 1870, bap. 21 Jan 1872, d. July 1953, bur.
North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., son of William Chisholm and Jane Ann
Morrison, m. 1895 Jean Ann Roblee, b. Nov 1875, d. 1 June 1948, bur.
North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of Alexander Roblee and
Frances Ann Bell, Tryon.
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James A. Chisholm. Amy MacDonald Collection.
J a me s Chi s hol m
and Jean Roblee lived
with Wi l l i am in t he
or i gi na l Chi s hol m
house before they pur-
chased what is now the
Gordon Cutcliffe fam-
ily house. They bought
this house from George
Callbeck and moved it
from the Crossroad to
its pr esent l ocat i on.
James worked with his
father in the furniture
and undertaking busi-
ness. J e a n' s mot he r
died when Jean was a
young girl and she was
raised by Al exander
and Anna Manson, par-
ents of Margaret Man-
son MacNei l . J a me s
and Jean were mem-
be r s of t he No r t h
Tr yon Pr e s byt e r i a n
Church.
James Chisholm and Jean Roblee had 4 children:
+Heath Morrison b. 30 May 1896.
+Marjorie Francis b. March 1898.
Jessie Mildred b. 28 Nov 1903, m. Reginald Thomas. See Thomas
history.
Penelope Elizabeth b. 7 May 1913, m. Lloyd Howatt. See Howatt
history.
Heath Morrison b. 30 May 1896, d. 8 Feb 1977, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of James Chisholm and Jean Roblee, m. 19 Sept
1918 Ruby Helena Carter, b. 23 Aug 1896, d. 12 Feb 1984, bur. Nort h
Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of Benjamin Carter and Sarah Ann
Ince.
Heat h and his father built a large two family house between the
William Chisholm and Elmer Gamble houses. When Jim died in 1953,
Heath converted his parents side of this house into a funeral parlour.
Heath was a member of the North Tryon Presbyterian Church, and
Ruby attended the Tryon United Church. Ruby was a member of the
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North Tryon Women' s
Institute.
Heat h Chi shol m
and Ruby Carter had 2
children:
+Helen Marjorie b.
5July 1919.
+Mabel Elaine b. 23
June 1932.
Helen Marjorie b. 5
July 1919, daughter of
Heat h Chisholm and
Ruby Car t er , m. 19
Sept 1940 Char l es
Asprey, b. 30Mayl 919,
son of Frank and Ola
Asprey of Campbell-
ton, NB.
Hel en is a Regis-
tered Nurse and Char-
lie an accountant. They
live in Charlottetown
and have a great inter-
est in Island antiques.
Heath and Ruby Chisholm. Elaine MacKenzie Collection
Helen Chisholm and Charles Asprey had 1 child:
Janet Elaine b. 6Jan 1949,1st. m. Garth Spinney, Wolfville, NS; 2nd.
m. Robert Sissons, Montreal. They had no children.
Mabel Elaine b. 23 June 1932, daughter of Heath Chisholm and
Ruby Carter, m. 8 Sept 1956 Kenneth MacKenzie, b. 8 May 1926,
Charlottetown, son of Herbert MacKenzie and Annie Jane MacDonald.
Elaine is secretary at the Kirk of St. James, Charlottetown, and Ken
has recently retired from the service of the provincial government after
a distinguished 45 year career, serving most recently as Director of the
Transportation Division of the Department of Transportation and
Public Works. They live in Charlottetown.
Elaine Chisholm and Kenneth MacKenzie had 3 children:
Alan Kenneth b. 14 Nov 1957, works at DVA in 1992.
Scott Chisholm b. 21 March 1962, an Electrical Engineer.
Donald Kenneth b. 11 March 1965, a lawyer in Charlottetown.
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Marjorie Francis b. March 1898, d. 12 Sept 1975, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of James Chisholm and Jean Roblee, m. Earle Howatt
Boulter, b. 16 Feb 1897, d. 15 June 1981, bur. Aneroid, Sask., son of
Maynard Freeman Boulter and Pamela Howatt. Earle 2nd. m. Alice
Gorrill Laybourne, formerly from O'Leary, living in Aneroid, Sask..
They had no children.
Marjorie and Earle farmed in Albany, later Earle was a potato
inspector with the Federal Department of Agriculture. Earle went to
Saskatchewan following Marjorie's death.
Marjorie Chisholm and Earle Boulter had two children:
Kathleen b. 10 Aug 1920, m. Walter Barlow, Ottawa, Ontario.
Kathleen was an office worker. They live in Ottawa and had 3 children:
David; Sheila; Gregory.
Muriel Jean b. 26 Dec 1928, not married. Jean is a secretary with
CPR in Montreal.
0> <
Minnie b. 1876, d. 15 July 1913, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., daughter of William Chisholm and Jane Ann Morrison, m.
William Platts Cameron, b. 12 July 1870, d. 8 July 1956, bur. North
Tryon Presbyterian Cem., son of William Hyde Cameron and Martha
Platts. William 2nd. m. Margaret Bessie MacDonald.
Minnie and William lived and farmed in Albany. They had no
children and were members of the North Tryon Presbyterian Church.
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Carolyn Lydia Carrie b. 1879, d. 19 Oct 1914, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., daughter of William Chisholm and Jane Ann Mor-
rison, m. 18 Dec 1902, as his 2nd. wife, Angus Alexander MacDonald,
b. 17 Feb 1855, d. 26 Dec 1925, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Neil
MacDonald and Martha Pooley. See Pooley history.
Carrie and Angus lived and farmed in Tryon to the west of the Tryon
school.
Carrie Chisholm and Angus MacDonald had 1 child:
+Kenneth Elwood b. 1 Oct 1904.
Kenneth Elwood b. 1 Oct 1904, d. 18 Apr 1988, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Carrie Chisholm and Angus MacDonald, m. 1929 Amy
Louise Harvey, b. 16 May 1910, daughter of Charles Harvey and Lila
Walker, Crapaud.
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Ken and Amy lived in Borden where Ken was employed with the
CNR.
Kenneth MacDonald and Amy Harvey had 6 children:
Harold Chisholm b. 30 May 1934, m. Joan Shinn.
Ann Elizabeth b. 19 Sept 1935, m. William West.
Carolin Lila b. 15 Aug 1939, m. Dale Clair Mac Williams.
Patricia Walker b. 7 Aug 1941, m. Samuel Johnston.
Linda Lea b. 4 Nov 1947, m. John David Calderhead.
Barbara Jean b. 20 Apr 1949, m. Terence Edward Chester.

Grace E. b.c. 1892, d. 6 Jan 1923, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., daughter of William Chisholm and Jane Ann Morrison, unmar-
ried. Grace lived with her sister, Elizabeth Lang.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Doris MacArthur; Amy Mac-
Donald; Helen Asprey; Elaine MacKenzie.
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h i s h o l m H o u s e T e n a n t s
The Heath Chisholm house was bought by Judy and David Gies-
brecht in 1978 following the death of Mr. Chisholm. The Giesbrecht' s
lived in the east side of the house while they renovated, making two
apartments. The house had been built as a two family dwelling, but in
Chisholm apartments. Hazel Robinson
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later years the west side was used as a funeral parlour.
Since 1978, the following families have lived in the apartments:
East side:
David, Judy, and Kathie Ciesbrecht. See Giesbrecht history.
John and Judy Cousins who moved from Crapaud and now live in
Summerside. They had 3 children: Jo Anne m. Dale Waddell; Stephen
m. Cindy; Linda m. Gordon Waddell.
Lome and Gloria Lea. See Lea history.
Donald Milton Stewart b. 27 March 1946, son of Daniel William
Stewart and Doris MacKenzie, NS, m. 29 Nov 1969 Elsie Margaret
MacKenzie, b. 27 March 1950, daughter of James Archibald MacKenzie
and Muriel Gertrude Curtis. Milton Stewart and Elsie MacKenzie had
3 children: Kimberly Velvet b. 30 Jan 1971; Douglas Milton b. 19 June
1972; Reginald Wayne b. 22 Apr 1973.
West side:
Ed and Donna Mason who moved from Crapaud and returned to
that village. They had 4 children.
Janet MacKenzie and Thane Deagle.
Debbie Ciz and Wendell Murcison, a member of the RCMP in
Borden.
Pam and Reg Cameron. They now live in Albany and had 1 child.
Judy and Joe Richards. They had 2 children.
Kevin Glen Foy b. 20 Feb 1962, son of Cecil Foy and Doris Mayhew,
m. 17j une 1986 Wendy Theresa MacWilliams, b. 16 May 1967, daugh-
ter of George MacWilliams and Linda Rogers, Cape Traverse. Kevin
Foy and Theresa MacWilliams had 3 children: Jenna Courtney b. 3 Sept
1986; Codey Ryan Stanly b. lOJune 1988; Nathan Glen Leman b. 8June
1991.
Sources: Dave Giesbrecht; Elsie Stewart; Wendy Foy.
/ l ar k Fami l y
Edwin Vaughan Clark b. Hamilton, PEI, 1889, d. 1977, son of
Charles Clark, b. 1852, d. 1928, and Mary Eliza Vaughan, b. 1852, d.
1928, m. 3 Dec 1918 Mary Anita Riley, b. Linkletter Road, 1902,
daughter of Albert Riley and Caroline Kennedy.
Edwin spent his younger years in Massachusetts, returning to Prince
Edward Island. Edwin and Mary lived in North Tryon where Raymond
Thomson lives in 1992. Edwin was employed with T. Arthur Dawson, a
fox rancher. The Clarks moved to Central Bedeque in 1936 where Mary
was employed at Callbeck's General Store for 30 years. Mary resides at
Red Oak Court in St. Eleanors in 1992.
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Edwin Clark and Mary Riley had 3 children:
+Helen Ester b. 1 July 1921.
+Harold Sidney b. 8 Dec 1923.
+Edythe Lillian b. Carleton, 19 Nov 1928.
Helen Ester b. 1 July 1921, daughter of Edwin Clark and Mary Riley,
m. 1 June 1938 Silas Weston Rayner, b. 12 Dec 1909, d. March 1960,
son of Joseph Rayner and Elizabeth Greenmount.
Weston was a mechanic and Helen was employed at Cobi Foods,
Central Bedeque, as a book keeper and accountant. Helen resides at
Red Oak Court in St. Eleanors in 1992.
Helen Clark and Silas Rayner had 7 children:
Helen Elayne b. 1 Jan 1940, m. Raymond Thomson. See Thomson
history.
Bonita Gayle b. 2 Feb 1942, m. James Howatt. See Howatt history.
Dorothy Carol b. 21 July 1943, m. 7 Sept 1963 David Andrew Casey,
b. 25 Aug 1937.
Sandra Arlene b. 1 July 1944, m. 27 Dec 1962 David Gordon Sims,
b. 25 July 1942.
Joseph EdwinEdb. 8 Oct 1945, m. Jean Donna Gass, b. 14 Apr 1950.
Ronald Weston b. 3 May 1947, m. Carol Thomson. See Thomson
history.
Barbara Dianne b. 10 May 1948, m. 12 May 1967 Darrell Boutilier,
b. 26 Dec 1947.
Harold Sidney b. 8 Dec 1923, son of Edwin Clark and Mary Riley,
1st. m. 4 March 1944 Lillian Isabel Schurman, b. 25 March 1920, d. 12
Dec 1971, daughter of Leonard and Isabel Schurman; Harold 2nd. m.
2 Aug 1972 Julie Chaisson, daughter of Melanie Chaisson.
Harold and Julie lived in Crapaud and Harold was employed with
Advanced Lobster Technologies, Victoria.
Harold Clark and Lillian Schurman had 4 children:
Kenneth Harold b. 25 Oct 1945, m. 19 May 1966 Judith Harris.
Gordon Leonard b. 17 Jan 1948, m. 2 June 1979 Sherry Higgins.
Richard Lowell b. 11 Sept 1952, m. 22 Oct 1984 Renee Filipchuk.
Chery Isabel b. 2 Jan 1954, m. 20 Dec 19? Kenneth Oberik.
Edythe Lillian b. 19 Nov 1928, daughter of Edwin Clark and Mary
Riley, m. 20June 1944 Emmett William Smith, b. 12Jan 1921, d. 7 Aug
1981, son of Lome Smith and Sarah Johnson.
Edythe and Emmett lived and farmed in Central Bedeque. Edythe
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was employed with Cobi Foods in Bedeque, and then Mid Isle Farms,
Albany.
Edythe Clark and Emmett Smith had 7 children:
Donald William b. 14 Feb 1945, m. Annie Marie Dawson. See
Dawson history.
Catherine Mary b. 30 Oct 1950, m. 25 Aug 1973 Lowell James
Croken, b. 29 May 1951.
Paul Emmett b. 11 March 1952, m. 17 June 1971 Mona Lee
McLennan, b. 6 May 1953.
Wayne Joseph b. 19 Aug 1953, m. 25 Aug 1984 Alma Isabel Moase,
b. 4 March 1963.
Desmond Gary b. 12 June 1956, m. 26 Sept 1980 Jo ann Winnifred
Folland, b. 6 March 1961.
Simeon Patrick b. 9 Apr 1958, m. 14 Sept 1978 Phyllis Mary Ross,
b. 28 May 1961.
David John b. 23 Aug 1959, unmarried.
Sources: Mary Clark; Helen Rayner; Harold Clark; Edythe Smith.
/ o r n i s h Fa mi l y
Claude Keith Cornish b. 21 Oct 1960, son of Claude Cornish and
Margaret McNally, Tryon, m. 4June 1988 Linda Jean, b. 14 March 1961,
daughter of Vera Rogers and Everett Mayhew. See Mayhew history.
Claude Sr., was born in the Brae, PEI, and moved with his family to
Tryon. Claude and Linda lived in the Charles Nelder house by the
Tryon Woolen Mills Pond before moving to the Tremere house in
North Tryon in 1990. Claude and Linda attend Kelly's Cross Catholic
Church. Claude is a painter.
Claude Cornish and Linda Mayhew had 3 children:
Ashley Lynn b. 25 Jan 1983.
Scottie Roy b. 2 Jan 1985.
Shone Ross b. 2 Jan 1985.
Sources: Claude Cornish; Linda Cornish.
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Claude, Linda, Ashley, Scott, Shane Cornish. Cornish Family
Collection
f o s t a i n F a mi l y
Jarvis Edward Elmer Costain b. 10 May 1932, d. highway accident,
15July 1978, bur. Miminegash Church Cem., son of Elmer Costain and
Pearl Myra Cannon, m. 14 Feb 1952 Eula Pearl Wood, b. 18 Jan 1936,
daughter of Norman Wood and Mary Cotton. See Wood history.
The Costain family was one of the United Empire Loyalist families
that settled in western Prince Edward Island. Eula and Jarvis lived on
the road to Mount Tryon. Jarvis worked with local farmers, and follow-
ing his death, Eula moved to Summerside where she was employed at
the Linkletter Motel. Eula and Jarvis attended the Tryon United
Church.
Eula Wood and Jarvis Costain had 7 children:
David Vincent b. 13 July 1952, d. cancer, 29 Sept 1990, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem..
+Elizabeth Anne b. 31 Oct 1953.
+Linda Arlene b. 8 Oct 1954.
Gloria Dawn b. 3 Dec 1955, d. highway accident, 24 Dec 1980,
Kenora, Ont., m. Dennis Taylor. They had no children.
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+Douglas
Wayne b. 26 March
1957.
+Pamela Dar-
I eneb. l 2j anl 968.
Donna Rox-
anne b. 12 J ul y
1969.
Elizabeth Anne
b. 31 Oct 1953,
daughter of Jarvis
Costain and Eula
Wood, 1st. m. 6
Nov 1971 J o h n
R e g i n a l d
MacLean, b. 12
March 1950, son of
Ar t hur MacLean
and Helen Keenan; 2nd. m. 30 Oct 1982 Basil Laybolt, b. 24 Apr 1936,
son of George Laybolt and Millie Deveau.
Anne and Basil live in Charlottetown. They had no children.
Anne Costain and John MacLean had 2 children:
John Melvin b. 17 March 1973.
Barbara Anne b. 6 Dec 1977.
Gl ori a Cost ai n. Costain Collection.
Linda Arlene b. 8 Oct 1954, daughter of Jarvis Costain and Eula
Wood, m. May 1973 John Frederick Farrell, b. 1951, son of Frederick
and Catherine Farrell.
Linda and her children live in Charlottetown.
Linda Costain and John Farrell had 2 children:
John Justin b. 21 Jan 1972.
Jason Matthew b. 16 Feb 1973.
Douglas Wayne b. 26 March 1957, son of Jarvis Costain and Eula
Wood, m. 11 Sept 1978 Cynthia Mary Elaine Sutherland, b. 20 Oct 1959,
daughter of Gordon Bruce Sutherland and Barbara MacLeod.
Douglas and Cynthia live in Seaview. Douglas is employed with a
Mount Tryon potato producer, Morley Wood.
Douglas Costain and Cynthia Sutherland had 3 children:
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Douglas, Linda, David, Anne, Donna, Pam, Eula Costain. Costain Collection
Melissa Christine b. 29 Dec 1978.
Ryan Douglas b. 14 Nov 1981.
Stephanie Dawn b. 16 Sept 1987.
Pamela Darlene b. 12 Jan 1968, daughter of Jarvis Costain and Eula
Wood, m. 11 July 1987 Andy MacDonald, son of Lee MacDonald and
Laverne Kemp.
Pamela and Andy live in Bunbury where Pamela works in a bakery
and Andy is employed at Charlottetown Feed Service.
Pamela Costain and Andy MacDonald had 2 children:
Kyle Andrew b. 10 Feb 1988.
Jordan Matthew b. 20 Nov 1989.
Sources: Eula Costain.
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f r ai g Fami l y
The British government appointed Captain Walter Patterson as
Governor in 1769 when St. John' s Island became separated from Nova
Scotia. Patterson, an Irishman, owned part of Lot 19 and had two young
children. The Island was still a primitive wilderness at the time with only
150 families in the whole province. There was not a school, even in
Charlottetown, and so to educate his children, Patterson advertised in
the British Isles for a tutor. Captain Patterson chose from the applicants
William Craig to tutor his children in this new land. William Craig, and
his wife Kennedy Copeland, arrived in Charlottetown on August 30,
1770 with the Patterson Family. Besides tutoring the Patterson children,
William became active in politics and in 1773 was appointed a member
of the first Council and House of Assembly set up by the Governor.
William was still a member in 1786.
About 60 families from Argyllshire arrived in Malpeque on the
barque Annabella in 1770, the same year the Craigs arrived in Charlot-
tetown. When the Patterson children no longer required the services
of a tutor, William moved his family to Malpeque, where he became the
first school teacher in that community. William and Kennedy had
known many of these people in Scotland.
William moved his family to Bedeque around 1790 where he again
taught school and remained until he died. Kennedy moved to Shipyard,
now part of Hamilton, after William's death to live with her daughter
Elizabeth. The Prince Edward Island Register of 9 Dec 1828 reported:
Died- At Shipyard, near Malpeque, on the 28 or 29 of November, Mrs. Kennedy
Craig, b. 1753. An old and respected inhabitant.
William Craig and Kennedy Copeland had 7 children:
Elizabeth b. 1780, d. 1851, m. Dougald Stewart.
+Robert b. 1782.
Jane b. 1785, d. 1846, m. Robert Stewart.
Alexander b. 24 Sept 1786.
John b. 19 March 1788, d. 25 Jan 1852, bur. North Bedeque Cem.,
1st. m. 10 Jan 1810 Ann Robins, b. 1789, d. 1827, daughter of John
Robins and Mary Hooper; 2nd. m. Elizabeth Owen. They had a General
Store and farmed in Lower Bedeque.
William b. 28 Jan 1791.
Ann b. 1791, m. John MacGougan.
Robert b. 1782, son of William Craig and Kennedy Copeland, m.
1802, Mary Wightman.
Robert and Mary settled in Princetown Royalty, now Malpeque,
where records show that land was granted to Robert and his two sons,
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John and James. Robert farmed and taught school in Malpeque and he
and his family were members of the Presbyterian Church. Most of the
children married Ramsays and MacGougans who landed on the Anna-
bel s.
Robert Craig and Mary Wightman had at least 9 children:
Sarah b. 1802.
Henrietta b. 1804.
+Johnb. 1806.
Robert b. 1808.
James b.c. 1812, d. 26 Nov 1884, bur. Malpeque Presbyterian Cem..
Agnes b. 1815.
Mary b. 1819, possibly m. 20 Feb 1851 Archibald McGougan.
William b. 1820.
Jane b. 1822, possibly m. 29 Sept 1858 Jonathan Vernon Rogers.
John b. 1806, son of Robert Craig and Mary Wightman, m. Jane
Ramsay, daughter of Neil Ramsay and Mary Cole.
John and Jane resided in Princetown Royalty until 1850, when the
family moved to Margate. John is listed in Hutchison's Directory 1864,
as a farmer. It is believed he also taught school at Margate.
John Craig and Jane Ramsay had 6 children;
William b. 1828, d. 1863.
Jane b. 1829, d. 1879.
James b. 1831, possibly m. 5 June 1866 Bridget Wall.
+Robert b. 1833.
Thomas.
Neil b. 1840, m. 10 Dec 1869 Mary Ramsay.
Robert b. 1833, son of John Craig and Jane Ramsay, m. 5 Apr 1853
Ann Tuplin, b. PEI, 1838, daughter of Reubin Tuplin and Rebecca
Folland.
Robert and Ann moved into a wing that John added to the Craig
home in Margate. Robert is listed as a farmer in Lot 19 in the 1861
census, and a Methodist. Robert and Ann, their son Lemuel, his wife
Belle, with their children Harry and Maude, were living with Robert
and Ann in the census of 1891. Ann' s father, Reubin Tuplin, owned a
carriage shop, store, and the forge where Robert apprenticed, and was
considered one of the wealthiest men on the Island.
Robert Craig and Ann Tuplin had 8 children:
Grace b. 1854, m. James Adams. They had 1 child: Robert.
William b. 1857, d. 1945, m. Anne Hickey. William was a carpenter.
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They had 3 daughters: Alice b. 1884, d. 1970, m. William Gay; Amy b.
1881, d. 1963, m. Ambrose Mclnnis; Ada m. Max Steel.
+Lemuel b. 1860.
Rebecca b. 1861, m. Jedidiah Seavey. They had no children.
Theresa b. 1865, d. 1870.
Lucinda b. 1868, d. 1946, bur. Elmsdale Church of the Nazarene
Cem., m. Peter Warren Leard, b. 1868, d. 1955, operator of a grist mill
in Coleman. They had 10 children.
John Russell b. 1871, d. 1950, bur. Kensington Peoples Cem., m.
Mary Ann Howatt. John was a master painter of carriages.
Ida b. 1878, d. young.
Lemuel b. 1860, d. Oct 1929, bur. Lower Bedeque Cem., son of
Robert Craig and Ann Tuplin, m. 11 July 1883 Isabell Belle Mobbs, b.c.
1863, d. 19 Nov 1962, bur. Lower Bedeque Cem., daughter of Robert
Mobbs and Margaret Muttart.
Lemuel and Belle resided in Kensington where Lemuel established
a carriage manufacturing business, later moving his business to Sum-
merside. Lemuel moved his family to the Brae about 1905, and settled
on the farm previously owned by Dougald MacLean. He took up
residence in Bedeque in 1916 where he lived his remaining days.
Lemuel died after being trampled by a horse.
Lemuel Craig and Belle Mobbs had at least 5 children:
+Harry Lester b. 17 May 1884.
Maude Anna b. 1890, d. 1972, bur. Burlington, Mass. m. Ernest
Miller, b. Sweden. They had at least 1 child.
R. Melbourne b. 17 Aug 1892, d. 6 March 1970, bur. Lower Bedeque
Cem., m. Ruby Murray.
Walter b. 1903, d. 1960, m. Pearl Milner.
Mildred b. 1904, m. Archibald Neil Montgomery. They lived in
Bedeque.
Harry Lesterb. 17May 1884, d. 13 Apr 1960, bur. Brae United Cem.,
son of Lemuel Craig and Belle Mobbs, m. 1910 Catherine MacFadyen,
b. Brae, 17 Dec 1889, d. 10 March 1971, bur. Brae United Cem.,
daughter of Philip MacFadyen, Hampton, and Flora MacFadyen, Gran-
ville.
For several years, Harry and Catherine lived in Spokane, Washing-
ton, USA, before returning to the Brae. After Harry's father left the
Brae, Harry and his family lived in the Craig homestead where he was
manager and shareholder of Williams, Obermiller, and Craig Com-
pany, a large fox ranching business. The Craigs lived in the Brae until
1937, when they moved to Tryon, where they bought the Arthur Howatt
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farm on the Tryon Point Road.
Harry Craig and Catherine MacFadyen had 9 children:
Jean b. 2 Sept 1911, d. 9 March 1992, bur. Brae United Cem., m.
Roy Oulton, b. 6 Feb 1900. They lived in the Brae, and had 2 children:
Wendell; Dewar.
Edna b. 29 March 1913, m. Byron Crockett, b. 26 Dec 1914. They
live in Summerside, and had 2 children: Ronald; Kenneth.
Alfred b. 22 Dec 1914, not married. He lives in Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
+Eric Isadore b. 29 Oct 1916.
Lillian b. 22 March 1918, m. Gilbert Bell, b. 11 Jan 1914. They lived
in Borden, and had 1 child: Thane.
Marion b. 16 May 1920, m. Calvin Howatt. See Howatt history.
Arthur b. 14 June 1922, m. Irene Rockliff. They live in Tryon and
had 4 children: Maureen; Gerald; Harry; Jimmy.
Louise Mildred Nan b. 29 June 1924, m. Joseph Noonan, b. 11 June
1923. They live in Stanhope and had 2 children: Faye; Peter.
Donald b. 2 June 1926, m. Mary Sherren, b. 6 Aug 1936. They live
in Charlottetown, and had 3 children: Catheran; Louise; Mitchell.
Eric Isadore b. 29 Oct 1916, d. 30 Sept 1978, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Harry Lester Craig and Catherine MacFadyen, m. 26 Oct
1946 Jessie Ella Leard, b. 2 Feb 1920, daughter of Frederick Alexander
Leard and Nellie Fell. See Leard history.
Eric was an avid horseman and farmer. He and Jessie farmed the
Marion Jean. Don, Erith, Lester, Jessie, Eric Craig. Jessie Craig Collection.
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Eric and Jessie Craig house. J/azJ Robinson.
Fred Leard property on the Crossroad. Jessie taught school in North
Tryon and Summerside and is a Life Member of the North Tryon
Women' s Institute. They attended the Tryon United Church.
Eric Craig and Jessie Leard had 4 children:
+Donald Laird b. 27 March 1948.
L to R. Daniel, Sacha, Don, Karen, Sean, Paul Craig. Don Craig collection.
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Lester and Sharon Craig house. Hazel Robinson.
+Eric Lester b. 1
Jan 1950.
Erith Lynne b.
2 Dec 1952, m.
Bloyce McLellan.
See McLellan his-
tory.
Marion Jean b.
31 J an 1956, m.
James Harris. See
Harris history.
Donal d Laird
b. 27 March 1948,
son of Eric Craig
and Jessie Leard,
m. 1 J ul y 1978
Kar en Lee
MacFadyen, b. 20
Aug 1953, daugh-
t er of Regi nal d
MacFadyen a nd
P h y l l i s
MacEachern.
Don has his BA,
A u
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S
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' L to R, back: Mark, Jennifer, Sara, Brent; front: Lester,
a n d c h o s e t e a c h i n g Sharon. Lester Craig collection.
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as his vocation. He teaches at the junior high school level in Unit II.
Karen, BSc, MSc in Home Economics, has taught at the University of
Prince Edward Island and is a part time employee with the Provincial
Department of Agriculture. They live in Lewis Point Park, Charlotte-
town.
Donald Craig and Karen MacFadyen had 4 children:
Sean Eric b. 27 Apr 1981.
Sacha Dawn b. 29 July 1983.
Daniel MacFadyen b. 9 Dec 1986.
Paul Andrew b. 14 March 1988.
Eric Lester b. 9 Jan 1950, son of Eric Craig and Jessie Leard, m. 10
June 1972 Sharon Gail Dunsford, RN, b. 3 Aug 1951, daughter of
Charles Dunsford and Audrey Harvey, Hampton.
Lester and Sharon live to the south of the Craig homestead. Lester
farms the home farm as well as other land he has acquired in the area.
Sharon is a stained glass artist, and with her sister, operates Trifles and
Treasures in Hampton. They are members of the Tryon United Church.
Lester Craig and Sharon Dunsford had 4 children:
Mark Lester b. 11 Jan 1973, a student at NSAC.
Jennifer Sharon b. 19 Feb 1975, a student at Mount Allison.
Sara Amy b. 18 June 1979.
Brent Charles Eric b. 19 Sept 1983.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Craig History; Jessie Craig.
/ u t c l i f f e F a mi l y
Richard Cutcliffe b. England, 1791, d. 1878, bur. Crapaud Cem.,
only child of George Cutcliffe and Mary Spelsbury of Ashburton,
England, m. 25 Dec 1809 Mary Hobbs.
Richard and Mary left England in 1843 and joined their eldest son,
William, who had emigrated to America in 1830. They were the first
Cutcliffes to live in America. Richard was a house builder, cabinet
maker, contractor, and farmer.
Richard Cutcliffe and Mary Hobbs had 8 children, all born in
England:
Susan b. 1810.
William Henry b. 1812, d. young.
Amelia b. 1819.
Jane b. 1821, d. young.
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Henry b. 1824, d. 1869, bur. Crapaud Cem..
John Edwin b. 1830, d. young.
+Frances Webster b. 1835.
Elizabeth b. 1836.
Frances Webster b. 1835, d. 1907, bur. Hartsville Cem., son of
Richard Cutcliffe and Mary Hobbs, m. Christine McSwain.
Frances inherited his father's carpentry and cabinet making skills,
built his own furniture and also built St. John' s Anglican Church,
Crapaud. He constructed his furniture without the use of nails. Frances
inherited the hand made tools that his father brought from England.
These were kept under lock and key in a tool shed, and it was considered
a privilege to have Frances show these tools. Frances farmed most of
his life on the old homestead near South Melville.
Frances Cutcliffe and Christine McSwain had 9 children:
William Roderick b. 1858, d. in infancy.
Edith Jane b. 1859, d. Fredericton, NB, 1943, m. James MacLean.
They had no children. Edith's life was spent in service to her family and
friends. She was also a business woman in Drummond, Minnesota,
before retiring to her brother' s home in Fredericon, NB.
John Alexander b. 1861, d. 1943, bur. Fredericton, NB, 1st. m. Lizzie
Macamme. They had 5 children, raised by sister Edith. John 2nd. m.
Mae Buchanan. They had 5 children. As a young man, John learned the
tailoring business and moved to Minnesota. He later returned to PEI,
then to Fredericton, NB, where he owned and operated a general store.
+Joseph b. 1862.
Mary b. 1864, d. young.
William Roderick b. 1866, d. 1952.
Benjamin Franklin b. 1867, d. 1934.
Frances Albert Frank b. 1871, d. 1945.
Murdock b. 1874, d. 1955, bur. Hunter River, 1st. m. Bertha
Brennan; 2nd. m. Maude Steadman. Murdock and Bertha had 2 chil-
dren who were raised by sister Edith.
Joseph b. 1862, d. 1933, bur. Crapaud Cem., son of Frances Cutcliffe
and Christine McSwain, m. Jane Brown, d. 7 Aug 1957, age 82, bur.
Crapaud Cem., daughter of Simon Brown and Phoebe Crabbe.
Jane was a school teacher and met Joseph while teaching in Hunt er
River. Joseph farmed the homestead, later purchasing the Irving farm
in Cape Traverse.
Joseph Cutcliffe and Jane Brown had 7 children:
Myrtle b. 1898, d. 1900.
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+Harold Simon b. 19 June 1900.
Frances d. 5 weeks.
Gordon b. 1904, d. 1925, unmarried.
Bertha Phoebe b. 20 Apr 1906, m. Albert Callbeck. See Callbeck
history.
Ruth b. 1911, m. Jack Donovan. They lived in Pictou, NS.
Roy b. 1916, m. Lillian MacWilliams. They had 5 children.
Harold Simon b. 19 June 1900, d. 23 March 1961, bur. Crapaud
Cem., son of Joseph Cutcliffe and Jane Brown, m. Janet Nicholson, b.
20 March 1910, d. 22 Aug 1989, bur. Crapaud Cem..
Harold and Janet lived on the Joseph Cutcliffe farm in Cape Trav-
Harold Cutcliffe and Janet Nicholson had 12 children:
Gladys Eleanor b. 9 Feb 1929, m. 9 Oct 1948 Paul Dawson. They
live in Cornwall, PEI, and had 5 children.
+Gordon Alvin b. 10 Oct 1930.
Byron Ellsworth b. 1932, d. July 1992, m. 1952 Peggy Sobey. They
lived in New Glasgow, NS, and had 5 children.
Beatrice Jane b. 1934, m. Douglas Patterson, a farmer in Pugwash,
NS. They had 6 children.
Lois Bertha b. 1936, m. Douglas Thompson.They live in Cornwall
and had 3 children.
Wendell b. 1938, unmarried, lives on homestead in Cape Traverse.
Adele Marjorie b. 1939, m. 1975 Max MacLean. They live in Ontario
and had 5 children.
Harold Alger b. 19 Jan 1941, m. Elizabeth Thomson. See Thomson
history.
Donna Arlene b. 1942, m. 1960 Nelson Livingston. They live in
Cornwall and had 3 children.
Gerald Peter b. 1944, m. 1966 Anne Mcllwaine. They live in
Charlottetown and had 2 children.
Elizabeth/anef b. 1945, m. William Flack. Janet lives in Dartmouth,
NS. They had 3 children.
Linda Faye b. 1947, m. Sheldon Gardner. They live in Cape Traverse
and had 3 children.
Gordon Alvin b. 10 Oct 1930, d. 19 Apr 1992, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Harold Cutcliffe and Janet Nicholson, m. 20
Nov 1954 Ruth Elaine Thomson, b. 14 Jan 1935, daughter of Russell
Thomson and Minnie Dawson. See Thomson history.
The Cutcliffe house, one of the oldest houses in the community, was
built on the Crossroad by George Callbeck in the late 1800s. Mr.
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Jeannie, Ruth, Michael, Gordon Cutcliffe. Ruth Cutcliffe Collection.
Callbeck sold the house to James Chisholm who moved it from the
Crossroad to its present site. Mr. Chisholm sold this house to James
Arbing in 1900, but because there was a boundary line dispute between
Jim Arbing and Jim Chisholm, Mr. Arbing sold the property to Gordon
and Bella Hudson. Elmer and Lila Gamble purchased the house in 1922
and lived there until 1930 when Frank and Bell Dixon bought the house.
Gordon and Ruth Cutcliffe purchased the house from Frank Dixon in
1959. When renovating in 1960, the Cutcliffes discovered the house was
constructed with hand hewn timbers, each one foot square and held
together with wooden pegs. Their renovations left these timbers undis-
turbed.
Gordon was a superintendent for a road contractor, Curran and
Briggs, and active until a short time before his early death from cancer.
Ruth has a secretarial position with the same company. Gordon and
Ruth attended the North Tryon Presbyterian Church. Ruth was a
member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute and Gordon took an
active part in sports. Besides being an avid hockey player, Gordon spent
many hours coaching minor hockey at the South Shore Arena. Both
Ruth and Gordon were competitive curlers.
Gordon Cutcliffe and Ruth Thomson had two children:
Michael Wayne b. 28 Aug 1961, not married.
+Jeanne Diane b. 2 March 1964.
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Gordon and Ruth Cutcliffe house. Hazel Robinson,
Jeanne Diane b. 2 March 1964, daughter of Gordon Cutcliffe and
Ruth Thomson, m. Sept 1989 Ronald Andrew Annear, b. 28 Apr 1965,
son of Ralph Muttart Annear and Laurie MacDonald.
Jeannie and Ronnie live in Charlottetown where Ronnie, a UPEI
graduate, is employed at the University of Prince Edward Island as
Games Coordinator for the Sports Department.
Jeanne Cutcliffe and Ronald Annear had 1 child:
Joshua Charles Cordon b. 6 Nov 1990.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Jane Cutcliffe Obituary; Cut-
cliffe History; Ruth Cutcliffe.
w y a w s o n F a mi l y
It is reputed that the founder of the Island Dawsons was Sir Mar-
maduke D'Ossine, a Norman nobleman who, with William the Con-
queror, crossed the English Channel from Normandy, and fought
against Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. As a reward for his
services, he was given an estate in Yorkshire County, England. From
England, a branch of the family went to Ireland and became prominent
in County Monaghan in the mid 17th century. Through the years the
name D'Ossine became anglicised to its present form Dawson. Richard
Dawson, who had served in Cromwell's Army, was granted legal title in
1667 to 31 Townslands in County Monaghan, Ireland, which he named
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Dawson's Grove. Richard's daughter, Frances, m. 1682 Walter Dawson,
d. 1718. They became owners of Dawson's Grove. It is known that
Samuel Dawson was born at Dawson's Grove, County Monaghan,
Ireland.
Samuel Dawson had at least 4 children:
James bap. 16 Feb 1759.
+Thomas b. 12 Sept 1762, bap. 16 Sept 1762.
Sarah bap. 24 May 1765.
Edward bap. 24 Nov 1765.
Thomas b. 12 Sept 1762, d. 4 March 1804, bur. Charlottetown Old
Protestant Cem., son of Samuel Dawson, m. winter of 1784 Elizabeth
Frances Tait, b. Tategar, Ireland, 12 Sept 1768, d. 5 Feb 1849, thought
to be bur. Crapaud Anglican Cem..
Thomas joined the British Army at the age of 16. He served under
Lord Cornwallis in America, then returned to Ireland where he j oined
the Royal Irish Artillary from which he retired in 1799 at the age of 37.
Although he was given a position of importance in Dublin, it was his
desire to make provisions for his sons to become farmers. It was this
desire that led Thomas to purchase a tract of 600 acres of land at the
Head of the Hillsborough River, PEI, from Lieutenant Burns, an
associate of Samuel Holland. Thomas set sail for the new world on 4th
March 1801 with his wife Frances and 6 of their children.
Thomas and his family landed first in Philadelphia, arriving in
Charlottetown on 6th June 1801. He established a farm on his estate at
the Head of Hillsborough and named it Dawson's Grove, after the old
homestead in County Monaghan, Ireland.
Thomas had been wild and profane in early life, but through the
reading of Doddridge's Rises and Progress he had been aroused to see
the errors in his ways. He became interested as well in the great religious
revival of John and Charles Wesley and became a preacher. The date
of Thomas' conversion to Methodism is not known, but it is almost
certain that he brought his religious fervour with him from the old
country and set himself up as a local preacher. Thomas was determined
to carry the gospel to all settlers. Provided with only a pocket compass,
and often guided by blazed trails through the forests, Thomas travelled
the Island. It is said that no settlement remained unvisited by him.
Although Thomas Dawson did a lot of good in his life, he was a bitter
man. This is evident in his will that was drawn up the 4th Dec 1802. He
had no love for any denomination but his own. He attempted to force
this bigotry on his heirs and successors. He forbid his wife to remarry,
he forbid his children to marry outside the Methodist faith, and as well,
he excluded his eldest daughter from his will, presumeably because she
married Joseph Smith Wood, a member of a family most likely Baptist.
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See Joseph Wood history.
The relationship between the Woods and Thomas Dawson was so
bitter that Thomas tried, days before his death, to have his will changed
to exclude the name of William Wood, his daughter' s father-in-law, as
an executor. Thomas was not successful. The Attorney-General, rather
than attaching a codicil to the will, made deletions with his pen which
could not be confirmed by the dying man. Thomas' will could not be
probated nor recorded, although the latter was done after 1900 for
purely historical purposes. Thomas left his widow Frances in poor
circumstances, and contrary to his injunction, she remarried again,
twice.
Thomas was a man of strong constitution, powerful frame, and in
the prime of life; but flesh and blood could not sustain the test to which
he had subjected his physical powers. He caught a severe cold in Dec
1803 which terminated in quinsy, an abcess in the area surrounding the
tonsils, and in the absence of proper medical care, it settled in his
shoulders and arms. Thomas died on the fifth anniversary of sailing
from Ireland. He lies in an unmarked grave in the old Protestant
Cemetery on University Avenue in Charlottetown. His children, some
of whom were quite prosperous, neglected to put a stone to his memory.
Colonel Thomas Dawson and Frances Tait had 8 children:
Elizabeth b. Ireland, 6 Jan 1785, 1st. m. Joseph Wood. See Wood
history; 2nd. m. Thos. Chas Alley. They had 1 child.
Ann Margaret b. Ireland, 18 March 1789, d. 28 Sept 1893, m. 9 Feb
1805 John Martin Heartz, a farmer in Lot 32. They had 10 children.
+Samuel Edward b. Ireland, 28 Dec 1791.
Thomas b. Ireland, 22 Sept 1793, d. Charlottetown, 1 Feb 1878,1st.
m. Elizabeth Clark, b. 1803, d. 26 Apr 1828, daughter of John Clark and
Betsy Lord; 2nd. m. Anne Pilkington, b. 1796, d. 12 July 1849; 3rd. m.
30 Dec 1850 Mary Chappell, b. 1857, d. 12 July 1867. Thomas was a
tanner and later a merchant.
Frances b. Ireland, 8 Nov 1795, m. Charles Ives. See Ives history.
+Richard b. Ireland, 14 Apr 1799.
Mary b. PEI, 11 Apr 1802, m. John Howatt. See Howatt history.
Benjamin b. 20 March 1804, d. 23 July 1892, m. Montreal, 15 Sept
1827 Elizabeth Gardner, b. 1 May 1798, d. 4 Sept 1867. Benjamin was
a shoemaker, and later a commercial traveller. They lived in Montreal
and had 11 children.
Samuel Edward b. 28 Dec 1791, d. 23 Dec 1873, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Col. Thomas Dawson and Frances Tait, m. 29 Dec 1814
Jane Lord, b. 9 Apr 1795, d. 28 June 1870, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of John Lord and Charlotte Gouldrup. See Lord history.
Samuel was a millwright and worked at several mills across the
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Island, establishing himself at Gouldrup' s Mill in North Tryon some-
time before the 1841 census. Samuel was also a farmer and, on 20 Apr
1827, he acquired 300 acres of land from the Holland family one mile
from Victoria. This land was later owned by Brent Wood and, in 1992,
is part of the John Thompson farm.
Samuel inherited his father's stern religious convictions. He was an
educated man who enjoyed good literature, especially Robert Burns'
poetry. However, when he embraced religion, all worldly beauty was
cast aside. This religious zeal was passed on to his son, Tommy. A
nephew of Tommy's has written: He (Tommy) was married to Betsy Leard,
she was a saint, but why she didn't murder Uncle Tommy I don't know.
Tommy, who was known as Tommy the Good, would not allow the
women in his family to put any adornment on their hats, in their hair,
or on their dresses. Neither would he permit houseplants to decorate
the house. Tommy followed in the footsteps of his father, making the
steps even deeper!
Samuel Dawson and Jane Lord had 11 Children:
Francis b. 20 Jan 1816, m. Joseph Mac Williams. See Mac Williams
history.
John Strong b. 21 Apr 1818, d. 5 June 1871, m. 4 Oct 1849, Mary
Pollard, b. West Cape, PEI, 1816, d. 31 March 1892, bur. Wesleyan
Cem., daughter of Benjamin Pollard. They had 5 children.
Charlotte b. 5 Feb 1820, d. 5 July 1899, bur. Summerside Peoples
Cem., m. 1 Feb 1839 James Reid, b. 17 March 1811, d. 20 Feb 1900,
bur. Summerside Peoples Cem.. They had 9 children.
Thomas The Goodb. 5Jan 1822, d. 12 Feb 1892, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., m. 13 July 1848 Elizabeth Leard, b. 30 July 1822, d. 14 March
1892, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of John Creek Leard and
Margaret Muttart. They had 7 children. See Leard history.
William b. 5 Jan 1824, d. 8 Nov 1889, bur. Bideford United Cem.,
m. 2July 1849 Elizabeth Foster, b. 17 Oct 1824, d. 7 Oct 1889, daughter
of Thomas Forster/Foster and Ann Lord, St. Eleanors. They had 7
children.
Elizabeth b. 16 Apr 1826, d. 5 Sept 1909, bur. Summerside Peoples,
m. 20 July 1854 George Hinton, b. 6 Aug 1828, d. 28 June 1910, bur.
Summerside Peoples Cem.. They had at least 6 children.
James b. 27 Jan 1829, d. 5 Feb 1829.
Benjamin b. 27 May 1830, d. 30June 1867, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
m. 31 Dec 1857 Stukely Mary Howatt, b. 16 Nov 1840, d. 9 July 1884.
They had 6 children.
Anna Margaret b. 11 Feb 1832, d. 14 March 1885, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., 1st. m. 14 Dec 1864 Henry Bulpitt, b. 18 Apr 1829, d. 6
March 1867, bur. Crapaud Cem.; 2nd. m. 18 March 1872 Thomas
Strickt/Straight, b. 14 June 1832, d. 22 Oct 1918, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem.. She had 1 child from each marriage.
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Samuel Edward b. 23 Dec 1834, d. 12 May 1877, bur. Denver, Col.,
m. 10 Nov 1867 Lydia Lord, b. 28 March 1837, d. 16June 1897.
Lydia b. 22 Nov 1837, d. 7 May 1909, m. 31 Dec 1857 Charles E.
Stanfield, b. 11 Feb 1828, d. 22 Dec 1900. They lived in Tryon, operated
the Tryon Woolen Mills, and had 11 children.
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Richard b. 14 Apr 1799, d. 8 Aug 1897, bur. Alberton Woodlawn
Cem., son of Colonel Thomas Dawson and Elizabeth Tait, 1st. m.
Elizabeth Howatt, b. 1805, d. 20 Aug 1848, daughter of James Howatt
and Ellen Miller; 2nd. m. 14 March 1849 Mary E. Pooley, b. England,
1825, d. 15 March 1899, bur. Alberton Woodlawn Cem., daughter of
Thomas and Mary Pooley. See Howatt and Pooley history.
Richard was 2 years old when he left Ireland. In early manhood he
moved to Tryon, and although it is reported that he built the mill at
North Tryon for his nephew, Thomas Ives, no record can be found to
show that Richard built, owned, or operated the Ives' Mill. However,
there are reliable records that he acquired a tract of land quite near the
mill, which in 1992 is owned by Vance Dixon and Sons. It was here that
Richard and Elizabeth settled and had their family. Richard was also a
Justice of the Peace. Richard settled three of his sons Thomas, Henry,
and John, on his North Tryon holdings; Richard moved to Nail Pond.
Richard Dawson and Elizabeth Howatt had 6 children:
+Thomas Richard b. 27 Dec 1824.
Charles b. 8 July 1827.
+Henry James b. 19 May 1830.
+John b. North Tryon, 1832.
Alexander b. 1834.
Mary H. b. 1836, m. Richard Keough. See Keough history.
Richard Dawson and his 2nd wife, Mary Ellen Pooley, had 8
children:
William Johnson b. 8 Jan 1851, d. Nail Pond 15 Dec 1922, bur.
Alberton Woodlawn Cem., m. 12 Jan 1882 Mary Ellen MacWilliams, b.
1853, d. 6 Oct 1941, daughter of George MacWilliams and Ellen
Hibbett.
Martha b. 8 Feb 1853, d. 15 Apr 1921, m. 15 Nov 1877 Michael
Quigley, b. 29 Sept 1848, d. 30 Dec 1932, son of Ann Quigley.
Warren b. 22 Feb 1855, d. 1948, bur. Eau Clair, Wisconsin, m. Nora
Hardy, b. 1868, d. 29 March 1891.
Hamilton b. 25 July 1858, d. 14 May 1943, bur. Bothell, Washington,
USA. He was Mayor of Bothell.
Mary Francis b. 1859, d. 28 Jan 1881.
Benjamin G. b. 1862, d. Montrose, June 1956, not married, lived in
Maine.
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Alder b. 1867, d. 17 May 1902, never married.
Heartz b. 1869, d. 1878.
Thomas Richard b. 27 Dec 1824, d. 23 June 1903, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., son of Richard Dawson and Eliza-
beth Howatt, m. 15 Feb 1847 Ellen Margaret Howatt, b. 1827, d. 20 Sept
1907, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of
William Howatt and Margaret Leard. See Howatt history.
Thomas and Ellen lived in North Tryon where Thomas was a farmer.
Thomas Dawson and Ellen Howatt had 8 children:
Jane b. 29 July 1847, m. John F. MacNeil. See MacNeil history.
+Margaretb. 15 July 1849.
+Thomas Alexander b. 24 Feb 1851.
+Mary Ellen b. 23 Feb 1852.
+John Thomas b. 29 Dec 1856.
+William Howatt b. 2 Dec 1860.
+Thomas Lemuel b. 3 Jan 1863.
+James Edward b. 17july 1864.
Margaret b. 15 July 1849, d. 13 Nov 1900, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Thomas Dawson and Ellen
Howatt, m. 27 Nov 1872 Cornelius Campbell, b. 18 July 1847, son of
John Campbell and Margaret Dickie.
Margaret and John lived in Cape Traverse.
Margaret Dawson and Cornelius Campbell had 3 children:
John Alexander b. 14 Apr 1873, m. Janet Bell, lived in California.
Thomas b. 4 May 1882, went to USA.
Mary Ellen Mamie b. 12 Aug 1884, d. 1974, bur. Charlottetown
Peoples Cem., m. Phillip Saunders, b. 1872, d. 1944, bur. Charlottetown
Peoples Cem.. They had 9 children: Daniel; Jeanette; Phillip; Catherine;
Isabel; Mary; Margaret Grace; Irene Wood; Martha.
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Thomas Alexander b. 24 Feb 1851, d. 6 March 1887, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., son of Thomas Dawson and Ellen
Howatt, m. 3 Nov 1873 Barbara Howatt, b. 1851, d. 13 Dec 1886, bur.
Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Adam Howatt
and Clementine Marie Robinson. See Howatt history.
Alexander and Barbara lived and farmed in Lot 28.
Alexander Dawson and Barbara Howatt had 6 children:
+Tremaineb. 31 July 1874.
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Barbara and Alexander Dawson. Dawson Collection.
Howard b. 1876, d. 1894.
+Thomas Ome n b. 17 Sept 1878.
Adam M. b. 1880, d. 1881.
+Adam Merritt b. 20 Apr 1882.
Lulu b. 9 Feb 1885, d. 27 March 1887, bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scotland Cem..
Tremaine b. 31 July 1874, son of Alexander Dawson and Barbara
Howatt, m. Mabel Mira Curtis, b. 2 March 1877, d. 11 Oct 1974, bur.
Crapaud Anglican Cem., daughter of Theophilus Curtis and Maria
Mabey.
Tremaine and Mabel lived in what is now the Art Fleiger house. They
had no children.
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Thomas Orrien b. 17 Sept 1878, d. 14 June 1940, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Alexander Dawson and Barbara Howatt, m.
29 Aug 1900 Elsie Mae Duncan, b. 17 July 1883, d. 6 Jan 1957, bur.
North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of Alfred Duncan and Char-
lotte Strang. See Duncan history.
Thomas was a carpenter and a farmer. He was also a veteran of the
first World War. Thomas and Mae moved from Augustine Cove to
North Tryon about 1900 to a farm owned by Mae's brother, Jut Duncan.
Only a barn stood on this land by the Tryon River. Thomas Dawson
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Tom and Mae Dawson. Dawson Collection.
and his cousin, Roy Dawson, who were accomplished carpenters,
converted the barn to a house for Thomas and his wife, Mae. Thomas
farmed the 50 acres for his brother-in-law, Jut Duncan. All their children
were born in North Tryon.
Thomas Dawson and Mae Duncan had 10 children:
+George Melvin b. 19 July 1902.
+Blaine Orville b. 20 Feb 1904.
+Thelma Bell b. 10 Dec 1905.
+Charles Sydney b. 29 March 1908.
+Reta Pearl b. 25 Sept 1910.
+Della Nadine b. 25 Jan 1912.
+Frederick Merritt b. 24 Apr 1914.
+Thomas Orrien b. 22 Feb 1919.
+Muriel Jean b. 25 Feb 1921.
+Alexander Alfred b. 13 Nov 1922.
George Melvin b. 19July 1902, d. 10 March 1980, bur. Heatherdale
Mem. Gardens, Alma, NS, son of Thomas Dawson and Mae Duncan,
m. 24 Aug 1929 Caroline Matilda Rogers, b. 9 Dec 1909, d. 21 July 1981,
bur. Heatherdale Mem. Gardens, Alma, NS, daughter of George Rogers
and Bertha Campbell.
George and Caroline lived in North Tryon, Charlottetown, and
Chelton, before moving to Nova Scotia. George was a carpenter.
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Thomas and Mae Dawson house. Don Duncan Collection.
George Dawson and Caroline Rogers had 16 children:
Melvin Stanley b. 24 Feb 1930, 1st. m. Catherine Isabell Landry, b.
11 March 1937, daughter of Daniel Landry and Sadie Casey. They lived
in Truro and had 4 children: Judith Elizabeth; Donna Marie; Gail Adele;
Daniel Melvin. Melvin 2nd. m. Irene Gaudet, b. 10 Sept 1927. They had
no children.
Audrey Delia b. 9 Apr 1931, m. Gordon Cooper, b. 23 Apr 1930, d.
15 Aug 1985, bur. Clifton Memorial Cem.. They lived in Southport and
had 7 children: Carolyn Ann; Gordon Dawson; David Paul; Janice Lynn;
Brenda Darlene; George Fulton; Marlyn Diane.
Thomas Arthur b. 11 Oct 1932, m. 2 Sept 1967 Janet Elizabeth
Williams, b. 18 June 1943, daughter of Jack Williams. They live in
Ontario and had no children.
Carl Morgan b. 6 May 1934, m. Barbara Marshall, b. 31 Dec 1933.
They live in Charlottetown and had 6 children: Patricia Carolyn; Coleen
Barbara; Carl Allen; Carol Marie; Cheryl Ann; John Darren.
Verna Muriel b. 15 Sept 1935, 1st. m. Lucien Provincial. They had
2 children: Vernon Thomas Lucien; Inez Myrtle. Verna 2nd. m. Daniel
Lloyd, b. 8 Dec 1936. They had 6 children: Robert Edwin; John Patrick;
Robin Bruce; Michael Stewart; Daniel Angus; Terry Joe.
George Eric b. 8 May 1937. Not married.
Ruth Elaine b. 6 Jan 1940, 1st. m. Kenneth Carter. They lived in
Debert, NS, and had 6 children: Donna Ruth; David Kenneth; James
Paul; Allan Daniel; Janet Elizabeth; Shelley Lynn. Ruth 2nd. m. Kenneth
Arthur Spence, b. 22 Jan 1947. They had 1 child: Tammy Joe.
Hillus Wyman b. 24 March 1941,1st. m. Donna Andreas, b. 29 Nov
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1952. They lived in Westville, NS, and had 2 children: Wyman Richard;
Lisa Joanne. Hillus 2nd. m. Genita Roselie Krunrei, b. 6 May 1955. They
had 1 child: Lindsay Dawn.
Inez Myrtle b. 3 July 1942, d. 1943.
Alexandra Merritt b. 19 Aug 1943, d. 1943.
Gerald Haviland b. 8 Nov 1944, m. Lillian Ruth MacKay, b. 31 May
1952. They live in Debert, NS, and had 2 children: Gerald Robert;
Donald Kevin.
Bonnie Jessie b. 17 Jan 1946, m. George MacKenzie. They live in
Borden, and had 3 children: Carol Ann; John Franklin; Daniel George.
Linda Carolyn b. 6 Jan 1947, m. James Donald Lloyd. They live in
Pictou, NS, and had 3 children: James Daniel; Shannon Lynn; Linda
Carolyn.
Deborah Arlene b. 27 Aug 1948, m. 12 Nov 1966 George Edward
Curtis. They live in Mount Tryon and had 9 children: Catherine
Carolyn; Constance Cynthia; Michael Anthony; Deborah Arlene; Mary
Leone; Theophilius James; Dwayne Jonathan; Georgia Dawn; Mary
Matheson.
Harold Yeo b. 19 Nov 1949, m. Constance Sherwood. They live in
Masstown, NS, and had 2 children: Russell Evan; Linda Carolee.
Susan Ester b. 15 March 1952, m. Calvin Austin Chapman. They
live in Westville, NS, and had 2 children: Janalee Pandiote; Andreas
Spiros.
Blaine and Olive Dawson house. Hazel Robinson.
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Blaine Orville b. 20 Feb 1904, d. 1 Oct 1967, bur. Fredericton Floral
Hills Memorial Gardens, son of Thomas Dawson and Mae Duncan, m.
Olive Arbing Mayhew, b. 14 Oct 1902, daughter of James Arbing and
Nettie Callbeck. See Arbing history.
Blaine was a carpenter and they lived in North Tryon.
Blaine Dawson and Olive Arbing had 1 child:
+Orvffle Blaine b. 26 June 1942.
Orville Blaine b. 26 June 1942, son of Olive Arbing and Blaine
Dawson, m. 14 May 1966 Joyce Paynter Clark, b. 15 May 1943, daughter
of Ray Edwin Paynter and Ann MacDonald.
Orville and Joyce live in Carleton Siding where Orville is a truck
driver. Joyce Paynter Clark had a son Mervin Winston Clark b. 25 Sept
1961, m. 7 July 1989 Kim Wall, daughter of Alfred and Phyllis Wall,
Malpeque.
Orville Dawson and Joyce Paynter had 1 child:
Norris Orville b. 22 Jan 1970, m. 5 Oct 1991 Cindy Kelly, daughter
of Lloyd and Mary Kelly, Kensington.
Thelma Belle b. 10 Dec 1905, daughter of Thomas Dawson and Elsie
Duncan, m. 25 Dec 1927 Albert Castellano, b. 10 Aug 1899, d. 25 June
1981, bur. Everett, Mass. Thelma and Albert lived in Everett, Mass..
Thelma Dawson and Albert Castellano had 2 children:
Tommy Domonic b. 21 Sept 1928.
Barbara b. 17 July 1936.
Charles Sydney b. 29 March 1908, d. 22 May 1979, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Thomas Dawson and Mae Duncan, m. 2 Apr
1947 Daisy Victoria Mullis, b. Woodstock, NB, 3 Aug 1926, daughter of
Fred George Mullis and Mary Anne Rogers.
Sydney bought the Dawson house and farm from his mother when
his father died in 1940. The house had to be moved when the Trans
Canada Highway was built in 1951 so Sydney bought three acres of land
from William Pooley and moved the house up the hill to where it now
stands. Sydney sold the farmland to Otto Johnson in the early 1950s.
He hauled cream for Amalgamated Dairies, Summerside, and later
worked as a male nurse at Riverside. Daisy was employed with Marine
Atlantic, Borden, until she retired in 1991. Daisy is a member of the
North Tryon Women' s Institute. Daisy and Sydney attended the North
Tryon Presbyterian Church.
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Sydney Dawson. Dawson Collection
Daisy Dawson. Dawson Collection
Sydney Dawson and Daisy Mullis had 5 children:
+Annie Marie b. 12 Dec 1948.
+Margaret Lyn b. 18 Nov 1949.
+Charles Sydney b. 3 Nov 1951.
+Patricia/oy b. 14 Feb 1955.
+Della Mae b. 14 Oct 1957.
Annie Marie b. 12 Dec 1948, daughter of Sydney Dawson and Daisy
Mullis, m. 15 Nov 1969 Donnie Smith, b. 14 Feb 1945, son of Emmett
Smith and Edith Clark. See Clark history.
Annie Marie and Donnie live in Bedeque. Donnie is employed with
Marine Atlantic in Borden.
Annie Marie Dawson and Donnie Smith had 2 children:
Robert William b. 26 Aug 1970.
Michael David b. 16 July 1972.
MargaretLyn b. 18 Nov 1949, daughter of Sydney Dawson and Daisy
Mullis, m. 17 Aug 1968 Vernon MacDonald, b. 11 Apr 1944, son of
William A. MacDonald and Hazel Frances Noonan.
Lyn and Vernon live in Bedeque and work at Schurman' s Building
Supplies in Summerside. They had no children.
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Delia, Lyn, Joy, Charles, Annie Marie Dawson. Dawson Collection
Charles Sydney b. 3 Nov 1951, son of Sydney Dawson and Daisy
Mullis, m. 26 July 1975 Susan Gauthier, b. 6 June 1953, daughter of
Lawrence Gauthier and Ronalda Jennings.
Charles and Susan live in Charlottetown where Charles is a bar-
tender.
Charles Dawson and Susan Gautier had 2 children:
Jason Edward b. 20 Sept 1983.
Gregory Lucas b. 09 June 1986.
Sydney and Daisy Dawson house. Hazel Robinson.
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.
Patricia/oy b. 14 Feb 1955, daughter of Sydney Dawson and Daisy
Mullis, m. 29 June 1974 Robert Emmett MacKenna, b. 23 June 1956,
son of Emmett McKenna and Mary Murtagh.
Joy and Robert live in Emerald and Robert works for Marine Adantic
in Borden.
Joy Dawson and Robert McKenna had 4 children:
Patricia Lyn b. 27 Apr 1974.
Rebecca Mary b. 19 July 1977.
Shannon Robbie b. 24 Apr 1983.
Pamela Catherine b. 28 Jan 1985.
Delia Mae b. 14 Oct 1957, daughter of Sydney Dawson and Daisy
Mullis, m. 28 May 1977 Douglas Ferguson, b. 30 Oct 1957, son of
Gertrude Ada Bell and William Sheldon Ferguson.
Delia and Doug live in Crapaud where Doug is a heavy machinery
operator. Delia is a leader for the Tryon United Church CGIT organi-
zation.
Delia Dawson and Doug Ferguson had 2 children:
Karen Angela b. 8 Nov 1975.
Kareen Amanda b. 22 Apr 1980.
Reta Pearl b. 25 Sept 1910, d. 08 Sept 1990, bur. Crapaud Anglican
Cem., daughter of Thomas Dawson and Mae Duncan, 1st. m. 8 Nov
1929 Arthur Sherren, b. 7 Jan 1906, d. 6 Aug 1965, bur. Crapaud
Anglican Cem.; Reta 2nd. m. 28 Sept 1985 John Wellington MacKay,
b. 18 Aug 1910, son of Colin MacKay and Mirriam Gay.
Reta and Arthur lived in Borden. Reta and John lived in Crapaud
and had no children.
Reta Dawson and Arthur Sherren had 7 children:
Arthur Alexander b. 27 March 1930, d. Sept 1930.
Reginald Grey b. 1 Nov 1931, m. 1953 Elsie Martin. They live in
Crapaud and had 5 children: Ronald; Wayne; Debra Faye; Douglas;
Tracey.
Elsie Mae b. 25 June 1933, m. 1955 Alvin Nelson Molyneaux. They
live in Ontario and had 3 children: Linda; Garry; Brian.
Ray Altherton b. 22 Oct 1935, m. 1955 Beulah Christine Ferguson.
They live in Cornwall and had 5 children: Allan; Gail; Cathy; Marjorie
Dawn; Pam.
June Mildred b. 9 June 1937, m. 1956 Ivan Newrick. They live in
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Carleton and had 5 children: Carolyn; Janice Loreen; Lori Anne; Ivan
Jack; James.
Donald b. 9 Aug 1939, m. 1960 Mary MacPhee. They live in
Westmoreland and had 5 children: Larry; Laura; Norma; Jacqueline
Lynn; Paula.
Thomas Arthur b. 9 July 1942, 1st. m. Jean Duncan. They had 2
children: Angela; Denise. Thomas 2nd. m. Beryl Burke. They had no
children.
Delia Nadine b. 25 Jan 1912, daughter of Thomas Dawson and Mae
Duncan, 1st. m. Edward Nelson Trowsdale, b. 13 Nov 1905, d. 28 Aug
1955, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.; Delia 2nd. m. 29 Dec 1962
Dewer Reagh Sherren, b. 21 Aug 1921, d. 20 Aug 1992, bur. Crapaud
Anglican Cem., son of Reigh Sherren and Eleanor Smith.
Delia and Edward lived in Westmoreland. Delia and Dewer lived in
Bunbury and had no children.
Delia Dawson and Edward Trowsdale had 3 children:
John Arthur b. 5 Feb 1933, m. 1957 Edna Ann Todd. They live in
Kensington and had 2 children: David John; Debbie Ann.
Orrlen Edward b. 12 July 1939, m. 1959 Faye Callbeck. They live in
Warren Grove and had 3 children: Donna Darlene; Sheila Faye;
Douglas.
Ronnie Thomas b. 29 May 1949, m. 1969 Gloria Gertrude Costello.
They live in Halifax and had 1 child: Ronnie.
Frederick Merritt b. 24 Apr 1914, d. 9 Dec 1989, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Thomas Dawson and Mae Duncan, 1st. m. Alice Dougay,
daughter of Jerry Dougay; Fred 2nd. m. Elizabeth Mosher Banfield
MacDonald, Newfoundland, b. 6 March 1905, d. Nov 1970, bur. Dart-
mouth, NS; Fred 3rd. m. Marie Martha Banfield MacDonald, b. 28 Oct
1926, daughter of George T. Banfield and Elizabeth Mosher.
Fred and Alice lived in North Tryon. Fred and Elizabeth lived in NS
where Fred worked in a bakery. Fred and Marie lived in Mount Tryon
where Fred had a beautiful vegetable and flower garden. He supplied
produce to the local stores and won many ribbons and prizes at the
Crapaud and Provincial Exhibitions each year for his floral arrange-
ments. Fred also did gardening for his Uncle Arthur Dawson of North
Tryon.
Fred Dawson and Alice Dougay had 5 children:
Twins b. 1935, d. at birth 1935.
Fred Arthur b. 20 Feb 1940, m. Joan. They live in Kitchener, Ont.,
and had at least 1 child: Douglas.
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Twin girls d. at birth 1941.
Fred Dawson and his 2nd. wife, Elizabeth MacDonald, had 3
children:
Velda Elaine Susan b. 17 Dec 1944, m. Wayne McCann. They live
in Spryfield, NS, and had 2 children: Sherri Lynn; Angela.
Blain Merritt b. 18 March 1946, m. Shirley Beer. They live in Wawa,
Ont., and had 1 child: Pauline.
+Hillus Wayne Everett b. 1 July 1948.
Fred Dawson and his 3rd. wife, Marie MacDonald, had 8 children:
Mildred Rosanne b. 31 Oct 1951, m. Raymond La Fort. They live
in Cheticamp, NS, and had 2 children: Carrie; Juanita; and a step son
Allison Myers.
Patrick b. 28 Nov 1952, d. 14 Feb 1953.
Heather June b. 15 Jan 1954, m. Garth Leonard Murray. They live
in Albany and had 2 children: Faustina; Patrick.
Vivian Lorraine b. 1 May 1958, m. Bruce Daurrie. They live in
Spryfield, NS, and had 3 children: Ashley; Jessica; Geoffory.
Geraldine Elizabeth b. 14 Sept 1961.
James b. 14 Sept 1961, d. 14 Apr 1966.
Thomas Arthur Stanley b. 24 May 1964, m.Jill McKnight, daughter
of Allister McKnight, Vancouver, BC. Arthur graduated from Dalhousie
University with a Master of Business Administration degree. They live
in Halifax.
James Edward b. 1 June 1968.
Hillus Wayne Everett b. 1 July 1948, son of Fred Dawson and
Elizabeth MacDonald, m. 10 May 1969 Donna Marie Feehan, b. 27july
1944, daughter of Arthur Feehan and Catherine Kelley.
Hillus and Donna lived on the Crossroad in 1969, later they moved
to Sherwood Forest, Crapaud, where Donna lives in 1992. Hillus lives
in Cornwall.
Hillus Dawson and Donna Feehan had 4 children:
Wayne b. 18 Jan 1970.
Debbie b. 22 Feb 1972.
Eddie b. 24 Nov 1974.
Bernadette b. 8 July 1980.
Thomas Orrien b. 22 Feb 1919, son of Thomas Dawson and Mae
Duncan, 1st. m. Grace Hamilton, b. Scotland, 1921, d. 07 Apr 1966,
bur. Sherwood Cem.; Thomas 2nd. m. Lois Alma Molyneaux, b. 22 Jan
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1931, bur. Hampshire United Cem., daughter of William Molyneaux
and Mary Ann Younker.
Thomas and Grace lived in North River. Thomas worked as a
commissioner at the Confederation Center. Thomas and Lois live in
Clyde River. They had no children.
Thomas Dawson and Grace Hamilton had 1 child:
Myrna b. 21 Aug 1951, m. 1974 Alfred Judson. They lived in
Charlotte town and had 2 children: Alfred Joseph; John.
Muriel Jean b. 25 Feb 1921, daughter of Thomas Dawson and Mae
Duncan, m. 17 May 1941 William Wilson Kitson, b. Scotland, 24 Aug
1912, d. 21 May 1967, bur. Sherwood Cem., son of Frederick Kitson
and Janet Wilson.
Muriel and William lived with Muriel's parents for several years.
When William returned from World War II, they moved to Charlotte-
town. Muriel lives in Charlottetown in 1992.
Muriel Dawson and William Kitson had 6 children:
William Alexander b. 17 Nov 1941, m. 4 Apr 1964 Margaret Fall.
They had 4 children: Wilma Mary Frances; Janet Muriel; William David
Richard; Kathleen Audrey.
KatherineJean b. 11 Feb 1943, m. 3 Oct 1971 Bernard Filion. They
had 1 child: David Edward.
Doug Dawson b. 16 Feb 1945, m. 8July 1967 Ethel Dorothy McEwen.
They had 1 child: Graham Douglas.
Frederick Brian b. 1 Aug 1948, m. 20 July 1968 Mary Jane Dunn.
They had 2 children: Lloyd Joseph; Buffy Lynn.
David Winston b. 18 Jan 1950, m. 21 May 1971 Phyllis Kirkbright.
They had 1 child: Megan Elizabeth.
George Calvin b. 20 Jan 1952, m. 31 Aug 1973 Phyllis Kelvajosey.
They had 2 children: Jasey Leigh; Grace Alexander.
Alexander Alfred b. 13 Nov 1922, son of Thomas Dawson and Mae
Duncan, m. 19 Sept 1947 Lillian Louise Sherren, b. 24 July 1928,
daughter of George David Sherren and Pearl Lois Cann.
When Alex returned from World War II, he bought a house from
Arthur Dawson and had it moved to three acres of land he purchased
from Russell Thomson. This house had been built by James Edward
Dawson. Alex was manager of the Borden Liquor Store and retired in
Nov 1977. Lillian was a member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
She is a seamstress and designed and sewed many of the costumes that
made local children winners at the fancy dress carnivals held each
winter in the local arenas.
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Al ex Dawson
and Lillian Sherren
had 1 child:
+Judith Louise b.
24 Apr 1949.
Judith Louise b.
24 Apr 1949, daugh-
t er of Al exander
Dawson and Lillian
She r r e n, 1st. m.
1966 James O'Con-
nell, son of James
and Theresa O'Con-
nell; Judy 2nd. m. 25
Apr 1972 Aust i n
J o h n s t o n , son of
Lawrence Johnston
and Loretta Quinn.
Judy lives in Sum-
Lillian and Alex Dawson. Alex Dawson Collection
merside and is employed at the Prince County Hospital. Judy is an
accomplished dancer and has taught dancing throughout the province.
Judy Dawson and James O'Connell had 2 children:
Dwayne Lance O'Connell Johnston b. 5 June 1967.
Alex and Lillian Dawson house. Hazel Robinson.
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Dale Michael O'Connell Johnston b. 14 Dec 1969.
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Adam Merritt b. 20 Apr 1882, d. 11 Oct 1941, son of Alexander
Dawson and Barbara Howatt, m. 19 Aug 1903 Lavinia Craig, b. 22 Apr
1883, d. 22 Sept 1969, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter
of Frances Craig and Margaret Slain.
Merritt and Lavinia lived in North Tryon, then Summerside. Merritt
was a carpenter.
Merritt Dawson and Lavinia Craig had 3 children:
+Stanley F. b. 24 Nov 1904.
+Elva Lavinia b. 7 Feb 1911.
Lester Merritt b. 16 June 1914, d. 2 Aug 1943, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem.. Not married.
Stanley F. b. 24 Nov 1904, d. 4 Nov 1967, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Merritt Dawson and Lavinia Craig, m. 3 Aug
1932 Delia Mary Gallant, b. 23 May 1903, daughter of Pascal C. Gallant
and Isabella Perry.
Stanley and Delia operated the general store in North Tryon. Their
residence was attached to their business. Stanley sold the store to Crilly
Lea and they moved to Summerside where Delia resides in 1992.
Stanley Dawson and Delia Gallant had 2 children:
Joan b. 27 Jan 1933, m. 3 Oct 1954 J. Cyril Gaudet, b. 6 Dec 1935,
son of Lorraine and John P. Gaudet. They live in Rexdale, Ontario, and
had 3 children: William Paul b. 2 Feb 1955; Barbara Faye b. 6Jan 1957;
Carol Lee b. 22 June 1962.
William b. 3 Feb 1935, m. 30 June 1973 Monique Doiron, b. 27 Jan
1946. William is employed with the External Affairs Department,
Ottawa. They had 2 children: Jeffrey Raymond b. 11 May 1976; Jennifer
b. 28 Nov 1977.
Elva Lavinia b. 7 Feb 1911, daughter of Merritt Dawson and Lavinia
Craig, m. Ron Jeffrey, b. 1912, d. 1981, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem..
Elva and Ron lived in Summerside before moving to Islington, Ont.,
where Ron was a salesman. They had no children.
Mary Ellen b. 23 Feb 1852, d. July 1871, bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scotland Cem., daughter of Thomas Dawson and Ellen Howatt, m.
Thomas Howatt, b. 24 Oct 1852, d. 30 July 1943, bur. Cape Traverse
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Church of Scotland Cem., son of Samuel Howatt and Jane MacNeil. See
Howatt history.
Mary Dawson and Thomas Howatt had 1 child:
+Charles b. 9 July 1870.
Charles b. 9 July 1870, d. 13 Dec 1962, bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scotland Cem., son of Thomas Howatt and Mary Ellen Dawson, m.
17 June 1892 May MacKinnon, b. 22 June 1875, d. 21 Oct 1956, bur.
Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Laughlin MacK-
innon and Mary Ann Duff.
Charles was raised by his grandparents Thomas and Ellen Dawson,
and took the Dawson name. Charles went to the States to work following
the birth of their children and May stayed on Prince Edward Island and
raised their family. Charles returned to Tryon several years before May's
death.
Charles Dawson and May MacKinnon had 5 children:
Estella Maude b. 11 March 1894, d. 8 Aug 1959, m. 16 Sept 1914
Walter F. Kelly, New York. They had 2 children: Walter Frances; James
Lewis.
Minnie b. 20 Sept 1897, m. Russell Thomson. See Thomson history.
Russell Stewart b. 14 Jan 1900, d. 8 July 1992, bur. California, m.
Thelma Vera Fisher b. California, 1 Oct 1907. They lived in California,
retired in Tryon, and later returned to California. They had 1 child:
Marion Louise.
Lewis Hamilton b. 14June 1901, d. 3June 1977, bur. California, m.
29 July 1925 Virgil Mary Kyker, b. 29 Feb 1904, California. They had 2
children: Lillian May; Lewis Bert.
James Alfred b. 8 Sept 1902, d. 13 Apr 1955, bur. Rochester, NY,
m. 22 Apr 1924 Eva Matilda Lagree, b. 9 Apr 1902. They had 2 children:
Donald; Jean.
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John Thomas b. 29 Dec 1856, d. 28 Nov 1947, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Thomas Dawson and Ellen Howatt, 1st. m. 1879 Martha
Melvina Pooley, b. 22 June 1855, d. 10 Apr 1925, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of Richard Pooley and Elizabeth Wood; John T. 2nd.
m. 13 Aug 1926 Lavina MacWilliams, b. 6 March 1858, d. 15 Aug 1954,
bur. Milburn West United Church Cem., daughter of Samuel MacWil-
liams and Elizabeth Boulter. See Pooley and MacWilliams history.
John T. lived and farmed on the Crossroad where Vance Dixon now
resides. John T. and Lavina had no children. They were members of
the Tryon United Church.
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Louise, Mamie, Cora Dawson. Evelyn Cudmore Collection.
John T. Dawson and Martha Pooley had 8 children:
Mamie Mary Ellen b. 31 March 1877, d. at brother Roy's, 9 Dec 1954,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., unmarried.
+Edna Elizabeth b. 31 July 1880.
+Roy Colledge b. 16 March 1885.
+Eliza Cora b. 11 Dec 1886.
Guy Fenton b. 9 Apr 1890, d. 27 Dec 1908, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
unmarried.
+Louise Summer Hayes b. 13 Nov 1891.
Minnie Olive b. 11 March 1896.
+Annie Gladys b. 1 Jan 1900.
Edna Elizabeth b. 31 July 1880, d. 25 Sept 1969, bur. Cornwall
United Cem., daughter of John T. Dawson and Martha Pooley, m. 29
June 1898 Cecil Bradford Webster, a merchant, b. 21 Sept 1871, d. 4
Nov 1962, bur. Cornwall United Cem..
Edna and Cecil lived in Milton, they had no children.
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Roy Colledge b. 16 March 1885, d. 18July 1968, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of John T. Dawson and Martha Pooley, 1st. m. 30 Aug 1911
May Sherris, d. 1 Aug 1915, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.; Roy 2nd. m. Apr
1917 Jean Farrar, b. 20 Sept 1898, daughter of William Farrar and
Margaret MacKinnon.
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Roy, a carpenter, built a house for his father and mother on the
Crossroad across from the homestead, and Roy and May lived in the
homestead. Roy sold the farm to Reg Dixon after May's death and
moved to his father's house. Later the newer house was purchased by
Sheldon Dixon who sold it to Reg Dixon. Roy and Jean lived in Tryon,
on the northwest side of the Baptist Church. Jean lives at the Summer-
side Summerset Manor in 1992. They were members of the Tryon
United Church.
Roy Dawson and May Sherris had 2 children:
Stuart Fenton b. 28 Feb 1912, m. 16 Aug 1936 AgnesJamieson. They
had 3 children: David Stewart; Donald Michael; Barbara.
Olive Bernice b. 23 Aug 1913, m. 30 Dec 1938 Kenneth Spencer.
They live in Edmonton and had 2 children: Keith Robinson; Craig.
Roy Dawson and his 2nd. wife, Jean Farrar, had 1 child:
Vivian Olive 20 Oct 1917, d. 19 Aug 1958, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
m. 20 July 1938 Charles Bartlett. They had 1 child: Roy Derrell who lives
in the Tryon homestead.
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Eliza Cora b. 11 Dec 1886, d. 27 Jan 1971, bur. Crapaud Cem.,
daughter of John T. Dawson and Martha Pooley, m. 6 May 1908 Harry
Roy Dawson. Evelyn Cudmore Collection.
May, Fenton and Bernice Dawson. Eve-
lyn Cudmore Collection.
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Leard, b. 15 Aug 1887, d. 14 Nov 1933, bur. Crapaud Cem., son of
George Edward Leard and Emma Crew.
Cora and Harry lived in Crapaud where Harry was a miller and
operated an electric light plant.
Cora Dawson and Harry Leard had 5 children:
John Jack b. 18 Nov 1908, m. 25 June 1941 Nettie Cudmore, b. 4
June 1917. They live in Crapaud and had 1 child: Phyllis June.
Marjorie Louise b. 20 Apr 1910, m. 14 Feb 1934 Edwin Ferguson,
b. 16 June 1903, d. 24 July 1984. They lived in Hampton and had 4
children: Richard; Joyce; Edith; Brenda.
Georgia Edna b. 12 Dec 1912, m. 15 Sept 1943 Alexander J. Fraser,
b. 28 July 1913. They live in Charlottetown and had 1 child: Nancy.
Edith Pauline b. 6 Aug 1914, m. Eric Robinson. See Robinson
history.
Alice Elaine b. 24 June 1917, m. 10 June 1936 Keith Myers, b. 14
Nov 1916. They live in Charlottetown and had twins: Keith Dixon; Karl
Dennis. Both died at birth.
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Louise Summer Hayes b. 13 Nov 1891, d. 22 June 1969, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of John T. Dawson and Martha Pooley, m. 27
June 1917 Gordon Harvey, b. 17 May 1892, d. 1 Sept 1965, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of John Harvey and Margaret Cobb, Cape Traverse.
Louise and Gordon lived and farmed in Cape Traverse.
Louise Dawson and Gordon Harvey had 3 children:
John Ralph b. 11 Nov 1917, m. 29 Sept 1965 Mildred Dawson. They
live in Cape Traverse and had no children. See Murdock Dawson
history.
Margaret Evelyn b. 6 Dec 1918, m. 10 Feb 1948 Lorimer Cudmore,
d. 4 May 1989. They lived in Charlottetown and had 2 children: Douglas;
John.
Elinor Louise b. 11 March 1926, m. 30 Nov 1946 Allison MacLeod.
They live in Charlottetown and had 3 children: Harvey; Ronald; David.
Annie Gladys b. 1 Jan 1900, d. 8 Apr 1943, bur. East Wiltshire Cem.?,
daughter of John T. Dawson and Martha Pooley, m. 12 Dec 1923 Harry
Cummings, b. 22 Feb 1896, d. 11 Oct 1986, bur. East Wiltshire Cem..
Gladys and Harry lived in East Wiltshire and had no children.
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William Hozvatt b. 2 Dec 1860, d. 21 Oct 1900, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., son of Thomas Dawson and Ellen Ho watt,
m. 26 Nov 1891 Margaret L. Howatt, b. 24 Apr 1870, d. 18 Dec 1893,
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bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of James
Ho watt and Janet MacPherson; Howatt 2nd. m. 4 Aug 1894 Amelia
Guignon, Gaspe. See Howatt history.
Howatt and Amelia lived in North Tryon where Raymond Thomson
lives in 1992. Howatt was a farmer.
Howatt Dawson and Margaret Howatt had 1 child:
Celine b. 2 Nov 1893, d. 1 Dec 1893, bur. Cape Traverse Church of
Scotland Cem..
Howatt Dawson and his 2nd. wife, Amelia Guignon, had 1 child:
+Reginald Grey b. 25 June 1895.
Reginald Grey b. 25 June 1895, d. 22 July 1983, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., son of Howatt Dawson and Amelia Guignon, m. Isabella
Oakes, b. 1889, d. 1928, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., daughter of
George Oakes and Addie Bynon. See Bynon history.
Reg and Isabella lived in the Russell Thomson house in North Tryon.
Reg was a farmer. They moved to Cape Traverse from North Tryon .
Reginald Dawson and Isabella Oakes had 2 children:
Horace b. 1 Feb 1915, living in a Summerside Nursing Home in
1992.
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+Marion b. 31 March 1920.
Marion b. 31 March 1920, daughter of Reg Dawson and Isabella
Oakes, m. 1 Feb 1940 Lloyd MacWilliams, b. 17jan 1919, son of Gordon
MacWilliams and Mabel Howatt.
Marion and Lloyd live in Carleton where they are retired from
farming.
Marion Dawson and Lloyd MacWilliams had 7 children:
Gayle b. 6 July 1940, m. Carl Willis.
Boy d. infant.
Mona b. 30 June 1943, m. Garth Willis.
Marilyn Bobby b. 12 Oct 1944, m. Roger Bernard.
Virginia Leequinny b.16 Sept 1948, m. Ted Stoddart.
Erna Dawn b. lOJuly 1951, m. Thomas Cullen.
Hal b. 26 Dec 1955.
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Thomas Lemuel b. 3 Jan 1863, d. 21 Aug 1952, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., son of Thomas Dawson and Ellen Howatt,
1st. m. 24 Nov. 1883 Christine Howatt, b. 6 May 1865, d. 19 Apr 1893,
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bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Donald
Howatt and Janet MacEachern; Lemuel 2nd. m. 27 Feb 1895 Mary
MacKenzie, b. 15 Feb 1865, d. 17 May 1955, bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scotland Cem.. See Howatt history.
Lemuel and his family lived and farmed in Albany. The first tele-
phone switchboard in the Albany area was in Lemuel's house.
Lemuel Dawson and Ellen Howatt had 5 children:
Harriet Jane Hattie b. 2 March 1885, m Gus Waddell. See Waddell
history.
Jennie Ellen Janet b. 12 Dec 1887, d. 24 March 1914, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem..
John Franklin b. 4 July 1888, d. 28 Aug 1962, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem.. John served in the American Navy in World
War I.
Major Goodwill b. 9 Apr 1892, m. Lauretta ?, lived in Lake Clear,
NY.
Thomas Lemuel b. 10 Apr 1893, d. 11 Feb 1916, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., lost on the ice boats to the mainland.
Lemuel Dawson and his 2nd. wife, Mary MacKenzie, had 7 chil-
dren:
+Murdock H. b. 8 Feb 1896.
Sterling Alexander b. 20 June 1897, d. 28 Feb 1973, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem..
Annie Isabella b. 23 June 1899, m. Albert Brown, USA. Annie had
1 child: Ralph.
Christine b. 22 Sept 1901, m. Michael MacNeill, Boston. They had
1 child: Michael.
Charles b. 28 July 1903, d. 30 Apr 1928, bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scotland Cem..
Sadie d. 16 Aug 1987, bur. Saranac Lake, NY, m. Roy Darrach. They
had 1 child: Margaret.
Margaret b. 22 March 1908, d. 10 Apr 1928, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., was a telephone operator.
Murdock H. b. 8 Feb 1896, d. 13 Sept 1957, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., son of Lemuel Dawson and Mary MacKenzie,
m. 22 June 1922 Grace Edna Francis, b. 7 Oct 1895, d. 4 March 1972,
bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Joseph R.
Francis and Josephine Ella Stordy.
Murdock and Grace lived and farmed on the homestead in Albany.
Murdock Dawson and Grace Francis had 12 children:
Mildred b. 4 July 1924, m. Ralph Harvey. See Louise Dawson history.
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Jennie b. 26 Nov 1925, m. Alvin Matthews.
Blanche b. 27 Feb 1927, m. Hillus Cairns. See Cairns history.
Ceorgina b. 15 Jan 1928, m. James Paynter.
James b. 9 Sept 1929, not married.
+Bennett Charles b. 26 Dec 1930.
Margaret b. 5 March 1932, m. Richard Newsome. See Newsome
history.
Alberta b. 8 Apr 1933,1st. m.John Yeo; 2nd. m. Sterling Thompson.
Louise b. 6 Jan 1935, m. Charles Thomson. See Thomson history.
Mary b. 6 Jan 1935, m. Douglas Howatt. See Howatt history.
Helen b. 1 May 1936, m. Delbert Smith.
Harvey b. 24 Nov 1941, not married.
Bennett Charles b. 26 Dec 1930, son of Murdock Dawson and Grace
Francis, m. 7 May 1955 Irma MacWillams, b. 6 Feb 1936, daughter of
Leaman MacWilliams and Eileen Mclnnis.
Bennett and Irma lived on the home farm in Albany.
Bennett Dawson and Irma MacWilliams had 9 children:
Allan b. 8 Nov 1955.
Brian b. 4 May 1957, m. Cindy Murray.
+Dale Murdock b. 26 June 1958.
Blair b. 23 July 1960.
Stephen b. 16June 1961.
Scott b. 24 May 1962, m. 1988 Lornajean McMurrer.
Sterling b. 20 Dec 1964.
Audra b. 10 Oct 1966.
Ruth b. 28 Feb 1976.
Dale Murdock b. 26 June 1958, d. in a highway accident, 7 June 1986,
bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., son of Bennett Dawson
and Irma MacWilliams, m. 8 June 1985 Elaine Margaret McMurrer, b.
1 Apr 1964, daughter of Lome McMurrer and Velda Eileen Muttart.
Dale and Elaine moved into the Wendell Howatt house in 1985.
Wendell had sold this house to Art Craig, who rented it to Harry and
Mercedes Craig, Gerry and Pauline Craig, and Roy and Dot MacKenzie.
Sydney Murray bought the house and rented it to Stanley and Norma
Murray and their children Darlene, Cheryl, Todd, Jackie, and Jamie.
Elaine Dawson sold the house in 1990 to Darren and Patty Walfield.
Dale Dawson and Elaine McMurrer had 1 child:
Matthew Bennett Dale b. 12 March 1984.
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James Edward b. 17 July 1864, d. 6 May 1942, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., son of Thomas Dawson and Ellen Howatt,
m. Annie Marie Peake, b. 1867, d. 10 Jan 1958, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of John and Betsy Peake.
James Edward and Annie first lived where Minnie Thomson lives in
1992, then where Stephen Thomson now lives, and later in a double
house built by their son, Arthur. James Edward was a farmer and fox
breeder. They were members of the Cape Traverse Free Church of
Scotland.
James Edward Dawson and Annie Peake had 2 children:
+Thomas Arthur b. 14 Apr 1886.
Infant daughter b. 1888, d. 1888.
Thomas Arthur b. 14 Apr 1886, d. 27 Nov 1977, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., son of James Edward Dawson and Annie
Peake, m. 15 July 1908 Winnifred Laura Muttart, b. 13 Aug 1885, d. 6
Apr 1976, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of
Montague Muttart and Matilda Clark Callbeck.
Arthur Dawson and Winnifred Muttart had no children. Winnie was
a Charter Member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute. Winnie and
Arthur built a double house in 1923 for themselves and Arthur' s
parents, James Edward and Annie. This was the second house built by
Arthur. The first house was destroyed by a grass fire just as it was
completed. The wind carried live ashes from the fire to Archie Thom-
son's woods where they burned a ten acre area. This became known as
the back field on the
Th o ms o n f ar m.
Glen and Ar t hur
Thoms on live in
the Dawson house
in 1992.
Art hur' s obitu-
ary:
The death of T.
Arthur Dawson oc-
curred at his home in
North Tryon on Sun-
day, Nov. 27. The
late Mr. Dawson was
born April 14, 1886,
in North Tryon, the
son of James E.
Dawson and Annie
Winnie and T. Arthur Dawson. Glen Thomson Collection. M. Peake, and here he
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Arthur and Winnie Dawson house. Hazel Robinson.
and his father carried
on a successful farm-
ing operation. Later
he was engaged exten-
sively in the silver fox
industry and oper-
ated a large and suc-
cessful fox ranch for
many years.
He was always
ready to help in any
good cause and as-
sisted many young
people in obtaining
an education. In
1975 he and his wife
established the T. Ar-
thur Dawson Ma-
sonic Scholarship Or-
ganization to provide
annual scholarships to Masons, and sons and daughters of Masons in Prince
Edward Island, thus helping many young people to continue their higher
education.
In 1976 he further expressed his love for Masonry and his interest in the
welfare of handicapped persons by making a generous donation to the Scottish
Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada. He was a faithful member of the Free
Church of Scotland at Cape Traverse, PEI, and for many years was superin-
tendent of the Sunday School, of which he was also a teacher. Left to cherish his
memory are three neices, two nephews, and a host of friends.
A member of the True Brothers Lodge at Crapaud, he was a Past Grand
Master of Masons in Prince Edward Island, a member of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, an Honorary Inspector General 33 of
the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, and a Royal Arch Mason, and a
member of Prince Edward Chapter No. 12 at Kensington, PEI.
A largely attended funeral service conducted by the Grand Lodge of Prince
Edward Island was held at his late residence on Nov. 29, the oration being
given by Past Grand Master Albert E. Lavers, a highly esteemed friend of the
late Mr. Dawson.
The funeral service was held on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at his home and was
conducted by Rev. John MacLeod of the Free Church of Scotland, assisted by
Rev. Colin Alston of the North Tryon Presbyterian Church. The Scripture
readings were selections chosen by Mr. Dawson: Ecclesiastes: Chapter 12, verses
1 to 7; Micah: Chapter 6, versus 1 to 8; and Psalm 46. The Psalms sung were
"The Lord's My Shepherd"and "Unto the Hills".
Honorary pallbearers were the Past Grand Masters of Prince Edward Island
together with a number of Scottish Rite brethren from Halifax. Active pallbear-
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ers were Arthur Thomson, Bertram Thomson, Charles Thomson, Raymond
Thomson, Fred Dawson, James R Murphy, Albert Callbeck, and Wendell Lea.
Flower bearers were Ralph Dawson, Myron Dawson, Ralph Harvey, and Ernest
White.
Interment was in the Church of Scotland Cemetery at Cape Traverse beside
his wife who predecessed him in 1976.
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Henry James b. 19 May 1830, d. 17 Dec 1912, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Richard Dawson and Elizabeth Ho watt, m.
30 Oct 1855 Elizabeth Betsy Keough, b. 1831, d. May 1919, bur. Kinkora
Catholic Cem., daughter of Martin and Mary Keough.
Henry and Betsy settled on the farm where Arthur and Glen
Thomson lived until 1977.
Henry Dawson and Betsy Keough had 10 children:
May Helen b. 20 Dec 1856.
Jennie b. 16 May 1858, d. 31 Dec 1944, m. 12 July 1901 Dr. Enoch
Dodge, b. 7 Feb 1856, d. 30 Sept 1931. They lived in Mass., both are
buried in Kinkora, they had no children.
Elizabeth Libby b. 10 Aug 1859, m. Patrick Trainor. See Trainor
history.
Margaret b. 17 Apr 1861, d. 25 Jan 1945, m. 7 Nov 1899 John
Driscoll, b. 1853, d. 27 Sept 1932, bur. Seven Mile Bay. They had 1 child,
d. at birth.
Gordon Warren b. 10 Nov 1862, d. 13 Apr 1943, m. 25 Jan 1903
Mary Bell Rogerson, b. 20 May 1870, d. 4 June 1939, both bur. North
Tryon Presbyterian Cem.. They had no children.
+John Addington Add b. 6 Jan 1865.
+Edwin Henry b 15 Sept 1866.
Catherine Idab. 15June 1870, d. Oct 1950, bur. Kinkora. Catherine
was a school teacher and never married.
+Joanna Melvina Hannah May b. 15 June 1872.
May Evangeline b. 31 Aug 1876, d. 1898.
John Addington Add b. 6 Jan 1865, d. 20 May 1940, bur. Bedeque
Baptist Cem., son of Henry Dawson and Betsy Keough, m. 29 May 1886
Eliza Jane Mountain Wood, b. 18 Feb 1868, d. 26 Apr 1949, bur.
Bedeque Baptist Cem., daughter of Luke Wood and Janet Waite. See
Wood history.
John Addington and Eliza first lived in Augustine Cove, then moved
to Central Bedeque where John owned and managed a fox ranch.
Add Dawson and Eliza Wood had 5 children:
Carl Addington b. 15 March 1887, d. 17 Jan 1964, m. Mary Alice
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Dixon, b. 31 Jan 1892, d. 1973. They had 4 children: Helen; Frances;
John; William.
+Henry Elmer b. 26 Dec 1890.
Ulric Gatharne b. 29 May 1892, d. 20 Dec 1973, bur. Sherwood
Cem., m. 16 Sept 1914 Adella Francis, b. 24 Nov 1896, d. 22 Oct 1969,
bur. Sherwood Cem.. They had 8 children: Eileen; Dorothy; Phyllis;
Irma; Elsie; Alice; Elizabeth; Ulric.
Haddon Spurgeon b. 15 June 1904, d. 1982, 1st. m. Nov 1925
Golden Belle Buxton, b. 18 Dec 1903. They had 2 children: Hilton;
Doreen. Haddon 2nd. m. Nov 1925 Pauline Dowling. They had no
children.
Ivan Bartonfield b. 9 May 1910, m. 9 July 1934 Mabel Miller, b. 22
May 1905, d. 17 Apr 1989, bur. Lot 16 United Cem.. They had 1 child:
Ronald.
Henry Elmer b. 26 Dec 1890, d. 21 Dec 1978, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Add Dawson and Eliza Wood, m. 29 Nov 1912 Winnifred
Bell, b. 11 Feb 1891, d. 2 Jan 1965, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Elmer and Winnifred took over the homestead in Augustine Cove
when John A. moved to Bedeque.
Elmer Dawson and Winnifred Bell had 2 children:
John Eldon b. 20 May 1914, m. Marjorie Muirhead. See Muirhead
history.
+Kenneth Ralph b. 15 July 1919.
Kenneth Ralph b. 15 July 1919, d. 22 Aug 1967, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Elmer Dawson and Winnifred Bell, m. 20 Apr 1938 Leila
Louise Bea Lefurgey. See Lefurgey history.
Kenneth Dawson and Bea Lefurgey lived and farmed in Augustine
Cove. Kenneth also operated a general store.
Kenneth Dawson and Bea Lefurgey had 2 children:
Ralph Eugene b. 29 March 1939, m. June Johnson. See Johnson
history.
Shirley Ann b. 12 May 1955, d. 19 May 1955, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
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Edwin Henry b. 15 Sept 1866, d. 15 Nov 1949, bur. Seven Mile Bay
Cem., son of Henry Dawson and Betsy Keough, m. 11 Oct 1892 Mary
Mamie Murphy, b. 23 March 1869, d. 29 Dec 1953, bur. Seven Mile Bay,
daughter of William Murphy and Catherine Mahar.
Edwin and Mamie lived and farmed on the River Road, Augustine
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Cove. They moved to North Tryon when they retired.
Edwin Dawson and Mamie Murphy had 7 children:
+Elizabeth Ceorgina b. 2 Oct 1894.
William Henry Harry b. 14 March 1898, d. 17 Apr 1981, bur. Seven
Mile Bay, m. Mary Ethel Mamie Murray, b. 19 Sept 1900, d. 3 May 1992.
They lived in Augustine Cove and had 3 children: Georgina; Shirley;
Earl.
Cordon b. 17 May 1899, d. 7 March 1955, m. Margaret Mulivaney.
Mary b. 12 Dec 1900, d. 19 Oct 1984, m. 4 Apr 1926 Redverse
Hammill, b. 8 Aug 1900, d. 23 Feb 1970, bur. Kinkora Cem.. They had
7 children: Gordon; Preston; Mary; Elaine; Eric; Elmer; Edwin.
Merrill John b. 24 July 1904, d. 17 Apr 1985, bur. Seven Mile Bay
Cem., m. 22 Feb 1928 Millicent Jean Palmer, b. 18 July 1907, d. 6 Aug
1992. They lived in Albany and had 5 children: Kathleen; Charles;
Shirley; Doris; Donald.
Margaret b. 7 March 1908, m. Daniel Palmer, b. 1912, d. 27 July
1988, bur. Seven Mile Bay. They lived in Victoria, then Albany, and had
3 children: Donald; Sylvia; Arlene.
George b. 16 Sept 1910, m. Jean Deighan, b. 12 March 1912. They
had 6 children: Phyllis; Edith; Noreen; Delbert; Billy; Blair.
Elizabeth Georgina b. 27 July 1894, d. 29 Dec 1918, bur. Kinkora
Catholic Cem., daughter of Edwin Dawson and Mamie Murphy, m. 18
Jan 1916 Sabinus George McKenna, b. Kinkora, 2 Oct 1894, d. 11 Nov
1953, bur. Kinkora Catholic Cem., son of James McKenna and Rose
Ann McMahon.
Elizabeth Dawson and George McKenna had 2 children:
+George Edwin b. 10 Oct 1916.
Leslie b. 1917, deceased, m. Reta Wilson. They lived in Calgary,
Alberta.
Following the early death of their mother, George and Leslie were
raised by their Dawson grandparents and assumed the Dawson name.
George Edwin b. 10 Oct 1916, d. 1991, bur. Brampton, Ont., son of
Elizabeth Dawson and George McKenna, m. Helen Manson Lefurgey.
See Lefurgey history.
George and Helen lived on PEI and then Brampton before they
separated.
George Dawson and Helen Lefurgey Sherren had 3 children:
Brian Eric Sherren b. Moncton, 4 Sept 1948, 1st. m. Lucy Rud-
howski. They had 2 children: Candy; Leanne. Brian 2nd. m. Doreen
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Jane Brown. They live in Brantford, Ont., where Brian is a member of
the Ontario Provincial Police.
Garry Eugene b. Charlottetown, 25 March 1955, 1st. m. Jackie May
Thompson, b. 10 Feb 1960. They had 2 children: Wayne Eugene b. 3
Sept 1988; K.C. Michael b. 5 June 1989.
Gregory Wayne b. 1 May 1959, d. 15 June 1959.
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Joanna Melvina Hannah May b. 15 June 1872, d. 23 Aug 1966, bur.
Summerside Catholic Cem., daughter of Henry Dawson and Betsy
Keough, m. William J. Sullivan, b. Boston, 5 Nov 1869, d. 12 Oct 1937,
bur. Utica, NY.
Hannah May Dawson and William Sullivan had 13 children:
Raymond b. 13 June 1893, d. 1918 in WW I.
Heath b. 1896.
Mary.
Elizabeth.
Evab. 15 July 1898, d. 11 Jan 1985, m. Harold J. Higgins, d. 1967.
They lived in Plainsville, Conn., and had 2 children: Harold; Donald.
Gladys b. 23 Dec 1901, d. 2 June 1985, m. F.V. Hashell. They lived
in Gladstone, New Jersey, and had 1 child: Roger.
Aida b. 12 Jan 1906, m. 1932 Henry Noonan, a Summerside lawyer,
b. 1900, d. 15 Jan 1948, son of Andrew Noonan. They lived in Summer-
side and had 8 children: Shirley; Jack; James; Gregory; Geraldine;
Marjorie; Pauline; Arthur.
John b. 30 June 1908, d. 1956. John was a priest.
William b. 1909, d. 1967.
Edwin b. Nov 1910, d. 1915.
Gordon Warren b. 4 Oct 1912, d. May 1985, m. Bertha Gallant. They
had 4 children: Arlene; John; Paula; David.
Enoch b. 4 Jan 1914, d. 9 Feb 1966, m. Marjorie Costello, b. 1916,
d. 18 Aug 1949. They had no children.
Arthur b. 24 Sept 1914, d. 11 Sept 1945.
John b. 1832, d. 27 Apr 1877, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of
Richard Dawson and Elizabeth Howatt, m. 7 March 1857 Susannah
Mayhew, b. England, 1835, d. 25 Jan 1924, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
John and Susannah settled on John' s father's farm, the Richard
Dawson homestead, when Richard moved to Nail Pond. John, who died
a young man, willed this property to his sons, Newt and Bert. Newt
stayed home on the farm, while Bert went to New Hampshire to work
in the fox ranching business. Bert returned to the Island about 1918
and started his own fox ranch on his part of the family farm. According
to John' s will, everything but the house, which was Newt's, was to be
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divided between the brothers. Household furnishings were to be di-
vided, the barn had to be cut in two and Bert was to pay his mother
Susan a yearly stipend and be responsible for her care.
Newt chose the eastern side of the property which contained the
race track, the house, the barn, and a large apple orchard. Bert built a
house on the west side from lumber cut from the brook woods. The finish
and the stairs were BC fir and the floors were hardwood from the
maritimes. Half of the barn was moved from Newt's property to Bert's
in 1919 and finished in 1920.
Bert had a dealership for American International Farm Machinery,
so he built another barn for the storing of machinery parts. He sold hay
loaders, hay mowers, cultivators and the first tractor that was ever sold
on the Island, which he had shipped to Borden. Rex returned home to
join his father in the fox business and assumed ownership of the
business in 1937. Newt's house was demolished, and Rex's son, Myron,
lives in Bert's house in 1992.
John Dawson and Susannah Mayhew had 9 children:
+George A. b. 2 Oct 1855.
Louisa b. 15 Nov 1857.
Richard W. b. 12 Nov 1859, d. 1889.
+S. Newton b. 5 March 1861.
+Mary Susannah Ann b. 8 Apr 1864.
Bradford b. 4 Sept 1866, m. 18 Nov 1884 Jane Leard, b. Augustine
Cove.
Sarah Alice b. 5 Jan 1869, d. 1933. She had 2 children: Martha;
Bertie.
Frederick Holland b. 8 March 1871, d. before 1963, m. Ada ?.
+William Ethelbert Bert b. 14 June 1874.
George A. b. 2 Oct 1855, d. 1935, son ofjohn Dawson and Susannah
Mayhew, m. 15 Nov 1877 Margaret D. Pooley, b. 22 Jan 1854, d. 1935,
daughter of Richard Pooley and Elizabeth Wood. See Pooley history.
George A. and Margaret lived in USA.
George A. Dawson and Margaret D. Pooley had 3 children:
+Rena b. 4 Aug 1884.
Ernest Pooley b. 18 July 1886.
Florence lived in NY.
Rena b. 4 Aug 1884, daughter of George A. Dawson and Margaret
Pooley, m. William Alexander. They lived in Massachusetts.
Rena Dawson and William Alexander had 3 children:
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Richard Dawson.
Harry.
Lila.

S. Newton b. 5 March 1861, d. 30 May 1937, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of John Dawson and Susannah Mayhew, m. as
her 2nd. husband 14 Nov 1892 Christine MacKinnon Lamont, b. 20
May 1861, d. 25 Dec 1954, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
daughter of Laughlin MacKinnon and Mary Ann Duff.
Newt and Christie lived on the home farm where Newt's interest in
horses led him to build a race track on the farm.
Christie had 1 child:
Kathy Lamont b. 26 Apr 1880, m. Frank J. Bearsto, b. 6 June 1877,
d. 1933. They had 2 children: Claude b. San Diego; Frances b. Hemby,
California.
Newt Dawson and Christie MacKinnon Lamont adopted Newt's
nephew:
+Percy b. 20 March 1890.
Percy b. 20 March 1890, d. 24 March 1980, bur. Crapaud Cem.,
adopted son of Newt Dawson and Susannah Mayhew, m. 16 Dec 1908
Stuart Louise Simmons, b. 24 June 1889, d. 25 May 1955, bur. Crapaud
Cem., daughter of Philip Simmons and Flora J. Howatt.
Percy Dawson moved to Crapaud where he began Dawson's Funeral
Home and also operated the local service station.
Percy Dawson and Stuart Simmons had 6 children:
Frederick Lee b. 22 Sept 1909, d. 21 Aug 1986, m. May Stewart.
They lived in Ottawa and had no children.
Flora Alice Jessie b. 8 Sept 1912, m. 30 March 1932 Arthur Johnson.
They live in Charlottetown where Art is a barber. They had 4 children:
Jackie William; Ester Dawson; Allan Arthur; Barbara.
Robert Nelson b. 11 May 1917, m. 18 March 1939 Margaret Jean
Cameron. They live in Crapaud and had 2 children: Robert Barry;
Ronald Paul.
Maryjeanette b. 4 March 1920, d. 13 May 1987, m. George E. Clark,
deceased. They lived in Halifax and had 3 children: Gregory; Patricia
Ethel; Timothy.
Harriet Ethel b. 4 March 1920, m. John A. Calebrook. They live in
BC, and had 3 children: Ethel Ann; Carolyn Stuart; John Dawson.
Mildred Falconer b. 18 Aug 1926, m. 11 Jan 1946 Kenneth Leaman
Paynter, b. 27 Nov 1922, d. 31 July 1969, bur. Freetown Peoples Cem..
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Mildred lives in Charlottetown. They had no children.
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Mary Susannah Ann b. 8 Apr 1864, d. 8 March 1934, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of John Dawson and
Susannah Mayhew, m. 28 Dec 1881 Charles H. Carruthers, b. 1859, d.
22 July 1911, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem..
Ann Dawson and Charles Carruthers had 2 children:
J.W. Newton b. 6 Apr 1887, d. 10 May 1909, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem..
Sophia b. 1894, d. 20 March 1932, bur. Seven Mile Bay Cem., m.
William James Aeneas Mclnnis, b. 9 Sept 1884, d. 1964, bur. Seven Mile
Bay Cem., son of John Mclnnis and Jane MacLeod. They had 13
children: Margaret; Louisa; Charles; William; George; Alice; Anna;
Eliza; Catherine; Leland; Mary Nina; Elizabeth; Rena.
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William Ethelbert Bert b. 14 June 1874, d. 2 May 1969, bur. Cape
Cod, USA, son ofjohn Dawson and Susannah Mayhew, m. 14 Sept 1892
Martha Agnus Delaney, b. 7 March 1874, d. 3 May 1937, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of Michael Delaney and Alta Robinson. See
Delaney history.
Bert Dawson and Martha Delaney had 1 child:
+Reginald Lester Rex b. Boston, 10 June 1893.
Reginald Lester Rex b. Boston, 10 June 1893, d. 24 May 1957, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Bert Dawson and Martha Delaney, m. 5
Dec 1923 Florence Bell Matheson, b. 8 Dec 1900, d. 18 Oct 1974, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter ofjohn Matheson and Violet Brown.
Rex and Florence were members of the Tryon Baptist Church.
Rex Dawson and Florence Matheson had 6 children:
+Martha Violet b. 5 Jan 1925.
+Vessie Mae b. 9 Oct 1926.
+Florence Ethelbert Bertie b. 8 Apr 1928.
+Myron Ray b. 12 Apr 1930.
+Margaret Irene b. 11 Aug 1932.
+Hazel Arlene b. 22 Dec 1935.
Martha Violet b. 5 Jan 1925, daughter of Rex Dawson and Florence
Matheson, m. 19 Oct 1945 Donald Montgomery Schurman, b. 28 Apr
1912, son of Thomas Schurman and Leona Montgomery.
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Ma r t ha and
Dona l d live on
their farm in Sher-
brooke.
M a r t h a
Dawson and Don-
ald Schurman had
3 children:
Myra Helen b.
2 June 1946, m. 7
Aug 1965 William
Gerald MacLean.
Judy Marilyn b.
8 J une 1948, m.
1971 William Les-
lie MacFarlane.
Faye Edith b.
23 Feb 1955, m. 21
May 1977 Gr ant
J os eph MacDon-
ald.
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Rex and Flora Dawson with tame fox. Helen Dawson Collection
Vessie Mae b. 9 Oct 1926, daughter of Rex Dawson and Florence
Matheson, m. 5 May 1965 Paul Emile Trudell.
Vessie and Emile live in Toronto where Emile had a construction
company.
Vessie Dawson and Emile Trudell had 2 children:
John David b. 28 Aug 1959.
Paul Emile b. 5 May 1965.
Florence Ethelbert Bertie b. 8 Apr 1928, daughter of Rex Dawson
and Florence Matheson, m. 25 Apr 1951 Prowse Chappell, b. 30 Sept
1928.
Bertie and Prowse lived and farmed in New Annan. Prowse was an
MLA and Provincial Minister of Agriculture.
Bertie Dawson and Prowse Chappell had 4 children:
Ronald Prowse b. 24 May 1952,1st. m. Lorraine Arsenault; 2nd. m.
Susan Morrison.
Allen Wayne b. 26 Nov 1953.
Deborah Pearl b. 21 March 1956.
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Cindy June b. 8 Oct 1959, m. Ronald Carragher.
Myron Ray b. 12 Apr 1930, son of Rex Dawson and Florence
Matheson, m. 6 June 1951 Helen Ruth MacKay, b. 23 Nov 1930,
daughter of David Ellery MacKay and Robina Cameron, New Annan.
Myron farmed with his father and when Rex died in 1957, Myron
and Helen bought the farm from Myron's mother. Their son, Ray,
erected a roadside stand in 1961 where he sold potatoes and turnips to
earn pocket money. It was a unique business because it operated on an
honor system. His mother continued the business after Ray's death in
1963 until his sisters, first Margo and Sherri, and then Kisten and Barbi,
took over the stand.
Myron Dawson and Helen
MacKay had 5 children:
Ray Allan b. 20 Oct 1951, d.
highway accident, 14 Oct 1963,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Margo Judy b. 5 Sept 1964.
Sherrie Gwen b. 11 J a n
1967.
Kisten Michelle b. 19 March
1969.
Barbie Chrissa b. 3 Nov
1970.
Margaret Irene b. 11 Aug
1932, daughter of Rex Dawson
and Florence Matheson, m.
John Paton, b. 20 Sept 1920.
Margaret and John lived in
Montreal where John worked
for Bell Canada. They now re-
side in Linkletter where they are
retired.
Ray Dawson. Helen Dawson Collection.
Margaret Dawson and John Paton had 3 children:
Garry Andrew b. 27 July 1954, lives in Halifax.
Douglas John b. 3 May 1957, m. Linda Moase. They live in Toronto.
Jody Irene b. 2 Feb 1961, m. Richard Wright. They live in St.
Eleanors.
Hazel Arlene b. 22 Dec 1935, daughter of Rex Dawson and Florence
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Helen, Krista, Sherri, Margo, Myron, Barbi Dawson. Helen Dawson Collection.
Matheson, m. Loren Sandler.
Hazel and Loren live in Reading, Mass., and have a hardware store.
Hazel Dawson and Loren Sandler had 4 children:
Stephen Louis b. 5 May 1960.
Myron and Helen Dawson farm. Hazel Robinson.
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Alan Ross b. 29 Dec. 1961.
Duanne Rex b. 6 July 1963.
Nancy Lee b. 9 Oct 1964.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Dawson History; Bertha
Dawson; Lyn Dawson; Evelyn Cudmore; Alex Dawson; Glen Thomson;
Helen Dawson; Tryon United Baptist Church Records.
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^/yelaney Family
John Delaney b.c. 1809, Ireland, d. 12 March 1878, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., m. 26 Jan 1846 in Ireland, Mary Quigley, b. Ireland, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Michael Quigley and Mary Clark. See
Quigley history.
Four Delaney brothers left their native land because of religious
differences. John settled in Malpeque, PEI, one brother went to NS, one
to the USA, and one to the Magdalen Islands. It appears that John came
to North Tryon and purchased land on the Mount Tryon road, as shown
on the 1863 map.
John Delaney and Mary Quigley had 7 children:
James m. Mary Quigley.
William.
+Michael Clarke b. 20 Nov 1849.
Sarah.
+Barbara.
Maud.
Flora.
Michael Clarke b. Malpeque, 20 Nov 1849, d. 20 Jan 1918, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., son of John Delaney and Mary Quigley, m. 3 Jan
1870 Alta Myrajane Robinson, b. Augustine Cove, 1850, d. 6 Apr 1936,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Several newspaper clippings, including an obituary, give a glimpse
into the life of Michael Delaney:
Mr. Delaney has recently purchased the general retail business of Lord &
Co., Albany Station. This, along with his regular business at North Tryon,
where he resides, gives him a much larger field for his enterprises. The
advantages of having a warehouse and other conveniences at a Railway Station
cannot be overestimated. Mr. Delaney, when quite a young man, began farming
on a small scale, but afire burned all his buildings and left him practically
penniless. This was his opportunity, and he was not slow to take advantage of
it. He began merchandising in the most modest manner possible and has
succeeded to a greater extent than ever anticipated, at the present time having
two successful places of business as above referred to, besides being a member of
the Provincial Legislature.
The funeral of the late Mr. M.C. Delaney was held from his home in North
Tryon to the Tryon Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon January 22nd.. Reus. E.P.
Colder and James Dougall conducted the services at the home and the grave.
The high esteem and the general confidence the public placed in the late Mr.
Delaney was highly exemplified by the largely attended funeral. So great was
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the concourse of people pre-
sent that it was necessary to
remove the remains out-
doors in order to allow
those who desired an oppor-
tunity to view them, while
upwards of 150 teams fol-
lowed them to their last
resting place^In the star-
tling and sudden death of
Mr. Delaney the commu-
nity has received a severe
shock that they will not
readily forget. Arising
early in the morning of the
19th inst. apparently in
perfect physical health, he
drove from his home to Al-
bany and return. That
same afternoon, suddenly
seized with a stroke of that
dread disease appoplexy he
lingered but a few short
hoursthus reminding us
that "In the midst of our life we are in death ". Mr. Delaney will be greatly
missed in the community. His cheerful greeting and his prompt and ever ready
hand to aid the needy cannot easily be replaced. To the bereaved widow and
children go out the sympathy of the community and though a fond and loving
husband and trusting parent has been "Called. Home ", they are comforted with
the assurance that the active life he spent in successful honest effort and faithful
toils has at last been crowned by the Masters "Well Done".
In early life, Michael started in business in North Tryon and was continu-
ously prosperous, later taking his two sons into partnership in the fine
merchantile business now carried on under the style of Messrs. Delaney &Sons.
He was a staunch Conservative in politics and a prominent member of the
Baptist Church. After being defeated several times at general local elections, he
was returned at the bye election of 1909 and re-elected in 1911. He was defeated
at the last general election by Mr. W.M. Lea, the present able representative of
the Fourth District.
Michael Clark Delaney. Ida Heartz Collection.
Michael Delaney and Alta Robinson had 8 children:
+Annie E. b. 1872.
Martha Agnes b. 7 March 1874, m. Bert Dawson. See Dawson
history.
+Carrie Adelaide b. 16 Oct 1877.
+EIiza Isabel Tizie b. 31 Aug 1880.
+Debbie RubinaiJwfry 1 June 1887.
+Leon Parker b. 5 Aug 1889.
Son b. and d. 5 Aug 1889, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.
+Claude Stanley b. 23 Feb 1893.
Annie E. b. 1872, d. 1 Sept 1938, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter
of Michael Delaney and Alta Myra Robinson, m. Hamilton Grey Gam-
ble, b. Augustine Cove, 27 Apr 1869, d. 4 Feb 1947, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
Annie and Hamilton lived in Albany where they operated the
general store formerly owned by Annie's father. They had no children.

Garrie Adelaide b. 16 Oct 1877, d. Summerside, 4 March 1968, bur.
Summerside Peoples Cem., daughter of Michael Delaney and Alta Myra
Robinson, m. 10 Sept 1902 Lucius Crue, b. 21 Feb 1879, d. 5 Nov 1952,
bur. Summerside Peoples Cem., son of Daniel P. Crue and Rebecca G.
Cudmore.
Carrie and Lucius lived in Summerside where Lucius was co-owner
and operator of William's and Crue Publishing Co.
Carrie Delaney and Lucius Crue had 1 child:
Leith Raymond b. 9 Jan 1906, d. 18 Nov 1986, bur. Kingston,
Ontario, m. 12 Aug 1926 Laura Cairns, deceased, daughter of Alexan-
der Cairns and Annie Anderson. They had 3 children: Constance b. 7
Michael and Alta Delaney house and store, with Michael in front. Bea MacFarlane.
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Jan 1927; Letha b. 29 May 1928; Alan b. 9 Jan 1937.
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Eliza Isabel Tizzie b. 31 Aug 1880, d. 13 Oct 1978, bur. Central
Bedeque Baptist Cem., daughter of Michael Delaney and Alta Myra
Robinson, m. Daniel MacLure, b. 12 Sept 1882, d. 18 Oct 1953, bur.
Central Bedeque Baptist Cem., son of John MacLure and Jane Gamble.
Tizzie and Daniel lived in Lower Bedeque where Daniel was a
farmer. -_
Tizzie Delaney and Daniel MacLure had 2 children:
Clayton b. 17 Nov 1908, m. Jennie Carruthers, b. 17 Jan 1920,
daughter of Clement Carruthers and Lillian Cunningham. They farmed
in Lower Bedeque, and had 2 children: Daniel Clement b. 13 Aug 1948,
m. Dianne MacCallum; Barbara Jane b. 10 July 1951, m. Hal
MacFarlane.
Ruby b. 15 July 1914, d. 27 Dec 1980, bur. Central Bedeque Baptist
Cem., m. Lloyd Jewel, b. 10 July 1910, d. 13 Oct 1983, bur. Central
Bedeque Baptist Cem., son of Frank Jewel and Elizabeth Newsome.
They lived in Bedeque and had 1 child: Leigh b. 25 Dec 1933, not
married.
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Debbie Rubina Ruby b. 1 June 1887, d. 10 March 1972, bur. Pine
Grove Cem., Lynn, Mass., daughter of Michael Delaney and Alta Myra
Robinson, m. 15 Feb 1911 George Michael Neth, b. 22 July 1874, d. 7
March 1943, bur. Pine Grove Cem., Lynn, Mass., son of Michael Neth
and Elizabeth Kern.
Ruby and George lived in Boston, Lynn, and Saugus, Mass.. George
was a baker.
Ruby Delaney and George Neth had 10 children:
Alta Elizabeth b. 29 May 1912, m. 15 Dec 1933 James W. Currier.
They live in Saugus, Mass., and had 3 children: Judith m. Mr. Myers;
James Ward; Sally m. Mr. Graf.
George Michael b. 31 Oct 1915, d. 12 Aug 1980, m. 14 June 1942
Rita Devine. They lived in Saudi Arabia and Tuscon, Arizona, and had
2 children: George Michael III b. 8 July 1943, d. 9 Aug 1943; George
Michael IV b. 16 June 1945.
Eva Annie b. 17 Aug 1916, m. 12 Nov 1940 John T. Spavin. They
lived in Lynn, Mass., and Norfolk, Va., and had 3 children: John
Thomas; Patricia D. m. Mr. Smith; Susan J. m. Mr. Blake.
Ralph Henry b. 18 Feb 1918, d. 21 Oct 1921.
Frederick S. b. 26 Dec 1919, d. 10 Sept 1990, m. 5 May 1942 Dorothy
Buckley. They lived in Boston and North Reading, Mass., and had 3
children: Patricia m. Mr. Wallace; Frederick; Pamela m. Mr. Sargent.
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Alvan Herbert b. 3 Sept 1921, d. 23 Feb 1926.
William Ethelbert b. 13 July 1923.
Ruby Eleanor b. 19 Oct 1924, d. 10 June 1948, m. 13 March 1944
Richard B. Keefe. They lived in California and Lynn, Mass..
Myrtle Alice b. 24 Nov 1925, d. 5 Aug 1979.
Herbert H. b. 31 Dec 1926, m. 24 Oct 1950 Betty Jean Paulson. They
live in Saugus, Mass., and had 3 children: David Allen; Debra Jean m.
Mr. Hart; Steven Paul.
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Leon Parker b. 5 Aug 1889, d. 16 Apr 1971, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Michael Delaney, and Alta Myra Robinson,
m. 1910 Minerva Ethelene Minnie MacNeil, b. 20 March 1892, d. 20
Sept 1954, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of Thomas
MacNeil and Melvina Curtis. See MacNeil history.
Parker and Minnie lived in North Tryon at Chisholm's Corner.
Parker worked with local farmers, at Dixon's Store, and at Ives' Mill.
Minnie was a member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute and they
were members of the North Tryon Presbyterian Church.
Parker Delaney and Minnie MacNeil had 17 children:
+Preston Goldingb. 8June 1911.
+Ruby Novella b. 2
Feb 1913.
Alta Elvina Myra b.
14 July 1914, d. 31 July
1988, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., not
married.
+Annie Lois Helena
b. 30 Apr 1916.
+Thomas Elmer/oe
b. 10 Sept 1918.
+Velda Juanita b. 4
Oct 1919.
Margaret Adele b.
22 Jan 1921, d. 10 Nov
1923, bur. Tryon Peo-
ples Cem..
+Doris Matilda b.
22 Apr 1922.
Merle Osborne b. 6
Sept 1923, d. 20 Nov
1923, bur. Tryon Peo-
ples Cem..
Wv ma A t l i K Minnie MacNeil Delaney, age 19. Helena Trowsdale
' ' Collection.
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Parker Delaney. Helena Trowsdale
Collection.
26 Jan 1926, d. 1 March 1926, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem..
+Willis Denzil b. 17 Jan 1927.
Hazen d. 27 Sept 1930, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem..
+Heath Morrison b. 29 March
1930.
+Eric Leroy b. 3 Apr 1932.
+Beverlyb. 20 June 1934.
+Blair Aard b. 18 Oct 1936.
Hazen b. 1937, d. 1939, bur.
North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
Preston Goldingb. 8 June 1911,
d. 30 July 1983, bur. Summerside
Peoples Cem., son of Parker De-
laney and Mi nni e MacNeil, m.
Grace Berry, Moncton, b. 21 Apr
1906, d. 15 Feb 1983.
Golding was manager of Pond
and Delaney Fox Farm, Summer-
side. Later, Golding and Grace lived in Amherst where Golding worked
for Quaker Oats and Maple Leaf Milling.
Golding Delaney and Grace Berry had 3 children:
Ethylene b. 2 July 1933, m. Arthur Lockwood. They had 1 child:
Steven Arthur, stillborn.
Preston Leon Thomas b. 2 July 1933, d. 1934.
Lowell b. 10 Dec 1938, is married.
Novella b. 2 Feb 1913, d. 29 Jan 1985, bur. Toronto, daughter of
Parker Delaney and Minnie MacNeil, m. Herman Clow, b. Summerside
1908, d. 1 March 1971, bur. Islington, Ont .
Novella and Herman lived in Toronto.
Novella Delaney and Herman Clow had 1 child:
Elaine m. Mr. MacMillan.
Annie Lois Helena b. 30 Apr 1916, daughter of Parker Delaney and
Minnie MacNeil, 1st. m. 3 Nov 1937 Charles Leo Arsenault, b. 15 June
1909, d. 21 Jan 1947, bur. Seven Mile Bay; Helena 2nd. m. 30 July 1949
Eric Trowsdale, b. 26 Oct 1927.
Helena and Eric live in Summerside where Eric works for Canada
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Parker and Minnie Delaney house. Hazel Robinson.
Packers Fertilizer Division, Summerside.
Helena Delaney and Charles Arsenault had 1 child:
Preston Leo Elmer b. 23 March 1939, m. 10 Sept 1960 Shirley
Laschuck. They live in Winnipeg and had 3 children: Chari b. 5 Apr
1961; Cindy b. 10 July 1966; Darren b. 15 Sept 1972.
Helena Delaney and her 2nd. husband, Eric Trowsdale, had 2
children:
Carol Ann b. 24 Jan 1950, d. 19 May 1984, bur. Fredericton Floral
Hills Memorial Gardens, m. Ronald Howatt, Carleton Siding. They had
no children.
Joy Delaney b. 26 Apr 1956, m. Everett Moase. They had 2 children:
Curtis b. 14 Nov 1981; Megan b. 24 May 1984.
ThomasElmer/oeb. lOSept 1918,d. 18Aug 1967, bur. NorthTryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Parker Delaney and Minnie MacNeil, m. Mary
Pearl Arsenault.
Joe and Mary lived in Summerside where Joe was in the Canadian
Forces.
Joe Delaney and Mary Arsenault had 2 children:
Isabella Deanna.
Debra.
.
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Veldajuanitab. 4 Oct 1919, daughter of Parker Delaney and Minnie
MacNeil, m. 19 Feb 1938 Milton Charles Carr, b. Augustine Cove, 3Jan
1909, d. 11 Dec 1982, bur. Summerside Peoples Cem..
Velda and Milton lived in Summerside where Milton was a truck
driver.
Velda Delaney and Milton Carr had 6 children:
Grace b. 23 Apr 1938, m. 18 May 1963 Keith Arsenault. They had 2
children: Kimberley; Tracy.
Denzil b. 14 May 1940, m. Arlene Mayne. They had 2 children: Tara
Leanne; Shawn.
Lois b. 3 Nov 1942, m. Gregory Noonan. They had 2 children:
Michelle; Scott.
Ruth b. 28 Feb 1945, m. 9 July 1967 Edward Gallant. They had 1
child: Ryan.
Darcy b. 25 May 1953, m. 23 Aug 1976 Sandra Matheson. They had
3 children: Duane; Rachael; Ashley.
Sherry b. 31 July 1959, not married.
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Doris Matilda b. 22 Apr 1922, d. 27 Oct 1965, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., daughter of Parker Delaney and Minnie MacNeil,
m. 11 Nov 1940 Elmer Stephen Slavin, b. 19 Jan 1917.
Doris and Elmer lived in North Tryon, then moved to Summerside
when Elmer retired from farming.
Doris Delaney and Elmer Slavin had 8 children:
Sylvia Adele b. 5 March 1942, m. Elmer Jay. They had 2 children:
Katherine b. 5 Sept 1963; Eileen b. 14 June 1965.
Elmer Stephen b. 13 Dec 1945, m. Miss Williams. They had 1 child:
Angie Fay.
Arlene Blanche b. 2 Apr 1946. She had 2 children: Bruce Richard
10 Feb 1967; Patricia 8 Nov 1968.
Hazen Heath b. 15 Apr 1947, is married and has 3 children: Florence
b. 8 June 1966; Sandie b. 10 Aug 1969; Tammy b. 25 March 1973.
Blair William is married and had 1 child: Tracy Lynn b. June 1981.
Sandra Faye b. 13 May 1953, m. Derrick Gauthier. They had 2
children: Doris Roxanne b. 6 Oct 1977; Tracy Fay b. 18 Aug 1987.
Ronald Russell b. 18 Feb 1955, deceased.
Richard Lee b. 20 Sept 1962, not married.
Willis Denzil b. 17 Jan 1927, son of Parker Delaney and Minnie
MacNeil, m. 8 Oct 1957 Marion Sampson, b. 28 Feb 1939, daughter of
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Joseph and Ann Sampson.
Denzil and Marion live in Summerside where Denzil was a building
custodian.
Denzil Delaney and Marion Sampson had 2 children:
Marlene b. 29 March 1958, m. George Bolgier. They had no chil-
dren.
Preston b. 26 Feb 1963, not married.
Heath Morrison b. 29 March 1930, son of Parker Delaney and
Minnie MacNeil, 1st. m. 12 Aug 1953 Doris Myers, b. 27 July 1919, d.
30 Dec 1973, bur. Sherwood Cem., daughter of John Myers and
Adelaide Dixon; Heath 2nd. m. 23 Oct 1976 Mary Morrison, b. 12 Feb
1940, daughter of Alfred Morrison and Jean Lawless.
Heath worked for Canada Packers at their Charlottetown Meat
Plant, Garden Province Meats, and Larsen Packers, Berwick, NS. Heath
and Doris had no children. Heath lives in Cornwall with his two
children.
Heath Delaney and Mary Morrison had 2 children:
Heather Maria b. 19 Aug 1977.
Baron Morrison b. 14 March 1979.
Eric Leroy b. 3 Apr 1932, d. 18 May 1964, bur. Summerside Peoples
Cem., son of Parker Delaney and Minnie MacNeil, m. 1951 DorthyJean
Rayner, b. 21 Jan 1934, daughter of Stanford Rayner and Myrtle Barlow.
Leroy and Jean lived in Summerside where Leroy was a service
station operator.
Leroy Delaney and Jean Rayner had 7 children:
Linda Emma b. 25 June 1952.
Eric Leroy b. 2 Nov 1953.
Darlene Susan b. 19 Dec 1955.
Stephen Dennis b. 5 Apr 1957.
Ethylene Glen d. infant, 17 Apr 1959, bur. Summerside Peoples
Cem..
Fred b. 24 Feb 1962.
Andrea b. 8 June 1963.
Beverly b. 20 June 1934, son of Parker Delaney and Minnie MacNeil,
m. 26 Feb 1961 Helen Priscilla Strongman, b. 1 March 1931, daughter
of Roy Strongman and Beulah Bryant.
Beverly and Helen live in Toronto where Beverly works in a factory.
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Beverly Delaney and Helen Strongman had 1 child:
Jeffrey b. 11 Nov 1968.
Blair Aardb. 18 Oct 1936, d. 1 May 1976, bur. Summerside Peoples
Cem., son of Parker Delaney and Minnie MacNeil, m. 1962 Mary Lucy
Jacqueline MacLeod, b. 20 Jan 1939.
Blair and Lucy lived in Toronto where Blair worked in a factory.
Blair Delaney and Lucy MacLeod had 4 children:
Richard Blair Ricky b. 12 June 1961, d. 12 Jan 1992, bur. Summer-
side Peoples Cem..
Vickie Ethylene b. Oct 1962, d. 9 Nov 1962, bur. Summerside
Peoples Cem..
Tracey.
Stacy.
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Claude Stanley b. 23 Feb 1891, d. 24 Jan 1964, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Michael Delaney and Alta Myra Robinson, 1st. m. Ida Mae
MacDonald, b. Enmore, 1894, d. Winnipeg, 1936, bur. Enmore Church
of God Cem., daughter of Douglas MacDonald and Ellen Boyle; Claude
2nd. m. Mildred Emmeline MacKenzie, b. 31 Dec 1906, d. 17 Dec 1983,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Wesley MacKenzie and Bessie
Douglas, Bay Fortune.
Claude and his family lived in Albany where Claude operated a
general store with Hamilton Gamble before he became a partner in the
Delaney and MacKay produce dealership.
Claude Delaney and Ida MacDonald had 2 children:
Michael Clarke b. 28 Aug 1913, m. 1 May 1938 Eva Alicia Warren,
b. 28 Aug 1907, d. 20 Jan 1992, bur. Seven Mile Bay Cem., daughter of
John Warren and Dora Evans, Mount Tryon. Michael and Eva lived in
Albany, then Charlottetown. Michael was a Warrent Officer, Air In-
structor, in the RCAF during WW II, then a trainman-conductor with
the CNR. The family moved to Fredericton, NB, when Michael retired
in 1978. They had 1 child: Ida Mae Annie b. 20 July 1939, m. Richard
Heartz, b. 5 July 1937, son of Harold Campbell Heartz and Ida Jane
MacLean.
Claude Stanley Preston b. 17 Oct 1914, d. 11 Feb 1979, bur. North
Tryon Presbyterian Cem., m. Marjorie Cameron, b. 15 Aug 1919,
daughter of William Platts Cameron and Margaret Bessie MacDonald.
They lived in Albany and had 2 children: Donald; William.
Claude Delaney and his 2nd. wife, Mildred MacKenzie, had 1 child:
Bessie Alta b. 24 Jan 1937, m. 9 Nov 1957 Allison Lefuta Wood, b.
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26 Sept 1936. They live in Parkdale and had 3 children: Kathy; David;
Robert.
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Percy Lorenza b. Mt. Tryon, 1895, d. 29 Dec 1967, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Barbara Delaney, m. 1917 Lydia Olive Leard,
b. 24 May 1898, d. 29 May 1954, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
daughter of James Leard and Margaret Riley. See Leard history.
Percy and Olive lived in the Charlie Ives' hired hands' house before
moving to where their son, Warren, lives in 1992. The Percy Delaney
house was located near the pond not far from Ives' Lower Mill. It was
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Mac Williams who moved it up the hill to what
is now the front lawn of George and lone Wood' s property. The
Delaney house was moved across the road to its present location to
make room for the constuction of the J.F. Lord store and dwelling.
Hubert Thompson lived in the Delaney house for a time. He sold it to
Maude Bell who resided there for several years with her son, Walter.
When the Bell's moved, the house was rented to Eldon and Hazel
Francis. Mrs. Bell sold the property to Percy Delaney. Mrs. Delaney's
parents, James Leard and Margaret Riley, who had lived on the Cross-
road, lived with Percy and Olive during their later years. Percy worked
at Ives' Grist Mill. They were members of the North Tryon Presbyterian
Church.
When Percy Delaney lived in the Ives house, he had a cobbler shop
where he repaired shoes. An incident in Percy's youth describes the
moral standards of the community in the early 1900s:
Percy, as a young man, was fascinated when he watched some of his
acquaintances playing cards. His mother forbid him to partake in such a sinful
pastime, but one evening Percy took advantage of an opportunity and joined
in the game. On his way home his conscience got the better of him and he ran
every step of the way. He believed he was being chased by the devil!
Percy Delaney and Olive Leard had 5 children:
+Jean Chisholm b. 24 Apr 1919.
+Ruby Mary b. 22 Aug 1922.
+James Warren b. 11 May 1925.
+Gladys Grace b. 19 Aug 1929.
+Marion Louise b. 2 Feb 1935.
Jean Chisholm b. 24 Apr 1919, daughter of Percy Delaney and Olive
Leard, m. 2 June 1942 John Hammond Bowness, b. 22 June 1915, son
of William Bowness and Ellen Myers.
Jean and Hammond live in Bedeque where Jean was Post Mistress.
Jean Delaney and Hammond Bowness had 6 children:
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Feme Sandra b. 17 Sept 1943, m. Clement Charles Lechelt. They
had 2 children: Kimberly Jean; Christopher Charles.
Alan David b. 6 Oct 1946, m. Barbara Eileen Keough. They had 3
children: Daphne Jean; Thomas Alan; Bethany Myrtle.
Cordon Hammond b. 10 July 1949, m. Laura Jean Campbell. They
had no children.
Donald Percy b. 13 Apr 1951, m. Elizabeth Crossman, deceased.
They had 1 child: Timothy Donald.
William Harold b. 12 July 1956, m. Susan Karen Gary. They had 1
child: Jonathan Tyler.
Robert Garth b. 15 Dec 1957, m. Mary Rose Lepos. They had 2
children: Tara Lynn; Lacey.
Ruby Mary b. 22 Aug 1922, daughter of Percy Delaney and Olive
Leard, m. Dec 1952 Duncan Murray.
Ruby and Duncan live in Toronto, Ont., where Duncan was a
member of the Royal Canadian Air Force and now has a printing
company. They had no children.

James Warren b. 11 May 1925,
Leard, m. 4 Feb 1956 Marie
Violet Sherren, b. 12 July
1934, daught er of Pearl
Louise Cann and George
Sherren.
Warren and Marie and
their children returned to the
Delaney home in 1969 from
Ontario. Both Warren and
Marie worked in Summer-
side.
Warren Del aney and
Marie Sherren had 2 chil-
dren:
+Garth Warren b. 14 Jan
1962.
+Judy Marie b. 12 Nov
1963.
Garth Warren b. 14 Jan
1962, son of Warren Delaney
and Marie Sherren, m. 9June
1990, Shelley Ann Heustis, b.
son of Percy Delaney and Olive
Warren and Marie Delaney. Warren Delaney
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Warren and Marie Delaney house. Hazel Robinson.
4 Jan 1968, daughter of Charles Heustis and Elsie McLaren.
Garth and Shelley live in Charlottetown where Garth is a machinist
for a farm equipment dealership.
Garth Delaney and Shelley Heustis had 1 child:
Kaitlyn Dawn b. 27 May 1991.
Judy Marie b. 12 Nov 1963, daughter of Warren Delaney and Marie
Sherren, m. 14 Jan 1984 Gregory Walker, b. 26 May 1963, son of John
Walker and Elizabeth Bowness.
Judy and Greg live in Summerside where Judy works at SAW
Industries and Greg is a computer analysist.
Judy Delaney and Gregory Walker had 3 children:
Lindsay Marie b. 7 July 1984.
Stephen Gregory b. 26 July 1986.
Justin James b. 24 Aug 1988.
Gladys Grace b. 19 Aug 1929, daughter of Percy Delaney and Olive
Leard, m. Colin Campkin.
Gladys and Colin live in the Toronto area where Colin is an
electrician.
Gladys Delaney and Colin Campkin had 2 children:
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Wayne b. 5 Apr 1951, m. Georgina Tom. They live in Oshawa and
had 2 children: Ryan; Tanya.
Elaine b. 5 Apr 1954, 1st. m. John Jobin. They had 2 children:
Coleen; Jeffrey.
Marion Louise b. 2 Feb 1935, daughter of Percy Delaney and Olive
Leard, m. 11 Feb 1952 George Smith, b. 11 Sept 1933, son of Clifford
and Margaret Smith.
Marion and George live in Summerside. Marion is employed at
Williams and Crue and George worked at the Summerside airbase
officer's mess.
Marion Delaney and George Smith had 5 children:
Beverly b. 10 Oct 1953, m. Charles Gaudet. They had 2 children:
Jimmy; Christine.
George b. 24 Apr 1955, m. Brenda Blackney. They had 3 children:
Dustin; Rebecca; Amiee.
Karen b. 9 June 1956, 1st. m. Phillip Perry. They had 2 children:
twins, Stephen; Joey; 2nd. m. Gary Noonan. They had 1 child: Kalon.
Derek b. 15 Dec 1957, m. Dale Francis. They live in Freetown and
had 2 children: Cody; Christian.
Jamie b. 6 Dec 1960, m. Joanne Graham. They had 1 child: Jenna.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Marjorie Delaney; Ida Heartz;
Michael Neth; Alan Crue; Helena Trowsdale; Heath Delaney; Jean
Bowness; Marie Delaney; Judy Walker; Tryon United Baptist Church
Records.
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i x o n Fa mi l y
John Dixon b. 1781, d. 9July 1858, bur. Charlottetown Elm Avenue
Cem., m. 4 Aug 1816 Sarah Roper, b. 1792, d. 20 March 1882, bur.
Winsloe Highfield Cem., daughter of Daniel and Susanna Roper.
The exact date of the Dixon immigration to the Island is unknown;
however, it is thought that 4 Dixon brothers came from the Northum-
berland area of Scotland to take up land in the new country. All the
brothers were well diggers and farmers. John settled in Stanchel about
1806 on what was to become the Dixon Road.
John Dixon and Sarah Roper had 9 children:
+Alexander b. 29 May 1817.
Daniel b. 9 Dec 1818, d. 23 July 1844, bur. St. Paul's Anglican Cem.,
Charlottetown, never married.
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John b. 11 May 1820, d. 21 Sept 1901, bur. Winsloe Highfield Cem.,
m. 27 Dec 1849 Janet MacDonald, daughter of Donald MacDonald,
York River. They lived in Highfield and had 9 children.
George b. 11 Apr 1822, d. Nov 1895, bur. Springton Cem., m. 4 Aug
1855 Susan Middleton. They lived in Springton, then moved to Stanchel
to look after their nephews and the nephews' farm. They had 6 children.
James B. b. June 1824, d. 14 July 1906, bur. Highfield Cem., 1st. m.
31 Jan 1860 Elizabeth Ann Stockman. They had 1 child. James 2nd. m.
21 Aug 1872 Flora MacDonald. They had 2 children.
Ann b. 1825/26, d. 27 Apr 1904, bur. Highfield Cem., m. 5 Dec 1850
William Middleton. They had at least 2 children.
Mary b. 1828/29, d. 16 Jan 1892, bur. Crossroads Christian Church
Cem., m. 2 Feb 1854 Duncan Stewart, a farmer from Kinlock. They lived
in Kinlock and had 3 children.
Sarah b. 1830/31, d. 10 Feb 1913, bur. Highfield Cem., m. 24 Dec
1857 Henry Chowen from England. They lived in Winsloe and had 8
children.
Susan m. 8 March 1859 John Stockman. They lived and farmed on
the Malpeque Road. They had 1 child.
Alexander b. 29 May 1817, d. 1 March 1856, bur. Springton Cem.,
m. 6 May 1841 Carolyn Middleton, b. Glen Valley Mills, 6 Oct 1823, d.
27 Dec 1864, bur. Springton Cem..
Alexander and Carolyn lived in Lot 67 where Alexander was a miller
and a Justice of the Peace. He died as a young man leaving Carolyn to
look after the mill. Carolyn remarried.
Alexander Dixon and Carolyn Middleton had 6 children:
George b. 19 Dec 1846, lived and farmed in Lot 67.
+John b.c. 1848.
+Robert b. 7 June 1850.
Sarah Hannah b. 8 Apr 1852, d. 14 Apr 1901, bur. St. Elizabeth
Anglican Cem., m. 20 June 1871 John Biggar Elliott, b. 13 Nov 1850, d.
6 Dec 1872, bur. Summerfield United Cem., son of Richard and Agnes
Elliott. They lived at Elliott's Mills, Lot 21, and had 1 child.
Caroline Carrie b. 19 Nov 1853, bur. Harrisville, NB, m. 27Jan 1875
John Sellick, b. 1848, bur. Harrisville, NB, son of Samuel and Eliza
Sellick. They lived in Petitcodiac, NB and had 5 children.
Alexander Jr. b. 18 July 1855, d. 18 Nov 1875, not married. He had
a 100 acre farm on the Anderson Road in Stanchel.
John b.c. 1848, d. 3 Dec 1920, bur. Crapaud Cem., son of Alexander
Dixon and Carolyn Middleton, 1st. m. as her 2nd husband 26 Aug 1874
Jane Marchbank, b. New London, 1835, d. Apr 1881, daughter of David
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Johnston; John 2nd. m. 28 March 1882Janie MacDonald Bell, b. 28 July
1855, d. 7 July 1944, bur. Crapaud Cem., daughter of Walter Bell and
Elizabeth Howatt. See Bell history.
John and Janie lived on the Dixon Road where John was a farmer.
John Dixon and Jane Marchbank had 1 child:
Hattie Middleton b.c. 1875, m. Mr. Norton, lived in USA and had
1 child.
John Dixon and his 2nd. wife, Janie Bell, had 5 children:
+Reginald Walter b. 14 March 1883.
Adelaide Zebia b. 26 Apr 1884, d. 25 Sept 1968, bur. Crapaud Cem.,
m. 11 Nov 1904 John H. Myers, b. 23 Sept 1879, d. 12 Oct 1956, bur.
Crapaud Cem.. They lived in Hampton and had 15 children: Lulu;
Frank; Bordon; Laura; Louis; Arthur; Keith; Norman; Mildred; Ralph;
Elizabeth; William; Doris; Howard; Mabel.
Bessie Jane b. 7 Sept 1885, d. 26 March 1892, bur. Crapaud Cem..
John Howard Bell H.B. b. 23 Dec 1886, d. Feb 1962, bur. Crapaud
Cem., m. 1915 Edna Lea Smith, b. 12 Oct 1893, d. 24 Dec 1990, bur.
Crapaud Cem., daughter of Matthew Smith and Sarah Lea. They lived
in Desable and had 5 children: Dorothy; Marjorie; Gladys; MacKenzie;
Gordon.
James Goodwalb.c. 1891, d. 17 March 1892, diptheria, bur. Crapaud
Cem..
Reginald Walter b. 14 March 1883, d. 16 June 1968, bur. Crapaud
Cem., son of John Dixon and Janie Bell, m. 9 Oct 1912 Lottie Blanche
Bulman, b. North Rustico, 14 Feb 1891, d. 2 March 1990, bur. Crapaud
Cem., daughter of Robert Bulman and Margaret Jewell.
Reg and Lottie moved to North Tryon in 1916 from Dixon's Mills,
DeSable, and bought the John T. Dawson property on the Crossroad.
Here they began a mixed farming operation. The farm was comprised
of two sections, each sixty five acres. The main field crops were potatoes,
turnips, grain, and hay; with ten milk cows and several horses. One
hundred hens, some pigs, and four or five horses were later added to
the livestock. Most of the work on the farm was done by hand or with
small machines. Potatoes were dug with a beater digger and picked into
baskets, and hay was hoisted into the barn loft with a two-tine fork
pulled by horses. All fields were small and fenced with barbed wire.
Reg and Lottie left the farm in 1941 and moved into a house across
the road. This house had been built for John T. Dawson by his son, Roy.
Sheldon Dixon had purchased this house, along with ten acres of land,
in 1937 and sold it to Reg in 1940. Lottie lived in the house until 1983
when she moved to Sunset Lodge, Charlottetown. Vance Dixon owns
this house in 1992 and it has been rented to Mary and Wyman Waddell,
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Dr . He ndr i c k and
Cathie Visser, Shawn
and Margaret Murphy,
Brian and Char l ene
Murray, Rhonalee and
Murray McAvinn, and
Tony and Viola Quig-
ley. Reg and Lot t i e
were members of the
Tryon United Church.
Reg Dixon and Lot-
tie Bulman had 3 chil-
dren:
^Sheldon DeBIois
b. DeSabl e, 15 J a n
1914.
+Vance Bulman b.
DeSable, 21 May 1916.
+Janie Bernice b.
North Tryon, 14 Feb
1920.
Lottie and Reg Dixon. Sheldon Dixon Collection.
Sheldon DeBIois b.
15 Jan 1914, son of Reg Dixon and Lottie Bulman, m. 10 July 1940
Florence Leard, b. 4 Feb 1914, daughter Frederick Alexander Leard
Reg and Lottie Dixon house. Hazel Robinson.
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Sheldon, Gerald, Kay, Donna, Adele, Joyce, Florence Dixon. Sheldon Dixon collection.
and Ellen Fell. See Leard history.
Sheldon owned and operated Dixon's General Store. Florence is a
Life Member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute, and they are
members of the Tryon United Church.
Sheldon Dixon and Florence Leard had 5 children:
Sheldon and Florence Dixon house. Hazel Robinson.
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+Loulse Adele b. 6 Apr 1942.
+Sheldon Gerald b. 22 Sept 1944.
+Joyce Elaine b. 22 Sept 1945.
+Donna Marie b. 11 Oct 1948.
+Marion Kathryn Kay b. 2 Oct 1951.
Louise Adele, RN, BA, MDiv, b. 6 Apr 1942, daughter of Sheldon
Dixon and Florence Leard, m. 26 Feb 1964 William Peckford, b.
Greenspond, Nfld., 4 Oct 1938, son of James Peckford and Amelia
Parsons.
Adele lives and nurses in New York City.
Adele Dixon and William Peckford had 2 children:
Angela Dawn b. 23 Sept 1964.
William David b. 28 Oct 1967.
Sheldon Geraldb. 22 Sept 1944, son of Sheldon Dixon and Florence
Leard.
Gerald lives next to his parents in a house built by his grandfather,
Fred Leard. Mr. Leard built the house in 1947 for himself and his
mother. His daughter, Florence, bought the house following Fred's
death in 1961 and rented it to Eileen and Lawson Jenkins, Susan and
Heber MacPhail, Hazel and John Robinson, Carolle and Jean LaRose,
Ruby and Wayne Moores, and Linda and Stephen Hardy. Gerald moved
into the house in 1979.
Gerald, with his half Arab Pinto horse, Ak Bar, has won many
Gerald Dixon house. Hazel Robinson.
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gymkhana events on the Island and throughout the Maritimes. The
horse paddock and barns are behind Gerald's house. Although polio
has left Gerald with the use of only one arm, he leads a physically active
life. Gerald teaches school and coaches a high school basketball team.
Joyce Elaine, RN, BN, b. 22 Sept 1945, daughter of Sheldon Dixon
and Florence Leard, m. 22 Nov 1980 Michael Eugene Devenny, b.
California, 1 Nov 1941, son of Grant Orin Devenny and Eleanor Wood.
Joyce and Mike are Christian missionaries, and for 12 years resided
in Pakistan. They are waiting for a posting in 1992.
Joyce Dixon and Mike Devenny had 3 children:
Amy Joanna b. 14 Sept 1981.
Isaac Quincy b. 29 July 1984.
Emily Joy b. 27 July 1988.
Donna Marie, RN, b. 11 Oct 1948, daughter of Sheldon Dixon and
Florence Leard, m. 10 Aug 1973 William Gary House, b. Glovertown,
Nfld., 1 Feb 1948, son of Harold House and Doris Adams.
Donna and Gary live in Gander, Newfoundland, where Gary teaches
school.
Donna Dixon and Gary House had 3 children:
Andrew Dixon b. 19 Aug 1976.
Karla Noelle b. 28 May 1979.
Jonathan Gary b. 21 May 1984.
Marion Kathryn Kay, BMus, BEd, b. 2 Oct 1951, daughter of
Sheldon Dixon and Florence Leard, m. 5 July 1974 Craig Lindsay
McDowall, b. Montreal, 2 Apr 1950, son of James McDowall and Ruth
Johnston.
Kay and Craig live in Cornwall. Kay teaches music and Craig is a
correctional officer for the provincial Department of Justice.
Kay Dixon and Craig McDowall had 2 children:
Jill Anne b. 8 Nov 1978.
Jeffrey Craig b. 14 May 1983.
Vance Bulmanb. 21 May 1916, son of Reg Dixon and Lottie Bulman,
m. 3 Sept 1941 Doris Louise Webster, b. Augustine Cove, 6 May 1915,
d. 16 Apr 1971, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Harry Webster
and Lena Bell.
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Carl, Eric, Doris, Vance Dixon. Vance Dixon Collection.
Vance and Doris lived in the Reg Dixon home and continued the
farming operation started by Reg. Doris and Vance attended the Tryon
United Church. Eric and Carl joined their father, Vance, and expanded
their farm to 350 acres with the addition of the Ives-Cairns property.
Although the main field crops have changed little since Reg's time
potatoes, barley, and haythe potatoes are now dug with large harvest-
Vance and Doris Dixon house. Hazel Robinson.
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ers and tractors, the barley is combined and the hay is baled. The only
horses on the farm are used for pleasure, but the farm still has livestock;
about 150 head of beef cattle, as well as pure bred Charolois and Angus.
Vance Dixon and Doris Webster had 2 children:
+Eric Reginald b. 19 Sept 1945.
+Carl Harry b. 15 Sept 1950.
Eric Reginald b. 19 Sept 1945, son of Vance Dixon and Doris
Webster, m. 22 June 1974 Marion Heather Harvey, RN, b. 17 Oct 1951,
daughter of Hubert Harvey and Aletha MacFadyen, Crapaud.
Eric and Heather built a house next to Eric's father's home. They
are members of the Tryon United Church. Heather does special duty
nursing and is a member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Eric Dixon and Heather Harvey had 2 children:
Timothy Eric b. 28 Sept 1975.
Heidi Doris b. 30 July 1978.
Carl Harry b. 15 Sept 1950, son of Vance Dixon and Doris Webster.
Carl farms with his father and brother, and lives in the homestead.
Carl has always had an interest in art and music and frequently plays at
local churches. He graduated from Mt. Allison in 1972 with a BA.
Eric and Heather Dixon house. Hazel Robinson.
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Janie Bernice b. 14
Feb 1920, daughter of
Reg Dixon and Lottie
Bulman, m. 1941 Al-
lison Muttart Harper,
b. Nort h Carleton, 4
Oct 1920.
Bernice and Allison
live and farm in Seven
Mile Bay.
Bernice Dixon and
Allison Harper had 3
children:
Harl ei gh Bri an,
BA, BEd, b. 28 May
1946, m. Fl or e nc e
MacLeod. They had 2
children: Jonathan Ed-
ward b. 13 June 1978;
Adam James Douglas b.
16 Feb 1985.
Ernest Garth b. 22
July 1950, not married.
Kendra Elizabeth,
RRT, b. 20 Aug 1959,
m. Br ent on Bi ggar.
They live in Seven Mile Bay and had 2 children: Kaitlyn Alyson; Brittany
Elise.
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Robert b. 7 June 1850, d. 21 Jan 1941, bur. Mermaid Presbyterian
Cem., son of Alexander Dixon and Carolyn Middleton, m. 8 June 1876
Catherine Macintosh, b. 5 March 1858, d. 6 Oct 1924, bur. Mermaid
Presbyterian Cem., daughter of Donald Macintosh and Margaret Mar-
tin.
Robert and Catherine lived in Rose Valley. Robert was a miller.
Robert Dixon and Catherine Macintosh had 10 or 11 children
including:
+Francis Alexander Frank b. 14 Feb 1877.
Daniel H. b. 14 June 1878, m. 28 Oct 1914 Belle MacKinnon. They
lived in Bradalbane and had 1 child.
John Godwill b. 16 Nov 1879, d. 19 June 1881, Mermaid.
George Webbat b. 3 July 1883, d. 1 Feb 1914, Mermaid.
Frederick William b. 26 Nov 1884, d. 18 Apr 1975, bur. Charlotte-
Eric, Heather, Timothy, Heidi Dixon. Heather Dixon
Collection.
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town Peoples Cem., m. Margaret MacDonald, b. 5 Nov 1893, d. 2 Oct
1949, bur. Charlottetown Peoples Cem.. They had a daughter, Florence,
m. George Muttart. See Muttart history.
Margaret Mary b. 16 May 1891, m. Cyrus H. MacDonald.
Emma m. Mr. Sherren.
Francis Alexander Frank b. 14 Feb 1877, d. 1961, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., son of Robert Dixon and Catherine
Macintosh, m. as her 2nd. husband Isabelle Belle MacFadyen Dobson,
b. 1885, d. 1957, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daugh-
ter of Neil MacFadyen and Annie Gillis.
Belle and Frank moved from Augustine Cove to the Hennessey
house on the Crossroad. They were living in this house when it was
moved across the ice to a lot near the Aboiteau Bridge in Tryon. Soon
after they moved to the Gordon Cutcliffe family house. Frank was the
night watchman at Ives' Electric Light Plant for many years. Belle first
married David Dobson who had emigrated from Scotland with his son
Rob Roy. Rob Roy was a beautiful singer and was often a featured soloist
at the Tryon United Church. David and Belle moved to Lowell, Mass,
but several years later, Belle returned to PEI with her daughters. Belle
was a member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute. Frank's sister,
Emma Sherren, lived with and looked after Frank following Belle's
death. Frank sold his house to Gordon and Ruth Cutcliffe in 1959 and
moved to Charlottetown. Frank and Belle had no children.
Belle MacFadyen and David Dobson had 2 children:
Alma Doris b. 16 j an 1900, m. Wendell Lea. See Lea history.
Cathy b. 11 Nov 1909, d. 5 Oct 1979, bur. Lowell. Cathy was a
Captain in the American Army in WW II and following the war
continued working in her nursing profession. She resided in Lowell,
Mass-
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Dixon History; Florence
Dixon; Heather Dixon.
'/yunbar Family
Alexander Dunbar b.c. 1836, NS, d. 10 Nov 1904, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., m. Adah MacDonald, b.c. 1854, NS, d. 1 Feb 1929,
bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
Alexander Dunbar and his wife, Adah A., were listed as residents of
Lot 28 in the 1881 census. Alex was a foreman for clothworks, a cloth
finisher. It is believed that the Dunbars lived on the Groggett farm near
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where Deborah and Windsor Wight live in 1992. The Dunbars and the
Groggetts traded farms in the late 1800s, and the Dunbars moved to
Tryon, on the Cape Traverse Road. Nathaniel MacDonald, b.c. 1825,
NS, and Annie MacDonald, b.c. 1861, NS, were living with the Dunbars
in 1881. These people were probably Adah's father and sister.
Alexander Dunbar and Adah MacDonald had 7 children:
Charles b. Sept 1874, d. 14 Dec 1882, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem..
Agnes M. b. 1875, d. 1942, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., m.
Phillip Holland, b. 1862, d. 1937, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
They lived in Tryon on the Cape Traverse Road and had no children.
Jessie b. May 1878, d. 20 Dec 1882, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem..
Catherine b. 28 Feb 1879, m., according to the Daily Examiner, 3
May 1902.
Jasper b. Feb 1880, d. 20 Dec 1882, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem..
Bessie b. 1885, m. John Albert Rogerson. See Rogerson history.
Charlie b. 1891. Charlie moved to Saskatchewan where he farmed.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census.
Tyuncan Family
Sidney d. 9 Nov 1864, bur. Lower Bedeque Cem., m. 9 Feb 1854
Isabella Elder.
A Sydney Duncan, a landowner and farmer, lived in the Bedeque
area, Lot 27, according to the 1841 census. He had 4 children and may
have been the father of the Sydney who married Isabella Elder. The
1881 census lists the following family living with Isabella:
+Alfred age 24, son.
Solomon age 20, son, farmer.
Ida age 18, daughter.
Lidia age 16, daughter.
Alfred b.c. 1857, d. 9 Jan 1890, son of Sidney Duncan and Isabella
Elder, m. 12 Apr 1882 Charlotte Strang, b. Burton, Lot 7, 1859, d. 25
Jan 1939, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Ephriam Allen Strang
and Mary Rix.
Alfred Duncan, of Scottish stock, was a bootmaker by trade. Char-
lotte Strang came from a family who had arrived in PEI with the United
Empire Loyalists from Maine and settled near Burton. Unfortunately,
Alfred Duncan, like many others of that day, suffered poor health and
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died at age 33. The dreaded killer at that time was consumption and
Alfred Duncan was one of the numerous victims. Another tragedy
happened shortly after Alfred's death, the youngest child, Lulu Etta,
fell off the cliffs while playing, and was drowned.
The 1891 census lists Charlotte, widow, head of a household of 4
children. Her mother-in-law, Isabella, a widow and tailoress, lived with
the family. They were Baptists. It appears that Charlotte Duncan
continued to work as a nurse and, in pursuit of such opportunities,
travelled as far away as Saint John, NB, where this small family resided
for a short time. She eventually married Charles Groggett. See Groggett
history.
Alfred Duncan and Charlotte Strang had 4 children:
Elsie Mae b. 17 July 1883, m. Thomas Orrien Dawson. See Dawson
history.
+Jutson Solomon/utb. 28Jan 1885.
+Bellab. 1886.
Lulu Etta b.c. 1887, drowned when three or four years old.
Jutson Solomon Jut b. 28 Jan 1885, d. 9
Cem., Midland, Ont., son of Alfred Duncan
Jut Duncan, Charlotte Duncan Groggett, Mae Dawson.
Don Duncan Collection.
May 1948, bur. Lakeview
and Charlotte Strang, m.
17 Sept 1912 Millie Phil-
lips, b. 26 Sept 1891, d.
12 Aug 1968, bur .
Lakeview Cem., Mid-
land, Ont .
J u t s o n be ga n hi s
working life at about 13
years of age, when out
of economic necessity
and with almost no for-
mal schooling, he set
out i nt o t he wor l d,
working first as a lum-
berjack in Maine, and
eventually working for
the Bangor and Aroos-
took Railway as a fire-
man.
Jut, upon hearing of
the building of the CPR,
migrated to Toronto in
1906 where he secured
a j ob and spent the re-
mainder of his working
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life as a locomotive engineer. It was typical for railroaders to assign
nicknames to fellow workers and Jut was no exception; he was referred
to as Bangor Bill by most of his railway buddies and although he always
signed his name asJ.S. Duncan, he was known as Bill everywhere except
PEI where he was always Jut. Jut worked for the CPR for well over 40
years.
Jut had always dreamed of returning to his Island when he retired.
He retired in March 1948 and in April 1948 made his journey to the
Island and enjoyed a reunion with family and friends. Unfortunately,
only a few days after his return to Ontario he suffered a stroke and died
almost immediately. Millie continued to live in Port McNicoll, Ontario.
Jutson Duncan and Millie Phillips had 3 children:
+CalvinJutsonb. 16 Jan 1914.
+Isabella Myrtle b. 26 Sept 1926.
+Donald Waiiam b. 11 Nov 1927.
Calvin Jutson b. 16 Jan 1914, d. 2 July 1990, son of Jutson Duncan
and Millie Phillips, m. 7 Sept 1942 Jessie Walmsley, b. 20 Nov 1918.
They had 3 children: Margo b. 23 March 1939, unmarried; Patricia b.
23 Nov 1946, m. 7 May 1966 Bill Ostermeir, had 2 children and live in
Cambridge, Ont.; William b. 31 Dec 1954, m. 17 Jan 1976 Terry ?, had
3 children and live in Kitchener, Ont..
Cal spent most of his working career as an industrial engineer. He
had a successful career as a financial advisor with an investment firm
in Toronto after retirement. Cal was a part time university student
throughout his life, receiving his BA from York University in 1971, and
Bachelor of Philosophy in 1990, shortly before his death.
Isabella Myrtle b. 26 Sept 1926, daughter of Jutson Duncan and
Millie Phillips, m. 17 Aug 1946 Donald Spencer, Port McNicoll. They
had 3 children: Sally b. 2 Oct 1949, m. Robert Logan, had 2 children,
and live in Oshawa;John b. 14 Jan 1951, unmarried; Paul b. 4 Oct 1955,
m. Judy Lindsay, had 2 children, and live in Port McNicoll.
Donald William b. 11 Nov 1927, son of Jutson Duncan and Millie
Phillips, m. 11 June 1955 Ruth Daw, b. Elrose, Saskatchewan.
Don and Ruth live in Weston, Ontario, and had no children. Donald
was vice president and director of national sales for an investment firm
while Ruth was an underwriting executive for a Toronto insurance
company. They retired in 1990.
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Bella b. 1886, d. 24 Dec 1919, bur. Fredencton
P e o
P l
e s Ce m
; > f ? '
daughter of Alfred Duncan and Charlotte Strang, m Charles Ross, b_
1 May 1876, d. July 1934, bur. Fredencton Peoples Cem., son of
Alexander Ross and Phemie Mclnms.
Bella and Charles lived near Summerside.
Bella Duncan and Charles Ross had 5 children:
Garnet b. 7 July 1909, d. 10 May 1987, bur. Fredencton m. Ohve
Morrison, d. 1988. They had 2 children: Irwin d. 1944; Donald.
Reta b 1911, d. 1920, bur. Fredericton Memonal Gardens.
James b. 1913, d. 1922, bur. Fredericton Memorial Gardens.
Verna b. 21 May 1915, m. Gordon Maxwell.
Irwin b. 1918, d. in WW II, bur. Wigtonshire, Scotland.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Don Duncan.
*Trancis Family
Lester b. l OJune 1907, deceased, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem m Annie Mae MacDonald b. 14 Aug 1899, d. 13 Sept 1990, bun
North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of John Angus MacDonald
and Christie Ann MacDonald. : ,
Lester and Mae lived and farmed in Mount Tryon before moving to
the Norman Wood house on the Crossroad. Mae helped her widowed
brother Leslie, raise his family after her first husband died. Later, Mae
married Everett Jollimore, b. 10 June 1907, d. 1 Nov 1989. Everett and
Mae lived in Bedeque and had no children.
Lester Francis and Mae MacDonald had 1 child:
Everett d. in WW II.
Sources: North Tryon Presbyterian Cemetery, Leslie MacDonald.
/jamble Family
Claude ElmeTGzmble b. 21 May 1899, d. 22 June 1988 bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of Hugh Gamble and Helen Jane Fnzzell, m. 5 Sept
1923 Lila May Burke, b. Winsloe, 20 Apr 1900, daughter of Walter
Ernest Burke and Mary Alice Howard.
It is believed that the Gambles came to Prince Edward Island from
Ireland and settled in the western end of the province and in the Gape
Traverse area. As a young man, Elmer learned the trade of butter maker
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while living with and working for Frank Lang at the North Tryon Butter
Factory. Elmer became manager of the butter factory in 1920. He
boarded with George Wood after Frank Lang died.
When Lila Burke graduated from Prince of Wales College she began
a career in teaching, first at Dunstaffnage, then in East Royalty. After
three years Lila decided to change her vocation. She applied to and was
accepted by the school of nursing. Lila spent a busy summer preparing
to enter nursing. At that time, uniforms for nurses in training had to
be made, not bought at the local store. However, during the summer,
Lila contacted a severe flu virus and Dr. Yeo refused to permit her to
begin her studies. Disappointed with the doctors decision, Lila had no
choice but to put away her nurse's uniforms and return to teaching.
Lila placed her name on the list of available teachers at the Educa-
tion office and within a matter of days she chose Lady Fane School. She
was pleased to have a small school and one that was close to her friend,
Hildred Howatt of Augustine Cove. It was while teaching at Lady Fane
that Lila met and married Elmer Gamble. Their wedding ceremony was
at 6 a.m. so they would have a whole day for their honeymoon. Lila,
commenting on her wedding, claimed this was one of the few occasions
that Elmer was on time! Lila and Elmer moved to North Tryon to a
house they purchased from Gordon Hudson and where their three
children were born. The family moved in 1930 to a new house in Albany
across the road from the North Tryon Butter Factory.
Gamble family. L. to R. Back: Chris, Mary, Anne, Walter. Front: Elmer, Lila,
Bea, Roger Griffith. Lila Gamble Collection.
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Lila is a Charter Member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Both she and Elmer were active members of the Tryon United Baptist
Church where Elmer served as Deacon, and Lila taught Sunday School
and was a member of the Missionary Society. Lila returned to teaching
when her family were grown. She taught first at Carleton Siding and
then Borden from where she retired. \
In addition to raising their own children, Elmer and Lila kept an
evacuee during World War II for two years. Barbara, who was 12 years
old, was sent to Canada from England for safety reasons by her family.
Lila has kept in touch with Barbara and they have visited each other in
their native countries. Lila was named 1992 Borden Citizen of the Year
and honoured at a reception and celebration in the town on July 2,
1992.
Elmer Gamble and Lila Burke had 3 children:
+Mary Helen b. 18 June 1924.
+Florence Hildred Bee b. 7 July 1926.
+Walter Elmer b. 18 Apr 1930.
Mary Helen b. 18 June 1924, daughter of Elmer Gamble and Lila
Burke.
Mary graduated from Prince of Wales College, taught school for a
year on PEI, then in Alberta. Mary returned to PEI after graduating
with her Doctorate in Chiropratic Medicine in Toronto. Mary is not
married, and lives and practices in Charlottetown.
Florence Hildred Bee, RN, b. 7July 1926, daughter of Elmer Gamble
and Lila Burke, m. 7 Sept 1948, as his 2nd. wife, Arthur Roger Griffiths,
b. 26 Oct 1915, d. 17 Nov 1988, bur. Oxford Mills, Ont.
Bee taught school on PEI before she entered the school of nursing
at the Montreal Royal Victoria Hospital. Bee lives in Stittsville outside
Ottawa.
Roger Griffiths had 3 children from a previous marriage:
Ian Roger b. 8 July 1938, 1st. m. 1958 Barbara Cota. They had 2
children: Margaret; Ronald. Ian 2nd. m. 1991.
Margaret Anne Helen b. 13 Dec 1941, m. 1969 Arnold Red Martin-
dale. They had 3 children: Dana; Catherine; Neil.
Jean Cecelina b. 3 Feb 1947, m. 1968 Barry Graham. They had 2
children: Kelly; Stacy.
Bee Gamble and Roger Griffiths had 2 children:
Lila Mary Lynn b. 28 June 1949, m. 1985 Michael MacKee. They had
2 children: Christopher; Roger.
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Elizabeth Heather b. 20 Oct 1950, 1st. m. 1968 Richard Renaud.
They had 2 children: Marie; Paul. Heather 2nd. m. 1982 Christopher
Kristjansson.
Walter Elmer b. 18 Apr 1930, son of Elmer Gamble and Lila Burke,
m. 10 Oct 1951 Anne Elizabeth Phillipson, b. 30 March 1926, d. 27 Apr
1990, bur. Tryon Peoples Gem., daughter of Roland Phillipson and
Lucy Lane.
Walter builds small aircraft and repairs Volvo cars. Previously he
worked for Island Mobile Homes in Summerside. Both Anne and
Walter were members of the Island Flying Club and made frequent trips
throughout the maritimes in their two seater plane. Anne was a Deacon
of the Tryon United Baptist Church, as well as treasurer, organist and
Sunday School teacher. They lived in the upper flat of the Elmer
Gamble house.
Walter Gamble and Anne Phillipson had 2 children:
+Brian Walter b. 3 Feb 1953.
--Christopher Lyle b. 4 May 1955.
Brian Walter b. 3 Feb 1953, son of Walter Gamble and Anne
Phillipson, m. 23 Aug 1975, Judy Ann Smith, b. 18 March 1953,
daughter of Ann Howatt and George Smith.
Brian and Judy live in Waterloo, Ontario. Brian works for National
Cash Register.
Brian Gamble and Judy Smith had 2 children:
Opal Ann b. 17 Feb 1978.
Jason Carl b. 2 June 1980.
Christopher Lyle b. 4 May 1955, son of Walter Gamble and Anne
Phillipson, m. 27 Dec 1980 Janice Bishop.
Chris and Janice had no children and live in Dartmouth, NS. Chris
is an insurance company inspector of fishing vessels.
Sources: Lila Gamble.
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M
i l l i e Ga mb l e
Millie Camble. Adelaide Wood Collection.
Jan 1887.
Mable b. 1889, d. 1905.
Thomas b. Cascumpec,
bur . Cal i forni a, son of
James Gamble and Miss
Leard, m. Janie Nelder, b.
30 May 1860, d. 16 Apr
1955, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of Nicholas
Nelder and Elizabeth Clark.
Thomas and Janie lived
in Cascumpec. Janie moved
to Tryon when Thomas
went to the USA
Thomas Gamble and
Janie Nelder had 3 chil-
dren:
Helena May b. 1 May
1885, m. J o h n Le a r d
Dawson Ives. See Ives his-
tory.
+Millie Robertson b. 17
Millie Robertson b. 17jan 1887, d. 12 Feb 1986, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of Thomas Gamble and Janie Nelder.
Millie lived and taught school in Tryon before she entered nurses
training at Winnipeg General Hospital in 1919. Millie returned to the
Island in 1922 and did private nursing until 1949. She was an amateur
photographer and her photos, including the ones used in this history,
are at the Provincial Archives, Charlottetown. Millie was summer nurse
at Camp Abegweit, Augustine Cove, for many years. She lived in Tryon
until 1974, then moved to North Tryon and resided with her niece,
Adelaide Wood. Millie was a member of the Tryon United Baptist
Church.
Sources: Adelaide Wood.
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Q
i e s b r e c h t F a mi l y
Jacob Ciesbrecht m. Elizabeth Driedger, b. 21 Feb 1819, d. 14 Feb
1890.
The Giesbrechts were Mennonites. The Mennonites are a Christian
people who trace their roots to the early 1500s. They descended from
an Anabaptist Church that originated in Friesland and Holland in the
1530s. The name Mennonite is taken from their founder, Simon
Mennon. The Mennonites opposed the teachings of the Catholic
Church. They disagreed with infant baptism, the taking of oaths, the
holding of public office that required use of force, and the military
services. They spent several hundred years fleeing persecution, first in
the Lowlands, then Prussia, and finally Russia, from where they had to
depart in 1875 for Canada because of their opposition to the dominant
Catholic Church and their astute ability to prosper as farmers.
Jacob Ciesbrecht and Elizabeth Driedger had a son:
+Abraham b. 28 Feb 1846.
Elizabeth Driedger Giesbrecht came to Canada with her second
husband, Johan Janzen. Their ship arrived in Quebec City on 19 July
1875, from where they travelled over land to their new home in
Blumenfeld, Manitoba. Elizabeth's son, Abraham, and his wife and son
came at the same time.
Abraham b. 28 Feb 1846, d. 3 Sept 1923, son of Jacob Giesbrecht
and Elizabeth Driedger, m. 15 Feb 1867 Helena Martens, b. 29 Aug
1848, d. 9Jan 1890.
Abraham and Helena homesteaded in Emerson, Manitoba. Abra-
ham moved to Saskatchewan in 1895, built a house in Nevanlage, and
broke and cropped 75 acres.
Abraham Ciesbrecht and Helena Martins had 17 children includ-
ing a son:
+Johan b. Russia, 8 July 1868.
Johan b. 8July 1868, d. 9 Oct 1953, son of Abraham Giesbrecht and
Helena Martins, m. 18 March 1900 Gertruda Peters, b. Ebenfeld,
Manitoba, 7j une 1879, d. 11 March 1970, daughter of David Peters and
Katharina Muller.
Johan was naturalized as a Canadian citizen with his father, Abra-
ham, in Emerson, Manitoba, on 21 Dec 1882. Just after his marriage,
Johan obtained entry to his homestead which grew in size to 60 acres.
Johan and Gertruda lived in Blumenthal, Manitoba.
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Johan Giesbrecht and Certruda Peters had a son:
+CorneIius b. 2 Apr 1914.
Cornelius b. 2 Apr 1914, m. 3 Nov 1935 Katrenia Fehr, b. 25 Oct
1917.
Cornelius and Katrenia live and farmed outside Saskatoon.
Cornelius Giesbrecht and Katrenia Fehr had 8 children:
Mary b. 22 Aug 1937, m. 6 Dec 1953 George Friesen. They live in
Saskatoon and had 6 children.
John b. 11 March 1940, m. 7 March 1964 Frances Anderson, b. 22
March 1942. They live in Vancouver and had 1 son.
+David b. 1 Dec 1942.
Cornelius b. 14 Oct 1944, d. 30 Jan. 1973 in a mining accident.
Peter b. 25 Oct 1946, m. 1 June 1972 Anette Rose Christian, b. 25
Feb 1943. They live in Saskatoon and adopted 2 children.
Margaret b. 21 May 1948, m. 29 June 1968 Gerald Culberton, b. 4
Sept 1943. They live in Tumbler Ridge, BC, and adopted 2 children.
Bill b. 26 July 1951, m. Carol Kris. They live in Coquitlam, BC.
Kathy b. 15 Sept 1962, lives in Saskatoon.
David b. 1 Dec 1942, son of Cornelius Giesbrecht and Katrenia Fehr,
m. 31 March 1972 Judith Anne Thomas, b. 28 Apr 1945, daughter of
Clayton Thomas and Enid Lewis. See Thomas history.
David, a carpenter, and Judy, a graduate of Acadia University, met
David and Judy Giesbrecht house. Hazel Robinson collection.
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in Baker Lake where Judy taught school. David and Judy moved to
Judy's childhood community, North Tryon, in 1978, and purchased the
Heath Chisholm double house. David converted the house into 2
apartments. The Giesbrechts returned to the north the following year,
this time to Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, where they stayed for 4 years.
Judy, David and Kathy returned to North Tryon in 1982. They live on
the former Esso Service Station site where David has converted the
station to a workshop and added a second story apartment. Judy is a
member of the Tryon United Baptist Church.
David Ciesbrecht and Judy Thomas had 1 child:
Kathy Mary Enid b. 13 March 1973, a student.
Sources: Giesbrecht History; Dave Giesbrecht.
Q
i l l i s Fa mi l y
John James Gillis b. 12 May 1875, d. 5 Nov 1967, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Daniel Gillis and Jane Elizabeth MacLeod,
m. 27 Apr 1903 Carrie Lilia Kidson, b. 13 Oct 1887, d. 31 July 1971,
bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of William Kidson and
Elizabeth Thomson.
John and Carrie lived in what is in 1992 the Les MacDonald house.
They attended the North Tryon Presbyterian Church.
Johnny Gillis. Frances Roberts Collection.
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John Gillis and Carrie Kidson had 9 children including:
Dorothy Elizabeth b. 27 Dec 1905, d. Aug 1985, bur. Dover, New
Hampshire, m. Victor S. Verrette, deceased. They lived in Dover, New
Hampshire, and had 5 children: Dorothy; Victory Claire; Andrea;
Ronald.
Frankie Jane b. 6 June 1907, m. Roland S. Dorr. They live in Exeter,
New Hampshire, and had no children.
+Georgie Oral b. 23 March 1909.
Carrie Minerva b. 19 Apr 1910, d. 16 Sept 1980, 1st. m. Roy
MacKenzie, see MacKenzie history; 2nd. m. Mark Spencer. Minerva and
Mark lived in Charlottetown and had no children.
Truman Frederick True b. 26 Jan 1914, d. 23 Aug 1992, bur. North
Tryon Presbyterian Cem.. True worked at Ives' Grist Mill for many years
and lived with his sister Georgie in Albany.
+Mary Elmira b. 12 Jan 1918.
Editor's note: See photograph in Groggett Family, which portrays Jive
members of the Gillis family.
Georgie Oral b. 23 March 1909, daughter of John Gillis and Carrie
Kidson, m. 1 June 1926 Raymond Cameron, b. 27 Aug 1903, d. 3 Sept
1988, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., son of Charlie Cameron
and Joan Deegan.
Georgie and Ray lived and farmed in Albany. Georgie now resides
in Summerside with her son, Cleyon.
Georgie Gillis and Raymond Cameron had 3 children:
Georgina Rayona b. 20 Sept 1927, m. Richard Schulli. They live in
Calgary and had 2 children: Richard Cameron; David John.
Charles Cleyon b. 21 July 1933, m. Marie Perry. They five in Sum-
merside and had 2 children: Heather Andrea; Colleen Marie.
Ronald Garfield b. 16 Sept 1936, m. Bonnie Shepherd, div.. They
had 4 children: Cathy Deanna; Charles Bannerman; Ronalda Anne;
John Raymond. Ronald lives in Calgary.
Mary Elmira b. 12 Jan 1918, daughter of John Gillis and Carrie
Kidson, m. 17 Sept 1945 Jack T. Barlow, b. 9 Feb 1920, d. 17 Apr 1975,
bur. Calgary, Alberta, son of Arthur James Barlow and Alice Elizabeth
Lord.
Mary and Jack lived in Calgary.
Mary Gillis and Jack Barlow had 1 child:
Jacqueline Marlene b. 23 Apr 1948, m. Sean J. Staddon. They live
in Calgary and had 1 child: Geoffrey John b. 12 Jan 1970.
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Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Mary Barlow; Rayona Schulli.
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r o g g e t t F a mi l y
John Groggett, Cape Traverse, m. by license issued 4 Dec 1851 Alice
Jane Leard, b. 24 Feb 1816, daughter of John Brick Leard and Jane Lord.
See Leard history.
The Groggett farm was owned by Alexander Dunbar in 1880. John
Groggett, who lived at the top of the Aboiteau Hill, and Alexander
Dunbar traded properties in the late 1800s and the Groggett's became
residents of North Tryon. Alice and her son, Charles, were living with
Alice's brother, Frances Leard, in the 1891 census.
John Groggett and Alice Leard had 3 children:
Margaret Jane b. 18 May 1852, no further information.
Albert b. 4 Nov 1854, no further information.
+Charles Samuel b. 20 Aug 1856.
Charles Samuel b. 20 Aug 1856, d. 16 Dec 1934, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of John Groggett and Alice Leard, m. 15 March 1899
Charlotte Elizabeth Strang Duncan, b. 1859, d. 25 Jan 1939, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of Ephriam Strang and Mary Rix. See Duncan
history.
L to R. Back: Francis Gillis, Jut Duncan, Thomas Dawson, Georgie Gillis.
Center: Charles and Charlotte Groggett, Mae Dawson, Minerva Gillis, Sydney Dawson
baby Alex Dawson, Reta Dawson, Delia Dawson. Front: True Gillis, probably Muriel
Dawson, Mary Gillis, unknown child in hat. Don Duncan collection.
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Alfred Groggett, far left, talking to Robert Stanfield, Vernon
Webster, unidentified reporter, Mr. Stanfield, Norman Car-
ruthers. Sheldon Dixon Collection.
Charles Grog-
/gett and Charlotte
Strang Duncan
had 1 child:
+Alfred Char-
les b. 1 Sept 1900
Alfred Charles
b. 1 Sept 1900, d.
31 Dec 1970, at the
Ho me for t he
Aged Char l ot t e-
town, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son
of Charles Grog-
gett and Charlotte
Strang Duncan.
The following Groggett family recollections were written by Don
Duncan, grandson of Charlotte Duncan Groggett:
Charles Groggett was a very stern, eccentric person. Since my mother, my
sister and I used to spend every summer on the Island, I have vivid recollections
of Charlie Groggett. He was a very unusual person. He never thought that the
educational facilities provided in the community were good enough for Alfred
and would only serve to spoil him. Consequently, he kept Alfred home, out of
sight of people; friends, family, and neighbours. Alfred had his own quarters,
over the kitchen. He worked on the farm for his father, and educated himself
through whatever means were available to him.
When Charlie Groggett died, Alfred "came out". None of us had ever seen
him or talked to him up to that time, although we had heard him singing and
talking to his mother several times. We were pleasantly surprised to discover a
very decent, if somewhat shy, individual.
My Aunt Bella, while visiting her mother one summer, spent many hours
teaching Alfred to read and to play the family pump organ. It is a small miracle
that Alfred was able to achieve so much under such circumstances. Alfred
became an avid reader of just about anything he could lay his hands on and
simply through dogged determination learned to play several musical instru-
ments. He loved music and singing and could often be heard off by himself
singing loudly.
I believe that my brother Calvin, along with others in the community, was
most helpful in getting Alfred out into the world and comfortable in his new
environment. Calvin spent considerable time with Alfred, took him around the
Island, and even helped to teach Alfred to drive an automobile. I do not know
if Calvin was very successful here since Alfred's driving exploits are the stuff of
legends!! At any rate, Alfred stayed on the farm, working hard, if not too
successfully.
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My grandmother spent her last years being lovingly cared for at my Aunt
Mae Dawson's home. She had been a much-loved woman in her community
and a strong member of the United Church at Tryon. There is little doubt that
the long days of hard labour in helping with the farm and making a home for
the small family, must have weighed heavily on her as she got older.
Community residents also have recollections of the somewhat ec-
centric Alfred Groggett:
Alfred's life was very different from that of the average child. As a youngster,
he hid. whenever anyone came to the house, none of the neighbours ever saw
Alfred's face. Alfred dammed up the little stream that flowed through the back
of the farm and had a very good fishing area. Later, he built a small house
beside the stream with the intention of living there. However, he sold the house
before it was completed and it now stands near the Aboiteau Bridge.
Alfred excelled at gardening. His garden included vegetables, flowers,
berries, as well as fruit trees. An eye catching array of flowers starting with
spring tulips and daffodils, followed by poppies, then snapdragons, and
carnations, were only some of the varieties that Alfred chose to brighten his
landscape. Vegetables were grown in neat little plots. Strawberries, raspberries,
currants, and gooseberries had their special places, and various kinds of apple
trees were always kept pruned and sprayed so the fruit from them was of superior
quality.
Alfred built a threshing machine and designed it to thresh his bean crop.
The beans were his "cash crop", and it was too big a job to shell them by hand.
Alfred marketed his beans locally, usually to S.D. Dixon Ltd..
Alfred had several hobbies. He was a self taught musician, a beautiful
singer, and played both the organ and guitar. Alfred spent many Sunday
, '

Groggett garden. Don Duncan Collection.
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afternoons entertaining himself. Photography interested him as well, and he
learned the process of developing and printing deriving a great amount of
pleasure and satisfaction in his work.
The turning point in Alfred's life came when he was about thirty-five years
old- his father died. That morning Alfred made a public appearance for the
first time. Sheldon Dixon, who called to offer to help Mrs. Groggett, was startled
and surprised to have this chap bolt through the doorway and with an
outstretched hand abruptly say "Hello ".
Alfred became a public figure from that time on. He learned to drive a car,
attended church and rink meetings, and generally enjoyed being part of the
community. His garden was perhaps not as neat and tidy as it formerly had
been, but it was still his biggest interest.
Alfred was a witty man, but also very "short in the grain". He continued
to farm until ill health forced him to retire in 1968. Alfred sold his farm to Eric
Craig. His house has been demolished and Deborah and Windsor Wight's house
stands on the site in 1992.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Leard History; Sheldon Dixon;
1973 North Tryon History; Don Duncan.
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a r r i s F a mi l y
James Harris b. Belfast, Ireland, 1793, d. 1873, bur. Toronto, m.
Fidelia Ketchum, b. 1805, d. after 1873, bur. Toronto, daughter of Jesse
Ketchum and Ann Love.
James and his brother John emigrated to Upper Canada in 1820.
James was the first settled Presbyterian minister in Knox Church,
Toronto, where he preached for 25 years, until 1845. James was noted
for his gentle piety.
James Harris and Fidelia Ketchum had 5 children:
Ann m. Mr. Wickson. They lived in Toronto.
Charlotte m. Mr. Goldsmith. They lived in Toronto.
+Jesse Ketchum b. 5 May 1833.
Emma m. William Lawrence. They lived in Toronto and had no
children.
Emily, an unclaimed blessing.
Jesse Ketchum b. 5 May 1833, d. 1910, bur. Necropolis Cem.,
Toronto, son ofjames Harris and Fidelia Ketchum, m. Sarah Ann Boyd,
b. 28 Nov ?, d. 1921, bur. Toronto.
Jesse was a rentalsman and Sarah was a dressmaker in Toronto.
Sarah died after being hit by a Toronto streetcar.
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Jesse Harris and Sarah Boyd had 3 children:
Herbert James b. 3 Apr 1868, d. 1918, m. 1905 Ida Maude Bond.
Herbert was an architect, and Ida, a milliner. They had no children.
Lottie Fidelia b. 22 Aug 1872, d. 1 Sept 1953, never married. Lottie
worked as a Traveller's Aid at Toronto Union Station.
+Frederick William Ketchum b. 2 Apr 1879.
Frederick William Ketchum b. 2 Apr 1879, d. 24 Apr 1940, son of
Jesse Harris and Sarah Boyd, m. 30 Aug 1911 Florence Eleanor Kerr,
b. 2 Nov 1885, d. 14 March 1963.
Frederick was a Presbyterian minister, later a United Church minis-
ter, and a great athlete. He especially enjoyed a good game of tennis.
Florence, a school teacher, was a practical Christian woman, interested
in-community improvements, as well as her church.
Frederick Harris and Florence Kerr had 2 children:
Margaret Graham b. 31 March 1919, m. 30 Aug 1947 James R.
Morrow. They live in Peterborough, Ont., and had 2 children: Paul;
Elizabeth Ann.
+James Ketchum b. 2 Apr 1923.
James Ketchum b. 2 Apr 1923, son of Frederick Harris and Florence
Kerr, m. 8 Sept 1945 Florence Marie Thompson, b. 19 July 1921,
daughter of James Thompson and Pearl Stiner.
James Harris and Marie Thompson had 2 children:
+James Frederick Ketchum b. 22 July 1949.
Kathryn Louise b. 22 Apr 1952, m. 4 Nov 1988 Terence Keith
Bagaley. They live in Castleton, Ont., and had 1 child: Cameron Guy
Ketchum.
James Frederick Ketchum/im b. Port Hope, Ont., 22 July 1949, son
of James Harris and Marie Thompson, m. 18 March 1978 Marion Jean
Craig, b. 31 Jan 1956, daughter of Eric Craig and Jessie Leard. See Craig
history.
Jim is the first Harris to live in North Tryon. Jim and Marion live in
the house built by Marion's grandfather, Fred Leard. Both Jim and
Marion are Physical Education graduates from the University of New
Brunswick. Jim also has his Master of Education degree, and teaches at
Athena Junior High School in Summerside. They are members of the
Tryon United Church.
Jim Harris and Marion Craig had 8 children:
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Harris family: Back row: Craig, Patricia, Marion, Jim, Stephen, Andrew. Front row:
Ellen, Scott, Matthew, Bethany. Jim Harris Collection.
Craigjames Ketchum b. 22 Sept 1979.
Ellen Marion b. 24 Sept 1981.
Stephen Alexander b. 26 May 1983.
Andrew Eric b. 7 March 1985.
David Scott b. 18 Aug 1986.
Bethany Lynne b. 25 Nov 1987.
Matthew Lester Laird b. 16 March 1989.
Patricia Carla b. 4 Sept 1990.
Sources: Jim Harris.
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a t l e y Fa mi l y
John b.c. 1815, Belfast, Ireland, d. 1896, bur. North Tryon Presby-
terian Cem., m. Jane Armstrong, b. Belfast Ireland, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem..
John left Belfast, Ireland, in 1839, where he had worked in the linen
mills. He settled in Kelly's Cross and was joined by his wife and two sons
sixteen years later. John' s descendents spell their name Hatley, Hately,
and Heatly.
John Hatley and Jane Armstrong had 3 sons:
+John b. Belfast, Ireland, 1835.
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+Richard b. Belfast, Ireland, 1836.
James b. Kelly's Cross, 9 July 1855, d. 1926, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., 1st. m. 11 Sept 1885 Hannah Margaret Todd, b. 27
March 1867, d. 18 Dec 1895, bur. Springton Cem., daughter of James
Todd and Catherine Mcintosh. They had no children. James 2nd. m.
by license issued 21 July 1893 Jane Trowsdale, b. 1871, d. 1906. James
settled in Kelly's Cross where he was employed at Bradley's General
Store. They had 3 children: Percy Gordon b. 1897, d. 1947, m. Ruth
Cameron; Phoebe Jane b. 1900, m. Howard MacLeod; Hazel Jane b.
1906, m. Leslie Edwards. In the 1891 census, James' father, John, age
76, was living with James and Hannah.
John b. 1835, d. 23 Oct 1885, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
son of John Hatley and Jane Armstrong, m. 19 Feb 1863 Ann Todd, b.
Rose Valley, 1838, d. 25 March 1899, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem..
John and Ann settled on the road to Mount Tryon, in an area
referred to as No Man's Land because the price of this land was very
little. The Mount Tryon School was situated on part of their farm and
it shared a boundary with William Waddell. The 1891 census lists Ann,
widow, farmer, assisted by her family. The family was Presbyterian.
John Hatley and Ann Todd had 9 children:
Robert b. 1861, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.. Upon the early
death of his father, Robert took over the farm, but he died in early
manhood from tuberculosis.
+John b. 1862.
+Jane Annie b. 1867.
Martha b. 1869, m. George Wood. See Wood history.
+JamesE.b. 24 July 1875.
William b. 1875, m. Annie LaFayette. They had no children and
lived in Boston where William was a tailor. The story goes that William
went out one night and never returned! Forsaking married life, he may
have gone to California and worked as a plumber.
Lucy d. in infancy, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
+Adam Morrison b. 8 Feb 1878.
^Charles b. 1881.
John b. 1862, d. 1939, son of John Hately and Annie Todd, m. Alice
MacDonald, b. 1877, d. 1959.
John and Alice settled in Cape Traverse.
John Hatley and Alice MacDonald had 6 children:
Alder b. 1898, no further information.
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Martha b. 1899, d. 1970, m. Charles Hugh Ahem.
Pearl b. 1900, m. John MacKie, no children.
Annie b. 1904, m. Rena Stordy, Cape Traverse.
Marion b. 1916, m. Harry Scott, Fern wood.
Clayton b. 1918, d. 28 Nov 1983, bur. N. Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
0-
Jane Annie b. 1867, d. 1943, daughter of John Hatley and Annie
Todd, m. Solomon Clare, b. 1862, d. 1940.
Annie and Solomon lived in Mount Tryon, PEI, Sydney, NS, and
finally Parry Sound, Ont..
Annie Hatley and Solomon Clare had 5 children:
Pearl b. 1899, d. 1974, m. Wellington Fisher.
Otto b. 1901, d. 1970, m. Marie Van Kounette.
Hazel b. 1903, m. Thomas Madigan.
Minot b. 1905, d. 1965, m. Bertha MacFarlane.
Reta b. 1911, m. Albert Morrison.
James E. b. 24 July 1875, d. 1951, bur. Monroe, New Hampshire,
son of John Hately and Annie Todd, m. 3 Nov 1903 Sarah MacKenzie,
b. 7 March 1882, d. July 1982, bur. Monroe, New Hampshire, daughter
of Duncan and Kathryne MacKenzie.
James and Sarah settled in Vermont, then New Hampshire, where
James farmed.
James Hatley and Sarah MacKenzie had 7 children:
Kathryn b. 1904.
Charles b. 1905.
Francis b. 1907.
Lucy b. 1909, d. June 1992, bur Vermont.
James Duncan b. 1911, d. 1959, m. 1935 Vera Sommers.
John b. 1914, m. 1950 Edna Smith.
Raymond b. 1917, m. Evelyn Smith.
Adam Morrison b. 8 Feb 1878, d. 19 March 1950, bur. Monroe, New
Hampshire, son of John Hately and Annie Todd, m. 13 June 1901 at
Barnet, Vermont, Hattie M. Hunt, b. 6 Nov 1882, d. Feb 1950, bur.
Monroe, New Hampshire, daughter of Fred and Josephine Hunt.
Adam and Hattie lived in Monroe, New Hampshire, where Adam
worked in the papermill in Rye Gate.
Adam Hatley and Hattie Hunt had 3 children:
Marion m. Robert Kendell,
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Raymond, Francis, John, Lucy, Sarah, Katherine Hatley. Mildred Hatley Collection.
Robert William 1st. m. Martha Judd; 2nd. m. Doris Bixby.
Ralph Chase m. Mildred Parker.
0-
Charles b. 1881, d. 1949, son of John Hately and Annie Todd, m.
Jennie Taylor, b. 1901.
Charles and Jennie lived in New Hampshire, then Vermont, where
Charles worked in the papermill in Rye Gate.
Charles Hatley and Jennie Taylor had 2 children:
Charles m. Bernice Reynolds.
Margaret m. Gerald Beckley.
Richard b. 1836, d. 25 Feb 1914, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., son of John Hately and Jane Armstrong, m. 27 March 1868 Mary
Ann Craig, b. 1832, Belfast, Ireland, d. 17 Apr 1910, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem..
Richard and Mary lived in North Tryon, one mile from John.
Richard, when a young man, lost an eye, the result of an injury suffered
while working in the woods. Mary's mother, Margaret Craig, lived with
the family. The Richard Hatley farm is in A. Craig's name on the 1863
map and is at the end of the Ives' Mill road.
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Richard Hatley and Mary Craig had 2 children:
+William Craig Willb. 1872.
Margarets/ante b. 1875, m. Merrit Pratt.
William Craig Will b. 1872, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
not married, son of Richard Hatley and Mary Craig.
Will Hatley lived near the brook on the road going from the
Presbyterian Church to Mount Tryon. Spurgeon Clark bought this
house from Fred Dawson in 1942 and moved it to his property in Tryon.
As an elderly man, Will Hatley travelled to Dixon's Store with his
request for a can of milk, a loaf of bread, and a fig of twist.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Brent Wood Research; Ronald
Hately History; Mildred Hatley; Tryon United Baptist Church Records.
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e n n e s s e y F a mi l y
George Stanley Hennessey b. 20 July 1887, d. 17 Oct 1946, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Lawrence Hennessey and Margaret A.
Muttart, m. 15 Apr 1912 Eleza May Thomas, b. 21 May 1887, d. 26 Aug
1980, bur. Tryon Peoples' Cem., daughter of William Thomas and Flora
MacKinnon.
Eleza purchased a small house from Alfred Groggett in 1917 and
had the house moved to the north side of the driveway to her father's
home. Edward Sharkey, Eleza's uncle, finished the inside of the house.
Earl, George, Eleza, Vernon Hennessey. Arlene Sorensen Collection.
132
George, who had been away at war, returned in 1917. He and Eleza
lived in this house until they moved to Charlottetown in 1925 where
George worked with CNR. Frank Dixon bought the house.
George Hennessey and Eleza Thomas had 4 children:
Harry Raymond b. 9 Jan 1920, m. 19 Oct 1945 Shirley Chisholm, b.
22 May 1924, daughter of Roy Davis and Veva Davison, NS. They had
4 children: Pamela Gail; William George; Timothy Earl; Alan Roy.
Signalman William Thomas, RCCS, b. 28 Sept 1921, d. 7j une 1944,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., died of TB, not married.
Earl Stanley b. 16 June 1924, d. 8 Nov 1981, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., not married.
Vernon Wendell b. 16 Dec 1929, d. 25 July 1989, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., m. Edith Douse. They had 4 children: Lawrence; Bruce Albert
Earl; Tracy Ann; George Thomas.
Sources: Thomas History; Arlene Sorensen.
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owatt Family
James Howat lived at Tom More, Banffshire, Scotland, in the early
1700s. He was employed with the Innes family and then possibly as a
coachman or gardener to the Grant family of Arndilly who had a Town
House in Keith.
James bap. in the Parish of Banff, 14 Aug 1724, d. 1811, probably
the son of the above mentioned James, 1st. m. 14 Jan 1743 Isabel
Stevenson. There are no recorded births from this marriage. James 2nd.
m. Margaret Symon(d), b. 1738, Parish of Grange, d. Covehead; James
3rd. m. 1782 Widow Marguerite Holleri Mutard. See Muttart history.
James was in the King's Navy, and while travelling through the
Boston area was impressed by the spirit of the Americans. When James
returned to Scodand he obtained a small boat, loaded his family and
possessions, and sailed in 1775 for North America. When passing Cape
Breton, in error he sailed on the north side rather than the south and
landed in Covehead, PEI, instead of Boston.
James, Margaret, and five of their children made the crossing. A
sixth child was born in Covehead. Margaret died at Covehead, and
James moved to Tryon in 1783 and leased land from the Holland' s.
James and Widow Mutard lived on the Point Road, Tryon, where
Howatt's Fruit Farm is in 1992.
James Howatt left the following will dated 4 Sept 1803:
To my son Peter the farm where I now reside and all things in my possession.
To my wife yearly and every year during her natural life 200 weight of flour,
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the produce of the farm, and 32 bushels of potatoes, and 100 weight of pork
and to cut and have firewood sufficient, and to keep one milk cow which shall
return to my son Peter with the rest of the stock.
Also to my daughter Barbara one milk cow as soon as she is married and
three pounds ofBohea Tea, and 30 weight of sugar that is maple or West India
brown and to my wife 5 pounds of wool and 1 paper of pins.
Registered Land Office Robert Hancock
24 Aug 1811 at nine o 'clock James Boswell (Executors)
in the morning.
James Howat and Margaret Symon(d) had 6 children:
John bap. 30 July 1760.
James bap. 2 Jan 1762.
Jean bap. 8 March 1763.
Isabel bap. 22 March 1769, d. 29 Feb 1844, m. 3 May 1798, James
Gregor/MacGregor. They lived in Covehead.
+James II b. 30 June 1771.
Peter b. 1777, d. 13 May 1836, 1st. m. Widow Catherine Vallier
Pollard; 2nd. m. 7 Jan 1833 Widow Harriet Grosvenor Wadman, b. 26
Apr 1781, d. 1862. They lived in Augustine Cove. Peter had 7 Pollard
stepchildren, 11 Wadman stepchildren, and 5 children of his own.
When Peter married each of these widows, he also assumed any debts
left by their husbands, unless the widow married wearing only one
garment. At that time women wore many garments, and to wear only
one was not considered appropriate. Widow Pollard's debts were a
concern to Peter, so when the ceremony uniting this couple was
performed, Catherine Pollard stood behind a dressing screen in a one
piece chemise, thus leaving her deceased husband' s debts behind.
James Howatt and his second wife, Widow Mutard, had 2 children:
Barbara b. 1782, d. 25 May 1860, bur. Lower Bedeque, m. as his
2nd. wife James Cole, b. 22 Apr 1792, d. 22 Feb 1873, bur. Lower
Bedeque Cem..
Adam b. 1783, d. 23 Nov 1871, bur. Cape Traverse Church of
Scotland Cem., 1st. m. 1805 Eunice Buell; 2nd. m. 1820 Ann Stagman;
3rd. m. Clementina Marie Clemmie Robinson, b. Charlottetown, 16 Sept
1811, d. after 1871. Adam lived in Augustine Cove, and had 26 children.
James II b. 30June 1771, d. 13June 1846, son ofjames Howatt and
Margaret Symon(d), 1st. m. 7 Apr 1794 Ellen Miller; 2nd. m. 17 May
1838 Grace Beote/Beatie.
James Howatt II and Ellen Miller had 8 children:
John b. 22 Apr 1795, d. 13 May 1861, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m.
15 Feb 1819 Mary Dawson, b. 11 Apr 1802, d. 6 May 1862, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of Colonel Thomas Dawson and Elizabeth Tait.
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They had 11 children and lived on the Point Road, Tryon, where Asher
Howatt lived. See Dawson history.
James m b. 1800, d. 6 June 1875, 1st. m. 1822/23 Mary Ann Lea,
b. 1796, d. 1838, bur Tryon Peoples Cem.; 2nd. m. Grace Pollard
Warren. See Lea history.
+William b. 1800.
Elizabeth b. 1805, m. Richard Dawson. See Dawson history.
Charles b. 1806, d. 6 Dec 1895, 1st. m. Maria MacDonald; 2nd. m.
Sarah Roblee; 3rd. m. Mrs. Clark.
Henry m. Elizabeth MacDonald.
Cornelius b. 1810, d. 7 May 1895, m. Jane Bell. Cornelius served in
PEI Legislature and was opposed to Confederation in 1864. See Bell
history.
+Alexanderb. 17 Jan 1815.
William b. 1800, d. 10 Dec 1880, son of James Howatt II and Ellen
Miller, 1st. m. Emma MacKinnon; 2nd. m. Margaret Leard, b. 8 March
1804, d. Dec 1871, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem.,
daughter of Samuel Leard and Elizabeth Brown. See Leard history.
William Howatt and Margaret Leard had 11 children:
Samuel b. 1819, d. Feb 1913, 1st. m. Ann Gardiner; 2nd. m. Jane
MacNeil.
Elizabeth b. 1824, d. 19 June 1918, m. Finley Campbell.
Ellen b. 1827, d. 20 Sept 1907, m. Thomas Dawson. See Dawson
history.
Jane b. 1829, m. John Mac Williams. See Mac Williams history.
James W. b. 1832, d. 7 Aug 1906, m. Janet MacPherson.
Donald b. 24 March 1832, d. 2 Nov 1910, m. Janet MacEachern.
David b. 12 Feb 1837, m. Margaret MacEachern.
Henry b. 1838, d. 16 Feb 1923, 1st. m. Elizabeth Deigan; 2nd. m.
Phoebe Campbell.
+Alexanderb. 17 Jan 1842.
Thomas m. Catherine MacDonald.
Margaret m. Alex MacPherson.
Alexander b. 17 Jan 1842, d. 11 Sept 1930, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland, son of William Howatt and Margaret Leard, m. 14
Nov 1865 Mary Crockett, b. 1844, d. 3 July 1925, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland, daughter of John Crockett and Marion Manson.
Alexander and Mary lived in Cape Traverse.
Alexander Howatt and Mary Crockett had 3 children:
+John William b. 24 May 1867.
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Eliza Jane b. 2 Oct 1870, d. 26 Nov 1881.
Margaret Lydia b. 1881, m. Lester Campbell.
John William b. 24 May 1867, d. 30 Jan 1940, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland, son of Alexander Howatt and Mary Crockett, m.
Sarah Anne Sadie MacPhee b. 3 Nov 1870, d. 6 Oct 1948, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland.
John Howatt and Sadie MacPhee had 3 children:
Melbourne Alton b. 6 Sept 1894, d. 19 Jan 1940, m. Minnie Bertha
Halliwell.
Mabel b. 1896, d. 1957, m. Gordon MacWilliams, b. 1893, d. 1967.
+Edward Orine b. 18 Feb 1905.
Edward Orine b. 18 Feb 1905, d. 26 Feb 1929, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., son of John Howatt and Sadie MacPhee, m. Blanche
Mildred Francis, b. 7 Feb 1905, d. 28 Jan 1928, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem..
Orine and Blanche lived in Cape Traverse.
Orine Howatt and Blanche Francis had 1 child:
+Wendell Francis b. 5 Nov 1925.
Wendell Francis b. 5 Nov 1925, son of Orine Howatt and Blanche
Francis, m. 26 Sept 1947 Sybil Elain Howatt, b. 17 Nov 1930, daughter
of Claude Howatt and Laura Arnett.
Wendell, who was working at Dixon's Store, purchased land in 1953
from Russell Thomson on the north side of the Trans Canada Highway.
Wendell and Sybil bought a house from Allison Lea of Victoria and
moved it to North Tryon. They sold this house to Arthur Craig of Lady
Fane in 1968 and they moved to Carleton Siding. Wendell worked at
the Borden scalehouse. Sybil was a member of the North Tryon
Women' s Institute and they attended the Tryon United Church.
Wendell Howatt and Sybil Howatt had 4 children:
+Sandra Faye b. 30 June 1948.
+Debbie Ann b. 26 Feb 1953.
+Barbara Elayne b. 2 March 1963.
+Wendy Dawn b. 29 Sept 1967.
Sandra Faye b. 30 June 1948, daughter of Wendell Howatt and Sybil
Howatt, m. 30 Aug 1969 Daniel Petitpas, son of Harold and Agnes
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L to R., Back: Sybil, Wendell. Front: Wendy Dawn, Debbie, Barbara, Sandra Howatt.
Wendell Howatt Collection.
Petitpas.
Sandra and Daniel live in NB where Daniel is a member of the
Canadian Armed Forces and Sandra works in a bank.
Sandra Howatt and Daniel Petitpas had 2 children:
Daniel Mitchell b. 8 Dec 1971.
Krista Nichole b. 1 March 1976.
Debbie Ann b. 26 Feb 1953, daughter of Wendell Howatt and Sybil
Howatt, m. 6 Oct 1972 Donald Bertrum Carr, b. 13 Dec 1950, son of
Gordon Carr and Ena Baglole.
Debbie and Bert live in Tryon. Debbie is a legal secretary in Sum-
merside and Bert works for PEI Produce in Summerside.
Debbie Howatt and Bert Carr had 2 children:
Michael Aaron b. 19 Jan 1975.
Jeffery Evan b. 16 May 1977.
Barbara Elayne b. 2 March 1963, daughter of Wendell Howatt and
Sybil Howatt, m. 11 July 1987 David Alan Mullins, b. 28 March 1980,
son of David Holmes Mullins and Velma Norma Allen.
Barb and David live in Borden. Barb is a secretary at McCain Foods,
and David is employed at Marine Atlantic.
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Barbara Howatt and David Mullins had 2 children:
Travis David b. 22 Aug 1990.
Megan Nicole b. 23 June 1992.
Wendy Dawn b. 29 Sept 1967, daughter of Wendell Howatt and
Sybil Howatt, m. 17 Aug 1985 David Watson, son of Charles Watson.
Wendy is a waitress and lives in Summerside.
Wendy Howatt and David Watson had 2 children:
Matthew David b. 6 May 1987.
Mason Francis b. 26 June 1988.
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Alexander Howatt b. 1815, d. 7 June 1890, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of James Howatt II and Ellen Miller, m. 14 Apr
1841 Ann C. Clark, b. 1821, d. 15 Apr 1885, bur. North Tryon Presby-
terian Cem..
Alexander and Ann lived and farmed where Howatt's Fruit Farm is
in 1992.
Alexander Howatt and Ann Clark had 7 children:
Artemus H. b. 14 May 1842, d. 3 Oct 1914, m. Euphimia MacNeil.
Lucendia b. 19 June 1844, d. 11 June 1914, 1st. m. John Hooper;
2nd. m. Oliver Muttart.
James A. b. 5 Sept 1846, d. 11 Aug 1911, 1st. m. Janet Johnson; 2nd.
m. Margaret Inman; 3rd. m. Minnie MacNeill.
Elizabeth Ellen b. 24 Feb 1849, d. 9 June 1929, not married.
+John Calvin b. 7 June 1852.
Mary Jane b. 26 June 1854, d. 5 Oct 1922, m. Eliphalet Muttart.
Charles Spurgeon b. 20 June 1858, d. 18 Nov 1932, m. Lottie Wilson.
John Calvin b. 7 June 1852, d. 5 Sept 1923, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Alexander Howatt and Ann Clark, m. 20 Jan
1880 Elizabeth M. Rogerson, b. 2 Sept 1856, d. 7June 1935, bur. North
Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of William Rogerson and Sarah
Bell.
Calvin and Bessie lived in Cape Traverse and later moved to the
waterfront in Victoria where Calvin had a general store.
J. Calvin Howatt and Bessie Rogerson had 2 children:
+RusseU b. 9 Apr 1881.
Hunter Duvar b. 2 March 1889, d. 28 March 1889, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem..
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Russell b. 9 Apr 1881, d. 1959, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
son of J. Calvin Howatt and Bessie Rogerson, m. 18 Nov 1903 Grace
Belle Howatt, b. 3 March 1885, d. 21 May 1959, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., daughter of Thomas Howatt and Elizabeth Muttart.
Russell and Grace lived on the Point Road, Tryon, where Russell
was a fisherman and had a lobster factory.
Russell Howatt and Grace Howatt had 6 children:
Leroy Hunter b. 19 June 1905, d. 15 May 1975, bur. Crapaud
Anglican Cem., m. 30 Oct 1929 Amy MacVittie, b. 12 Apr 1909,
daughter of Heath MacVittie and Margaret Stordy. They lived in
Crapaud and had 5 children: Margaret; Marian; Douglas; Joan; Allison.
Victor b. 14 June 1907, m. 20 Aug 1925 Marguerite Bell, b. 13 June
1903, daughter of Donald Bell and Eva Myers, Tryon. They lived in
Summerside and had 3 children: Donald; Betty; Morley. See Bell
history.
Lloyd Rogerson b. 11 Apr 1909.
Calvinb. 19July 1917, m. 16July 1941 Marion Craig, b. 16 May 1917,
daughter of Harry Craig and Kate MacFadyen. They live in Carleton
and had 1 child: Russell b. 31 Oct 1944. See Craig history.
Betty Carmen b. 28 Feb 1925, d. 7 March 1925.
Raymond B. Ray b. 20 Feb 1927, m. 27 July 1955 M. Blanche Day,
b. 18 Apr 1932. They live in Summerside, and had 1 child: Victor G. b.
18 May 1959.
Lloyd Rogerson b. 11 Apr 1909, d. 28 June 1977, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Russell Howatt and Grace Howatt, m. 2
March 1932 Penelope Elizabeth Penzie Chisholm, b. 7 May 1913, d. 10
July 1965, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of James
Chisholm and Jean Roblee. See Chisholm history.
Lloyd and Penzie lived in North Tryon in the east side of the former
William Chisholm house. The house was built about 1867 and later
divided. Both the William and James Chisholm families lived in the
house which also had a post office attached. Randy Howatt and his
family were the last residents of the house. The west side of the
residence was occupied by several families: Russell and Minnie Carr,
Roy and Minerva Gillis, Mrs. Manson and her granddaughter Doris
Lefurgey, and Reginald and Jessie Thomas. The post office part of the
house was moved across the road for a residence for Manson and
Margaret MacNeill who retired in North Tryon, this is part of the Hillus
and Blanche Cairns house in 1992. The original house was demolished
in 1984.
Lloyd worked for the CNR on the Borden car ferries. Penzie did
general housecleaning, and also looked after some of the neighbour-
hood children. Penzie was a member of the North Tryon Women' s
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Institute and Lloyd and
Penzie were members
of t he Nor t h Tr yon
Presbyterian Church.
Lloyd Howatt and
Penzie Chisholm had 7
children:
+Grace Eloise b. 11
March 1933.
+Doreen Elizabeth
b. 10 Nov 1935.
+Helen Janice b. 14
Oct 1937.
+James Lloyd b. 9
Aug 1939.
+Jessie Mildred b.
12 July 1942.
+Ruth Elaine b. 17
June 1944.
+HeatherAnnb. 22
May 1948.
Grace Eloise b. 11
March 1933, daughter of
Lloyd Howatt and Penzie
Chisholm, m. 28 May 1955 Lloyd Harvey, b. 7 Sept 1929, d. 14July 1992,
bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., son of Raymond Harvey and
Thelma Henderson, Cape Traverse.
Grace lives in Cape Traverse and works for the Provincial Liquor
Commission in Borden. Lloyd worked for a road construction com-
pany.
Grace Howatt and Lloyd Harvey had 3 children:
James Ricky b. 4 Dec 1956, m. 10 Nov 1982 Susan White, b. 10 Aug
1963, daughter of Russell White and Nancy Jay. They live in Carleton
and had 2 children: Jenna Sue Grace b. 25 Dec 1984; Joshua Ricky
Henderson b. 17 Dec 1990.
Roger Lloyd b. 27 Dec 1960, m. 15 Aug 1981 Nancy Linda Ferguson,
b. 21 May 1958, daughter of Kenneth Ferguson and Marion MacLean.
They live in Carleton and had 2 children: Tyler Lloyd, b. 27 Jan 1986;
Lloyd Roger, b. 9 Oct 1990, d. 11 Oct 1990, bur. Cape Traverse United
Cem..
Kent Raymond b. 2 July 1964, lives at home and teaches school.
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Doreen Elizabeth b. 10 Nov 1935, daughter of Lloyd Howatt and
Penzie Chisholm, m. 8 Oct 1955 Myron Matheson, b. 28 Nov 1931, son
of D.C. Matheson and Irene Newson.
Doreen and Myron live in Cornwall. Myron was employed with the
CNR.
Doreen Howatt and Myron Matheson had 2 children:
Carolyn Suzanne b. 16 Nov 1964, Ph. D. in English Literature from
Oxford.
Kyler Scott Howatt b. 18 Oct 1969, student at TUNS, Halifax, NS.
Helen Janice b. 14 Oct 1937, daughter of Lloyd Howatt and Penzie
Chisholm, m. 31 July 1954 Delbert Carr, b. 21 Nov 1933, son of Russell
Carr and Minnie Connell.
Helen and Delbert live in Tryon. Delbert is employed with Mid Isle
Farms in Albany and Helen works at the Bank of Nova Scotia in
Crapaud.
Helen Howatt and Delbert Carr had 1 child:
Deborah Helen b. 7 Nov 1954, m. 28 Dec 1973 Mervin MacDonald,
b. 17 Dec 1953, son of Percy MacDonald and Emily Sellars Churchill.
They live in Charlottetown where they are custodians for an apartment
complex. Debbie and Mervin had 1 child: Jason James b. 1 Apr 1974.
L to R, back: Helen, Heather, Grace, Doreen. Front: Jimmy, Jessie. Enid Thomas
collection.
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James Lloyd Jimmy b. 9 Aug
1939, d. 21 Sept 1989, bur. North
Tryon Presbyterian Cem., m. 17
June 1958 Bonita Gayle Rayner, b.
12 Feb 1942, daughter of Weston
Rayner and Helen Clark. See Clark
history.
The Jimmy Howatt house was
built in 1960 and moved by Mallett
Construction from Bedeque to the
Chisholm property. Jimmy sold the
house to Albert MacAllister in 1986.
Jimmy worked for Marine Atlantic
in Borden. Gayle lives and works in
Saskatchewan.
Ji mmy Howat t and Gayl e
Rayner had 4 children:
+Randall Heath b. 14 Dec 1958.
+James Darren b. 19June 1960.
+Betty Gaylene b. 31 March
1962.
+Kevin Clark b. 23 May 1963.
Gayle and Jimmy Howatt. Elayne Thom-
son Collection.
Randall Heath b. 14 Dec 1958, son of James Howatt and Gayle
Rayner, 1st. m. Karen Bernard, daughter of Fred Bernard and Jean
Sonier; 2nd. m. 11 Jan 1988 Debbie Schmitt, Regina.
Randy and Karen lived in the Lloyd Howatt house. Randy and
Debbie live in Regina where Randy works for the CPR and Karen and
Danielle live in Summerside.
Randy Howatt and Karen Bernard had 1 child:
Danielle Marie b. 20 July 1975.
Randy Howatt and his 2nd. wife Debbie Schmitt had 1 child:
Megan Jillian b. 28 Oct 1989.
James Darren b. 19 June 1960, son of James Howatt and Gayle
Rayner, m. 11 Sept 1982 Lynn Burgess, b. 22 Oct 1960, daughter of
George Burgess and Ruth Mill.
Darren lives in Charlottetown and is employed with an automobile
supply dealer.
Darren Howatt and Lynn Burgess had 1 child:
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Bradley James b. 22 Sept 1986.
Betty Gaylene b. 31 March 1962, daughter of James Howatt and
Gayle Rayner, m. 26 July 1985 Peter Fullerton, b. 8 Jan 1961, son of
Douglas Fullerton and Carolyn McDade, Summerside.
Betty and Peter live in East Royalty where Peter is employed with a
building supply company.
Betty Howatt and Peter Fullerton had 1 child:
Emilyanne Howatt b. 5 Aug 1989.
Kevin Clark b. 23 May 1963, son of James Howatt and Gayle Rayner,
m. 9'Sept 1989 Mary Ellen Murphy, b. 23 Oct 1965, daughter of Arnold
Murphy and Helen Sherry, Carleton Siding.
Kevin lives in Charlottetown and works at the Royal Bank. They had
no children.
Jessie Mildred b. 12 July 1942, daughter of Lloyd Howatt and Penzie
Chisholm, m. 30 June 1962 Neil MacPhail, b. 4 Dec 1941, son of Neil
MacPhail and Katie MacPhee, Argyle Shore.
Jessie and Neil live in Cornwall where they have a general store.
Jessie Howatt and Neil MacPhail had 2 children:
Steven b. 17jan 1965, m. 24 Aug 1991 Jacqueline Sherren, daughter
of Mary MacPhee and Donald Sherren, Westmoreland.
Penzie b. 22 June 1970, m. 21 May 1988 Wade Peconi, son of Nick
and Judy Peconi. They had 1 child: Jameson b. 6 Jan 1988.
Ruth Elaine b. 17 June 1944, daughter of Lloyd Howatt and Penzie
Chisholm, m. 28 Oct 1962 Anthony MacDonald.
Ruth lives in Charlottetown and is a dining room receptionist.
Ruth Howatt and Anthony MacDonald had 3 children:
Anthony James b. 28 March 1963.
Christopher Lance b. 15 Feb 1964.
Terrance Neil b. 4 Aug 1965.
Heather Ann b. 22 May 1948, daughter of Lloyd Howatt and Penzie
Chisholm, m. 15 Apr 1967 Wayne MacPhee, b. 18 May 1944, son of
Richard A. MacPhee and Clara MacDonald, New Haven.
Heather and Wayne live in Cornwall. Heather is employed in a
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Charlottetown office and they operate the canteen at the Charlottetown
Harness Racetrack each summer.
Heather Howatt and Wayne MacPhee had 2 children:
Peter Wayne b. 22 Sept 1969.
Heidi Claranne b. 29 Oct 1974.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Howatt History; Roma
MacKay; Sybil Howatt; Helen Carr.
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u d s o n F a mi l y
Cordon Hudson m. Bella Manning, d. in the Sacred Heart Home,
Charlottetown.
Gordon and Bella moved to North Tryon from Rose Valley, and
purchased the James Arbing house. They sold the house to Elmer and
Lila Gamble in 1922. Mrs. Hudson and her daughter, Marion, moved
to Tryon and lived in a house by the Woolen Mills' Pond. This house
was owned by Heath Howatt. It is thought that Gordon worked for
George Ives at the sawmill in North Tryon.
Gordon Hudson and Bella Manning had 1 child:
Marion.
Sources: Community residents.
j n m a n F a mi l y
John Inman b. 1766, d. 15 Jan 1862, m. Rebecca Duke, b. 1776, d.
12 June 1849.
John and Rebecca and their children arrived on PEI from Yorkshire,
England, in 1819 and settled in Hampton. John was a farmer.
John Inman and Rebecca Duke had 6 children:
William b. 1803, d. 13 Jan 1882,1st. m. Hannah Hutchison, b. 1809,
d. Jan 1840; 2nd. m. Isabel Farquharson, d. 1901. William and Hannah
had 1 child. William and Isabel had 4 children. They lived in Crapaud.
John b. 1807, d. 18 Oct 1873, m. Jane Webster, b. 1812, d. 18 Apr
1889. They lived in Crapaud.
+Thomas b. 1813.
Robert 1st. m. Judith Farrow; 2nd. m. Isabel Wright. Robert and
Judith had 9 children.
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Mary m. William Ireland. They lived in Upper Canada.
Mark b. 1816, d. 14 March 1893, 1st. m. 17 Feb 1842 Fannie
Newsom, b.c. 1819, d. 3 Dec 1860, daughter of Samuel and Mary
Newsom. They lived in Crapaud and had 8 children. Mark 2nd. m.
Maria Ince, b.c. 1822, d. 28 Nov 1893.
Thomas b. 1813, d. 14 July 1866, bur. Crapaud Cem., son of John
Inman and Rebecca Duke, m. Barbara Clark, b. 1815, d. 6 Sept 1899,
bur. Crapaud Cem., daughter of Michael Clark and Sarah Gamble.
Thomas Inman and Barbara Clark had 10 children:
Rebecca b. 11 May 1840, m. George Inman.They had 4 children.
James b. 1 Nov 1841, d. 24 Dec 1911,1st. m. Emily Clark. They lived
in Crapaud and had 1 child; James 2nd. m. Hannah MacQuarrie,
daughter of Donald MacQuarrie and Ann Farquharson. They lived in
Hampton and had 1 child.
John b. 19 Aug 1843, m. Elizabeth Heartz.They had 3 children.
George b. 7 Feb 1845, m. Elizabeth Stordy, daughter of Thomas
Stordy and Jane Wood. They lived in Lot 16 and had 3 children: Fred;
Herbert; May.
Sarah b.c. 1847, d. 15 June 1908, m. Alexander MacFarland. They
lived in Argyle Shore.
+Major b. 19 Sept 1849.
Annie Elizabeth b. 1851, d. 1926, bur. Crapaud Cem., m. Dec 1875
Alfred Ferguson, son of James Ferguson and Elizabeth White. They had
12 children.
Charlotte b. 1853, d. 1922, m. George Higgins. They lived Crapaud
and had 4 children.
Priscilla m. Phillip Mayer. They had 2 children.
Job b. 31 Dec 1860, d. 30 Apr 1939, m. Ida Mary Dawson, b. 4 March
1861, d. 18 Apr 1939, daughter of Benjamin Dawson and Stukley Mary
Howatt. They settled in Augustine Cove and had 2 children. See
Dawson history.
Major b. 19 Sept 1849, d. 1 March 1914, bur. Crapaud Anglican
Cem., son of Thomas Inman and Barbara Clark, m. 25 July 1877 Eliza
MacDonald, b. 4 Nov 1852, d. 21 Feb 1934, bur. Crapaud Anglican
Cem., daughter of Joseph MacDonald and Phoebe Percival.
Major bought the Joseph Mac Williams Jr. farm and house on the
Crossroad in 1877. The Inmans employed MacKenzie Bros, in 1887 to
build a new house which is the present Vernon Inman house. This house
was built close to the river and later moved up the hill nearer the
Crossroad. Major had a mixed farming operation. Major and Eliza were
members of the Tryon United Church.
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Major Inman and Eliza MacDonald had 2 children:
+Thomas Wilfred b. 10 March 1880.
+John Ernest b. 3 Apr 1883.
Thomas Wilfred b. 10 March 1880, d. 15 Dec 1942, bur. Crapaud
Ang. Cem., son of Major Inman and Eliza MacDonald, m. 12 Sept 1906
Gertrude Marguerite Callbeck, b. 18 March 1882, d. 21 Dec 1965, bur.
Crapaud Ang. Cem., daughter of Phillip Callbeck and Margaret Best.
Gertrude operated a tourist home at Chisholm's Corner in the
house later purchased by Enid and Clayton Thomas. Following Wil-
fred's death Gertrude sold the house and moved to Summerside.
Gertrude was a member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Wilfred Inman and Gertrude Callbeck had 4 children:
Herman Ernest b. 28 Feb 1908, d. 19 July 1927, bur. Crapaud Ang.
Cem..
Daughter d. in infancy, bur. Crapaud Anglican Cem..
+Lloyd Edwin b. 3 Nov 1911.
+Major Harold b. 29 Apr 1918.
Lloyd Edwin b. 3 Nov 1911, d. 15 June 1979, bur. Fredericton Floral
Hills Memorial Gardens, son of Wilfred Inman and Gertrude Callbeck,
1st. m. Elva Louise Howatt, b. 17 June 1910, d. 20 July 1952, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Phillip Howatt and
Jemima Rogerson; Lloyd 2nd. m. 6 March 1954 Dorothy Russel Call-
beck, b. 6 Sept 1918, daughter of George Callbeck and Viola Gladys
Farquharson. See Callbeck history.
Lloyd and Elva lived in Borden and had no children. Lloyd and
Dorothy lived in Borden where Lloyd had a lobster factory and trucking
business.
Lloyd Inman and Dorothy Callbeck had 2 children:
Lloyd George b. 19 Nov 1954, m. Linda Ann Carpenter. They live in
Ontario and had 2 children: Mark; Brittany Lee.
Gerald Major b. 15 Apr 1957, m. Cheryl Porter. They live in NS and
had children.
Major Harold b. 29 Apr 1918, d. 5 March 1977, bur. Fredericton
Floral Hills Mem Gardens, son of Wilfred Inman and Gertrude Call-
beck, 1st. m. 13 July 1940 Victoria Howatt, b. 24 May 1917, d. 14 Jan
1942, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Phillip
Howatt and Jemima Rogerson; Major 2nd. m. 15 March 1946 Mary
Maclnnis, b. 24 Dec 1921, Newcastle, NB.
Major and Victoria lived in Borden. They had no children. Major
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and Mary lived in Summerside where Major owned Inman Plumbing
and Heating.
Major Inman and Mary Maclnnis had 1 child:
Gail Gertrude, RN, b. 3 Sept 1946, m. Basil Stewart. They live in
Summerside and had 2 children: Mary Jane; Major.
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John Ernest b. 3 Apr 1883, d. 10 Dec I960, bur. Crapaud Anglican
Cem., son of Major Inman and Eliza MacDonald, m. 28 Dec 1921 Ruth
Matilda Fall, b. 15 Sept 1894, d. 23 Sept 1951, bur. Crapaud Anglican
Cem., daughter of George Fall and Elizabeth Vanlderstine.
Ernest and Ruth lived and farmed on the Major Inman farm on the
Crossroad. They were members of the Tryon United Church and Ruth
was a member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Ernest Inman and Ruth Fall had 7 children:
George b. 1924, d. 1924, bur. Crapaud Anglican Cem..
+Gertrude Mae b. 31 Jan 1926.
+Aletha Jean b. 14 Aug 1927.
Gladys b. 1929, d. 1929, bur. Crapaud Anglican Cem..
+Vernon George b. 3 Sept 1930.
+Lorne Archibald b. 2 Dec 1931.
+Kathleen Elaine b. 18 Nov 1932.
Ernest and Ruth Inman farm, 1951. Vernon Inman Collection
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Gertrude Mae b. 31 Jan 1926, daughter of Ernest Inman and Ruth
Fall, m. 1951 Sterling Peterson, b. 4 June 1928.
Gertrude and Sterling live in Windsor, Ont , where Sterling worked
for Bendix, and Gertrude was an office worker at the hospital.
Gertrude Inman and Sterling Peterson had 2 children:
Terry Wayne b. 9 Feb 1952, d. 25 Apr 1989.
Karen Lee b. 15 Jan 1961.
Aletha Jean b. 14 Aug 1927, daughter of Ernest Inman and Ruth
Fall, m. lOJuly 1956 Howard Witt, b. 12 July 1929.
Aletha and Howard live in Michigan where Howard is a professor
at Oakland University.
Aletha Inman and Howard Witt had 3 children:
Stephen Howard b. 11 June 1957.
Larry Michael b. 17 Dec 1959.
Karen Ann b. 27 Aug 1963.
Vernon George b. 3 Sept 1930, son of Ernest Inman and Ruth Fall,
m. 1 Sept 1956 Thelma Freda Willis, b. 7 Sept 1934, daughter of
Leonar d Willis and
Freda MacNeill.
Vernon took over
the family farm in 1956
and purchased another
39 acres of farm land in
1957 f r om Ri char d
Newsome. Vernon and
his son Alan grow pota-
toes, grain and hay on
their farm. They raise
120 head of beef cattle.
Vernon built a hanger
and runway for his air-
plane in 1965 on the
west side of the Cross-
road, across from his
house. Bot h Thel ma
and Vernon are active
members of the Tryon
United Church where
Thel ma has be e n a
Vernon, Thelma, Valerie Inman. Vernon Inman Collection CGI T l e ade r for ma ny
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Vernon and Thelma Inman house. Hazel Robinson.
years. Thelma is a Life Member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
See Airplane history.
Vernon Inman and Thelma Willis had 2 children:
+Alan Vernon b. 16 March 1960.
Valerie Ann b. 3 June 1963, graduated from Holland College, lives
in Charlottetown, and is a secretary at Colonel Grey High School.
Alan and Sandra Inman house. Hazel Robinson.
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Alan Vernon b. 16
March 1960, son of
Ve r non I nma n and
Thelma Willis, m. 21
July 1989 Sandra Lee
Mut t ar t , b. 24 J une
1964, d a u g h t e r of
Har ol d Mut t ar t and
Norma Small.
Al an gr a dua t e d
from NSAC in 1980.
He and Sandra built a
house on t he home
farm. They attend the
Tryon United Church.
Al an Inman and
Sandra Muttart had 1
child:
Tyler Alan b. 11 June 1990
Alan, Tyler, Sandra Inman. Alan Inman Collection.
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Lome Archibald b. 2 Dec 1931, son of Ernest Inman and Ruth Fall,
m. 13 March 1954 Audrey Jean Cudmore, b. 23 Nov 1938, daughter of
Charles Wright and Nettie Cudmore.
Audrey lived with her grandparents, Harry Cudmore and Florence
Linda, Vaughn, Kevin, Audrey, Lome Inman. Lome Inman Collection.
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MacLeod, Crapaud. Lome and Audrey purchased the Russell Mabey
farm and house in 1955 where they raised beef cattle and grew potatoes.
Lome retired in 1990 and sold his farm to his brother Vernon, and to
MacDonald Bros, of Augustine Cove. Audrey is a weaver and has a
studio in their home, Country View Weaving. Audrey was a member of
the North Tryon Women' s Institute and is an active member of the PEI
Arts Council. Both Lome and Audrey are members of the Crapaud
Community Curling Club and the Tryon United Church.
Lome Inman and Audrey Cudmore had 3 children:
+Vaughn Dennis b. 24 Aug 1954.
+Linda Ruth b. 9 May 1956.
Kevin Lome b. 2 May 1965, lives in Calgary where he is a heavy duty
mechanic.
Vaughn Dennis, B.Sc. Eng., b. 24 Aug 1954, son of Lome Inman
and Audrey Cudmore, m. 26 June 1983 Dixie Lynn Gommerman, b. 15
Dec 1955, daughter of Adam and Mae Gommerman of Calgary Alta..
Vaughn and Dixie are based in Calgary where Vaughn is a civil
engineer with Nova Corp. They are living in Malaysia in 1992, where
Vaughn is managing engineer for the construction of a pipeline from
Kuela, Lompur, to the Thailand border.
Vaughn Inman and Dixie Gommerman had 3 children:
Lisa Gayle b. 5 June 1984.
Stephen Tyler b. 27 Feb 1987.
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Jennifer Lynn b. 6 June 1989.
Linda Ruth, BSc, PDt, b. 9 May 1956, daughter of Lome Inman and
Audrey Cudmore, m. 27 Aug 1988 Jack Yorston, b. 9 July 1936, son of
John Yorston and Bertha MacLennan, Charlottetown. They had no
children.
Linda is a Dietition at the Sacred Heart Home, Charlottetown, and
Jack works for an office supply company. They live in Charlottetown.
Kathleen Elaine b. 18 Nov 1932, daughter of Ernest Inman and Ruth
Fall, m. Oct 1960 William MacDougall.
Kathleen lives in Charlottetown and works as a LNA at the Queen
Elizabeth Hospital.
Kathleen Inman and William MacDougall had 2 children:
Harleigh Ernest b. 1 Apr 1962.
Wanda Ruth b. 27 Jan 1964.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Inman History; Thelma In-
man; Lome Inman.
/ves Family
William Ives b.c. 1607 in England, d. 1648, m. Hannah Dickerman.
William and Hannah arrived in Boston, Mass., in 1635 from Eng-
land. William was the founder of the Quinnipiac Colony in the new
world.
William Ives and Hannah Dickerman had 4 children, born in New
Haven, Conn.:
Phebe bap. 2 Oct 1642.
+John bap. 29 Dec 1644.
Doug identity uncertain.
Joseph b.c. 1647.
John bap. 29 Dec 1644, d. 1681/82, bur. probably Center Street
Cem., Wallingford, Conn., son of William Ives and Hannah Dickerman,
m. 12 Nov 1668 Hannah Merriman, daughter of Captain Nathaniel and
Joan Merriman.
John, a signer of the Wallingford Agreement, settled in the northern
part of the town. John' s widow 2nd. m. 17 Aug 1682 Joseph Benham.
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John Ives and Hannah Merriman had a son:
+Joseph b. 14 Oct 1674.
^ Joseph b. 14 Oct 1674, d. 18 May 1754/55, bur. Congo Church
Cem., Cheshire, Conn., son of John Ives and Hannah Merriman, m. 11
May 1697 Ester Benedict of Norwalk, Conn..
Joseph and Ester settled in Fresh Meadows.
Joseph Ives and Ester Benedict had a son:
+Thomas b. 30 May 1698.
Thomas b. 30 May 1698, d. 13 Jan 1747/48, son of Joseph Ives and
Ester Benedict, m. 15 Nov 1720 Rebecca Hotchkiss.
Thomas Ives and Rebecca Hotchkiss had a son:
+Isaacb. 8 Nov 1721.
Isaac b. 8 Nov 1721, d. 29 Feb 1760, son of Thomas Ives and Rebecca
Hotchkiss, m. 13 June 1744 Lydia Morgan.
Isaac Ives and Lydia Morgan had 3 sons, one went to Kentucky, one
to Ohio, and the following one to PEI:
+Isaac b. 20 Apr 1747.
Isaac b. 20 Apr 1747, d. North Tryon, 1806, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Isaac Ives and Lydia Morgan, m. 8 Dec 1771 Sarah
Thompson.
Isaac, a United Empire Loyalist, left Cheshire, Conn., with his family,
first for Belmont, Vermont, then New Brunswick, and finally to North
Tryon, arriving in 1776.
Isaac Ives and Sarah Thompson had 7 children:
George b. 15 Apr 1773.
+M. Charles Ives b. 1776.
Joseph.
Thomas.
Isaac.
Sarah.
Mary.
M. Charles b. 1776, d. 8 Feb 1869, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of
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Isaac Ives and Sarah Thompson, m. 1818 Frances Fanny Dawson, b.
Cootehill, County Cavan, Ireland, 18 Nov 1795, d. 25 June 1886, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Col. Thomas Dawson and Frances
Tait. See Dawson history.
Charles and Fanny lived in North Tryon. Charles was a farmer and
a miller.
Charles Ives and Frances Dawson had 5 children:
+Josephb. 18 Nov 1818.
+Jane Sarah b. 16 Nov 1820.
+Thomas b. 9 Aug 1824.
+Mary Dawson b. 4 June 1827.
Isaac b. 27 Aug 1832.
Joseph b. North West Tryon, 18 Nov 1818, d. Miscouche, 14 Aug
1884, son of Charles Ives and Frances Dawson, m. 26 Oct 1844 Ann
Elizabeth Dickie, b. Cape Traverse, d. Lot 14, 15 Dec 1865.
Joseph and Ann lived at Ives Point, near Miscouche, where Joseph
was a farmer. Joseph' s will read:
I, Joseph Ives of Miscouche, Prince Co., PEI, being of sound mind and
discerning, do make and publish this my last will and testament.
1) I bequeath to my daughter Sophia Forest one cow and five sheep, also a
bedstead and bedding.
2) I bequeath to my son Charles the wheelrake now on the farm, and also
half of the mud digging machine.
3) I bequeath to my son Robert the farm I now live on, it being in three plots
and containing 124 acres of land, together with all the residue of stock and
implements, and the household furniture. He, my said son, Robert, to pay all
my lawful debts.
4) I ordain and appoint my sons-in-law Albert Bearsto and William Gamble
to be my executors of this my last will.
Signed and sealed in the year of our Lord 1882, Aug. 15th.: Joseph Ives.
Witnesses: Luke Wood, George Wood.
Joseph Ives and Ann Dickie had 9 children:
Charles b. 18 Aug 1846, d. 18 Apr 1921, bur. Lot 16 United Cem.,
m. 25 Dec 1880 Eliza Simmons, b. 3 Sept 1849, d. 20 Aug 1932, bur.
Lot 16 United Cem., daughter of James George Simmons and Hannah
Rayner. They lived up west and had 5 children: Augustine Rebecca;
Frances Ann; Guy; Alberta; Mary.
Mary Jane b. North West Tryon, 4 Sept 1848, d. 18 Jan 1909, bur.
Lot 15 Union Corner Cem., m. 25 Nov 1874 Albert Beairsto, b. 8 Jan
1837, d. 31 July 1919, bur. Union Corner Cem., son of William Beairsto
and Frances Tryon Aitken. They lived up west and had 5 children:
Frances Ann; Joseph Ives; Ida; Alexander; Sophia.
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Jane b. 29 Sept 1851, d. 9 March 1902, bur. Lot 15 Union Corner
Cem., m. 26 Dec 1876 William Gamble, b. 1835, d. 16 Dec 1904, son of
James Gamble and Martha Cowden. They lived at Muddy Creek and
had 3 children: Ida; Inez; Lula.
James b. 29 Sept 1851.
Isaac b. 29 Aug 1855, d. 1930, unmarried. Lived in Arizona.
Sophia Forrest b. 2 Oct 1857, d. 19 July 1929, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., unmarried.
Archibald b. North West Tryon, 5 May 1859.
Robert b. Crossman's Point, 15 Aug 1861, m. 24 Sept 1884 Harriet
Ida Sharpe, daughter of George T. Sharpe and Jane Linkletter. They
lived in Wilma, Minnesota, and had 6 children: Janet Jeanne; Pearl;
Arthur; Chester; Edward; Early.
John Archibald b. North West Tryon, 22 Oct 1863, d. 23 June 1935
in Hampton, NB, m. Julie Harvey Johnston, daughter of H.D.Johnston.
John was a Methodist minister.
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Jane Sarah b. 16 Nov 1820, daughter of Charles Ives and Frances
Dawson, m. 1 March 1843 John Dickie, b. Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
before 12 June 1812, d. at the home of his son Charles, Muddy Creek,
PEI, 12 June 1890.
Sarah and John lived in Cape Traverse.
Sarah Ives and John Dickie had 3 children:
Frances b. 5 July 1846, d. 29 Jan 1929, bur. Lot 15 Union Corner
Cem., m. Aug 1867 Thomas Theophilus Beairsto, son of William
Beairsto and Frances Tryon Aitken. They lived at Muddy Creek where
Theo was a Yeoman. They had 5 children: Hannah Agnes; John William;
Henry Allen; Alexander; Elizabeth.
Thomas b. 9 Jan 1847, d. 9 Aug 1905, bur. Lot 15 Union Corner
Cem., m. 16 July 1879 Delilah Gamble, daughter of John Gamble and
Ann Daley. They lived at Muddy Creek and had 3 children: Sarah Ann;
Bertha; John W..
Charles R. b. California, 1849, d. 24 Nov 1924, bur. Lot 15 Union
Corner Cem., m. 30Jan 1875 Mary M. Pooley, b. 31 July 1851, d. 13Jan
1912, daughter of Richard Pooley and Elizabeth Wood. See Pooley
history. They lived in Wellington where Charles was a farmer and
merchant. They had 5 children: Cuthbert Collingwood b. 21 Sept 1875,
d. Summerside 1944, m. Evelyn Eva Trenholm; Thomas R. b.c. 1876;
John Robert b. 12 Oct 1878; Manila; Irena b.c. 1889.
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Thomas b. 9 Aug 1824, d. 21 Nov 1884, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
son of Charles Ives and Frances Dawson, m. 15 Jan 1850, his cousin,
Mary Jane Wood, b. 10 Feb 1833, d. 15 Jan 1921, bur. Tryon Peoples
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Cem., daughter of Williamjohn Wood and Margaret Enman. See Wood
history.
Thomas was a farmer and a miller, he operated a grist mill, and a
saw mill at North Tryon. Thomas left the saw mill to his oldest son,
George, and the farm and the grist mill to son Charles.
Thomas Ives and Mary Jane Wood had 10 children:
+George b. 27 May 1851.
+Sarah Jane b. 7 Jan 1853.
+Elizabeth Tait Bessie b. 4 Feb 1855.
Frances Ann b. 12 March 1857, d. 26 June 1871, appendicitis, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem..
+Cornelius Howattb. 14 March 1859.
-KDliver Edward b. 20 Apr 1861.
+Isaac b. 26 Feb 1863.
+Charles William b. 1 May 1869.
+Georgina Bateman b. 10 Feb 1871.
Ida Dawson b. 5 Feb 1876, m. Joseph Johnjoe Malone. See Malone
history.
George b. 27 May 1851, d. 24 Sept 1933, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
son of Thomas Ives and Mary Jane Wood, m. 1 Sept 1877, his 2nd.
cousin, Frances Charlotte Dawson, b. 18June 1853, d. 14 May 1927, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Thomas The Good Dawson and
Elizabeth Leard. See Dawson history.
George expanded his father's saw mill in North Tryon, adding a sash
Four generations: George, John, Hope, Mary Jane Ives. Adelaide Wood collection.
156
and door factory, and a
moulding machine. Be-
sides being a miller,
George was a farmer.
He built a one and one
half story frame dwell-
i ng in 1874 on t he
northwest corner of the
Bedeque Road and the
road leading to Mount
Tryon. A back kitchen
was added to the house
t o accommodat e the
serving of meals to the
numerous farmers who
came long distances to
have mill work done, as
well as the hired hands
who hel ped on t he
farm. This part of the
house also had two up-
stairs rooms used as
sleeping accommoda-
tions for hired help.
When George Ives died
in 1933, the saw mill
was taken over by his
son, Everett, who returned from Sydney, NS. George and Charlotte
were members of the Tryon United Church.
George Ives and Charlotte Dawson had 4 children:
+Everett Dawson b. 7 Apr 1878.
+John Leard Dawson b. 1 Jan 1882.
Adelaide Ann b. 15 Feb 1883, d. 8 Dec 1894, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
+Bruce Benjamin b. 14 Oct 1886.
Mrs. George Ives and son Bruce. Frances Roberts
Collection.
Everett Dawson b. 7 Apr 1878, d. 16June 1961, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of George Ives and Charlotte Dawson, m. 22 Dec 1903 Mary
Catherine Molly Annear, b. Montague, 2 May 1885, d. 4June 1948, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of John Annear and Mary MacDonald.
When Everett and Molly returned to North Tryon from Sydney, NS,
the activities in the house continued. The mill was in operation; farmers
visited the mill; and hired farm workers still needed food and accom-
modation. These activities changed in 1947. Farmers were now more
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mobile and modern equipment reduced the number of hired men
needed to work on the farm and in the mill. The back kitchen, no longer
needed, was removed from the house and sold to Tommy Dawson.
Later this building was sold again and moved to Tryon where it became
the residence of Dorothy Taylor. The carriage house on the Ives' property
that had been used to store the wagons used to transport the lumber
to and from the steamers docked in Victoria became a garage for
George Ives' Model T Ford, then it housed the vehicles of Everett Ives
and Charles Roberts. It gave way for show horses and dalmatian dogs
raised by Diane Roberts of the fourth generation, and finally housed
poultry and kitty cats enjoyed by the fifth generation when they visited
the farm. It was demolished in 1990. Molly was a member of the North
Tryon Women' s Institute, and Molly and Everett were members of the
Tryon United Church.
Everett Ives and Molly Annear had 2 children:
+George Everett b. Worchester, Mass., 2 March 1912.
Frances Charlotte b. Sydney, NS, 29 Jan 1921, m. Charles Roberts.
See Roberts history.
George Everett b. 2 March 1912, son of Everett Ives and Molly
L to R: Bruce, Everett, John Ives. Frances Roberts Collection.
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Annear, 1st. m. Mary
El i zabet h Owen, b.
Keppoch, 23Augl 915,
d. 16 March 1978, bur.
Sherwood Cem.; 2nd.
m. 6 Jan 1979 Mary
Louise Wright Abbott,
b. 8 Sept 1926, daugh-
ter of Stewart Crockett
Wright and Mary Hilda
Gardiner.
George and Mary
Owen lived in Charlot-
tetown where George
was an accountant at
several Charlottetown
businesses. George and
Mary Abbot t live in
Charl ot t et own. They
had no children, but in
1992 have 36 grand-
children and 4 great
grandchildren.
Molly Annear Ives, wife of Everett Ives, 1905. Frances
Roberts Collection.
George Ives and
Mary Owen had 7 chil-
dren, all born in Char-
lottetown:
William Dawson b. 19 Jan 1936.
George Rodney b. l j une 1939.
David Edward b. 28 July 1941, d. 8 Apr 1961 in a car accident.
John Sterling Bruce b. 15 Sept 1943.
James Gardiner b. 10 Apr 1948.
Douglas Walter b. 12 Jan 1951.
Rosemary Pauline b. 14 May 1954.
John Leard Dawson b. 1 Jan 1882, d. 1967, bur. Ottawa, son of
George Ives and Charlotte Dawson, m. 1901 Helena Gamble, b. Cas-
cumpec, 1 May 1886, d. 4 Nov 1972, bur. Dauphin, Man., daughter of
Janie Nelder and Thomas Gamble. See M. Gamble history.
John was a conductor for the CNR. The family lived in Neepawa,
Manitoba, returning to PEI each summer. Helena, Hope, and Adelaide
returned to live in Tryon.
John Ives and Helena Gamble had 3 children:
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EvangelineHopeb. 4 Sept 1902, d. 28July 1973, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., m. 27 May 1925 Prof. William A.Jones, b. Wales, 1882, d. 31 May
1960, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.. See Education.
Jacqueline b. 21 Apr 1904, d. 21 July 1909, bur. Neepawa, Manitoba.
Gerda Adelaide b. 22 Apr 1906, m. Raymond Wood. See Wood
history.
Bruce Benjamin b. North Tryon, 14 Oct 1886, d. before 1970 in
California, son of George Ives and Charlotte Dawson, m. 16 July 1913
Mabel Amelia Tennock, b. 18 May 1890.
Bruce Ives and Mabel Tennock had 1 child:
Ruth b. 1 June 1914, m. 1941 Stanley O. Kaufman.
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Sarah Jane b. 7j an 1853, d. 12 Feb 1905, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Thomas Ives and Mary Jane Wood, m. 18 Nov 1878 Samuel
Warren, Elliott River.
Sarah and Samuel lived in North Tryon where Samuel was a mill-
wright at Gouldrup' s Mill.
Sarah Jane Ives and Samuel Warren had 1 child:
Ivan.
Elizabeth Tait Bessie b. 4 Feb 1855, d. at the home of Charles Ives
25 Apr 1936, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Thomas Ives and
Mary Jane Wood, m. Hugh Cochrane from Minneapolis, Minnesota, b.
3June 1835, d. 21 Apr 1910.
Bessie and Hugh lived in the USA. Bessie retired to North Tryon
and lived with her brother Charles.
Bessie Ives and Hugh Cochrane had 1 child:
Frederick b. 3 June 1889, m. Hilda Peterson, b. 7 Jan 1889. They
had 2 children: Margaret Helen m. Elmer Russell; Frederick Roy.
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Cornelius Hoivatt b. 14 March 1859, d. 13 July 1890, bur. Minnea-
polis, son of Thomas Ives and Mary Jane Wood, m. Nov 1884 Alice
Nelson, d. 5 May 1929, daughter of John Nelson, Cornwall. Alice 2nd.
m. Duncan Hyde, Cornwall.
Howatt was a school teacher and taught in North Tryon in 1878-
1879.
Howatt Ives and Alice Nelson had 3 children:
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Carl lived in California.
Raymond lived in Washington.
Heath b. 23 Feb 1890, lived in Hyder, Alaska.
^ ^
Oliver Edivardb. 20 Apr 1861, d. 16 Dec 1944 in Penticton, BC, son
ofThomas Ives and Mary Jane Wood, m. 15 Dec 1886 Annie Theresa
McCabe, daughter of Miss Mayhew and Peter McCabe, Tryon.
Edward and Annie lived in Elkhorn, Man., in 1889, then Penticton,
BC.
Edward Ives and Annie McCabe had 2 children:
Ida Jean b. 17 Feb 1892, d. 17 Feb 1892.
Robert Thomas b. 8 June 1894, d. 1948, m. Sarah Eleanor Henry.
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Isaac b. 26 Feb 1863, d. 30 March 1954, bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scotland Cem., son of Thomas Ives and Mary Jane Wood, m. 15
March 1884 Louisa Holmes Howatt, b. 1 Oct 1866, d. 13 Jan 1942, bur.
Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Donald Howatt
and Janet MacEachern. See Howatt history.
Isaac was a sawmill owner and operator in Montague in 1936.
Isaac Ives and Louisa Howatt had 2 children:
Thomas Gordon b. 28 May 1885, d. 9 Nov 1954, bur. Charlottetown
Peoples Cem., m. Elva Stewart.
Henry William b. 1 Apr 1889, d. 4Jan 1961, bur. Montague, m. Flora
MacEachern.
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Charles William b. 1 May 1869, d. 12 Feb 1948, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son ofThomas Ives and Mary Jane Wood. Charles never married.
Charles operated Ives' Grist Mill and Ives' Lower Mill. Charles lived
in the homestead on the Mill Road, and his sisters, Bessie Cochrane,
and Georgina Georgie Bacon, lived with him. Charles sold his house and
farm in 1923 to William Callbeck and moved to a smaller house on the
property but bought it back a year later. Charles installed a telephone
connection, the first in the community, from his house to the Grist Mill.
Georgie's son, Charles Bacon, after graduating from university, re-
turned to work for his Uncle Charles in the North Tryon Electric Light
Plant. Charles finally sold the farm and Grist Mill to Charlie and Wanda
Llewellyn, but retained ownership of the Electric Light Plant. The
Llewellyns sold the farm to the Alfred Cairns family, who sold it to the
Vance Dixon family. The quaint old Thomas Ives farm house now serves
as a machine shed, but it has contributed as much as can be expected
for over a century. The Ives' Mill office, built near the pond in the field
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Charles William Ives. Adelaide Wood Collection.
west of the road, was sold to Frank Dawson who moved it to the north
east corner of Will Muirhead's farm for a residence.
<r <r
Georgina Georgie Bateman b. 10 Feb 1871, d. 14 Apr 1949, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Thomas Ives and Mary Jane Wood,
m. Grant Bacon, b. 1870, bur. California.
Georgie and Grant lived in the USA. Georgie returned to North
Tryon in 1913 with her son, Charles.
Georgie Ives and Grant Bacon had 1 child:
+Charles Ives b. Westlake, Idaho, 24 June 1908.
Charles Ives b. 24 June 1908, d. 4 March 1989, bur. Summerside
Peoples Cem., son of Georgina Ives and Grant Bacon, m. Inez Bell,
daughter of George Washington Bell and Sophia Jane Bishop, Summer-
side.
Charles attended PWC, Dalhousie University, and NS Technical
School from where he graduated with a BSc in Electrical Engineering
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in 1934. Charles worked with his uncle Charles in North Tryon until
1936, when he became Manager and Chief Engineer for Summerside' s
Electrical Plant. Charles assumed the position of Assistant Manager of
the Cornwall Street, Railway, Light and Power Company in 1938. He
became the General Manager in 1942, a director in 1949, and later
Executive Vice President. Charles was president of the Canadian Elec-
trical Association in 1954 and while serving his term he received an
Honorary Doctor of Science from Laval University, Quebec City.
Charles Bacon and Inez Bell had 2 children:
George Beverly Bev b. 13 June 1942, 1st. m. Pamela Hutchison,
daughter of Robert and Audrey Hutchison; 2nd. m. Joy Kidney. Bev
and Joy live in Fredericton, NB. Bev and Pam had 2 children: Michael
b. 31 May 1974; Sarah b. 7 July 1981.
Sylvia Jean b. 4 Oct 1945, m. Rev. Douglas Joblin, son of Dr. Fred
and Audrey Joblin. They live in Sudbury, Ont., and had 3 children:
Brian b. 7 July 1972; Kevin b. 16 Nov 1974; Karen b. 5 Feb 1980.
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Mary Dawson b. 4June 1827, d. 1 Feb 1886, bur. Searletown Peoples
Cem., daughter of Charles Ives and Frances Dawson, m. 14 March 1848
Thomas John Irving Sobey, b.c. 1824, d. 9 Aug 1885, bur. Searletown
Peoples Cem..
Mary and Thomas lived in Searletown where Thomas was a farmer.
Mary Ives and Thomas Sobey adopted 5 children:
William.
Rosannah m. Mr. Affleck.
Jessie Ella Nicholson b. 22 Feb 1851, m. Edward Leard. See Leard
history.
Henry.
Mabel.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Ives History; Dawson History;
Frances Roberts.
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/ o h n s o n F a mi l y
Khristian Jensen b. 7 Apr 1870, d. 29 Feb 1949, rn. Kirstine Neilson,
b. 18 June 1876. They lived in Skjoldberg, Denmark.
Khristian Jensen and Kirstine Neilson had a son who emigrated to
PEI:
+Otto Christian b. Skjoldberg, Denmark, 22 Feb 1913.
Otto Christian b. 22
Feb 1913, d. 8 March
1978, bur. Westmore-
land Baptist Cem., son
of Khristian Jensen and
Kirstine Neilson, m. 12
Nov 1935 Margaret Mil-
licent Callbeck, b. 11
Aug 1909, d. 30 May
1986, bur. Westmore-
l and Bapt i s t Cem. ,
daught er of Howard
William Callbeck and
Nettie Simmons. See
Callbeck history.
Otto left Denmark ,
1Q31 A U 1 t *-"
to a n
" Margaret Johnson. Ron Johnson Collection.
ter arriving on Prince Edward Island, changed his surname from Jensen
to a common Island name, Johnson. He worked as a stockman for
Howard Callbeck who operated a farm and owned a recognized herd
of holstein cattle. Margaret grew up in North Tryon. She and her
mother were beautiful knitters and seamstresses and for many years
taught anyone in the community who wished to improve their knitting
and sewing skills. When Otto and Margaret married, Howard and
Nettie moved to Tryon. Otto and Margaret lived on the home farm until
1958 when they sold the property to Vernon Inman and moved to
Charlottetown. Both Otto and Margaret were members of the Tryon
United Baptist Church where Otto was a Deacon and choir member.
Margaret was a member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute. Otto
was employed with Holman' s in Charlottetown in the building supplies'
department and Margaret worked for the same company in ladies' wear.
Following Otto' s death, Margaret sold their house and moved to the
Millstream Senior Citizen's Residence in Crapaud.
Otto Johnson and Margaret Callbeck had 4 children:
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Otto and Margaret Johnson house. Ron Johnson Collection.
+James Hensen Deane b. 7 Dec 1936.
+June Carol b. 29 July 1940.
+Wmiam Ronald b. 3 Dec 1941.
+Gordon Howard b. 2 March 1944.
James Hensen Deane b. 7
Dec 1936, son of Otto Johnson
and Margaret Callbeck, m. 1
Aug 1964 Gayl e Marj ori e
Bi shop, b. 30 J une 1946,
daught er of Art hur Bishop
and Marjorie Roberts.
Deane and Gayle live New
Haven and Deane is a trans-
port driver.
Deane Johnson and Gayle
Bishop had 2 children:
Deana Marie b. 8 May
1969. Deana has 1 child: Travis
Robert b. 1 Aug 1990.
Robert Arthur b. 13 June
1970.
Back: Deane Johnson, Gayle. Front: Deana,
Robert. Ron Johnson Collection.
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Back L to R: Heather, Donnie. Front: Stephen, June, Ralph, Douglas Dawson. Stephen
Dawson Collection.
June Carol b. 29 July 1940, daughter of Otto Johnson and Margaret
Callbeck, m. 11 June 1960 Ralph Eugene Dawson, b. 29 March 1939,
son of Bea Lefurgey and Kenneth Dawson. See Dawson history.
June and Ralph live and farm in Augustine Cove.
June Johnson and Ralph Dawson had 4 children:
Donald Eugene b. 9 Aug 1961, m. 7June 1986 Donna Gayle Notgre.
They had 1 child: Brittany.
Heather Dawn b. 1 Aug 1963, m. 1986 Kent Quigley. They had 3
children: Kyle; Ryan; Chad.
Stephen Ralph b. 21 March 1969, m. 7 Sept 1991 Lisa Ann Keough.
Douglas Elmer b. 7 July 1974.
William Ronald b. 3 Dec 1941, son of Otto Johnson and Margaret
Callbeck, m. 14July 1962 Evelyn/ran Andrews, b. I7j an 1944, daughter
of Leonard Andrews and Myrtle Arbing.
Ron and Jean live in Charlottetown where Ron is employed with
Maritime Electric and Jean, with Welcome Wagon.
Ronald Johnson and Jean Andrews had 3 children:
Dale Christian b. 22 June 1965.
Allan Deane b. 24 Feb 1968, m. 23 May 1992 Krista Brown.
Donna Jean b. 14 Oct 1969.
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Back: Alan, Dale. Front: Ron, Jean, Donna Johnson.
Ron Johnson Collection.
Gordon Howard b. 2 March 1944, son of Otto Johnson and Mar-
garet Callbeck, 1st. m. 10 Nov 1962 Marjorie Balderston, b. 13 Sept
Back: Margaret and Nelson. Front: Gordon, Kevin, Marjorie Johnson. Ron Johnson..
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1942, daughter of Lloyd Balderston and Reta Birt; Gordon 2nd. m. 19
Dec 1988 Mary King, b. 15 July 1944, daughter of Robert King and
Grace Perry.
Gordon and Mary live in Charlottetown. Gordon works for Abeg-
weit Farms. They had no children.
Gordon Johnson and Marjorie Balderston had 3 children:
Margaret Darlene b. 11 March 1963, m. 28 Dec 1985 Donald
Paynter. They had 2 children: Jenna Dawn; Jorden William.
Nelson Wade b. 26 Feb 1966, m. 13 July 1991 Cathy Power.
Kevin Lloyd Gordon b. 15 July 1967.
Sources: Jean Johnson.
*/feough Family
MartinKeoughb. 1700s, d. 3 May 1849, bur. KinkoraCem., m. Mary
Quirk.
An Indenture between Frederick B. Holland and Martin Keho is
dated 1821. The Keough family was one of the first families to settle in
Lot 28. The 1841 census lists Martin Keough, b. Ireland, his wife, b.
Ireland, and 5 children, 4 born on PEL The Keough's were members
of the Catholic Church and held a 99 year lease on their land.
Martin Keough and Mary Quirk had 9 children:
Mary m. James Mackey, Kildare.
Judith m. John Keiff, Tignish.
Elizabeth Betsy b. 1831, m. Henry James Dawson. See Dawson.
Margaret m. John Shay, Albany.
+William b. 1836.
Richard b. 1838, m. Mary H. Dawson, b. 1836, d. 3 June 1916, bur.
Tignish Catholic Cem., daughter of Richard Dawson and Elizabeth
Howatt. See Dawson history.
Catherine m. Abraham Noonan, Tignish.
+Johnb. 1841.
+Martin b. 1844.
William b. 1836, d. 1912, bur. Kinkora Cem., son of Martin Keough
and Mary Quirk, m. Mary Lacy, b. 1848, d. 1920, bur. Kinkora Cem.,
daughter of Daniel Lacy and Ann Murphy.
William owned sixty two and one half acres of land, Meacham Atlas
1880, which in 1992 is the northern portion of Vance Dixon's farm on
the Crossroad. This land was the Lacy farm on the map of 1863.
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William Keough and Mary Lacy had at least 11 children:
Joseph Martin b. 1 July 1860.
Laurence Emanuel b. 19 March 1864, bur. Seven Mile Bay. Larry
was married and lived in Borden.
Annb. 5 Sept 1866, d. before 1891.
Lucy Isabella b. 15 Nov 1869, bur. Maine, was married and had a
family.
Mary Emma b. 12 Sept 1872, d. before 1891.
John Albert b. 6 July 1875, d. before 1891.
Augustina b. 28 Feb 1877.
Mary Emma b. 6 March 1879, d. 1959, bur. Seven Mile Bay. Emma
never married, she lived in her parent' s house on the Crossroad, moved
to Nathan Wood' s house when her house had to be destroyed, and
provided meals for her brother, Alfred. Emma lived with Dan Keough
for several years in later life, and died in the Home for the Aged,
Charlottetown.
Anastasia b. 8 March 1881, d. before 1891.
Joseph Alfred b. 1886, d. 1961, bur. Seven Mile Bay Cem.. Alfred
never married. He worked and lived in his blacksmith's shop on the
Crossroad, in later years going to Emma's house only for meals.
Gus bur. Maine, was married and had a family.

John b. 1849, d. 7 July 1920, bur. Kinkora, son of Martin Keough
and Mary Quirk, m. Ellen Lacy, b. 1845, d. 20 March 1907, bur. Kinkora,
daughter of John Lacy.
John and Ellen lived and farmed where Dan Keough lives now. Part
of their farm was sold to build the North Tryon Butter Factory. John' s
obituary in the Journal Pioneer says he left 4 sons and 2 daughters.
John Keough and Ellen Lacy had 12 children:
Stephen b. 1868, d. 8 July 1881, bur. Kinkora.
Daniel b. 1871, d. 1896, bur. Bakersfield, California, m. Mamie
McCafferty. They had 1 child.
Mary Anastasia b. 19 Feb 1874, d. 13 July 1881, bur. Kinkora.
Mary Jane b. 21 Nov 1874, d. 1957, m. James N. Campbell. They
lived in Cape Traverse and had 7 children.
Martin b. 10 Apr 1876, d. 19 Aug 1881, bur. Kinkora.
James Edward b. 6 Apr 1878, d. 12 July 1881, bur. Kinkora.
John Phillip b. 2 May 1880, d. 1972, bur. Seven Mile Bay, m.
Margaret McBride. They lived in Cape Traverse and had 5 children.
+Martin b. 30 March 1882.
James Edward b. 24 May 1884, d. 23 Apr 1986, bur. Winnipeg, m.
Katherine Shreenen, b. Kinkora, d. 1955. They had 5 children: Ted;
Tom; Helen; Hilda; Mae.
George Wilfred b. 10 Apr 1886, d. 6 June 1960, bur. Long Beach
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All Saints' Cem., California, m. Loretta O'Neill. They had no children.
Margaret Hilda b. 1888, d. 1893, bur. Kinkora.
Elizabeth b. 1890, d. 1922, bur. Souris St. Mary's Cem., m. Phillip
Rooney. They lived in Cape Traverse and Souris and had 3 children.
Martin b. 30 March 1882, d. 2 July 1947, bur. Seven Mile Bay, son
of John Keough and Ellen Lacy, 1st. m. Lucille Murphy, d. 1911, bur.
Seven Mile Bay, daughter of Mr. Murphy and Emily Fitzsimmons;
Martin 2nd. m. 21 Sept 1915 Maud Perkins, b. 16 May 1883, d. 23 Jan
1935, bur. Seven Mile Bay, daughter of John Perkins and Mary Ann
Deegan.
Martin and his family lived and farmed where Dan Keough now
lives.
Martin Keough and Lucille Murphy had 3 children:
Mae b. 23 May 1908, m. Sept 1930 Allie MacNeill. They live in New
Annan and had 7 children: Mildred m. Maurice Croken; Sister Joan
MacNeill; Irma m. Patrick Curley; Mary Ellen Ella m. Paul McDonough;
Edgar m. Barbara; Lois m. Michael Greenberg; Leanore m. Jean Luc.
Alban John b. 4 Aug 1909, m. 14 July 1943 Hazel Mary Green, b. 9
June 1909, daughter of George Spencer Green and Mary Alice Murphy.
Alban lived and farmed in Albany, later he worked in the egg grading
station at Dixon's Store and then as a clerk in the store. They had no
children.
Alban and Hazel Keough. Alban Keough Collection.
170
James Leo b. 23 July 1910, m. Erma Deprez, d. Jan 1992, bur.
Winnipeg. They lived in Winnipeg and had 5 children: Lucille m. Alan
Deegan, Mississauga; Leona m. Mr. Lone, Vancouver; Linda m. John
Kliewier; Cheryl m. Bob Doig, Edmonton; Paul m. Miss Berezowski,
Calgary.
Martin Keough and his 2nd wife, Maude Perkins, had 5 children:
+Helena Lucille b. 4 Dec 1917.
+Daniel Perkins b. 20 Feb 1919.
+Kathleen S. b. 11 Apr 1920.
Jean Elizabeth b. 16 Sept 1921, lives in Charlottetown and never
married. Jean worked as stenographer for a Police Department in
California before she retired and returned to PEL
PhilippaMaudb. 23 Feb 1923, d. 1923.
Helena Lucille b. 4 Dec 1917, daughter of Martin Keough and
Maude Perkins, m. 5 Jan 1942 George Layton Greene, b. 24 May 1917,
son of Arthur Green and Laura Noonan.
Helena and Layton live in Albany where Layton owned a farm
machinery business and Helena taught school.
Helena Keough and Layton Green had 4 children:
Allison Layton b. 16 Feb 1943, m. Judy MacLure, daughter of Reg
and Mary MacLure, Crapaud. They live in Albany.
Sandra Marie b. 12 July 1945, m. Michael Foran, son of Gerald
Foran, Newcastle, NB. They live in Ottawa.
Paula Anne b. 28 Nov 1946, m. Elmer Smith, son of Wilfred Smith
and Freda Hammill. They live in Kinkora.
JoAnne b. 21 Oct 1948, m. Arnold Croken, son of Mary and St.
Claire Croken, Emerald. JoAnne lives in Albany.
Daniel Perkins b. 20 Feb 1919, son of Martin Keough and Maude
Perkins, m. 22 Oct 1941, Laura Ann Mclsaac, b. 27 Dec 1915, daughter
of James Maclsaac and Mary Foran.
Dan's farm is in Albany, next to the North Tryon boundary. The
children attended the North Tryon School. Dan sold his farm in 1974
to Lester Craig and worked as a potato inspector for Agriculture
Canada. Both Dan and Laura are active in the provincial Liberal party
and they are members of Seven Mile Bay Catholic Church.
Dan Keough and Laura Mclsaac had 8 children:
+Gabriel Chester b. 31 Oct 1943.
+Judy Marie b. 3 Jan 1945.
+Wayne George b. 6 Feb 1947.
171
Back: Gabriel, Dan, Wayne. Front: Gary, Judy, Laura, Grant Keough. Dan Keough
Collection
+Grant James b. 12 March 1949.
+Lincoln Daniel b. 10 Apr 1950.
Dawn Elizabeth b. 16 Apr 1952, lives in Toronto, is not married,
and is self employed.
+Gary David b. 20 March 1955.
Gregory Edward b. 25 June 1958, lives in Calgary, is not married,
and works as a courier.
Gabriel Chester b. 31 Oct 1943, son of Dan Keough and Laura
Mclsaac, m. 15 Apr 1968 Eileen Walsh, b. 1948, daughter of Lloyd
Walsh and Francis Cobb.
Gabe and Eileen live in Borden where Gabe is employed with Marine
Atlantic.
Gabe Keough and Eileen Walsh had 3 children:
Gaylene Donna b. 4 Oct 1968 .
Gabriel Christopher b. 1 Sept 1970.
Ashley Dawn b. 19 Oct 1981.
Judy Marie b. 3 Jan 1945, daughter of Dan Keough and Laura
Mclsaac, m. 14 Aug 1965 Patrick Orcutt, son of Gordon Orcutt and
Florence Crough.
Judy and Patrick live in London, Ontario, where Judy is a real-estate
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sales representative.
Judy Keough and Patrick Orcutt had 5 children:
Shannon Patricia b. 20 Jan 1967.
Michael Patrick b. 26 Aug 1968.
Mamie Elizabeth b. 26 Aug 1968.
Scott Daniel b. 28 Feb 1972.
Rachael Laura b. 15 June 1976.
Wayne George b. 6 Feb 1947, son of Dan Keough and Laura
Mclsaac, m. 21 Aug 1966 Sharon Lee Richards, daughter of Ben
Richards and Eileen Carver.
Wayne and Sharon live in Summerside where Wayne is self em-
ployed.
Wayne Keough and Sharon Richards had 2 children:
Darren b. 28 Dec 1968.
Shawn b. 29 Dec 1969.
Grant James b. 12 March 1949, son of Dan Keough and I^aura
Mclsaac, m. 15 May 1987 Janet Ozen Hickey, daughter of Ralph Ozen
and Jean Profit.
Grant and Janet live in Summerside. Grant is employed with Marine
Atlantic.
Grant Keough and Janet Hickey had 2 children:
Marty James b. 31 May 1976.
Jamie Lee b. 16 July 1978.
Lincoln Daniel b. 10 Apr 1950, d. 27 Oct 1983, bur. Seven Mile Bay,
son of Dan Keough and Laura Mclsaac, m. 15 May 1973 Deborah Gillis,
daughter of Bernard Gillis and Myrtle Greenan.
Lincoln, an RCMP officer, was killed on duty in Waskieu, Saskatch-
ewan. Deborah and their children live in Summerside.
Lincoln Keough and Debbie Gillis had 3 children:
Andrea Dawn b. 10 Jan 1975.
Danielle b. 14 June 1977.
Rebecca Ashley b. 12 June 1981.
Gary David b. 20 March 1955, son of Dan Keough and Laura
Mclsaac, m. 15 Sept 1984 Janice Wood, daughter of Errol Wood and
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Betty Townsend.
Gary and Janice live in Charlottetown where Gary is employed as an
agricultural inspector. They had no children.
Kathleen S. Kay b. 11 Apr 1920, daughter of Martin Keough and
Maude Perkins, m. 26 Nov 1943 Frederick Kenny, deceased, son of
Robert Kenny and Minnie Fitzgerald.
Kay lives in Charlottetown. Fred was a federal government employee
and Kay worked for Dominion Engineering.
Kay Keough and Fred Kenny had 7 children:
Elaine b. 10 Aug 1944, m. Wayne Hazelwood.
Jean b. 13 June 1946, m. Ivan Keefe.
Norma b. 10 Feb 1948, not married.
Joan b. 17 Dec 1949, m. Herman McQuaid.
Ann b. 15 Sept 1952, m. Paul Fisher.
Bobby b. 10 Jan 1955, m. Elizabeth Carroll.
Jimmy b. 18 Aug 1961, m. Tracey MacDonald.
<- 0-
Martin b. 1844, m. Margaret Ann McCormick, b. 1844, Albany.
Martin and Margaret Ann lived to the northwest of brother John' s farm
on the map of 1863.
Martin Keough and Margaret Ann McCormick had at least 5
children:
Daniel b. 1867.
Mary Ann b. 10 May 1869.
Patrick b. 19 Dec 1871.
Catherine Jane b. 23 Sept 1874.
Elizabeth b. 7 June 1877, d. 22 Feb 1883, of rheumatic fever.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Dan Keough; Alban Keough;
Kay Kenny.
/Tieran Family
Gerald James Kieran b. 5 May 1938, son of James Kieran and Sadie
MacKenzie, m. 28 May 1960 Heather Christine Nickson, b. 23 March
1939, daughter of Charles Nickson and Christine Bain.
Gerald retired from the National Film Board in Montreal in 1985
and moved to Clinton, PEL Gerald and Heather purchased the S.D.
Dixon Store in 1986 which they operated for four years before closing
the business and converting the building to apartments. Gerald's
174
Kieran family. Back: Kevin, Gerald, Jeffrey. Front: Heather, Kelly Kieran, Andrew Mac-
Donald. Kieran Collection.
mother, Sadie Kieran, lived with the family for two years.
Gerald Kieran and Heather Nickson had 3 children:
Jeffrey James b. 10 Jan 1962.
Kelly Ann b. 5 Jan 1968.
Kevin Gerald b. 25 June 1970. Kevin has 1 child: Andrew James
MacDonald b. 4 Oct 1990.
Sources: Gerald Kieran.
*/fohout Family
Frank Kohout b. River Herbert, NS, 9 July 1911, d. 27 May 1971,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m. 25 Sept 1940 Wilda Elaine Bell, b. 11 May
1916, daughter of Elliot Bell and Mae Newsome. Frank had 3 sisters:
Mary, Bessie, Annie; and three brothers: Wentsel, John, and Joseph.
Frank moved from Wright's Mills, Bedeque, in 1936, to accept
employment with Elmer Gamble as the assistant butter maker at the
North Tryon Butter Factory. Frank was the butter maker at the Kinkora
factory after the North Tryon factory closed in 1953. The Kohout family
lived in North Tryon in a house they purchased from Ray Wood. This
house burned in 1953 and the Kohouts moved to a small farm in Rose
Valley.
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Wilda, George, Frank Kohout. Kohout Collection.
Frank Kohout and Wilda Bell had 2 children:
+George Seaman b. 11 June 1945.
+Lynne Maureen b. 22 May 1949.
George Seaman b. l l j u n e 1945, m. 14 Sept 1968 Lynda Paynter, b.
2 Jan 1948, daughter of Charles Paynter and Jean Campbell.
George and Jean live in Saint John where George is a pilot for NB
Tel.
George Kohout and Lynda Paynter had 1 child:
Trevor George b. 23 Aug 1975.
Lynne Maureen b. 22 May 1949, m. 20 Aug 1971 Robert Craig
Montgomery, b. 21 Nov 1938, son of Archibald Montgomery and
Mildred Craig. See Craig history.
Lynne and Robert live and farm in Lower Bedeque.
Lynne Kohout and Robert Montgomery had 2 children:
David Craig b. 16 May 1972.
Maureen Bell b. 25 May 1974.
Sources: Wilda Kohout.
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/
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acy Fami l y
Daniel Lacy m. Ann Murphy and lived and farmed on what is now
the Vance Dixon home farm. The 1841 census lists Daniel Lacy, farmer,
b. Ireland, m. 6 Feb 1839 Ann Murphy. The Lacy name is no longer in
the community.
Daniel Lacy and Ann Murphy had at least 7 children:
Lawrence b. Nov 1840, d. 1904, m. Joanna. They had 6 children.
Ellen b. 1845, m. John Keough. See Keough history.
+John b. 20 March 1846.
Maryb. 1848, m. William Keough. See Keough history.
Elizabeth bap. Oct 1850.
Matthew bap. March 1857.
Ann bap. 4 Sept 1859.
John b. 20 March 1846, son of Daniel Lacy and Ann Murphy, m.
Ambosine Mclnnis, b. 1849.
John was a farmer and a blacksmith in North Tryon.
John Lacy and Ambosine Mclnnis had at least 7 children:
Elizabeth b. 1873.
Mary J. b. 1875.
Joseph Stanislaus b. 23 Apr 1877.
John Alexander b. 10 May 1879.
Theresa Ellen b. 2 Dec 1880.
John Alexander b. 7 May 1881.
Anastasia b. 18 Feb 1883.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; 1863 Island Map.
/
y
a n g Fami l y
Frank George Lang b. Tryon, 1878, d. 23 Sept 1920, bur. North
Tryon Presbyterian Cem., son of John Lang and Elizabeth Wright,
Tryon, m. 17 March 1903 Elizabeth Lizzie Chisholm, b. 17 March 1875,
bap. 16July 1875, d. 22 Feb 1954, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
daughter of William Chisholm and Jane Ann Morrison. They had no
children. See Chisholm history.
Frank Lang was the first manager and butter maker at the North
Tryon Butter Factory. The Langs were very fond of children and their
home was a popular place for nieces, nephews, and neighbourhood
children. Shirley Thomas Thomson lived with her Aunt Lizzie after her
mother, Jessie Chisholm Thomas, died.
177
Elizabeth Lizzie Lang, Winnifred Thomson (child). Ethel
Thomson Collection.
Elizabeth Lizzie and Frank Lang house (Lizzie sitting on step.) Helen Asprey Collection.
178
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Chisholm history; community
residents.
/ . e a Fa mi l y
Richard Charles Leab. Lancashire, England, bap. 2 July 1769, d. 26
Oct 1851, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of John Lea and Elizabeth
Melson, m. Mary Bourne b.c. 1768, d. 6 Dec 1847, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
Richard and Mary sailed from Hull, Yorkshire, England, on the ship
Valiant and landing in Charlottetown in 1818. They settled in Tryon on
the property now owned by Ruth Standish, where Richard was a farmer.
Past and Present, p. 696, describes Richard Lea's farm and his
generosity: His original holdings were quite extensive, but he has given to his
children several highly improved farms, together with good residences.
Richard Lea and Mary Bourne had 8 children:
+John b. 4 Aug 1794.
Mary Ann b. 30 July 1796, m. James Howatt. See Howatt history.
Eliza b. 17 May 1798, d. March 1825, bur. Tryon Peoples, m. 1820
Cecil W. Townshend.
Ann b. 23 Apr 1800, m. William Warren Lord. See Lord history.
+William E. b. 3 May 1804.
Lydia b. 13 March 1806, m. James Herbert Lord. See Lord history.
Sarah b. 6 Apr 1808, d. 4 Apr 1824, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Joseph or George possibly went to Australia.
John b. 4 Aug 1794, d. 16 Oct 1865, son of Richard Lea and Mary
Bourne, 1st. m. 31 Oct 1823 Hannah Maxfield, b. 1805, d. 23 Jan 1837,
daughter of Timothy Maxfield, a native of Hull, England; 2nd. m. 17
March 1839 Jane Thompson, b. 1813, d. 16 Apr 1884.
John lived and farmed in Victoria on what is the Bryce Boswell farm.
John Lea and Hannah Maxfield had 7 children:
Annb. 5 Nov 1824, d. 1867, m. 1 Jan 1844 William Moore. They had
no children.
Eliza b. 6 Jan 1826, m. 16 Jan 1849 Bertram Moore. They lived in
Westmoreland.
Richard b. 11 Feb 1828, d. 10 March 1855.
Joseph b. 6 Nov 1829, m. 1856 Margaret Shaw. They moved to
Ontario.
John b. 20 Apr 1831, d. 12 Jan 1864 of TB, m. 26 Sept 1856 Clara
R. Dean.
+William Charles b. 22 March 1833.
Mary B. bap. 16 Aug 1835, m. 10 Feb 1866 James Barnett, Charlot-
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tetown.
John Lea and his 2nd wife, Jane Thompson, had 7 children:
Hannah b. 29 Dec 1839, d. Sept 1888/99, m. 17 Nov 1865 Henry
Harvey.
Hiram b. 8 Aug 1841, d. 12 Nov 1877, m. 1 Jan 1866 Isabella Lea,
b. 10 May 1841, d. 16 Feb 1920, daughter of William Lea and Betsy
Leard.
Artemus b. 15 May 1843, d. 15 March 1861.
Paul b. 2 May 1845, m. Annie MacEachern, moved to Moncton, NB.
Jabez b. 4 Sept 1847, m. 17 Sept 1870 Elizena Charlotte Lea, b. 16
Sept 1850, d. 22 Nov 1893, typhoid fever, daughter of William Lea and
Betsy Leard. They lived on the homestead and had 4 children.
+BertramM. b. 11 Jan 1850.
Harry b. 23 Jan 1853, m. 1885. Lived in Stockton, California.
William Charles b. 22 March 1833, d. 1 March 1911, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of John Lea and Hannah Maxfield, 1st. m. 23 Nov
1858 Rebecca Reid, b. 1835, d. 1 Apr 1863, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of William Reid and Sophia Rozander; 2nd. m. 3 Dec 1865
Annie Murphy, b. 1842, d. 1924, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of
Edward Murphy, a native of Cape Clear Lighthouse, Wexford, Ireland.
William and Rebecca lived in Tryon. William was elected a MLA in
1872 and served 2 sessions before he resigned. In 1876 he was elected
again and served 3 sessions.
William Lea and Rebecca Reid had 3 children:
Charles Herbert b. 21 Oct 1859, d. 1911, bur. California, m. Aletta
Broderick. They moved to California.
Artemus d. in childhood.
+JohnJack b. 1863.
John Jack b. 1863, d. 1943, bur. Crapaud Anglican Cem., son of
William Lea and Rebecca Reid, 1st. m. Hattie Collett, b. 6 May 1866, d.
26 Jan 1901, bur. Crapaud Anglican Cem., daughter of Charles and
Annie Collett; 2nd. m. 7 July 1905 Margaret A. Maggie Craswell b. 10
Feb 1858, d. 1921, bur. Crapaud Anglican Cem., daughter of Charles
and Ann Craswell.
Jack and Hattie lived in Victoria.
Jack Lea and Hattie Collett had 3 children:
Rex b. 1900, d. 1943, m. in Calgary, Gertrude Murray. They had 3
children: Marie; Dorothy; Marjorie.
Harry Windsor Hal b. 1898, 1st. m. Marie ?; 2nd. m. Marion White,
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Montreal.
-K^rilly Merrill b.
May 1900.
Crilly Merrill b. 6
May 1900, d. 9 J an
1967, bur. Crapaud An-
glican Cem., 1st. m. 13
June 1922 Hildred M.
Howatt,b. 16 Feb 1900,
d. 7 May 1951, bur. Cra-
paud Anglican Cem.,
daughter of James Ed-
ward Howatt and Eva
Hudson; 2nd. m. Mary
Wi nni f r ed MacLen-
nan, b. 15 Sept 1910,
daughter of Seymour
MacLennan and Ada
J uds on, Al exandr i a,
PEL
Crilly and Hildred
operat ed the general
store in North Tryon.
Cr i l l y was an avi d
sports fan and Hildred
was a member of the
North Tryon Women' s Institute. When Crilly left North Tryon, he
moved to Murray River where he and his brother-in-law Frank
MacFarlane had a general store. Crilly and Mary built a house in
Crapaud in 1965 where Mary resides in 1992. They had no children.
Crilly Lea and Hildred Howatt had 3 children:
Doris Beryl d. an infant.
Windsor Howatt d. an infant.
John H. b. 15 Dec 1932, d. 17 Aug 1965, bur. Crapaud Anglican
Cem..
< > <
Bertram b. 11 Jan 1850, d. 1939, bur. Vernon River Memorial Cem.,
son of John Lea and Jane Thompson, m. 21 Apr 1875 Mary Jane Smith,
b. 1852, d. 1927, bur. Vernon River Memorial Cem..
Bertram and Mary Jane lived in Vernon River, PEL
Bertram Lea and Mary Jane Smith had 8 children:
181
Clockwise: Hildred, Crilly, John, Jack (child) Lea. Lila
Gamble Collection.
Wendell Hiram b. 19 Feb 1876, m. 13 July 1903 Belle MacEachem.
Deborah Bulpit b. 6 Oct 1878, d. 15 Dec 1966, bur. Pownal United
Cem., m. 18 Aug 1902 Richard Henry Wood, b. 10 Dec 1870, d. 14 Oct
1958, bur. Pownal United Cem..
Annie May b. 22 Aug 1880, 1st. m. Mr. MacDonald; 2nd. m. Mr.
Thurper.
Everett Harvey b. 22 Sept 1882.
+Matthew Smith b. 27 June 1884.
Francis Bertram b. 1886, d. 1978, bur. Vernon United Cem., m. 29
Dec 1914 E. Maude Enman, b. 1892, d. 7 March 1981, bur. Vernon
United Cem..
Kate b. 1888, d. 1941, bur. Cherry Valley United Cem., m. 10 July
1919 Robert Roy Mutch, b. 1889, d. 1959, bur. Cherry Valley United
Cem..
Brenton b. 1890.
Matthew Smith b. 27 June 1884, d. 1958, bur. Vernon River United
Cem., son of Bertram Lea and Mary Jane Smith, m. 25 Sept 1916 Rita
Van Iderstine, b. 13 Sept 1893, d. 29 Dec 1991, bur. Vernon River
United Cem., daughter of James Van Iderstine and Elizabeth Hayden.
Matthew and Rita lived and farmed in Vernon River. They spent
their retirement years with their son Glen and his family in North Tryon.
Matthew Lea and Rita Van Iderstine had 4 children:
+Glen Allison b. 18 Oct 1917.
Fer nb. 13 Jan 1919.
Clifford b. Nov 1922.
Forrest b. July 1929.
Glen Allison b. Vernon River, 18 Oct 1917, son of Matthew Smith
Lea and Rita Van Iderstine, m. 24 May 1940 Isobel Belle Emma Stewart,
b. Wood Islands, 15 Feb 1917, daughter of Dougald Stewart and
Catherine Nimlin.
The Glen Lea house was the former Callbeck house. It was built by
Hedley and Albert Callbeck in 1927 on the site of the first Callbeck
house. Belle and Glen Lea, who had been living in Moncton, NB, bought
the property on November 9,1955. Glen operated a produce dealership
and a trucking business, making weekly trips to Boston. His son, Russell,
continued with the business when Glen retired. Belle and Glen are
members of the Tryon United Church.
Glen Lea and Isobel Stewart had 5 children:
+Lorne Stewart b. 6 Dec 1941.
+RusselI Gordon b. 4 Oct 1943.
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Back: Russell, Glen, Belle, Lome. Front: Nancy, Myrna, Shelly Lea. Glen Lea Collection.
+Myrna Elizabeth b. 20 Feb 1945.
+Nancy Dawn b. 31 Oct 1957.
+Michelle Fern Shelly b. 11 Feb 1961.
Glen and Belle Lea house. Hazel Robinson.
183
Lome Stewart, BSc, b. 6 Dec 1941, son of Glen Lea and Isobel
Stewart, m. 21 Oct 1971 Gloria Elizabeth Thomas, RN, b. 21 March
1948, daughter of Clayton Thomas and Enid Lewis. See Thomas history.
Lome and Gloria live in Charlottetown where Gloria is a nurse and
Lome works for the federal Department of Fisheries.
Lome Lea and Gloria Thomas had 2 children:
Andrew Lowell Thomas b. 28 Dec 1979.
Heather Suzanne b. 29 May 1982.
Russell Gordon b. 4 Oct 1943,
son of Glen Lea and Isobel Ste-
wart, 1st. m. 1 Jan 1965 Kathryn
Mildred Kathy Myers, b. 26 Sept
1946, d. 7 Aug 1983, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of Ralph
Myers and Jean Buddy MacDonald;
Russell 2nd. m. 11 July 1987 Rita
Marie Mclvor, RN, b. Summer-
side, 28 March 1958, daughter of
Hugh John Mclvor and Mary Co-
ady.
Russell worked with his father
in the transport business while
Kathy operat ed a hairdressing
shop in their home. Kathy and
Russell were member s of t he
Tr yon Uni t ed Chur ch wher e
Kathy t aught Sunday School. Kathy Lea. Jean Myers Collection.
David and Ralph Lea. Jean Myers Collection.
Kirk Lea. Jean Myers Collection.
184
Kathy was an active member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute, a
leader in the Wolf Cub Pack, and the South Shore Figure Skating Club,
before her early death from cancer. Russell continued his father's
business when Glen retired. Russell, Rita and Kirk live in Newton.
Russell and Rita had no children.
Russell Lea and Kathy Myers had 3 children:
David Cordon b. 1 July 1965, BSc Eng, works for an engineering
firm in Halifax and is not married in 1992.
+Ralph Glen b. 2 March 1967.
Matthew Kirk b. 13 Aug 1976.
Ralph Glen b. 2 March 1967, son of Russell Lea and Kathy Myers,
m. May 1985 Marcia MacEachern, b. 21 Dec 1967, daughter of Lawson
MacEachern and Pearl Saville.
Marcia is a Dental Assistant and Ralph is an RCMP officer stationed
on Vancouver Island, BC. Marcia and their children live in Cornwall,
PEL
Ralph Lea and Marcia MacEachern had 2 children;
Laural Kathryn b. 1 Jan 1985.
Adam David b. 24 Apr 1991.
Myrna Elizabeth, a PWC business graduate, b. 20 Feb 1945, daugh-
ter of Glen Lea and Isobel Stewart, m. 24 June 1967 Lloyd George
Wakelin, b. 18 Dec 1942, son of Lloyd Waklin and Etta Jay.
Myrna and Lloyd live in Charlottetown where Myrna is an Island Tel
Service Representative, and Lloyd is employed with Maritime Electric.
Myrna Lea and Lloyd Wakelin had 3 children:
Mark Andrew b. 2 Apr 1968.
Kristy Lea b. 19 Feb 1973.
Craig Allison b. 19 Aug 1976.
Nancy Dawn, BSc Ph, b. 31 Oct 1957, daughter of Glen Lea and
Isobel Stewart, m. 11 Oct 1980 Charles Patrick Cook, BA, BEd, b.
Sydney Mines, NS, 13 Apr 1956.
Nancy and Pat live in Charlottetown where Nancy is a pharmacist
and Pat is employed at Maritime Electric.
Nancy Lea and Patrick Cook had 2 children:
Sean Patrick b. 28 June 1987.
Conar Edward b. 11 June 1990.
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Michelle Fern Shelly, RN, b. 11 Feb 1961, daughter of Glen Lea and
Isobel Stewart, m. 6June 1987jeffrey Edward Lantz, LLB, b. 3 Feb 1961,
son of Dr. Brodie Lantz and Charlotte Reynolds.
Shelly and Jeff live in Charlottetown and had no children.
<0> <0> O 4-
William E. b. 3 May 1804, d. 10 Feb 1875, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
son of Richard Lea and Mary Bourne, m. 5 Jan 1832 Elizabeth Betsy
Cotterell Leard, b. 29 May 1813, d. 16 Feb 1897, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of John Brick Leard and Jane Lord. See Leard history.
A strong, dominant woman, some called Betsy Uncle Elizabeth.
William E. Lea and Betsy Leard had 12 children:
John Bourne b. 20 Oct 1832, d. 6 June 1928, m. Sept 1866 Hannah
Lowther, widow of William Wright.
+Richard Charles b. 27 July 1834.
Lydia Lord b. 28 March 1837, 1st. m. Joseph Callbeck; 2nd. m.
Samuel Edward Dawson; 3rd. m. 2 Nov 1881 Thomas E. Ramsay. See
Callbeck, Dawson history.
Mary Jane b. 27 June 1839, m. Albert Callbeck. See Callbeck history.
Isabella Ann Bella Ann b. 10 May 1841, 1st. m. Hiram Lea; 2nd. m.
14 Jan 1884 Alexander Allen.
Frances Margaret Fanny b. 27 May 1843, d. 17 March 1916, unmar-
ried.
James Leard b. 9 March 1845, d. 10 Oct 1925, 1st. m. 30 Dec 1868
Mary Jane Strang; 2nd. m. 26 Oct 1881 Sarah B. Clark Leard.
Sarah Elizabeth b. 20 Aug 1848, d. 23 March 1922, m. 31 Aug 1870
Matthew Smith.
Elizena Charlotte b. 16 Sept 1850, m. Jabez Lea. They had 4
children.
Hannah Melvina Vina b. 27 Aug 1852, d. 1 Apr 1942,1st. m. 14July
1877 Rev. John Ellis; 2nd. m. 1881 Samuel E. Reid.
Arabella Hudson Bella b. 30 July 1854, d. 22 Oct 1948, m. 24 July
1878 Reid Andrew Lewis.
Lawrence Tremaine b. 5 Aug 1856, d. 1956/58, m. 25 Dec 1882
Annie Reid.
Richard Charles b. 27 July 1834, d. 16/22 Aug 1917, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of William Lea and Betsy Leard, m. 4July 1861 Sarah
Brewer Hall, b. 30 Apr 1836, d. 24 Aug 1907, daughter of James Hall
and Margaret Weeks.
Richard Lea and Sarah Hall had 7 children:
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John Hall b. 1862, d. 1956, m. Jessie Howatt.
Cecilia J. b. 1864, d. 10 June 1878, of scarlet fever.
Lydia b. 23 Apr 1866, m. John P. Hood.
Ella Mildred b. 1868, d. 1967, m. John Strong Hinton.
Minnie Wright b. 1871, d. 1958, m. Jack Howatt.
+Walter Brenton Brent b. 27 Dec 1874.
Hiram Havelockb. 21 June 1877, d. 7 June 1979, bur.Jarvie, Alberta,
m. 2 Dec 1903, Ethel Beatrice Lord. They had 1 child: Dobson.
Walter Brenton Brent b. 27 Dec 1874, d. in Montreal 9 Jan 1925,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Richard Lea and Sarah Hall, m. 16Jan
1900, Laura Elizena Blanche Lord, b. 16 Jan 1876, d. 25 May 1952, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Robert Forrest Lord and Anna Bertha
Dobson. See Lord history.
Brent and Blanche lived on the Richard Lea farm in Lower Tryon.
Brent Lea and Blanche Lord had 5 children:
Anna Wanda Brewer b. 15 Apr 1902, d. 27 May 1989, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., m. 2 Apr 1924 Hiram Howatt.
+Wendell Havelock b. 16 Dec 1904.
Stanfield Lord b. 16 July 1906, d. 26 Aug 1906, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
William Dobson b. 22 May 1908, d. 1985, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
m. 24 May 1941, Doris M. Higgins, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.. They had
1 child: Richard.
Amy Charlotte Beatrice b. 25 Nov 1909, m. William F. Rogerson.
See Rogerson history.
Wendell Havelock b. 16 Dec 1904, d. 6 Aug 1989, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of Walter Brenton Lea and Blanche Lord, m. 26 Jan
1927 Alma Doris Dobson, b. 11 Feb 1907, d. 10 Oct 1992, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of David Dobson and Isabelle MacFadyen. See
Dixon history.
Wendell and Alma lived in the house now owned by Alex Dawson.
Wendell worked on the car ferries at Borden. Later they moved to
Charlottetown where he was employed at Hall and Stavert. Alma was a
member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Wendell Lea and Alma Dobson had 2 children:
Vernon Brenton b. 4 Oct 1928, d. 23 July 1947, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem.. Vernon was killed in a car-truck collision when he was working
as a summer student for the provincial library.
+Nancy Winnifred b. 9 Apr 1938.
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Nancy Winnifred b.
9 Apr 1938, daughter of
Wendell Lea and Alma
Dobson, m. 25 March
1961 Vernon Rushton,
son of Lambert Rushton
and Georgie Rushton,
West chest er St at i on,
NS.
Nancy is a Regis-
t e r e d Nur s e at t he
Joseph Brant Hospital
in Burlington, and Vern
is employed as manager
of t he I n d e p e n d e n t
Business Center at the
Royal Bank in East
H a m i l t o n / S t o n e y
Creek. They live in Car-
lisle, Ontario.
Nancy Lea and Ver-
non Rushton had 3 chil-
dren:
David Grant b. 9
Sept 1962, m. 10 June
1989 Rebecca Givens,
daught er of I mogene
and Alan Givens. They had 1 child: Genevieve Anne b. 13 Nov 1990.
Grant is a photographer and Rebecca, a lawyer.
Catherine Ann b. 24 Dec 1963, m. 24 May 1986 Don Bryson, son of
Gordon and Geraldine Bryson. They had 1 child: Cailey Sarah b. 31
May 1991. They live in Orleans, Ont.. Cathy is assistant manager,
personal banking at the Royal Bank, and Don is manager of men' s wear
at The Bay.
Michael Scott b. 20 Oct 1967. Scott is a sound and light technician
for a cruise line based in Miami, Florida.
Wendell, Alma, Vernon, Nancy Lea. Nancy Rushton
Collection.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Past and Present; Lea History;
Florence Lea; Glen Lea; Nancy Rushton.
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e a r d Fa mi l y
Samuel Leard d. 1792, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m. Margaret
Rogers, b. 1745, d. 5 Sept 1826, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Samuel Leard and his wife, Margaret Rogers, emigrated from
Kilmunny, near the market town of Carrackfergus, County Antrin,
Northern Ireland, in 1768. They had previously emigrated from Scot-
land to Ireland.
Isabella Rogers, Margaret's sixteen year old sister came with them.
Isabella married Charles Morley and had a daughter, Elizabeth, who
married George Muttart, son of Balthazar. Charles drowned shortly
after their marriage leaving Isabella a widow before Elizabeth was born.
See Muttart history.
Samuel leased land at the top of the Bito Hill from Captain Samuel
Holland. Samuel's descendents were not only farmers, but also oper-
ated grist and lumber mills, and a brick factory. Samuel and Margaret
built a cabin on the southeast side of the Crossroad near the Tryon
River. This property became known as the Bito Hill Farm.
The first house on the top of the hill on the west of the Crossroad
was a two family dwelling built by Joseph Wood and Isabelle Leard in
the early 1800s. John Wood and Sarah Wadman later resided in one
end of the house and their daughter, Harriet Wood, and her husband,
Stephen Leard, lived in the other end. Hamilton Leard and Jennie
Thomson, his wife, lived in one end in the early 1900s before moving
to the property north of the Groggett farm which is now owned by
Richard Newsome. In later years the east end of the house was occupied
by George Leard, son of Harriet and Stephen Leard, while the west end
was used by Jessie Nicholson Leard who spent many days spinning,
quilting, hooking, and knitting. Some of her handwork is still cherished
by her grand-daughters and their families. This house was demolished
in 1953. Information has been compiled from many sources, because
records do not exist for the first Leard family.
Samuel Leard and Margaret Rogers had 7 children:
Elizabeth b. Ireland, 1765, m. John Thomas. See Thomas history.
Isabella d. before 1835, m. Joseph Wood. See Wood history.
Samuel b. 6 June 1778, d. 30 May 1867, m. 4 Oct 1799 Elizabeth
Brown, b. Covehead, d. 1862, daughter of Laurence Brown and Jean
Jamieson. They had 7 children reach adulthood. The Islander of 1799
notes: Samuel Leard of Tryon, Weaver, was married by license to Elizabeth
Brown of Covehead, spinster, 4th. day Oct. 1799. Samuel moved to Tryon
Point and his descendents were known as Point Leards.
+John Brick b. 20 Sept 1780.
Sarah b. 1781, m. James Thomson. See Thomson history.
Margaret b. 1787, m. James MacWilliams. See Mac Williams history.
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Agnes or Ann b. 1791, d. 9 Dec 1857, m. John MacRae, b. 1790, d.
17 Sept 1867. They had 8 children and lived in Augustine Cove.
John Brick b. 20 Sept 1780, d. 15 (22 on tombstone) July 1872, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Samuel Leard and Margaret Rogers, m. 5
Aug 1800Jane Lord, b. 15Jan 1780, d. 23 Nov 1867, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of John Lord and Elizabeth Cotterell. See Lord history.
Johnny Brick lived on his father's Bito Hill farm, where Ruth Lord
now lives, and operated a brick factory at the bottom of the hill
bordering the marsh. The Island Argus of Sept. 10,1872 states: At Tryon
July 22John Leard Sr. age 92years leaving 8 children, 53grandchildren, 127
great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren.
Family legend tells that John Brick, when his children were young,
cut a shillelagh. He hung it over the kitchen fireplace and threatened
to use it if the children did not stand and walk straight, thus the Brick
Leards were the straightest Leards that ever lived!
Johnny Brick Leard and Jane Lord had 10 children:
John Creek b. 4 Sept 1801, d. 18 March 1881, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., m. 26 July 1821 Margaret Muttart, b. 4 July 1800, d. 6 May 1883,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of George Muttart and Elizabeth
Morley. They lived at Tryon and had 13 children. See Muttart history.
Margaret b. 8 March 1804, m. Charles Muttart. See Muttart history.
Samuel b. 6 Sept 1806, d. 29 March 1892, m. 5 July 1827 Isabella
Muttart, b. 1807, d. 2 May 1864, daughter of George Muttart and
Elizabeth Morley. They lived at Augustine Cove and had 11 children.
See Muttart history.
+James Benjamin b. 12 Nov 1808.
William b. 6 March 1811, d. 1894, m. 11 Oct 1832 Sarah Bell, b.
1810, d. 1880. A strong Methodist, William argued with his father one
night in the Methodist church, and from that time on William and his
family were Baptist Leards. They had 6 children. See Bell history.
Elizabeth CottreU b. 29 May 1813, m. William Lea. A dominant
woman, some called her Uncle Elizabeth. She took care of sister Alice.
See Lea history.
Alice Jane b. 24 Feb 1816, m. John Groggett. See Groggett history.
Frances b. 1818, d. 12 Jan 1899.
Isabella Ann b. 19 June 1821, d. 4 Sept 1909, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., m. Thomas William Ho watt, b. Branch Road, 1820, d. 9 March
1896, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Charlotte b. Aug 1824, d. 19 Nov 1827, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
James Benjaminyt'wnry B. b. 12 Nov 1808, d. 20 July 1902, son of
John Brick Leard and Jane Lord, m. 12 Sept 1830 Margaret MacWil-
190
Hams, b. 1812, d. 21 Apr 1885, daughter of James MacWilliams and
Margaret Leard. See MacWilliams history.
Jimmy B. Leard and Margaret MacWilliams had 5 children:
+Stephen b. 1831.
William Lea b. 1833, d. 1912, m. Frances Ann Muttart, b. 1840, d.
1880.
Hannah Priscilla b. 1835, d. 1851, tombstone 1859, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., m. Josiah Howatt, b. 31 Oct 1829, d. 15 Feb 1922, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., son of John Howatt and Mary Dawson. See Howatt
history.
Joseph Benjamin b. 1837, m. Mary Jane Muttart, b. 1846, d. 9 July
1918.
Eliza Ann Margaret b. 1839, d. 1926, 1st. m. J. Albert Brace; 2nd.
m. her sister's widower, Josiah Howatt. Margaret and Albert lived in
Summerside and founded Brace and MacKay Company.
Stephen b. 1831, d. 1912/22, son of James Benjamin Leard and
Margaret MacWilliams,
m. 1855 Harriet Wood,
b. 16 Feb 1837, d. 17
March 1917, daughter
of William Wood and
Charl ot t e Goul dr up.
See Wood history.
St ephen inherit ed
the family farm as well
as acquiring farm land
t o t he nor t h of t he
Leard property when
his wife, Harriet, upon
t he de a t h of he r
brother Joseph, inher-
ited his land.
Ha r r i e t and Ste-
p h e n l i ved i n t he
Joseph Wood home-
st ead. In his seni or
years, St ephen lived
with Mae and Harry
Cl ar k in Vi ct or i a.
St ephen and Harriet
were members of the
Tr yon Me t hodi s t
Church.
Harriet and Stephen Leard. Jessie Craig Collection.
191
Stephen Leard and Harriet Wood had 7 children:
+Edward Frederick b. 1854.
Ella never married.
+JamesJim b. 1858.
+Johnson b. 1860.
George Seymour b. 1861, d. July 1954, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
not married.
+Hamilton b. 1870.
Jessie Mae b. 1883, d. 1956, m. Harry Clark, b. 1877, d. 1951, son
of Amos Clark and Nancy Murray, Victoria. They had 4 children:
George m. Dorothy Short; Arthur m. Ina Ford; Nadine m. Everett
Wotton; Keith m. Madorajordon.
Edward Leard. Jessie Craig Collection. Jessie Ella Leard. Jessie Craig Collection.
Edward Frederick b. 1854, d. 1906, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son
of Stephen Leard and Harriet Wood, m. 1884 Jessie Ella Nicholson, b.
22 Feb 1851, d. 4 June 1954, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of
Hannah and Alexander Nicholson.
Edward and Jessie, as a young couple, cleared the land beyond the
brook on the Jimmy B. farm and also acquired one and one half acres
of marshland. They were members of the Tryon Methodist Church.
Edward Leard and Jessie Nicholson had 4 children:
+Frederick Alexander b. 6 Jan 1885.
Florence Grosvenor b. 1887, d. 1909, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
192
House built by Edward Leard. Jessie, Nellie and baby Florence in yard. /mie Craig
Collection
Seymour George b. 1891, d. 1901, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Frank Willardb. 19Jan 1898, d. 20 Oct 1987, m. 21 June 1953, Isobel
Armstrong b. Dublin, Ireland, Jan 1914. They lived in Regina and had
no children.
Frederick Alexander b. 6 Jan 1885, d. 26 Jan 1961, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of Edward Leard and Jessie Nicholson, m. 5 March
1913 Nellie Ellen Fell, b. 18 Nov 1882, d. 2 Aug 1943, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of Joseph Fell and Cicely Bolland.
The Fell family came to Tryon in 1910 from Yorkshire, England, and
farmed in Tryon at the southwest end of the Crossroad. Nellie was a
member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute, and Fred and Nellie
were members of the Tryon United Church.
Fred A. Leard and Nellie Fell had 7 children:
Florence b. 4 Feb 1914, m. Sheldon D. Dixon. See Dixon history.
Ethel Marguerite b. 7 May 1915, m. J. Archie Thomson. See Thom-
son history.
-Kacely Bolland b. 14 May 1917.
Alice Hannah b. 1 Jan 1919, d. 31 March 1919, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
Jessie Ella b. 2 Feb 1920, m. Eric Isadore Craig. See Craig history.
Edward Lawson b. 15 Oct 1922, d. 1 Oct 1923, diptheria, bur. Tryon
193
Fred A. and Nellie Leard. Florence Dixon Collection.
Peoples Cem..
+Marion Ellen b. 19
Oct 1925.
Cicely BoUandb. 14
May 1917, daughter of
Fred Leard and Nellie
Fell, m. 13 Aug 1938
Lei t h El mor e Bel l
Stordy, b. 28 Apr 1917,
son of Lloyd K. Stordy
and Co r a E. Bel l ,
Tryon.
Cicely and Lei t h
moved to Connecticut
where Leith worked in
a gl ass fact ory and
Cicely was employed
with an optical firm.
Cicely Leard and
Leith Stordy had 3 chil-
dren:
Cora Ellen b. 1 4
L to R, back: John Fell, Ethel Leard, William Fell, Florence Leard. Centre: Aunt Ethel
Giddings with Edward Leard. Front: Alice Fell, Cicely Leard, Jessie Leard. Jessie Craig.
194
Cicely Stordy, Marion Howatt, Florence Dixon, Ethel Thomson, Jessie Craig. Daugh-
ters of Fred A. and Nellie Leard. Ethel Thomson Collection.
March 1939, m. 4 Nov 1961 Bramwell Thorne, b. Nfld., 19 Aug 1939.
Ellen and Bram adopted 2 children: Marion Michelle; Stephen Leigh.
Frederick Douglas b. 7 Sept 1944, m. 19 Feb 1967 Linda Morrison,
b. London, England, 16 June 1949. Doug and Linda had 2 children:
Matthew Lee; Jennifer Lynn.
Kevin Lloyd b. 2 Sept 1956, not married.
Marion Ellen b. 19 Oct 1925, daughter of Fred Leard and Nellie
Fell, m. 6 Aug 1946 Sheldon Earle Howatt, b. 21 Dec 1925, son of Heath
Howatt and Elsie Stordy.
Marion and Sheldon live and farm in Tryon.
Marion Leard and Sheldon Howatt had 2 children:
Vicki Joy b. 8 July 1954, m. 22 June 1979 David George Francis, b.
18 Oct 1954, son of John Francis and Florence Cameron. They live in
Lady Fane and had 4 children: Jessica Shea b. 30 Nov 1980; Chelsea
Ann b. 10 Apr 1982; David Brett b. 24 Feb 1987; Mallory Tane b. 11 luly
1988.
Sheldon Scott b. 4 Oct 1965, not married, farms with his father and
works for the Farm Credit Corporation.
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James Jim b. 1858, d. 1949, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
son of Stephen Leard and Harriet Wood, m. M. Margaret Maggie Riley,
b. western PEI1877, d. 1952, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
Jim and Margaret lived on the east side of the Crossroad. Jim was
partially crippled but was able to farm six acres of land and keep a cow
and driving horse. Jim' s brothers built a house, hen house, and barn
for him. His picturesque farm sported a flower and vegetable garden
plus an apple orchard, all edged by a spruce grove.
Jim Leard and Maggie Riley had 2 children:
Lydia Olive b. 24 May 1898, m. Percy Delaney. See Delaney history.
+George Brenton Brent b. 1897.
George Brenton Brent b. 1897, d. 1950, bur. North Tryon Presbyte-
rian Cem., son of Jim Leard and Maggie Riley, m. Blanid Leard, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Will and Hattie Leard.
Brent and Blanid lived and farmed on the Point Road.
Brent Leard and Blanid Leard had 3 children:
Lewis Cowan b. 6 Oct 1917, d. 14 June 1960, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
Rebecca b. 6 Feb 1919, m. Kenneth Boulter, b. 27 July 1912. They
live and farm at Birch Point, PEI, and had 3 children: Dorothy m.
Leaman Fall; Mabel m. Glen MacQuarrie; Annie Jane m. Victor
Arsenault.
Lydia b. 11 Apr 1920, m. John Boulter, b. 13 Feb 1916. They live
and farm at Birch Point, PEI, and had 1 child: John Lewis m. Myrtis
Picketts.
>
Johnson b. 1860, d. 1912, bur. Searletown Cem., son of Stephen
Leard and Harriet Wood, m. Ami M. Inman, b. 1876, d. 1918, bur.
Searletown Cem..
Johnson and Ami lived and farmed at Searletown.
Johnson Leard and Ami Inman had 4 children:
Harry b. 1895, d. 1914 of TB.
Earle Inman b. 10 June 189?, m. Irene MacCallum. They lived in
Boston and had 3 children: Gladys Kathleen m. Alfred Dornlas;
Johnson Hillard m. Mary Anne Freu; Jack Ellis.
Edward Franklin b. 28 Nov 1903, d. 9 Jan 1987, m. 16 Nov 1927
Hilda Maude Heffell, daughter of William Heffell and Emily Maude
Rayner. They lived in Searletown where Edward was a farmer. They had
7 children: Marjorie Stella b. 5 June 1933, m. Elwood Cameron; Harry
Arthur b. 12 Sept 1939, m. 10 Oct 1964 Enid Gail Quigley; Allan Stewart
196
b. 10 Dec 1941, m. 2 May 1964 Margaret LaVoie; Dorothy Lorraine b.
2 Dec 1942, m. 14 Nov 1964 Herman Penner; Mary Marilyn b. 23 Nov
1944, m. 17 Sept 1966 Peter Morrison; Donald Johnson b. 29 Apr 1948,
m. 6 Nov 1982 Lauretta Dale Quigley; Velda Dianne b. 11 Dec 1950, m.
3 July 1971 James Garry Paynter.
Alva Stewart b. 13 Dec 1907, m. Marcia Almira Webber, b. 3 Feb
1910. They lived in the USA and had 2 children: Shirley Lorraine b. 30
Aug 1929; Thomas Edward b. 11 May 1937.
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Hamilton b. 1870, d. 2 Aug 1945, bur. Tryon Peoples' Cem., son of
Stephen Leard and Harriet Wood, m. Jennie Thomson, b. 9 June 1868,
d. 20 March 1945, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Charles
Muttart Thomson and Sarah Jane Mac Williams. See Thomson history.
They had no children.
Hamilton and Jennie lived on the Crossroad, first in the Joseph
Wood house. This house was passed from Joseph to his son John and
his wife, Sarah Wadman, and on their deaths to their daughter, Carrie
Wood. Ham Leard and Jennie Thomson moved in with Ham' s Aunt
Carrie and farmed the land. Ham sold the homestead in 1930 to Burpee
and Norine Thomas Carr and Ham and Jennie moved to the James
Thomson house. Earle and Mabel Clarke Sawler bought the house from
Burpee and Norine in 1933. It was sold and moved through the woods
in 1953 to Harry Dawson's farm on the River Road. Richard Newsome
bought the farmland. The timber in the Joseph Wood house is hand-
hewn and the joints are mitered indicating that the house must have
been built in the early 1800s.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Leard History; Jessie Craig;
George Leard research.
W
Ham Leard house being moved in 1953. Vernon Inman collection.
197
fit f ur gey Fa mi l y
John Lefurgey m. a Miss Joyce and had two children before moving
to PEI and settling in Lot 19, along Bedeque Bay, with other Loyalist
families.
Family tradition claims the Lefurgey forebearers were French Hu-
guenots who fled from France during the religious persecutions. They
escaped to Holland, then to the Isle of Jersey in the Channel Islands
before crossing the Atlantic to America. John, who had settled with his
family in Westchester, New York, enlisted, along with his father, with
the Loyalists forces in the American Rebellion. They had to leave New
York at the close of the war and settled on the River Remsheg,
Cumberland County, NS, where John married.
John Lefurgey and Miss Joyce had 11 children:
William b. 7 Feb 1788 in NS, d. 1 Jan 1842 at Wilmot, bur. Central
Bedeque Baptist Cem., m. Catherine Munroe, b. 10 June 1791, bur.
Central Bedeque Cem. They had 6 children.
Mary Polly b. 9 Feb 1790, d. 12 July 1872, bur. Central Bedeque
Cem., m. 18Jan 1810 Caleb Schurman, b. 20 Apr 1782, d. 25 Dec 1855.
They had 12 children.
Elizabeth Betsy b. 1792.
Jane Jennie b. 1 Dec 1794 at Wilmot, d. 11 Nov 1872, bur. Central
Bedeque Cem., m. 4 May 1812 Isaac Schurman, b. Nov 1774/75, d. 22
Apr 1859. They had 9 children.
Ann Nancy b. 9 Apr 1798, d. 27 Dec 1871, bur. Central Bedeque
Cem., m. Peter Mabee Huestis, b. 1791. They had 6 children.
John b. 1799.
Sarah Sally b. 1801, m. James Connell, b. 1800, d. 1884. They had 5
children.
James b.c. 1804, d. 13 Nov 1871, bur. Wilmot, m. 28 March 1830
Rachel Hamilton, b. 1813, d. 1839. They had 4 children. James farmed
the home property.
George b. 1807, d. 6 Oct 1864, m. 23 Dec 1830 Hannah Baker, b. 3
Sept 1812, d. 9 Apr 1889. They had 15 children.
+Cornelius Neil b.c. 1808.
Charity b. 1831, 1st. m. Benjamin Heustis; 2nd. m. Richard Town-
send. Charity is mentioned in her father's will.
Cornelius Neilh. 1808 at Wilmot, d. 5 Apr 1877, bur. Cape Traverse
Free Church of Scotland, son of John Lefurgey and Miss Joyce, m. 25
June 1834 at St. Eleanor's Anglican Church Elizabeth Betsy Matthews,
b. Sept 15 1802, d. 27 Sept 1883, bur. Cape Traverse Free Church of
Scotland.
198
Neil's property was situated at Wilmot next to his brother, William,
but he later moved to a farm in North Tryon where his family was born.
Neil Lefurgey and Betsy Matthews had 7 children:
James b. 1829, d. 11 March 1903, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m. Jane
Boulter, b. 10 June 1830, d. 22 Oct 1910, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Benjamin Boulter and Rachael Foy. They had 7 children
and were members of the Tryon Baptist Church.
Rachel b. 4 May 1832, m. Philip Thomas. See Thomas history.
Lemuel b. 1837, d. 1909, bur. Mass., m. a Quaker woman, lived in
Mass.
+Allison b. 1838.
Jacobjake b. 1844. Jake, a cripple, attended Normal School, receiv-
ing his licence in 1863. He taught in Wilmot Valley, North Tryon, and
Cape Traverse.
Cornelius died in infancy.
Elizabeth b. 1845, m. Samuel Thomas, Junior. See Thomas history.
Allison b. 1838, d. 16 May 1911, bur. Cape Traverse Free Church of
Scotland, son of Cornelius Lefurgey and Elizabeth Matthews, m. 7 Dec
1861 his cousin, Elizabeth Lefurgey, b. 10 Aug 1845, d. 10 Aug 1924,
bur. Cape Traverse Free Church of Scotland, daughter of George
Lefurgey and Hannah Baker . Witnesses at the Lefurgey wedding were
James Lefurgey and James Muirhead.
Allison and Elizabeth settled on the home farm. They were members
of the Tryon Baptist Church and faithful attenders of the Albany Little
Zion Baptist Church.
Allison Lefurgey and Elizabeth Lefurgey had 4 children:
Eliza b. 19 March 1862, d. 19 Jan 1942, bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scotland Cem., m. Hugh Walker, b. 24 June 1856, d. 9 Feb. 1946,
bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem.. They lived on the
Bradford Road and had 2 children.
+Henry Arnoldh, 24 Dec 1862.
Ceorgiana b. 17 Sept 1865, d. 7 March 1942, bur. Summerside, m.
1886 Major Wright Heustis, b. 14 Jan 1867, d. 27 July 1936. They had
5 children and lived in Albany in what was later the Urville Large house.
Alfred b. 22 Apr 1872, bur. Lower Bedeque Cem..
Henry Arnoldh. 24 Dec 1862, d. 10 Nov 1929, bur. Cape Traverse
Free Church of Scotland, son of Allison Lefurgey and Elizabeth Lefur-
gey, m. 24 Dec 1889 Annie Elizabeth Heustis, b. 10 Feb 1863, d. 8 July
1951, bur. Cape Traverse Free Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of
John Strang Huestis and Elizabeth Allen.
Arnold inherited 100 acres of farm land in North Tryon from his
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Arnold and Annie Lefurgey. Bea MacFarlane Collection.
grandfather, Neil. It was on this land that Arnold built the Lefurgey
house, what is now the Mitchell house. Arnold used lumber from the
farm woodlot to build the house. The house built by Neil became the
kitchen area in the new dwelling. Arnold was a farmer and lived all his
life on the home farm. He and Annie were members of the Tryon
Baptist Church.
Arnold Lefurgey and Annie Heustis had 6 children:
+Eudavilla Waters Villa b. 19 Oct 1890.
Jesse Lemuel b. 1 Dec 1892, d. 1 Feb 1893, bur. Albany Little Zion
Cem..
+Heneritta Brownell b. 5 Dec 1894.
+Eugene Maxwell Max b. 30 Jan 1897.
+John Alfred b. 29 Nov 1898.
+Mildred Louise b. 12 Apr 1902.
Eudavilla Waters Villa b. 19 Oct 1890, d. 19 Oct 1969, bur. Sum-
merside, daughter of Arnold Lefurgey and Annie Heustis, m. 9 June
1915 Frank Ariel Johnston, b. 4 July 1891, d. 1946, bur. Summerside
Catholic Cem., son of Thomas Johnston and Elizabeth Callbeck.
Frank was a plumber. They lived in Summerside, Moncton, and then
Charlottetown where Villa operated a tourist home Villa Waters.
Villa Lefurgey and Frank Johnston had 2 children:
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William Arnold b. 27 Nov 1918, lost at sea Sept. 1943, m. 16 June
1942 Katherine Bagnall. They had 1 child: Thomas William b. 18 March
1943.
Frank Ariel b. 12 May 1920,1st. m. 18 Dec 1938 Hilda Richardson.
They had 2 children: Marianne Louise b. 2 May 1940; Wendy Cecelia
b. 15 Dec 1942. Frank 2nd. m. Alice Boucher. They live in Schefferville,
Quebec.
Henrietta Brownell JVeflteb. 5 Dec 1894, d. 28 Nov 1975, bur. Lower
Bedeque Cem., daughter of Arnold Lefurgey and Annie Heustis, m. 7
Oct 1916 Bruce Davidson, b. 11 March 1890, d. 11 Aug 1961, bur. Lower
Bedeque Cem., son of John Davidson and Martha Cooke.
Nettie and Bruce first lived in Manitoba where Bruce had a retail
business, then Fredericton, NB, where they owned a general store.
Nettie was a practical nurse. They retired on PEL
Nettie Lefurgey and Bruce Davidson had 1 child:
Irma Hester b. 31 Oct 1917, m. Glendon Morgan, deceased. Irma
is a registered nurse, and Glendon was an entomologist with the federal
Department of Agriculture. They lived in Calgary, and had 4 children:
Heather Brita b. 11 Sept 1946, m. William Constable; Anne Allison b.
21 Feb 1949, m. Charles Pugh; Elizabeth Joy b. 6 Aug 1950, m. Terrance
Timothy; Peter Bruce b. 9 March 1954, m. Elizabeth Jean Folks.
Eugene Maxwell Max b. 30 Jan 1897, d. 28 Apr 1984, bur. Cape
Traverse Free Church of Scotland Cem., son of Arnold Lefurgey and
Annie Heustis, m. 21 June 1916 Georgia Edith Georgie Manson, b. North
Carleton, 11 Feb 1892, d. 20 Nov 1985, bur. Cape Traverse Free Church
of Scotland Cem., daughter of John Manson and Mary Clark.
Max and Georgie lived on the home farm. Their house was always
open for visitors. The Lefurgey house was the Community Hall to the
teenagers in the area in the 1930s and 1940s. Sleep overs were common,
not for one night, but usually for a week end! Max and Georgie were
great entertainers and Toots was always willing to chord on the piano
while others joined in on guitar, juice harp, and the spoons, to accom-
pany a sing song. Max sold the farm land in 1968 to Myron Dawson,
Eric Robinson, and Arthur Thomson. Max and Georgie continued to
reside in the house with their daughter Toots, her husband Fred
Mitchell, and their family. Georgie was a Charter Member of the North
Tryon Women' s Institute, and both Max and Georgie were members
of the Tryon United Baptist Church.
Max Lefurgey and Georgie Manson had 5 children:
+Doris Eudavilla b. 25 Jan 1917.
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+Helen Manson b.
20 Feb 1918.
Leila Louise Bea h.
22 Oct 1919, 1st. m.
Ken Daws on, see
Dawson history; 2nd.
m. Gor don MacFar-
lane. See MacFarlane
history.
Mi l dred Shi rl ey
Toots b. 6 Oct 1921, m.
Fr ed Mi t chel l . See
Mitchell history.
John Arnold b. 1
Sept 1924, d. 10 Sept
1937, bur. Cape Trav-
erse Free Church of
Scotland Cem..
Doris Eudvillab. 25
J an 1917, d. 7 Sept
1983, bur. North Tryon
Pr e s byt e r i a n Cem. ,
daughter of Max Lefurgey and Georgie Manson, m. Harold Harvey, b.
Crapaud, Sept 16, 1911.
Georgie and Max Lefurgey. Bea MacFarlane Collection.
Georgie and Max Lefurgey house. Hazel Robinson.
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Doris and Harold lived and farmed in Crapaud.
Doris Lefurgey and Harold Harvey had 6 children:
Lowell Maxwell b. 27 Apr 1936, m. Mae Jenkins. They had 2
children: Leanne; Karanne.
Robert Bruce b. 3 Feb 1938, m. Feme Hiscott. They had 2 children:
Tanya; Crystal.
Frank Johnston Bruce b. 5 Nov 1939, m. Nancy Paynter. They had
no children.
Dianne Louise b. 29 Sept 1941, m. Peter Taweel. They had 3
children: Ronald; Kevin; Richard.
Helen Patricia b. 24 Oct 1945, m. Tom Wilson, div.. They had 1
child: Terri.
Peter Alan b. 21 Aug 1956, m. Sharon Ash. They had 3 children:
Courtney; Colin and Marcus, twins.
Helen Manson b. 20 Feb 1918, daughter of Max Lefurgey and
Georgie Manson, 1st. m. Marvin John Sherren, b. 8 Jan 1915, son of
Heber Sherren and Ruth MacDonald; Helen 2nd. m. George McKenna
Dawson, separated. See Dawson history.
Helen was a member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Helen Lefurgey and Marvin Sherren had 2 children:
+John AUison/im b. North Tryon Nursing Home, 19 Apr 1939.
Cathy Ann 1st. m. Robert Greening, div.. They had 2 children:
Sherry b. 9 Nov 1972; Maxine b. 12 July 1974.
John Allison/iw b. 19 Apr 1939, son of Helen Lefurgey and Marvin
Sherren, m. 1 May 1965 Margaret Ann Cairns, b. Halifax, 15 March
1945, daughter of Wilber John Cairns and Thelma Grace Quigley. See
Cairns history.
Jim lived with his grandparents, Max and Georgie. Jim and Margaret
live in Carleton Siding and Jim is employed with a construction com-
pany.
Jim Sherren and Margaret Cairns had 4 children:
Michael Allison b. 18 Feb 1967.
Karen Ann b. 7 June 1969, m. Michael Anthony Curtis, b. 22 July
1967, son of George Curtis and Deborah Dawson. They had 3 children:
Patrick Anthony b. 24 Apr 1989; Cynthia Elaine b. 15 Dec 1990;
Nicholas Allison Edward b. 6 Jan 1992.
Nancy Grace b. 28 Aug 1971, m. Stephen Albert Sharpe, son of
Albert Sharpe and Beulah Morrison, Ellerslie. They had 1 child: Orry
Neil Nicholas b. 13 March 1991.
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Douglas Wilber b. 1 Dec 1972.
John Alfred b. 29 Nov 1898, d. 19 Nov 1973, bur. Brandon, Man.,
son of Arnold Lefurgey and Annie Heustis, m. May 1926 Mary Ardell,
b. 10 Aug 1905, bur. Brandon, Manitoba, daughter of George Ashbury
Arnell and Alice Belisle Ardell.
Alfred and Mary lived in Brandon, Man., where John was a commer-
cial traveller.
Alfred Lefurgey and Mary ArneD had 2 children:
Cllne Ardell b. 22 Jan 1927, d. 21 March 1928.
Jack Allison b. 8 Nov 1929, m. 1953 Katherine Pocha. They live in
Edmonton and had 4 children: Marc Alexander; Kurt Allison; Paul
Anthony; Karen Elizabeth.
Mildred Louise b. 12 Apr 1902, d. 25 Nov 1985, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Arnold Lefurgey and Annie
Heustis, m. Robert Ford, bur. Ontario. Mildred Lefurgey and Robert
Ford had no children.
Mildred worked in the publication business in the Toronto and
Chicago areas and later entered the nursing profession in Toronto.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Lefurgey History; Bea
MacFarlane; Margaret Sherren; Nancy Harvey; Tryon United Baptist
Church Records.
/ . o r d Fami l y
John Lord Sr. m. Elizabeth Cotterell/Cottrell. John and Elizabeth
came from England to Massachusetts, then Annapolis, NS, settling at
Tryon in 1773 where the present day United Church stands.
John, a Loyalist settler, had in his hire a black slave, Richard Biers,
whom he had brought with him. It was not common for slaves to make
wills; however Richard made a will stating:
I give and devise to Elizabeth Lord. my 2 cows that I am to receive from
John Lord Sr. for part of my wages.
John Lord and Elizabeth Cotterell had 6 children:
+John The Elder b. England, 6 Feb 1766.
Ann Nancy b. 24 Jan 1770, d. Bedeque, 21 March 1839, m. by license
issued 25 June 1788 Nathaniel Wright, b. 28 March 1765, d. Bedeque,
25 Apr 1825. They lived in Tryon, later moved to Bedeque and had 7
children. This is the Nathaniel Wright credited with organizing the
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Methodist Churches at Tryon and Bedeque, and the conversion of
George Muttart. See Muttart history.
Frances Fanny b. c. 1771, d. Middleton, 4 Feb 1863, m. 11 July 1791
Stephen Wright, b.c. 1768, d. 19 Jan 1841, bur. Bedeque. They lived in
Bedeque and had 10 children.
Alice b. 11 Nov 1777, d. 4 March 1809, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
m. 20 July 1798 John Baker, b. 17 Feb 1776, d. 22 Oct 1852, bur. North
Bedeque. They had 6 children. John was a farmer and a blacksmith.
Elizabeth Betsy b. 15 June 1780, d. 6 Feb 1852, another date given
is 23 Nov 1868, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m. 29 Oct 1799 John Clark,
b. 1772, d. 16 Feb 1851, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.. They lived in Tryon.
Jane b. 15 June 1780, m. John Brick Leard. See Leard history.
John The Elder b. England, 6 Feb 1766, d. 23 Feb 1838, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of John Lord and Elizabeth Cotterell, m. 31 July 1787
Charlotte Gouldrup, b. France or Quebec, 1767, d. 17 Sept. 1842, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Henry and Jane Gouldrup.
John achieved his lifelong ambition in the election of 1834 when he
won a seat in the provincial assembly as a representative of Prince
County which, at that time, was one voting district with four members.
John had been a captain in the 2nd. Battalion of the Militia, as well as
ajustice of the Peace. In the 1798 census John was living with his father
in Tryon. The PEI Militia General Order Book notes where John Lord
was unable to assert authority and unable to order his men into
company ranks. His name was struck from the roll of officers and he
was subjected to a fine. A letter written by John' s great grandson, dated
26 May 1892, states that John held 600 acres of land at Tryon which he
later parcelled out to his sons, James, William Warren, and Joseph.
John Lord and Charlotte Gouldrup had 12 children:
Elizabeth b. 6 Feb 1790, d. 6 Nov 1852, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
m. 17 Nov 1814 William Wright, b. North Bedeque 10 Sept 1791, d. 17
May 1875, bur. Pugwash, NS. They had 7 children and lived in Victoria.
William built the house that is occupied by Gerard Rutten in 1992.
+John Squire b. 12 Aug 1792.
Jane b. 9 Apr 1795, m. Samuel Edward Dawson. See Dawson history.
William Warren W.W. b. 11 Feb 1798, d. 9 May 1890, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem.. m. 7 Jan 1826 Ann Lea, b. 23 Apr 1800, d. 16 July 1895,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Richard Lea and Mary Burn. See
Lea history. W.W. was a Charlottetown merchant, ship owner, politi-
cian, and bank director. He built the Tryon Hall and donated it to the
community, and brought Irish settlers on his ships to setde Kelly's
Cross. W.W. and Ann had no children, but adopted a nephew, Artemus.
Anne b. 8Jan 1800, d. 29 March 1857, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m.
20 Apr 1824 Thomas Forster/Foster.
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+James Herbert b. 10 Sept 1802.
Alice b. 1804, d. 1806.
-tCharles RusseU b. 25 Jan 1805.
Charlotte b. 1 May 1807, d. 12 May 1842, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
m. 7 Sept 1827 Cyrus Barnard Baker, b. 21 March 1803, d. 1883, bur.
Calais, Maine, son of John Baker and Ann Cole. They lived in Maine
and had no children.
Alice b. 21 Nov 1809, d. 8Jan 1811, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Martha Polly b. 4 July 1812, 1st. m. 2 Dec 1833 Lemuel Howatt, son
of Peter Howatt and Catherine Vallier Pollard; Martha 2nd. m. Ben-
jamin De St. Croix Robinson. See Howatt and Robinson history.
Joseph b. 3 Dec 1815, d. 17 Aug 1877/87, bur. Yelfea, Ont., m. 1838
Ann Nicholson, daughter of George Nicholson and Ann Metcalfe,
Crapaud. They had 6 children and moved to London, Ont., in 1854.
John Squire b. 12 Aug 1792, d. 26 Dec 1864, son of John Lord and
Charlotte Gouldrup, m. 28 June 1816 Rachael Wood, b. 25 Sept 1798,
d. 4 Apr 1875, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Joseph Wood and
Isabella Leard. See Wood history.
John Squire settled in North Tryon and on reaching manhood
became the owner of a large milling business Gouldrup' s Mills. He was
also a Justice of the Peace and, following in his father's footprints, was
called the poor man's friend. Some family historians believe Rachael did
not marry following John' s death but spent her final years at her son
John' s home bedfast, the result of falling down stairs. However, George
Leard, an Island Historian, believed Rachael married twice, first to a
Mr. Howatt, and then to a Mr. Leard.
John Squire Lord and Rachael Wood had 5 children:
John A. b. 9 Nov 1826, d. 19 March 1892, m. 10 Feb 1857 Margaret
Crawford, b. 1 Aug 1829, d. 16 June 1897. They lived in Tryon where
Jack Nelder now lives and had 1 child: Janie Alexandria m. Robert
Morrison. See Morrison history.
Elizabeth Jane Jenny b. 1 Aug 1829, d. 8 Aug 1901, bur. Crapaud
Cem., m. James Johnson, b. 1828, d. 1898.
William W. b. 9 Nov 1831, d. 4 Nov 1883, m. 26 Aug 1865 Elizabeth
Rogerson, daughter of Matthew Rogerson and Janet Johnson. They
moved to San Francisco.
Adelaide Ann b. 3 Jan 1837, m. William Warren Lord. See Lord
history.
Joseph b. 18 Jan 1841, d. 9 June 1862.
James Herbert b. 10 Sept 1802, d. 4 May 1879, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of John Lord and Charlotte Gouldrup, 1st. m. 30 Sept 1825
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Lydia Lea, b. 13 March 1806, d. 24 Apr 1837, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Richard Lea and Mary Bourn; James Herbert 2nd. m. 7 Nov
1837 Charlotte Callbeck, b. 20 Feb 1814, d. 20 June 1866, daughter of
Philips Morris Callbeck and Ann Warren. See Callbeck history.
James and Lydia settled on the homestead at Gouldrup' s Mill?,
North Tryon.
James Lord and Lydia Lea had 5 children:
Sarah Lea b. 12 Sept 1826, d. 25 Aug 1862, m. 27j une 1855 Richard
Hibbet.
Charlotte b. 20 Oct 1828, d. 16June 1861, m. Mr. Clark.
Mary b. 15 Nov 1830, m. 19 Oct 1852 William Bradford Dean,
Maine.
+William Warren b. 23 July 1833.
+Artemas Alder Artie b. 10 May 1835.
James Lord and his 2nd wife, Charlotte Callbeck, had 3 children:
Lydia Ann b. 25 Feb 1839, d. 11 Sept 1867, m. 8 Aug 1864 James
MacLauchlin, b. 1841, d. 1891. They had 1 child: b. 6 Sept 1865, d. 25
March 1866.
+Philip Callbeck b. 13 Sept 1840.
-Kkirtis b. 6 Nov 1842.
William Warren b. 23 July 1833, d. 30 Dec 1928, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of James Lord and Lydia Lea, m. his 1st. cousin Adelaide
Ann Lord, b. 3 Jan 1837, d. 4 Feb 1919, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of John Squire Lord and Rachael Wood.
William Warren Lord and Adelaide Lord had 8 children:
James Herbert Herb b. 21 Aug 1856, d. 19 Dec 1936, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., m. 26 Jan 1887 Margaret Jewell Doull, b. 3 Oct 1864, d.
19 March 1950, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of George Doull.
Herb was a farmer and they lived in Bedeque and then Albany. They
had 5 children: Adelaide Annie; William Warren; Georgie Helen;
Walter Artemus, settled in Cape Traverse; Allison Keith, settled in
Carleton Siding.
+JohnArtemasb. 19 Jan 1858.
George Johnson b. 5 Aug 1859, d. 30 Dec 1934, m. 20 Aug 1885
Ettie Trow. They lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming and had 4 children: Dora
Adelaide; Arta Lea; Ruby Etta; Edith Mildred.
Richard Lathley b. 31 Jan 1861, d. 15 March 1951, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., m. 10 Oct 1889 Bertha Leard, b. Oct 1870, d. 20 July
1961, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Nathan Leard and Frances
Bell. They had no children. Bertha 2nd. m. 1948 Deinstadt Callbeck.
See Callbeck history.
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Charlotte Lydia b. 22 Sept 1862, m. Alder Callbeck. See Callbeck
history.
Annie Lea b. 5 Dec 1863, d. 16 March 1900, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., m. 9 Apr 1886 Angus MacDonald, b. 17 Feb 1855, d. 26 Dec 1925,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Neil MacDonald and Martha H.
Pooley. They lived on the MacDonald Road in Crapaud and had 5
children: Harry Jasper b. 20 Feb 1887; Lydia Harrison b. 10 March 1889;
Warren Harris b. 30 May 1891, d. 19 Jan 1896; Margaret Gray b. 31 Oct
1892; Annie Dorothy Elizabeth b. 29 Sept 1898, d. 29 Sept 1924.
Mary Adelaide b. 3 Feb 1870, d. 16 Apr 1876, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
Dora Rachael Elizabeth b. 19 Nov 1875, d. 11 Oct 1965, m. 1905
George Hannant. They had 3 children: Bertha Adelaide; William
Warren; Lidy Whilhelmina.
John Artemas b. 19 Jan 1858, d. 23 Dec 1928, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of William Warren Lord and Adelaide Lord, m. 10 Nov 1920
Christie Ann Thomas, b.18 Sept 1865, d. 15 Apr 1948, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of William Thomas and Flora MacKinnon. See
Thomas history.
J. Artemus and Christie lived in Tryon where Richard Howatt lives
in 1992. J. Artemus was an accountant.
J. Artemas Lord and Christie Thomas had 2 children:
John George b. 7 June 1921, m. 21 July 1945 Muriel Mathers. They
lived in Montreal and had 2 children: Keith John b. Apr 1946, d. 15 Jan
1962; Lorna Lois b. 18 Dec 1947, m. James Gadra.
Arta Adelaide Ann b. 22 Dec 1923, m. 10 Oct 1944 Harold Henry
Heppner. They live in BC and had 2 children: Sheldon Burpee b. 13
June 1946; Mona Lynn b. 8 July 1951.
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Artemas Alder Artie merchant, shipowner, and agent, b. 10 May
1835, d. 2 May 1917, son of James Lord and Lydia Lea, 1st. m. 1859
Carrie M. Rich, b. 1838, d. 21 Dec 1864, daughter of Lathley Rich,
Frankfort, Maine. They had 1 child: a son d. at 17 months; Artie 2nd.
m. 1 Dec 1869 Margaret Grey, b. 2 June 1845, d. 1 Jan 1942, daughter
of Col. John Hamilton Grey and Margaret Pennefather.
Artie was adopted when 16 months old by his uncle W.W. Lord and
his wife Ann Lea. He moved with them to Charlottetown at 5 years of
age where he attended a private school, Central Academy, later PWC,
and then Mt. Allison Academy. He left school at 16 to spend 3 years
sailing on his uncle's ships, trading between England and Charlotte-
town. He entered into partnership with his uncle in 1856 under the firm
name of W.W. Lord and Co..
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Artie Lord and his 2nd wife, Margaret Grey, had 7 children:
William Hamilton b. 1871, d. June 1874.
John Pennefather b. 1874, d. 8 Aug 1874.
Roland Ernest b. 14 Feb 1877, d. 12 Feb 1915.
Harry Hope b. 1879, moved to New England States.
Gladys S. b. 5 March 1881, d. 21 Aug 1974, m. Wilfred Wright.
Florence H. b. 1883, d. Jan 1918.
Victor Hamilton b. 1885, moved to Winnipeg.
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Philip Callbeck b. 13 Sept 1840, d. 19 March 1915, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of James Lord and Charlotte Callbeck, m. 20 July
1865 Louisa Weeks, Charlottetown, b. Ireland, 1847, d. 6 Aug 1930,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
The 1891 census lists Philip as a farmer, retail storekeeper and a
Deacon in the Tryon Baptist Church. Philip started a grocery store in
North Tryon about 1880.
Philip Lord and Louisa Weeks had 5 children:
Lydia b. Nov 1867, d. 5 Dec 1893, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.. Lydia
was living at home in
t he 1891 census and
was a dressmaker.
Maria b. 1871.
Henry Harry b.
1873, d. 12 Oct 1934,
Des Moines, Iowa.
+James Frankl i n
Jim b. 26 Nov 1874.
William D. b. 1879.
James Franklin Jim
b. 26 Nov 1874, d. 15
Dec 1958, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of
Philip Lord and Louisa
Weeks, m. Elizabeth
Jennie Pooley, b. 5 Dec
1877, d. 6 Apr 1958,
bur . Tr yon Peopl es
Cem., daughter of Wil-
liam Pooley and Mary
El i za Ma l one . See
Pooley history.
Jim Lord was a Jus- Jennie Pooley Lord. Evelyn Cudmore Collection.
tice of the Peace, Com-
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missioner, and store keeper. Jim and his family moved to Albany when
his store burned in 1931 and he continued in the potato, produce, and
coal business. Jim Lord and Jennie Pooley had no children. Adelaide
Pooley Muttart, Jennie' s niece, lived with them. See Muttart history.
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Curtis b. 6 Nov 1842, d. 2 Sept 1922, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son
of James Lord and Charlotte Callbeck, m. 10 Aug 1868 Catherine Doull,
b. 1851, d. West Royalty, 10 Sept 1931, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of George Doull, Wilmot Creek.
Curtis and Catherine lived in Bedeque where Curtis was a farmer.
Curtis Lord and Catherine Doull had 10 children:
William Ernest b. 6 June 1870, d. 1959, bur. Red Deer, Alberta.
William was a dry goods clerk in 1891.
Janie M. b.c. 1875, d. 1960, bur. Alberta.
+Charles Humphrey b. 11 June 1877.
Lydia Lottie b. 1879, d. 1957, bur. Edmonton, Alta., m. Clayton
Webster.
Sharlotte Mary b.c. 1880.
George Leonard b. 17 Apr 1882, d. 1964, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
m. Clara Elizabeth Riley, b. 5 June 1883, daughter of James Riley and
Elizabeth Thomson. They lived in Alberta and had 9 children.
Minnie E. b. 28 Aug 1884, d. 1954, m. Mr. Halliday.
Irene b. 1888, d. 1967, bur. Ontario, m. Mr. Richardson.
Louis Edwin b. 10 May 1890, d. 14 July 1958, bur. Lower Bedeque
Cem., 1st. m. Elta M. Oakes, b. 8 Sept 1893, d. 27Jan 1929, bur. Lower
Bedeque Cem.. They had 3 child: Ralph m. Ida Craig; Albert, Sydney,
NS; Marion m. Monty Gardiner. Edwin 2nd. m. Florence MacCaull.
They had 1 child: Arnold, deceased.
Mabel b. 1892, bur. Saint John, NB, m. Ganse Hunter.
Charles Humphrey b. 11 June 1877, d. 29 Apr 1947, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of Curtis Lord and Catherine Doull, m. 25 Dec 1900
Mary Hall MacQuarrie, b. Hampton, 28 Aug 1880, d. 20 Sept 1959, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Hector Macquarrie and Martha
Waugh.
Charles H. and Mary moved to North Tryon on 2 Oct 1912 from
Bedeque. Charles, a farmer, school trustee, and Justice of the Peace,
bought the Robert Lord house on the east side of the Tryon River,
known as the Lord Brick House.
Charles H. Lord and Mary MacQuarrie had 9 children:
+Major Sterling b. Carleton, 27 June 1902.
+Norman Sutherland b. Bedeque, 2 Apr 1904.
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+Ruby Elinor b. Be-
deque, 20 Sept 1906.
+Bertha Areta b. Be-
deque, 24 Dec 1908.
+Gordon Curtis b.
Bedeque, 19 Apr 1910.
+Leah Priscilla b.
Nor t h Tryon, 12 Dec
1913.
+Ernest Hamilton b.
North Tryon, 14 June
1917.
+Helen Victoria b.
Nort h Tryon, 24 May
1919.
+Jessie Margaret b.
Nor t h Tryon, 17 Jan
1921.
Major Sterling b. 27
June 1902, d. 19 Oct
1991, bur. Tryon Peo-
pl e s Ce m. , s o n o f Char- Mary and Charles Lord. Evelyn Lord Collection.
l es Lor d a nd Mar y
Lord brick house (Charles). Evelyn Lord Collection.
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Charles Lord family. L to R back: Jessie, Helen, Bertha, Ruby, Leah. Front: Ernest,
Norman, Sterling, Gordon. Evelyn Lord Collection.
MacQuarrie, m. 14 Dec 1927 Evelyn Anne Muttart, b. 28 March 1906,
daughter of Hedley Muttart and Mildred Ferguson. See Muttart history.
Sterling and Evelyn lived in part of the Lord Brick House before
they built a new house in 1935 close by Ives' Lower Mill.They moved
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Sterling and Evelyn Lord house. Hazel Robinson.
their house in 1960 to a lot on the Trans-Canada Highway purchased
from Clayton Thomas. A wind storm destroyed the Clayton Thomas
barn in 1972 and dumped truckloads of debris around the Lord house,
destroyed the flue, and damaged the wall of the house and a car. Sterling
worked for Maritime Electric, retiring in 1972. They were members of
the Tryon United Church.
Sterling Lord and Evelyn Muttart had 2 children:
+Charles Donald b. 23 July 1936.
+Roger Allison b. 2 Oct 1940.
Richard Newsome, a nephew, lived with the Lords. See Newsome
history.
Charles Donald b. 23 July 1936, son of Sterling Lord and Evelyn
Muttart, m. 22 June 1957 Janet Mary Bell, RN, b. 12 Dec 1935, daughter
of Harrison Bell and Lulu Robinson.
Donald operated an Esso Service Station at Chisholm's Corner until
1969 when Esso built a new station on the Muirhead farm. Donald
operated the new station until he enrolled at the Marine College in 1971
where he obtained his First Mates Papers. Donald works on the Marine
Adantic car ferry Abegweit Janet lives in Summerside.
Donald Lord and Janet Bell had 4 children:
+Myles Roderick b. 8 Nov 1957.
+Susan Janet b. 26 Dec 1958.
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Donald and Janet Lord house. Hazel Robinson.
Carolyn Joyce b. 11 June 1960, BEd, not married in 1992, lives and
teaches school in Edmonton, Alberta.
Peter Sterling b. 13 Aug 1963, BPhysEd, not married in 1992, a
student at Dalhousie University.
Myles Roderick b. 8 Nov 1957, son of Donald Lord and Janet Bell,
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m. 12 June 1982, Paula Ruth Bradshaw, daughter of Malcolm Bradshaw
and Edith Sharp. They had no children.
Myles built a house by the millpond where his grandfather's house
had been. Myles works for Marine Atlantic, Borden, and also raises
ducks, pheasants, and geese, and had a trout farm in the Tryon River.
Paula lives in Kensington.
Susan Janet, BPh, b. 26 Dec 1958, daughter of Donald Lord and
Janet Bell, m. 9 June 1979 Stephen Kim Ferguson, b. 8 Aug 1955, son
of James Ferguson and Cora Bell, Hampton.
Susan and Stephen live in Moncton, NB, where Stephen works for
a propane company, and Susan is a pharmacist.
Susan Lord and Stephen Ferguson had 1 child:
Benjamin James b. 2 Feb 1987.
Roger Allison b. 2 Oct 1940, son of Sterling Lord and Evelyn
Muttart, 1st. m. 24June 1967 Carolyn Sue Sawyer, b. 7Jan 1945; 2nd.
m. 27 Dec 1980 Donna Jean McNea, b. Kingston, Ont., 1 July 1950,
daughter of Roy and Dorothy McNea.
Roger and Donna live in Kingston, Ont., where Roger is employed
with Ontario Hydro. They had no children.
Roger Lord and Carolyn Sawler had 1 child:
Steven Sterling b. Kingston, Ont., 30 May 1972.
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Norman Sutherland b. 2 Apr 1904, d. 10 Apr 1986, bur. Nanaimo,
BC, son of Charles Lord and Mary MacQuarrie, m. 24 Oct 1942
Lorraine Lillian Hindle, b. Assiniboine, Sask., 13 Apr 1919.
Norman and Lorraine lived in Nanaimo, BC, where Norman was
manager of Grey Hound Bus Lines.
Norman Lord and Lorraine Hindle had 1 child:
Norman Keith b. 24 June 1944.
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Ruby Elinor b. 20 Sept 1906, d. 24 Apr 1969, bur. Summerside
Peoples Cem., daughter of Charles Lord and Mary MacQuarrie, m. 1
June 1932 David Lome Campbell, b. O'Leary, 21 Dec 1905, d. 5 July
1966, bur. Summerside Peoples Cem..
Ruby and Lome lived in Summerside where Ruby worked at Hol-
mans and Lome was an office employee with MacNeill Motors.
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Ruby Lord and Lome Campbell had 1 child:
David Roy b. 30 July 1939, m. Diane Bennett. They live in Charlot-
tetown where David is a pharmacist. They had 3 children: Janice b. 5
Feb 1966; Suzanne b. 25 Feb 1969; Kathy b. 10 Sept 1970.
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Bertha Areta b. 24 Dec 1908, daughter of Charles Lord and Mary
MacQuarrie, m. 1 Jan 1944 Guy Pierce, b. Brackley, 28 March 1907.
Bertha and Guy lived and farmed in Brackley. Bertha, a Registered
Nurse, worked at the Provincial Sanitorium. She was a member of the
North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Bertha Lord and Guy Pierce had 1 child:
Helen Maureen b. 1 Apr 1945, m. 18 May 1973 Willard Lome
Nicholson. They live in New Dominion and had 2 children: Kathryn
Elva b. 16 July 1975; Andrew Blair b. 14 Sept 1976.
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Gordon Curtis b. 19 Apr 1910, d. 8 Apr 1983, bur. Fredericton Floral
Hills Memorial Gardens, son of Charles Lord and Mary MacQuarrie,
m. 3June 1942 Marion MacKinnon, b. Mt. Buchanan, 28 March 1917,
d. 21 March 1967, bur. Fredericton Floral Hills Memorial Gardens.
Gordon and Marion lived in Charlottetown; Gordon was employed
at the Government Garage, then with Pickard Machinery Co. Ltd..
Gordon Lord and Marion MacKinnon had 2 children:
Donna Mary b. 22 March 1943, d .7Jan 1972, bur. Fredericton Floral
Hills Memorial Gardens, m. Floyd MacLean. They had 1 son: Donald
Lord b. 7 Jan 1972.
Darlene Helen b. 12 May 1954, m. 1982 Robert Acorn. They had 2
children: Erin b. 27 Jan 1983; Emily Rose b. 4 March 1989.
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Leah Priscilla b. 12 Dec 1913, d. 8 July 1973, bur. Arlington Cem.,
Boston, daughter of Charles Lord and Mary MacQuarrie, m. 8 May 1941
Arthur Hansen, b. Sharon, Mass., 24 Nov 1911, d. 24 March 1961, bur.
Arlington Cem., Boston.
Leah and Arthur lived in Boston where Arthur was a taxi driver and
Leah was employed with an optical company.
Leah Lord and Arthur Hansen had 2 children:
Carolan b. 20 Oct 1941, m. David Robinson. They had 2 children:
Glen David b. 14 Aug 1967; Donna b. 17 March 1969.
Mary Jane b. 8 Oct 1942, m. Francis Whalen. They had 5 children:
Francis Martin b. 27 Jan 1963; Kenneth b. March 1964; Leah Elizabeth
b. 3 Apr 1966; James Arthur b. 12 Dec 1967; Philip Patrick b. 2 Apr
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Ernest Hamilton b. 14 June 1917, son of Charles Lord and Mary
MacQuarrie, m. 25 Apr 1948 Edna MacFadyen, b. Bracton, Mass., 4 Oct
1929.
Ernest and Edna live in Charlottetown where Ernest is employed
with a motor transit company.
Ernest Lord and Edna MacFadyen had 2 children:
James Nelson b. 3 March 1950,1st. m. Elaine Estelle Bryenton. They
had no children; James 2nd. m. Jean Mills. They had 1 child: Alanna
Jean b. 27 Dec 1980.
Robert b. 14 Oct 1952. Not married.
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Helen Victoria b. 24 May 1919, daughter of Charles Lord and Mary
MacQuarrie, m. 10 Apr 1945 William Guigies, b. Ottawa, 25 July 1925.
Helen and William live in Ottawa where William was in the Canadian
Air Force.
Helen Lord and William Guigies had 3 children:
Barbara b. 11 May 1946, m. Kenneth Anthony Williams. They had
2 children: Anthony Tyler b. 30 Apr 1971; Luke b. 16 March 1975.
David b. 18 Apr 1950, m. Debra May Rogers. They had no children.
Katherine b. 28 Aug 1957, m. Michael Ryer. They had 2 children:
Victoria May b. 1 Apr 1976; Adam Michael b. 28 Sept 1981.
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Jessie Margaret b. 17 Jan 1921, daughter of Charles Lord and Mary
MacQuarrie, m. 3 Nov 1948 Arthur MacPherson, b. Lyndale, PEI, 25
Jan 1914.
Jessie and Arthur live in Kinross where they were farmers.
Jessie Lord and Arthur MacPherson had 2 children:
Charles b. 9 Nov 1949, m. Miss MacKenzie. They had 2 children:
Darren b. 1978; Robert b. 1980.
Leah Christine b. 16 March 1951,1st. m. Leo Meery, deceased; 2nd.
m. 5 March 1977 Barry Zeigler. Leah and Leo had 1 son: George b. 14
June 1971.
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Charles Russell b. 25 Jan 1805, d. 5 Feb 1875, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of John Lord and Charlotte Gouldrup, m. 22 Aug 1833
Charlotte Margaret MacFadyen, b. 1814, d. 8 Jan 1901, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of John MacFadyen, Augustine Cove.
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Charles R. and Charlotte lived on a farm at North West Tryon, now
North Tryon. Charles was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and
in politics was a Liberal. The Argus carried the following news on 23
Feb. 1875: Died- At Tryon on the 5th. inst., after an illness of 4 years of severe
suffering, which he bore with Christian resignation to the will of His Heavenly
Father, Charles R Lord, age 70yrs..
Charles R. Lord and Charlotte MacFadyen had 11 children:
+John Alexander b. 1835.
Charles Alexander, b. and d. 1836.
William Warren m. Sarah Clark, lived in Boston, adopted 1 child:
Fred.
Philip b. 1840. Unmarried, operated Gouldrup's Mills and lived with
his mother in one end of Robert F. Lord's house, now the site of the
John Craswell house.
+Archibald b. 17 Aug 1843.
Major.
+Robert Forrest b. 29 March 1848.
Annie Lea b. 16 June 1851, m. Alexander Morrison. See Morrison
history.
Charlotte.
Alexander Bannerman, died young.
Charles Stanfield, a minister, b. 1859, d. 1925, bur. Hopewell, NS,
m. 9 July 1884 Mary MacLean, b. NS, daughter of Rev. A MacLean. They
had 5 children: Alexander; Arthur, James; Vernon; MacLean.
John Alexander b. 1835, bur. Tryon Campbellite Cem., son of
Charles R. Lord and Charlotte MacFadyen, 1st. m. 31 Oct 1861 Jane
Eliza Warren, York River, b. 1843, d. 25 Dec 1867, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem.; John 2nd. m. 19 Aug 1869 Annie Jane MacPhee Taylor.
John A. and Jane lived in Tryon, across from the Tryon Consolidated
school. Next door was the Christian Church and cemetery where John
A. is buried. John A. moved to Freetown with his 2nd. wife Annie, but
several years later John A. and Annie parted company and he returned
to Tryon. John A. and Annie had no children.
John A. Lord and Jane Warren had 2 children:
James/ofcn*ton b. 15 Sept 1863, d. 10 June 1930, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., m. Jane Mary Leard, b. 23 July 1861, d. 6 Feb 1944,
bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of James Leard and
Rebecca Sutherland. They lived on the farm north of the Victoria
United Church and had 7 children: Walter b. 4 Aug 1887, d. 1974; J.
Howard, d. 22 Dec 1911 bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.; James
Earl b. 1890, d. 1979; William b. 1893, d. 1971; Carrie J. b. 1895, d. 15
Feb 1897, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.; Laura; Gertrude b.
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1898, d. 1984.
Carrie b. 1865, m. Howard Kempton, Mass.. They lived in Boston,
Mass., and had 1 child: Dorothy.
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Archibald b. 17 Aug 1843, d. 1906, bur. Crapaud Cem., son of
Charles R. Lord and Charlotte MacFadyen, m. 28 Dec 1869 Helen Mae
Farrow, b. 7 Dec 1845, d. 30 March 1939, bur. Crapaud Cem., daughter
of Edwin Dunbar Farrow and Adah Baker.
Archie and his brother, Philip, operated Gouldrup' s Mills. Archie
and Helen lived in North Tryon and later moved to Victoria. Archie
gave his occupation as miller in the 1881 census and as master mariner
in the 1891 census.
' Archie Lord and Helen Farrow had 6 children:
Adah b. 24 Aug 1871, d. 1954, m. George ?, Spalding, Mass..
Eliza Edna b. 11 March 1873, m. William Henry Brien, Sask..
Sarah Granville b. 18 Aug 1876, d. 23 Jan 1906, bur. Crapaud Cem.,
m. George Hibbett.
Ella Mae b. 29 Dec 1878, d. 13 Jan 1958, bur. Montague Community
Park Cem., m. John H.G. Mabon.
Charles E. b. 29 Dec 1878, d. in Mass., 1933.
Annie Lea b. 11 Feb 1881, d. 1 Nov 1953, bur. Crapaud Cem., not
married.
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Robert Forrest b. 29 March 1848, d. 19 June 1919, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of Charles R. Lord and Charlotte MacFadyen, m. 17
March 1876 Anna Bertha Dobson, d. 24 June 1907, age 58, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of William Dobson, Searletown.
Robert operated the Gouldrup Grist Mill and lived in the Lord Brick
house. They later farmed the property on the Point Road now owned
by John Craswell.
Robert Lord and Anna Dobson had 7 children:
Laura Elizena Blanche b. 1876, m. Brent Lea. See Lea history.
+Charles Frederick William b. 17 June 1877.
Ethel Beatrice b. 1879, d. 1952, m. Hiram Lea. See Lea history.
John Dobson b. 1881, d. 1967, m. Elizabeth Wright b. 1883, d. 1977.
Soloman Wright b. 1883, d. 1973, m. Mildred Graham.
Charlotte Florence Lottie b. 1886, d. 1970, unmarried.
Amyb. 1891, d. 1960, unmarried.
Charles Frederick William b. 17 June 1877, d. 13 Feb 1950, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Robert Lord and Anna Dobson, 1st. m. Eva
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Edith MacNeil, b. 2 Jan 1884, d. 4 Oct 1913, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Jane Dawson and John MacNeil; Fred 2nd. m. Ethel Carr.
See MacNeil history.
Fred and Eva lived in Tryon. Fred was also an owner of Gouldrup' s
Mills.
Fred Lord and Eva MacNeil had 3 children:
+Blanche Esther Beatrice b. 2 Nov 1903.
Eldon Thomas b. 8June 1905, d. 14 Apr 1932, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., m. Annie May Humphrey, daughter of Walter Humphrey. They
had 1 child: Walter Eldon b. 6 Oct 1930, m. 28 March 1956 Mina Lucy
Smith.
Olga Edith b. 31 Oct 1908, m. 31 Aug 1935 Herbert Wardell. They
live in Vancouver and had 1 child: Esther Joyce b. 10 Aug 1938.
Blanche Esther Beatrice b. 2 Nov 1903, d. 29 Apr 1992, daughter of
Fred Lord and Eva MacNeil, m. 4 Sept 1926 Joseph Sterling, a druggist
in Calgary.
Esther Lord and Joseph Sterling had 4 children:
William b. 6 Apr 1928, m. 25 Sept 1952 Mary Dawson.
James b. 9 Apr 1932, m. 7 Sept 1957 Judith Clark.
Joanne b. 29 Nov 1936, d. 4 Nov 1944.
Judy b. 6 Oct 1944, adopted, 1st. m. Mr. Krisby; 2nd. m. Ray
Habernall.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Lord History; Evelyn Lord;
Florence Lea; Tryon United Baptist Church Records.
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Paul H. Mabey bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m. Nov 1883 Susan
McCabe, b. 1861, d. 1906, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Paul Mabey and Susan McCabe had 4 children:
Lillia May b. May 1886, d. 26 Aug 1891, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Robert Edison b. 30 Apr 1889.
+Russell Roy b. 13 Aug 1891.
Laura Pearl b. 4 Nov 1894.
Russell Roy b. 13 Aug 1891, d. 20 July 1949, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Paul Mabey and Susan McCabe, m. 6 Apr 1915 Laura
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Melvina Pooley, b. 14 May 1882, d. Charlottetown, 2 June 1975, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of William Pooley and Mary Malone.
See Pooley history.
Russell and Laura lived where Lome Inman lives in 1992. Russell
worked for J.F. Lord in his General Store and drove the horse drawn
school van to Tryon Consolidated School.
Russell Mabey and Laura Pooley had 4 children:
Amy Beryl Florence b. 21 Sept 1915, m. Elmer Ferguson. Beryl and
Elmer live in Charlottetown.
Charles Roy b. 28 Dec 1917, d. Oct 1991, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Roy lived in Sussex, NB, where he was employed by a dairy farmer.
Ceorgina m. Earl Proud, both deceased. They lived in Moncton, NB.
Jennie m. Paul R. Perry, deceased. They lived in Charlottetown.
Sources: Census; Community residents.
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Albert George McAllister b. 19 Apr 1965, son of Beverley McAllister
and Carole Gill McAllister Robblee, m. 8 July 1989 Darlene Gertrude
Weeks, b. 9 March 1969, daughter of Gordon Weeks and Louise
Lamont.
Albert bought his house from James Howatt in September 1986.
Albert delivers morning papers and works with local farmers. Darlene
is a hairdresser and has a shop in Hunter River. She is a member of the
North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Albert and Darlene McAllister house. Hazel Robinson.
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Albert, Darlene, Jocelyn McAllister. McAllister Collection.
Albert McAllister and Darlene Weeks had 1 child:
Jocelyn Lee Louise b. 16 July 1991.
Sources: Albert McAllister.
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John Angus MacDonald b. Shamrock, 1856, d. June 1917, bur.
North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., m. Christie Ann MacDonald, b. Lot
16, 1869, d. Aug 1917, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
John Angus and Christie Ann lived in Mount Tryon where John
Angus was a farmer.
John Angus MacDonald and Christie Ann MacDonald had 5 chil-
dren:
Earle D. b. 4 Apr 1895, m. Annie MacNeil. See MacNeil history.
Roy b. 20 Aug 1897, d. 12 March 1965, bur. North Tryon Presbyte-
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nan Cem., m. Florence Ann Bell, b. 11 Oct 1900, d. 28 Dec 1977, bur.
North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.. They lived in Albany and had a large
family.
Annie Mae b. 14 Aug 1899, 1st. m. Everett Francis. See Francis
history.
J. Malcolm b. 21 Apr 1902, d. 11 Jan 1987, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., never married.
+Leslie Angus Les b. 26 Sept 1904.
Leslie Angus Les b. 26 Sept 1904, son of John Angus MacDonald
and Christie Annie MacDonald, m. Gertrude Blanche Thomson, b. 21
Sept 1906, d. 15 Sept 1939, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
daughter of Joseph Thomson and Sarah Belle Rogerson. See Thomson
history.
Les and Blanche bought their house from John Gillis in 1929. Robert
Carr of Augustine Cove had built part of the house. The house was
moved up the hill to its present site in 1951 when the Trans Canada
Highway was built. Les worked at Ives' Grist Mill for many years. Les
and Blanche were members of the North Tryon Presbyterian Church.
Les MacDonald and Blanche Thomson had 8 children:
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Leslie and Blanche MacDonald house. Hazel Robinson.
+Doris Mae b. 20 Aug 1927.
+Annie Belle b. 16 Jan 1929.
+Morley Lee b. 22 Sept 1932.
+Leslie Boydb. 24 Jan 1934.
+Ralph Morgan b. 12 Apr 1935.
+Lois Eileen b. 27 Aug 1936.
+Mabel Ruth b. 7 Oct 1937.
+Donald Malcolm b. 15 Sept 1939.
Doris Mae b. 20 Aug 1927, daughter of Les MacDonald and Blanche
Thomson, m. 5June 1950James MacDougall Crossman, b. 7June 1923,
d. 21 Oct 1979, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., son of
Harry Crossman and Ruth Curtis.
Doris and James lived in Ontario where James was a butcher.
Doris MacDonald and James Crossman had 6 children:
Ruth Elaine b. 24 Nov 1951, m. 7 Aug 1971 Martin Lee Connolly.
Gary Leslie b. 9 Aug 1953, d. Feb 1972.
Stephen James b. 24 Nov 1961, m. 19 June 1982 Florence Dalton.
Sherri Lorraine b. 19 Aug 1962.
Jeffery MacDonald b. 16 Feb 1965.
Stacy Michelle b. 24 Feb 1969.
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Annie Belle b. 16Jan 1929, daughter of Les MacDonald and Blanche
Thomson, m. 30 May 1953 Clair White, b. 22 June 1929, son of Peter
R. White and Annie Gass.
Annie Belle and Claire reside in Summerside. Claire worked with
Marine Atlantic.
Annie Belle MacDonald and Claire White had 3 children:
Sharon Lee b. 16 Feb 1960, m. Rody Campbell. They had 2 children:
Christie; Coni ne.
Kevin Claire b. 28 Jan 1962.
Kenneth Boyd b. 28 Jan 1962.
Morley Lee b. 22 Sept 1932, son of Les MacDonald and Blanche
Thomson, m. 9 Aug 1954 Irma Daisy Costain, b. Miminigash, 19 Jan
1934, daughter of John Wycliff Costain and Ada Belle Collicut.
Morley works with Toronto Transit Commission and Irma is a
computer operator. They live in Toronto.
Morley MacDonald and Irma Costain had 4 children:
Ronald Lee b. 8 Dec 1954, m. 2 Oct 1981 Leola Bishop.
Diane Lynn b. 17 Dec 1955, m. 18 Aug 1973 Mario Micelli, div.. They
had 2 children: Michael; Amiee.
Tracy Anne b. 31 Oct 1957 , m. Bert Glasgow. They had 1 child:
Emma.
Charlene Faye b. 14 Nov 1959, m. 23 Oct 1982 Alfonso Bueonieuto.
They had 1 child: Joseph.
Leslie Boyd b. 24 Jan 1934, son of Les MacDonald and Blanche
Thomson, m. 21 Aug 1971 Alfreda Anne Kelly, daughter of J. Alfred
Kelly and Julia Isabel Matheson.
Boyd and Alfreda are school teachers and reside in Churchill.
Boyd MacDonald and Alfreda Kelly adopted 1 child:
Angus John b. 23 Dec 1981.
Ralph Morgan b. 12 Apr 1935, son of Les MacDonald and Blanche
Thomson, m. 26 May 1961 Loraine Maxine Day, b. 5 Sept 1942,
daughter of Lawrence Arlington Day and Georgina May Folland,
McAdam, NB.
The MacDonald house and barn were built by Edward Sharkey
about 1900. The house was purchased by Ralph and Loraine in 1969
and leased to Pauline Wood and Donnie Buchanan, then Annie Marie
Dawson and Donnie Smith. The MacDonalds returned from Toront o
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Tim, Sandie, Loraine, Ralph MacDonald. MacDonald Collection.
in 1971. They moved their house back from the highway onto a new
foundation in 1976. Ralph is a weigh scale operator for the provincial
Department of Highways in Borden. Loraine works as a general clerk
for Marine Atlantic, and is a member of the North Tryon Women' s
Institute. They attend the North Tryon Presbyterian Church.
Ralph amd Loraine MacDonald house. Hazel Robinson.
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Ralph MacDonald and Loraine Day had 2 children:
+Sandie Dawn b. 1 Feb 1963.
+Tlmothy Brian b. 19 May 1964.
Sandie Dawn b. 1 Feb 1963, daughter of Ralph MacDonald and
Loraine Day, m. 2 June 1984 Robert Edward Paul Amos, b. 26 June
1963, son of Edward Charles Amos and Patricia Elizabeth Dwyer,
Montreal.
Sandie and Paul live in Douglastown, NB. Paul works for a mining
company.
Sandie MacDonald and Paul Amos had 4 children:
Tyler Ezekiel MacDonald b. 13 Dec 1983.
Katherine Sarah b. 9 March 1986.
Robyn Elizabeth b. 9 March 1986.
Holly Morgan b. 12 Jan 1992.
Timothy Brian b. 19 May 1964, son of Ralph MacDonald and
Loraine Day, m. as her 2nd husband 28 Dec 1987 Dulcie Rose Fortune
Braden, b.19 Oct 1963, daughter of Norman and Dulcie Fortune,
Toronto.
Tim is a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, stationed in
Ontario.
Timothy MacDonald and Dulcie Fortune Braden had 2 children:
Erica Rose Braden b. 20 Apr 1980.
Samantha Patricia b. 19 May 1988.
Lois Eileen b. 27 Aug 1936, daughter of Les MacDonald and
Blanche Thomson, m. 18 Nov 1961 Melbourne Mel Alexander Gass, b.
New Haven, 21 Dec 1938, son of Duncan Alexander Gass and Lydia
Elizabeth MacDonald.
Lois and Mel live in New Haven where Mel had a plumbing business
before he entered politics, first as a federal member, then as leader of
the PEI Progressive Conservative Party. Mel now works with Canadian
Veteran's Affairs, Charlottetown.
Lois MacDonald and Mel Gass had 3 children:
Randolph Alexander b. 17 Jan 1962.
Kimberly Dawn b. 19 Jan 1963, m. 2 July 1988 Robert George
Andrews, son of Clifford and Olive Andrews, St. John' s, Nfld. They had
2 children: Matthew Robert 6 Dec 1990; Jordan A. b. 30 Apr 1992.
Robert James b. 16 March 1964.
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Mabel Ruth b. 7 Oct 1937, daughter of Les MacDonald and Blanche
Thomson, m. 22 Aug 1956 Wayne Leonard Gardiner, b. 29 Sept 1936,
son of Hazard Brown Gardiner and Bessie B. Bramball.
Mabel and Wayne lived in Cape Traverse where Wayne was a potato
farmer. They are retired and now reside in Summerside.
Mabel MacDonald and Wayne Gardiner had 4 children:
Cynthia Darlene b. 30 Aug 1957.
Leslie Ann b. 19 July 1960.
Wayne Scott b. 17 Dec 1962, m. Theresa MacAdam. They had 2
children: Joshua; Devon.
Steven Grant b. 11 Aug 1966.
Donald Malcolm b. 15 Sept 1939, son of Les MacDonald and
Blanche Thomson, m. 24 June 1961 Georgina Vivian Thompson, b.
Charlottetown, 26 Dec 1941, daughter of John R. Thompson and
Katherine Maude Taylor.
Donald is a furniture salesman and also has a keen interest in horses.
Don and Georgina live in Kensington.
Donald MacDonald and Georgina Thompson had 3 children:
Shelley Elizabeth b. 31 May 1963.
Donald Paul b. 15 July 1967, d. 15 Oct 1968.
Jennifer Lee b. 16 Oct 1971.
Sources: Leslie MacDonald; Loraine MacDonald.
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Donald MacFarlane b. Glasgow, 1759, d. 31 March 1843, bur. North
Bedeque Cem., m. Marion Shaw, b. 1769, d. 4 Feb 1846, bur. North
Bedeque Cem., daughter of Neil Shaw and Catherine Mclvor, Cove-
head.
Donald left his Glasgow home as a lad and hid on the ship on which
his brother was sailing to America. He spent some time in Virginia, then
New York, before enlisting in the English army. Donald found himself
in Quebec after the war, a Commissary of a Regiment. He journeyed
to Halifax from Quebec, then to the Isle of St. Jean where he settled on
the Rustico River. Donald engaged in farming, shipbuilding, and poli-
tics during his lifetime. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly
for Queens and Prince Counties from 1790 to 1805.
Donald MacFarlane and Marion Shaw had 11 children:
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+William b. 30 Sept 1788.
Neilb. 16June 1790, d. 29 Oct 1863, bur. North Bedeque Cem., m.
Mary Price, b. NB 1790, d. 20 Apr 1864, bur. North Bedeque Cem..
They had 1 son.
Mary b. 25 June 1792, d. 16 Oct 1826, bur. North Bedeque Presby-
terian Cem., m. George Murray, b.c. 1790, son of David Murray and
Elizabeth Penman.
Catherine b. 18 Jan 1795, d. 1830, m. James Barcley, Ohio, no
children.
Daniel b. 21 June 1797, d. 1830, drowned on brig Friendship,
unmarried.
John b. 10 Nov 1799, drowned on the Miramichi.
Ann b. 11 May 1802, d. 1830, drowned on brig Friendship unmar-
ried.
Alexander b. 13 Nov 1805, d. 26 Aug 1879, bur. North Bedeque
Cem., m. Mary Darrach, d. 26 Feb 1859, bur. North Bedeque Cem..
They had 6 children.
Nathan b. 13 Nov 1805, d. 1 Jan 1886, bur. North Bedeque Cem.,
m. Margaret Silliker, b. 1818, d. 1889, bur. North Bedeque Cem.. They
had 7 children.
Malcolm b. 3 Aug 1808, d. 8 July 1882, bur. North Bedeque Cem.,
m. Barbara Orr Brown, b. Miramichi, 1818, d. 1870, bur. Nort h Bede-
que Cem.. They had 10 children.
Margaret b. 21 Oct 1810, d. 25 Oct 1892, m. Peter Barkley, b.c. 1808,
d. 1848, bur. Ohio. They had 3 daughters.
William b. 30 Sept 1788, d. 29 Feb 1872, bur. North Bedeque Cem.,
son of Donald MacFarlane and Marian Shaw, m. 8 Dec 1814 Mary
Murray, b. 8 March 1793, d. 22 Nov 1852, bur. North Bedeque Cem..
William and Mary lived at Sea Cow Head.
William MacFarlane and Mary Murray had 10 children:
Hannah b. 1 March 1816, d. 23 Jan 1875, bur. North Bedeque Cem.,
unmarried.
Neil b. 14 Nov 1818, d. 1 March 1891, bur. North Bedeque Cem.,
m. Catherine Murray, b.c. 1817, d. Aug 1894, bur. North Bedeque Cem..
Neil was a ferryman, operating a service to Summerside from Hurd' s
Point. They had 1 child.
DonaldDanielb. 28 Oct 1819, d. 6 Feb 1895, m. Elizabeth Morrison,
b. Neguac, NB, 1843, d. 1927. They had 4 children.
Mary b. 6 March 1821, d. 18 Feb 1896, unmarried, bur. North
Bedeque Cem.. She lived with her brother, Daniel.
William b. 16 June 1822.
+David b. 18 Nov 1823.
John b. 30 Apr 1826.
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Eliza b. 7 Aug 1827, d. 31 May 1910, unmarried, bur. North Bedeque
Cem.. She lived with her brother, Malcolm.
Ann b. 6June 1830, m.Joseph Simpson, b. Burnt Church, NB, 1833,
d. Tabusintac, NB, 1898. They had 3 daughters.
Malcolm b. 21 Feb 1832, d. 2 Dec 1904, bur. North Bedeque Cem.,
m. Sarah Gardiner, b. 1849, d. 1933, bur. North Bedeque Cem.. They
had 5 children.
David b. 18 Nov 1823, d. 29 Apr 1895, bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scodand Cem., son of William MacFarlane and Mary Murray, m. 23
Apr 1853 Ellen Matilda Manson, b. 9 Feb 1826, d. 27 Sept 1887, bur.
Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Alexander and
Mary Manson.
David and Ellen lived at Carleton where David was a carpenter.
David and some of his sons built the Cape Traverse Church of Scotland.
One of his daughters lived in San Francisco and became the first women
Assistant District Attorney in America.
David MacFarlane and Ellen Manson had at least 11 children:
James Manson b. 27 July 1853, d. 22 Apr 1875, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem..
Donald b. 1854, d. 20 Apr 1887.
William Archibald b. 8 May 1855.
John Tremaine b. 26 Dec 1856.
Gordon W. b. 27 Oct 1858, d. 27 Feb 1938.
+William Gordon b. 29 Oct 1859.
Mary Helen b. 11 Dec 1860.
Eliza Jane b. 27 May 1863.
Barbara Ann b. 18 Aug 1870, d. 1932, m. Montague M. Campbell,
b. 1872, d. 1946.
Margaret Louisa b. 24 Dec 1871, d. 27 July 1888, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem..
James M. b. 22 Apr 1875.
William Gordon b. 29 Oct 1859, d. 27 Feb 1938, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., son of David MacFarlane and Ellen Manson,
m. 1891 Catherine Webster, b. 4 March 1869, d. 25 Sept 1947, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Benjamin Webster and
Grace Warren.
Gordon and Catherine lived and farmed in Augustine Cove.
Gordon MacFarlane and Catherine Webster had 2 sons:
Frank D. b. Carleton, 12 March 1894, d. Murray Harbour, 1952, bur.
Murray Harbour Cem., 1st. m. Jan. 1920 Daisy Howatt, b. 15 Jan 1895,
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d. 2 July 1941, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter
of James Edward Howatt and Eva Hudson; Frank 2nd. m. Margaret
Richards, b. 1902, bur. Murray Harbour. Frank and Daisy had 1 child:
Kathleen. Frank served overseas in WW I.
+Harry Benjamin b. 26 Sept 1895.
Harry Benjamin b. 26 Sept 1895, d. 26 March 1963, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., son of Gordon MacFarlane and
Catherine Webster, m. 6 Nov 1918 Edna Abigail Howatt, b. 23 Sept.
1893, d. 4/5 Jan 1982, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem.,
daughter of Benjamin Webster Howatt and Lucy Robinson, Augustine
Cove.
Harry and Edna lived and farmed on the River Road in Augustine
Cove.
Harry MacFarlane and Edna Howatt had 3 children:
Margaret Helen, RN, b. 3 Nov 1921, not married, living in Toronto.
+Gordon Webster b. 25 Nov 1926.
Kathryn Lucy Kitty b. 14 Aug 1931, m. Windsor Brehaut, Sherwood.
Gordon Webster b. 25 Nov 1926, son of Harry MacFarlane and Edna
Howatt, m. 9 Apr 1965 Leila Louise Bea Lefurgey Dawson, b. 22 Oct
1919, daughter of Maxwell Lefurgey and Georgia Manson. See Lefurgey
and Dawson history.
Bea and Gordon sold their farm in Augustine Cove in 1967 and
moved to the Crossroad where they purchased a lot from Glen Lea.
Gordon worked in the maintenance department at Marine Atlantic
until he retired in 1988 and Bea was a cook at Simmons' Restaurant.
Bea MacFarlane. MacFarlane Collection. Gordon MacFarlane. MacFarlane Collection.
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Bea and Gordon MacFarlane house. Haul Robinson.
Bea is a Life Member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute, and she
and Gordon are members of the North Tryon Presbyterian Church.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census MacFarlane History.
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acRenzie Family
Warren MacKenzie m. Pensie Cobb. The MacKenzies lived in
Souris, PEL
Warren MacKenzie and Pensie Cobb had 4 children:
Laura b. 9 Sept 1904, d. 29 Oct 1991, m. Charles Worth. They lived
in Charlottetown and had 7 children, all living on PEL Jack Worth is a
son.
John b. 1906, d. 1974, bur. from Chisholm's Funeral Home to
Searletown Cem., m. Hannah Jane Jackman, b. 1917, d. 1973. They lived
in Ontario.
+Roy Burton b. 29 Nov 1908.
Frank d. 1958, Springhill Mine Disaster, m. Hannah Allen. They
had 3 children.
Roy Burton b. 29 Nov 1908, d. 29 June 1988, bur. Fairhaven
Memorial Gardens, Moncton, NB, son of Warren MacKenzie and
Pensie Cobb, 1st. m. Carrie Minerva Gillis, b. 19 Apr 1910 , d. 16 Sept
1980, daughter of John Gillis and Carrie Kidson. See Gillis history. Roy
2nd. m. 19 May 1949 Dorothy Dot Elizabeth McQuinn Dickson, b. 1
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Sept 1916, daughter of Syd-
ney McQuinn and Georgia
Walters.
Roy came t o No r t h
Tryon from Souris to work
for Russell Thomson, Max
Lefurgey, and Ray Wood.
He married Minerva Gillis
and they lived in the Gillis
house, now the Les Mac-
Donald house, and then in
Ray Wood' s hired hand
house. Roy was employed
with the CNR in Moncton
after he left North Tryon.
Roy and Dot returned to
North Tryon when Roy re-
tired in 1969. They later
moved to Crapaud where
they resided until Roy' s
deat h. Roy and Dot at-
tended the Tryon United
Baptist Church. Dot is liv-
ing in Moncton in 1992.
Dot and Roy MacKenzie. Tryon Baptist Church
Collection.
Roy MacKenzie and Minerva Gillis had 3 children:
+Jack Burton b. 19 Aug 1931.
+Raymond Cyril b. 23 Sept 1932.
+Robert Soper b. 6 Oct 1933.
Jack Burton b. 19 Aug 1931, son of Roy MacKenzie and Minerva
Gillis, m. 1950 Joan Wilkens, b. 29 Sept 1933, daughter of Reg and
Audrey Wilkens.
Jack and Joan live in British Colombia where Jack is a carman with
VIA Rail.
Jack MacKenzie and Joan Wilkens had 3 children:
Randy b. 19 March 1951.
Darleneb. 21 May 1955.
Kevin b. 19 Aug 1959.
Raymond Cyril b. 23 Sept 1932, d. 28 June 1972, bur. Fairhaven
Memorial Gardens, Moncton, son of Roy MacKenzie and Minerva
Gillis, m. Jean Oulton.
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Raymond and Jean lived in Moncton where Raymond was a pipefit-
ter.
Raymond MacKenzie and Jean Oulton had 5 children:
Stephen; Jamie; Teddy; Patty Ann; Shelly.
Robert Soper b. 6 Oct 1933, d. 22 Feb 1985, bur. Ontario, son of
Roy MacKenzie and Minerva Gillis, m. Grace Jenkins.
Robert and Grace lived in Saint John, NB, where Robert worked for
the city.
Robert MacKenzie and Grace Jenkins had 3 children:
Richard; Donald; Anita.
Dorothy MacKenzie had 1 child from a previous marriage:
Myrna b. 13 July 1940, m. 30 Sept 1961 Rene Gallant. They live in
Dieppe and had 3 children: Lisa; David; Jill.
Sources: Census; Dot MacKenzie.
Yohn MacNeil Family
John F. MacNeil b. 21 Dec 1841, d. 5 Aug 1918, son of Alexander
MacNeil, m. 9 June 1869 Jane Dawson, b. 29 July 1847, d. 11 May 1918,
bur. Cape Traverse Church Of Scotland Cem., daughter of Thomas
Dawson and Ellen Howatt. See Dawson history.
John and Jane lived in North Tryon on the south side of the Bedeque
road across from where Lome Inman lives in 1992. John was a carriage
builder and a blacksmith.
John MacNeil and Jane Dawson had 6 children:
Ellen Jane b. 18 Apr 1870, d. 18 Nov 1872.
+Thomas Alexander b. 29 Aug 1871.
+EUen Jane b. 2 Jan 1873.
John Edward b. 27 June 1875, d. 10 Sept 1879.
Margaret b. 13 Jan 1881, m. John Herbert Thomas. See Thomas
history.
Eva Edith b. 2 Jan 1884, m. Fred Lord. See Lord history.
Thomas Alexander b. 29 Aug 1871, d. 28 Jan 1932, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., son of John MacNeil and Jane
Dawson, m. 1890 M. Elvinia Curtis, b. 21 Oct 1867, d. 23 Oct 1949, bur.
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Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem..
The SummersideJournal 1 Feb 1932 printed the following obituary:
Death at Prince County Hospital, Mr. Thomas MacNeil of Summerside age
60. Mr. MacNeil was taken suddenly ill 2 weeks ago and gradually sank until
the end came. He was a native of Tryon, son of late John MacNeil of that place.
With his father, he learned the blacksmithing and carriage building business
and succeeded his father on his decease. He afterwards came to Summerside
and conducted a repair shop and carriage business on Spring Street. He later
went to Boston and worked with Henry and Alexander Jamieson now of
Summerside. On his return, Mr. MacNeil was employed with Hall Manufac-
turing Co. Summerside where he worked until about a year ago when ill health
forced him to retire. He was of a quiet, retiring disposition, but his many fine
characteristics won for him the esteem of a large circle of friends who will regret
his passing. There are left to mourn his widow formerly Elvina Curtis, Tryon;
2 sons Elmer and Denzil; 6 daughters Ruby (Mrs. Guy Austin) Charlottetown,
Mrs. Parker Delaney, Mrs. MacDonald Mount Tryon, Mrs. John MacKenna
Middleton, Miss Clara and Miss Angle at home; 2 sisters Mrs. Herbert Thomas
North Tryon, and Mrs. Albert Mabey Tryon. Interment in Church of Scotland
Cape Traverse.
Thomas MacNeil and Elvinia Curtis had 8 children:
Leah Mira b. 25 Nov 1890, d. 3 July 1892.
Minerva Ethelene b. 20 March 1892, m. Parker Delaney. See De-
laney history.
Cora Novella b. 28 Sept 1894, not married. She had 1 child: Denzil
b. 13 March 1917.
+Emma Grace b. 15 Aug 1895.
+Elmer Russell b. 14 Nov 1896.
+Annie Edith b. 27 Nov 1898.
+Angie Isabel b. 10 Nov 1904.
+Rubyb. 9 Aug 1906.
Emma Grace b. 15 Aug 1895, daughter of Thomas MacNeil and
Elvinia Curtis, m. 1 Sept 1919JohnJoseph McKenna, b. 9 May 1895, d.
27 Sept 1954, bur. Kinkora, son of Peter McKenna and Mary MacPhee.
Emma and John lived in Kinkora.
Emma MacNeil and John McKenna had 9 children:
Victor Romandius b. 30 Nov 1920, m. 27 July 1945 Verna Pauline
MacDonald, daughter of Roy MacDonald and Florence Bell. They had
5 children.
Cora b. 15 Jan 1922, m. 25 Sept 1941 Preston MacDonald, son of
Roy MacDonald and Florence Bell. They had 4 children.
John EldredyacA b. 18 Oct 1923, m. 21 Apr 1945 Marion Frances
McCarville, daughter of Richard McCarville and Josephine Condon.
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They had 14 children.
Frank b. 10 Dec 1924, d. 5 Feb 1981, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., m. 17 Oct 1945 Florence Matheson, b. 30 Jan 1926, daughter of
William Matheson and Issie Anderson. They had 7 children.
Ruby Elvina b. 21 Jan 1926, m. 14 Feb 1946 George Matheson, b. 6
Jan 1921, son of William Matheson and Issie Anderson. They had 6
children.
Shirley Isabel b. 21 Dec 1928, m. 18 May 1946 Erland Cousins, b.
31 July 1926, son of Bismark Cousins and Annie Jane Dixon. They had
7 children.
Everett N. b. 9 May 1931, m. 3 Sept 1955 Pauline Mary Handrahan,
b. 14 May 1932, daughter of Jack and Laura Handrahan. They had 5
children.
Ulric Thomas b. 25 Feb 1933, m. Elizabeth Helen Wall, b. 21 July
1935, daughter of William Wall and Violet Folland. They had 5 children.
Edson D. b. 14 July 1937, m. Aug 1969 Carol Jean Harrison. They
had 1 child.
Elmer Russell b. 14 Nov 1896, d. 3 May 1985, son of Thomas
MacNeil and Elvinia Curtis, m. Edna Alma Ramsay, b. 29 July 1892, d.
16 Sept 1973, bur. Summerside Peoples Cem., daughter ofjohn Ramsay
and Margaret Green.
Elmer and Edna lived in Summerside where Elmer was a mill worker
for M.F. Schurman.
Elmer MacNeil and Edna Ramsay had 6 children:
Adelbert b. 27 March 1920, d. 14June 1975, bur. Moncton Fairhaven
Memorial Gardens, m. 16 Aug 1945 Ruth Brewster, b. 16 Sept 1924,
daughter ofj ohn Brewster and Lillian MacWilliams. They had 6 chil-
dren.
Ellsworth Russell b. 18 July 1921, m. 21 Aug 1942 Marion Kay
Ogden.
Alma Lorraine b. July 1923, d. Nov 1923.
Mildred Shirley b. 8 Aug 1928, adopted, m. Arthur Hort on Thomas,
Richmond, BC.
Orville Kenneth b. July 1929, d. July 1929.
Thelma Muriel b. 17 Apr 1931, d. 21 Dec 1979, bur. Moncton
Elmwood Cem., m. 12 Sept 1951 John Robert MacNeil, b. 20 Aug 1930,
son of j ohn Robert MacNeil and Margaret Hudson. They had 2 chil-
dren.
Annie Edith b. 27 Nov 1898, d. 25 July 1968, daughter of Thomas
MacNeil and Elvinia Curtis, m. Earl MacDonald, b. 4 Apr 1895, d. 4
Sept 1977, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
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Annie and Earl lived in Mount Tryon.
Annie MacNeil and Earl MacDonald had 6 children:
Lewis b. 21 Aug 1922, d. 11 Jan 1983, m. June Doull, daughter of
Henry Doull and Bessie Jane Crossman. They had 8 children.
Gladys b. 16 Jan 1924, m. Ralph Cyril Walsh, son of Samson Walsh
and Nellie M. Malone. See Malone history. They had 5 children.
Adelle b. 15 May 1926, d. 5 June 1926.
Carmen b. 31 March 1928, d. June 1992, not married.
Stanley b. 2 Feb 1929, not married.
Freda Mae b. 17 March 1938, m. 30 June 1973 Charles Wilbur Doull,
son of Henry Doull and Bessie Crossman. They had no children.
Angie Isabel b. 10 Nov 1904, d. 18 May 1943, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Thomas MacNeil and Elvinia
Curtis, m. 26 Oct 1938 Lawson MacDonald, b. 23 July 1905, d. 1 March
1980, bur. Bedeque United Cem., son of Joseph B. MacDonald and
Agnes Ann Baker.
Angie MacNeil and Lawson MacDonald had 2 children:
Olaf b. 8 March 1939, m. 30 Oct 1959 Ruby Pearl Winchester,
daughter of Melvin Winchester and Anna Beaton. They had 4 children.
Elaine b. 6 Apr 1943, m. 7 Nov 1959 Albert Getson, b. 25 Apr 1939,
son of Carl Getson and Ruth Evans.
Ruby b. 9 Aug 1906, daughter of Thomas MacNeil and Elvinia
Curtis, m. 23 Nov 1927 Guy Lester Austin, b. 28 Nov 1906, d. 30 March
1956, son of James Austin and Ester Gilroy.
Ruby and Guy lived in Charlottetown.
Ruby MacNeil and Guy Austin had 6 children:
Ken Lester b. 7 Feb 1929, m. Ann Adams. They had 1 child.
Eleanor Hazel b. 10 July 1930, m. Hubert Lambert. They had 2
children.
Muriel Elvina b. 15 June 1938, m. Eric Lewis. They had 2 children.
AudreyEthelb. lOJuly 1942,1st. m. John Scott. They had 2 children.
Ethel 2nd. m. Bill Shinner. They had no children.
Raymond Greg b. 9 Dec 1944, m. Carolyn Rose. They had 2
children.
Linda Ricky b. 9 Feb 1946, m. John Monkman. They had 2 children.
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Ellen Jane b. 2 Jan 1873, d. 25 July 1973, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of John MacNeil and Jane Dawson, m. 25 Dec 1900 Albert
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Edward Mabey, b. 9 Apr 1867, d. 31 July 1948, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
son of Conrad Mabey and Elizabeth Sentner.
Ellen Jane MacNeil and Albert Mabey had 9 children:
Infant b. 9 Sept 1901, d. 9 Sept 1901.
Oscar Edwin b. 8 Sept 1902, d. 12 June 1915.
+John Harold Hal b. 27 March 1904.
Lome Lang b. 13 July 1905, m. 7 June 1932 Catherine Carr. They
had no children.
+Aletha Pearl b. 18 Jan 1908.
+Louls Howatt b. March 1909.
+Earl Roy b. 18 July 1910.
Horace Wayne b. 14 March 1913.
Elmer Allisterb. 2 June 1918, d. 26 March 1941.
John Harold Hal b. 27 March 1904, son of Ellen MacNeil and Albert
Mabey, m. 28 June 1937 Gladys Burden, b. 12 May 1910.
Hal and Gladys live in Moncton, NB.
Hal Mabey and Gladys Burden had 2 children:
Harold Arthur Hap b. 25 Oct 1939.
Roger Lee b. 25 June 1943.
Aletha Pearl b. 18 Jan 1908, daughter of Ellen MacNeil and Albert
Mabey, m. 19 July 1936 Carl Centerbar, b. Vermont, 3 Apr 1894.
Aletha Mabey and Carl Centerbar had 1 child:
Alberta Ellen Bunny b. 2 Nov 1943.
Louis Howatt b. March 1909, d. 16 March 1972, bur. Saint John,
NB, son of Ellen MacNeil and Albert Mabey, m. 1 June 1932 Florence
Louise Burke, b. 8 May 1903, daughter of Walter Burke and Mary Alice
Howard.
Louis Mabey and Florence Burke had 3 children:
Don Edward b. 29 Nov 1934.
Elizabeth Louise Betty Lou b. 8 Nov 1935.
Lorna Eileen b. 21 Feb 1938.
Earl Roy b. 18 July 1910, son of Ellen MacNeil and Albert Mabey,
m. 18 Feb 1939 Muriel Jemina Pearson, b. 20 Nov 1913, daughter of
Elmer Pearson and Margaret Jane Wilson.
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Earl and Muriel live in Tryon. Earl is a retired farmer but continues
to grow prize winning flowers.
Earl Mabey and Muriel Pearson had 4 children:
Edgar Roy b. 3 Aug 1939, d. 26 Oct 1971, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
m. 10 Dec 1964 Janet Louise Moffatt.
Doris Evyonne b. 3 June 1941, m. 19 May 1962 Wayne Roberts.
Allister Horace b. 20 June 1942, m. 12 Dec 1967 Sonja Faye Stordy
Martin.
Gail Margaret b. 2 Aug 1950, not married.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Dawson History; Bertha Dawson.
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a n s o n Ma c Ne i l Fa mi l y
Gilbert MacNeil m. 11 Oct 1856 Ann Manson, daughter of Donald
Manson.
Gilbert and Ann lived in Lot 27 and attended the Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland.
Gilbert MacNeil and Ann Manson had 6 children:
+James Manson b. 29 Aug 1857.
Amanda b.c. 1858.
Charles b. 1866.
George b. 1867.
Florence b. 1869, d. 1884.
Arthur b. 1874, d. 1887.
James Manson b. 29 Aug 1857, d. 23 May 1932, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland, son of Gilbert MacNeil and Ann Manson, m.
Margaret Manson, b. 15 Oct 1862, d. 24 Aug 1949, bur. Cape Traverse
Church of Scotland, daughter of Alexander and Anna Manson.
Manson was living with his Aunt Jane Manson, age 70, in Lot 27, in
the 1891 census. He was a farmer. Manson and Margaret MacNeil
retired from the USA to North Tryon to a house that had been the post
office part of the William Chisholm house. This part of the house had
been moved across the road for Heath and Ruby Chisholm. The
MacNeils had no children, and retired near Jean Roblee Chisholm who
had been raised by Margaret MacNeil's parents, Alexander and Anna
Manson, Lot 27. Margaret was also a sister to John Manson, father of
Georgia Manson Lefurgey. See Chisholm and Lefurgey history.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Helen Asprey.
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David MacWilliams b. at Inverness, Scotland, m. 12 Feb 1784,
Theresa Tracy Muttart, daughter of Balthazar Mutard and Marguerite
Holleri. See Muttart history.
The MacWilliams family, father, mother, and David, lived for a time
at Covehead, later settling in Tryon Point, then called Coffin's Village.
Tracy, a Roman Catholic, and David, a Presbyterian, agreed before their
marriage that Tracy would take the girls and David would take the boys
to their respective churches. Tracy was understandably annoyed when
she bore five sons in succession. Eventually, when a daughter did arrive,
Tracy left David and went to live with her sister, Sophia Maclnnis, where
she brought up her daughter in the Catholic religion. David moved
from the Tryon Point farm to the Crossroad where he acquired farms
for his sons. These farms are now owned by Richard Newsome, Vance
Dixon, and Vernon Inman. David died early in life. Two sons remained
on the Crossroad, one went to California, and two sons and a daughter
moved to western Prince Edward Island.
David MacWilliams and Tracy Muttart had 6 children in the 1798
census:
+James d. Dec 1864.
+Josephb. 1790.
+David b.c. 1792.
George d. 1847, bur. Bethel Cem., West Cape, m. Ada Crocket, b.
1795, d. 5June 1881, bur. Bethel Cem., West Cape. George moved west
and settled on the Shore Road at West Cape. He had a saw and shingle
mill on the Hamilton Road. They had 9 children.
John bur. West Cape Methodist Cem., m. Catherine ? bur. West
Cape Methodist Cem.. They farmed what in 1839 became the D.J.
Thomson farm. John and Catherine moved to West Cape, Lot 7. They
had 6 children.
Margaret bur. St. Patrick's Cem., Grand River, m. Peter Cameron,
b. 1782, d. 1850, bur. St. Patrick's Cem., Grand River. They settled at
Grand River, Lot 14.
James d. Dec 1864, bur. Lot 7 Cem., son of David MacWilliams and
Tracy Muttart, m. Margaret Leard, b.c. 1787, d. 24 Aug 1842, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of Samuel Leard and Margaret Rogers. See
Leard history.
James and Margaret lived on the Crossroad, on what is now the
Vernon Inman farm, then they moved to Millburn, Lot 8, where James
built a mill.
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James Mac Williams and Margaret Leard had 11 children:
Joseph.
Margaret b. 1812, m. James Benjamin Leard. See Leard history.
James m. 28 March 1837 Mary Sharpe.
John b. 1819, d. 1884, m. 15 March 1846 Jane Howatt, b. 1829, d.
1888, daughter of William Howatt and Margaret Leard.They had 8
children and moved from North Tryon to Cape Traverse where John
was a blacksmith. See Howatt history.
+Samuel b. 15 June 1820.
Agnes b. 14 Aug 1822, d. 3 April 1823.
George Miller b. 19 Feb 1825, m. Elizabeth Hibbett. They lived in
Kildare.
Stephen m. Margaret Mattox, West Point.
Ann m. William Boulter
Elizabeth m. 2 Sept 1858 Nathaniel Boulter
William Bramford b. 15 Oct 1831, d. 5 Sept 1919, m. 4 Oct 1865
Mary Boulter, b. 1830, d. 27 March 1905, daughter of John Boulter and
Sarah Large. William inherited James' farm on the Crossroad.
Joseph d. 10 July 1894, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of James
MacWilliams and Margaret Leard, m. 9 Nov 1843 Frances Dawson, b.
20 Jan 1816, d. 16 Nov 1850, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of
Samuel Edward Dawson and Jane Lord.
Joseph moved to California. Joseph and Frances had 4 children who
all died of cholera at a young age. See Dawson history. Joseph 2nd. m.
Elizabeth Rogerson Lord.
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Samuel MacWilliams b. 15 June 1820, d. 16July 1911, bur. Milburn
United Church Cem., son of James MacWilliams and Margaret Leard,
m. 6 March 1843 Elizabeth A. Boulter, b. Bedeque, 4 Sept 1821, d. 16
Feb 1916, daughter of Henry Oliver Boulter and Maria Card.
Samuel and Elizabeth lived in North Tryon until at least 1880.
Samuel MacWilliams and Elizabeth Boulter had 9 children:
Margaret b. 1843, d. 1936, m. John Creamer.
Maria b. 1845, m. Artemus Boulter.
Matilda b. 1847, m. James Boulter.
Eliza b. 1849, d. 1921.
Frances b. 1852, d. 1921, m. Mr. Creamer.
Henrietta b. 1855, d. 1870, Tryon.
Lavina b. 6 March 1858, m. John Thomas Dawson. See Dawson
history.
Bertha b. 5 Aug 1860, d. 1945, m. Seymour MacWilliams.
Adah Emma b. 18 June 1865.
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Joseph b. 1790, d. Aug 1887, bur. Cascumpec, son of David Mac Wil-
liams and Tracy Muttart, m. 1817 Judith Crockett.
Joseph bought his nephew William Bramford MacWilliams' farm,
what is now the Vernon Inman farm. Joseph sold his farm to Major
Inman in 1877 and although Joseph lived most of his life in North
Tryon, he died up west.
Joseph MacWilliams and Judith Crockett had 10 children:
+David b. 23 May 1818.
Edie or Ada b. 25 July 1820, m. Robert Simmons.
Lydia m. 31 Dec 1844 Edward Francis, County Line Road.
Eunice b. 26 July 1825, m. 1850 William Simmons.
Eliza b. 11 Jan 1829, m. 1848 John Kent, New Glasgow, PEL
Sarah Jane b. 31 Oct 1832, m. Charles Thomson. See Thomson
history.
Theophilus b. Nov 1834, m. Charlotte Robinson. See Robinson
history.
Maria b. 19 Apr 1836, George Simmons.
Josephb. 20 July 1838, m.c. 1861 Lydia MacNaught.b. 1842, d. 1933,
daughter of James MacNaught. They moved to Coleman about 1877
and had 10 children.
Jonothan Stafford b. 27 May 1840, m. Margaret MacPhail.
David b. 23 May 1818, d. 22 July 1894, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
son of Joseph MacWilliams and Judith Crockett, m. 17 Aug 1861 Jane
Enman, b. Lot 49, 1838, d. 11 May 1926, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Thomas Enman and Nancy Burke.
Jane was twenty years younger than David and was a widow for 32
years. They lived on the Crossroad where Richard Newsome now lives.
David was a farmer. Jane lived with her sister, Millicent Callbeck, on the
Branch Road after David's death.
David MacWilliams and Jane Enman had 7 children:
Margaret Ann b. 21 July 1862, m. Hubert Thomson. See Thomson
history.
Judith b. 21 Dec 1865, listed in 1881 census.
+Amos b. 1865.
Lora May d. 11 Aug 1869, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
James W. b.c. 1870, d. 29 July 1880, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
John b.c. 1875, listed in 1881 census.
Millicent bur. Winthrop, Mass., m. William Wood. See Wood his-
tory.
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Amos b. 1865, d. 4 July 1949, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
son of David Mac Williams and Jane Enman, m. Lucy Mills, St. Eleanors,
b. 1878, d. 23 July 1944, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
Amos Mac Williams was a fanner and built in 1923 what is now the
Richard Newsome house. Amos operated a horse powered treadmill
for threshing grain on his farm which was a source of entertainment
for children passing on their way to school.
Amos MacWilliams and Lucy Mills had 3 children:
+Mabelb. 8 June 1901.
Janetta b. 1904, d. 1925, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
-Kieorge b. 24 Jan 1910.
Mabel b. 8Jan 1901, daughter of Amos MacWilliams and Lucy Mills,
1st. m. Harold Knight, b. 1902, d. 20 Dec 1936, bur. Quinsey, Mass.,
son of William Knight and Minnie Howatt; 2nd. m. George Doull, a
store keeper in Carleton Siding; 3rd. m. Walter Cove, b. Boston 1898,
d. 1975, bur. Kentville, NS.
Mabel and Walter lived in Peterborough, Ontario; Mabel lives in
Kentville, N.S.
Mabel Mac William and Harold Knight had 1 child:
Dorothy b. 12 Aug 1923, d. 15 Nov 1989, bur. Kentville, NS, m.
Ronald Burrell, Kentville, NS.
George b. 24 Jan 1910, d. 24 Jan 1990, bur. Cape Traverse Church
of Scotland Cem., son of Amos MacWilliams and Lucy Mills, m. 3 Aug
1943 Laura Howatt, b. 14 Feb 1914, daughter of Phillip Howatt and
Jemima Rogerson.
George and Laura lived in part of the Amos MacWilliams house in
North Tryon. They moved to Bedeque in 1942. George was a trucker.
George MacWilliams and Laura Howatt had 2 children:
David Ray Barry b. 30 Oct 1946, m. 18 June 1966 Joy Harris, b. 31
May 1948, daughter of Fred and Violet May Olsen. They live in Milton
and had 3 children: Roy; Glenn; Gary.
Kathy Janice b. 20 Oct 1953, m. 11 Feb 1983 Lome Richard
Sutherland, b. 31 Aug 1950, son of Donald Sutherland and Mary
MacEachern. They live in Cape Traverse and had 3 children: Arlo; Leon;
Jemima.
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David b.c. 1792, d. 6 Sept 1885, bur. Bethel Cem., West Cape, son
of David MacWilliams and Tracy Muttart, m. 13 Feb 1822 Sarah Wood,
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b. 1800, d. 17 Dec 1887, daughter of Joseph Wood and Isabella Leard.
See Wood history.
David moved to Cape Wolfe, Lot 7, in 1841, where he operated mills
and built brigs, barques and one schooner. David had a private tutor
for his children when the 1841 census was taken. Two of David's
daughters married MacNeil men who were of the Roman Catholic faith.
These boys had boarded with David and Sarah while they learned the
mill trade. They turned Protestant when they married the daughters.
David Mac Williams and Sarah Wood had 9 children:
Joseph b. 12 May 1824, d. young.
Eliza.
Elizabeth b. 19 May 1826.
Jane b. 1829, d. 29 Sept 1910, m. 15 Sept 1845 John MacNeil, Seven
Mile Bay.
Horatio b. 1835, 1st. m. Catherine Power, they had 5 children;
Horatio 2nd. m. Margaret Currie. They had 8 children.
Caroline d. 16 Dec 1898, age 64, m. John Coughlin.
Amos b. 23 Sept 1836, d. 19 Sept 1918, m. 6 Oct 1875 Honora
Stymiest, b. 23 Sept 1852, d. 8 June 1937, Murray River. They had 6
children.
Alfred b. 1840, d. 28 Apr 1928, m. Clara Winsloe, no children. Alfred
was a MLA, and inherited his father's farm.
Sarah m. 9 Oct 1872 Joseph MacNeil, Seven Mile Bay. They lived in
West Cape.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Doris Thomson; Joy Mac Wil-
liams; Kathy Sutherland.
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c L e l l a n F a mi l y
John Mclellan b. South Uist, Scotland, bur. Indian River Cem., m.
Catherine MacPhee. John and Catherine emigrated to Indian River,
PEI, with John' s brother, Angus, and their respective families in 1787.
The forefathers of the McLellans of Indian River and Grand River
belonged to the Clan Maclan of Glencoe. John and Angus were the sons
of Donald, the son of Angus, the son of Donald, the son of John, the
son of Philip, making the Bloyce McLellan family the eleventh genera-
tion of McLellans, six of which have been residents of PEI.
John McLellan and Catherine MacPhee had 8 children:
+Donald b.c. 1770, South Uist, Scotland.
Catherine b. 1774, South Uist, Scotland, d. 1866, m. Peter Hickey.
They lived in Lot 18 and had 10 children.
Angus b. 1775, South Uist, Scotland, d. 8 Oct 1859, bur. Grand
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River, m. Sarah Gillis. They lived in Grand River and had 10 children.
Archibald b. 1779, South Uist, Scotland, d. 4 Apr 1867, bur. Indian
River, m. Anne Morrison. They lived in Indian River and had 7 children.
Alexander b. 1786, South Uist, Scotland, d. 22 March 1867, bur.
Indian River, m. Sarah MacCormack. They lived in Indian River and
had 9 children.
Roderick b. 1788, Indian River, d. 29 Dec 1860, bur. Indian River,
m. Mary MacDonald. They lived in Indian River and had 9 children.
Philip b. 1790, Indian River, d. 21 March 1867, bur. Indian River,
m. Flora Morrison. They lived in Indian River and had 6 children.
James b. 1792, Indian River, d. 24 Dec 1867, bur. Indian River, m.
Flora MacKenzie. They lived in Indian River and had 12 children.
Donald b. 1770, d. 2 Apr 1866, bur. Grand River, son of John
McLellan and Catherine MacPhee, 1st. m. Mary Gillis; 2nd. rn. Christina
MacDonald.
The Donald McLellan family lived in Grand River where Donald was
a farmer.
Donald McLellan and Mary Gillis had 4 children:
Donald b. 1803, d. 1864.
John b. 1806.
Christy.
Nancy.
Donald McLellan and his 2nd wife, Christina MacDonald, had 10
children:
Angus m. Jane MacDonald.
Archibald b. 1809, m. Marion Campbell.
Alexander.
Augustine.
+James D. b. 1824.
Mattias m. Mary Ann Wallace.
Margaret m. Sylvanus Gallant.
Ann.
Maryb. 1829.
Catherine.
James D. b. 1824, d. 12 Apr 1882, bur. Grand River, son of Donald
McLellan and Christina MacDonald, m. Catherine MacDonald of Be-
deque, b. 26 Jan 1858.
James and Catherine lived and farmed the homestead in Grand
River.
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James D. McLellan and Catherine MacDonald had 9 children:
Augustine b. 1859, d. 2 Dee 1888, bur. Grand River.
-fCornelius b. 1862.
Isabella Jane b. 1863, d. 7 Nov 1883, bur. Grand River.
Mary Ellen b. 1867.
Daniel F. b. 1868, d. 1918, bur. Grand River.
Peter b. 1870, d. 17 Oct 1891, bur. Philadelphia.
Joseph J. b. 1873, m. Janie Francis MacKinnon.
Bernard b. 1878, d. 30 Jan 1936, bur. Grand River, m. Mary
MacDonald.
Margaret Ann b. 1877.
Cornelius b. 1862, d. 28 Sept 1935, bur. Grand River, son of James
D. McLellan and Catherine MacDonald, m. Rosella MacKinnon.
Cornelius and Rosella farmed the homestead. Later they turned the
farm over to their son, Alphonsus, and Cornelius became a merchant
in Miscouche.
Cornelius McLellan and Rosella MacKinnon had 6 children:
James b. 15May 1891, lived in western USA. No further information.
+PeterA//>JK>nb. 19 June 1892.
Dolerinab. Nov 1900, d. 1916, bur. Grand River.
John Roy b. May 1901, d. 1989. Lived in Kelvington, Saskatchewan.
Winnifred b. 5 Nov 1906, m. Dr. Roy Grant. They lived in Summer-
side and had 5 children. Winnie lives in Charlottetown.
Kathleen b. 15 May 1908, d. May 1969, bur. Summerside, m. Russell
Crockett, d. 27 Aug 1992. They lived in Summerside and had 1 child.
Peter Alphonsus b. 19 June 1892, d. 26 Aug 1973, bur. Grand River,
son of Cornelius McLellan and Rosella MacKinnon, m. Elizabeth
Mathilda MacDonald, RN, of Pisquid West.
Alphonsus and Elizabeth farmed the homestead overlooking the
Grand River. Elizabeth also nursed at the Tyne Valley Hospital.
Alphonsus McLellan and Elizabeth MacDonald had 13 children:
Urban b. 19 Nov 1929, lives in Ontario.
Gerald b. 6 Dec 1931, d. 3 July 1987, bur. Grand River, m. Monica
Driscoll. They lived in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.
Ralph b. 10 Dec 1933, m. Irma Vanderzee. They live in Oshawa,
Ontario and had 2 children: Lisa; Denise.
Anne b. 28 May 1934, m. Dave Williams. They live in North Granville
and had 5 children: Darlene; David; Shirley; Don; Dwayne.
Allan b. 27 Aug 1935, lives in Charlottetown.
Roy b. 30 Nov 1937, lives in Surrey, BC; 2 children: Debbie; Sean.
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Peter b. 22 Feb 1939, m. Mary Jane Bell. They live in Surrey, BC and
had 3 children: Kim; Michael; Cindy.
Kathleen b. 24 Feb 1941, m. Derrick Williams. They live in George-
town, Ontario, and had 2 children: Stephen; John.
Mary Ellen b. 18 Aug 1944, lives in Toronto.
David b. 23 Oct 1947, m. Delia. They live in Surrey, BC.
+BIoyce Vincent b. 18 Jan 1950.
Two children died in infancy.
Bloyce Vincent b. 18 Jan 1950, son of Peter Alphonsus McLellan and
Elizabeth MacDonald, Arlington, m. 28 June 1975 Erith Lynne Craig,
b. 2 Dec 1952, daughter of Eric Craig and Jessie Leard. See Craig history.
Bloyce is the first McLellan to live in North Tryon. Bloyce graduated
from the University of New Brunswick Law School and was admitted
to the Bar of Prince Edward Island on 4 Nov 1976. He is a partner in
the law firm Campbell, McEwen, Taylor & McLellan, Summerside. Erith
has a BEd degree and taught at the Air Marshall Johnson School at CFB,
Summerside. Erith and Bloyce built a house in 1979 to the north of the
Craig homestead. They attend the Tryon United Church.
Bloyce McLellan and Erith Craig had 2 children:
Ashley Elizabeth Lynne b. 8 Aug 1986.
Morgan Craig b. 29 July 1990.
Sources: Bloyce McLellan.
Erith, Bloyce, Ashley, Morgan McLellan. McLellan Collection.
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Bloyce and Erith McLellan house. McLellan Collection.
a l o n e Fa mi l y
McLellan housi
John F. Malone m. 8 Dec 1849 Jane Foy Robinson, b. 5 Sept 1827,
daughter of Joseph Robinson and Phoebe Foy. See Robinson history.
John and Jane lived next to the Pooleys in North Tryon.
John Malone and Jane Robinson had at least 2 children:
Mary Eliza b. 15 Sept 1851, m. William Pooley. See Pooley history.
Joseph John/oe b.c. 1861.
It is possible that Charles and Harry were also sons of John Malone
and Jane Robinson:
+Charles Agusta b.c. 1855.
+Harryb. 1858.
JosephJohnjoe b.c. 1861, d. 18 Aug 1928, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
son of John Malone and Jane Robinson, m. 1 June 1893 Ida Dawson
Ives, b. 5 Feb 1876, d. 7 March 1896 of consumption, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem, daughter of Thomas Ives and Mary Jane Wood. See Ives history.
Joe and Ida lived in North Tryon across the brook behind where Les
MacDonald now lives. They had no children.
Charles Agusta b.c. 1855, d. 28 Aug 1888, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
possible son of John Malone and Jane Robinson, 1st. m. Jane ?, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem.; 2nd. m. Emily Lefurgey, b. Birch Point, 1863, d.
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29 Nov 1917, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of James Lefurgey
and Jane Boulter.
Charles worked at Ives' Mill, and lived next to the Pooley house on
the main road.
Charles Malone and Jane had at least 1 child:
NeUie.
Charles Malone and Emily Lefurgey had 1 daughter:
Jennie b. 1888, d. 1975, m. Fred G. Boulter, b. 1881, d. 1928. They
had no children.
Harry b. 1858, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., possible son of
Jbhn Malone and Jane Robinson, m. Henrietta Lefurgey, b. 1870,
daughter of James Lefurgey and Jane Boulter, Birch Point.
Harry fired the boiler and piled lumber at Ives' Saw Mill. The Malone
house which burned in the early 1940s was east of the Pooley house on
the main road. Arthur Walsh lived with his uncle, Harry.
Harry Malone and Henrietta Lefurgey had at least 2 children:
Ada M. b. 1890.
Nellie b. 1892, d. 1964, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m. Samson E.
Walsh. They lived in Albany and had 12 children: Lloyd; Norman; Ada;
Charles; Reggie; Cedric; Arthur; Lyman; Ralph; Dorothy; Juanita; Ray-
mond.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Community residents.
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ayhew Family
Frank b. 1891, d. 13Jan 1929, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Mark
Mayhew and Melinda Penwarden, m. 30 Jan 1922 Olive Arbing, b. 14
Oct 1902. See Arbing history.
Frank lived in Mount Tryon before he married Olive and moved to
North Tryon where he operated a grocery store on the Michael Delaney
property. Frank died suddenly, leaving Olive with four small children.
The younger children were brought up by foster families.
Frank Mayhew and Olive Arbing had 4 children:
+Earle Harry b. 19 Aug 1922.
+Lena Melinda b. 5 Sept 1923.
+Everett James b. 8 May 1926.
Dorothy May b. 24 July 1928, d. 21 June 1929.
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Earle Harry b. 19 Aug 1922, d. 31 Jan 1979, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of Frank Mayhew and Olive Arbing, m. 27 Oct
1944 Alice Jeannette MacDonald, b. 9 Dec 1924, daughter of Roy
MacDonald and Florence Bell. See MacDonald history.
Earle lived with his mother in North Tryon. Earle andj eanet t e lived
in Crapaud and Earle worked for Marine Adantic in Borden. They
attended the Crapaud Gospel Hall.
Earle Mayhew andjeanette MacDonald had 3 children:
Aletha Florence b. 22 Feb 1945, m. Donald Brenton Canfield, son
of Heber Canfield and Aletha MacDonald. They live in Westmoreland
and had 5 girls: Jeannette Dondee; Earla Leah; Aletha Janalee; Maria
Jolene; Judith Darla.
Sheila Olive b. 13 Oct 1947, m. Thomas Arsenault. They live in
Clyde River and had 1 child: Phillip.
Carter Earle b. 23 March 1951, m. Mary Arsenault. They live in
Westmoreland and had 2 children: Leanne b. 1974; Kara Dawn b. 1979.
Lena Melinda b. 5 Sept 1923, daughter of Frank Mayhew and Olive
Arbing, m. 30 June 1935 Ira Nicholson, b. Rose Valley, d. 7 Sept. 1991,
son of Roger Nicholson and Minnie Biggar. They had no children.
Lena and Ira farmed in Rose Valley. Lena is a member of the Tryon
United Baptist Church and now lives in Charlottetown.
Everett James b. 8 May 1926, son of Frank Mayhew and Olive
Arbing, m. Vera Louise Rogers, b. 31 March 1935, daughter of Leighen
Rogers and Marion Rogers.
Everett was raised by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bruce, East Point. Everett
was a farm worker and Everett and Vera live in Cornwall.
Everett Mayhew and Vera Rogers had 9 children:
Darlene b. 21 May 1956, d. 1960, in a barn fire on the Crossman
property on the Crossroad.
+Donna/ean b. 8 Apr 1958.
Linda Jean b. 14 March 1961, m. Claude Cornish. See Cornish
history.
Cordon Leighen b. 22 Sept 1965, m. Joanne Kelly. They live in
Kelly's Cross and had 2 children: Samantha Josephine; Amanda Lynn.
Lena Fern Irene b. 14 Jan 1967. Lena and Daryl Livingston live in
North River and had 1 child: Anthony Cory.
Frank James b. 31 July 1968, lives in North Wiltshire.
Donald Barry b. 31 July 1968, m. Anna Thompson. They live in
North River and had 1 child: Terry.
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Terry Everett b. 22
Sept 1969, d. 30 May
1974, bur. Lower Bede-
que Cem..
Dorothy Faye b. 20
March 1973, lives in
Moncton.
Donna/eaw b. 8 Apr
1958, daughter of Ev-
erett Mayhew and Vera
Roge r s , m. J a me s
Richards, Kinkora.
J ean and Chelsea
live in an apartment in
t he f or me r Di xon
Store.
Jean Richards had
1 child:
Chelsea Marie b. 14
Oct 1988.
S
.~.. Jean and Chelsea Richards. Richards Collection.
ources : Olive
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Coles; Aletha Canfield; Linda Cornish; Jean Richards; Lena Nicholson.
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Fred George Mitchell b. Moncton, 10 Jan 1924, son of George
Mitchell and Isabelle MacMillan, m. 14 June 1947 Mildred Shirley Toots
Lefurgey, b. 6 Oct 1921, d. 2 May 1987, bur. Argyle Shore Cem.,
daughter of Max Lefurgey and Georgie Manson. See Lefurgey history.
Fred and Toots lived in Moncton. They returned to North Tryon in
1952 and lived in the Lefurgey home with Toots' parents, Max and
Georgie. Fred was a transport driver before accepting a position with
the Department of Highways as a scale operator at Borden. Toots was
a member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
The history of the Albany Baptist Little Zion Church by Muriel Boulter
MacKay records the following ceremony:
In June 1947 a wedding took place in the church. As far as is known it was
the only wedding ever held in Little Zion: Mildred Lefurgey to Fred Mitchell
of Moncton, NB. Mildred, a daughter of Max and Georgie Manson Lefurgey
is a descendant of a long list of Lefurgeysfrom the great, great grandfather down
who were loyal supporters of this church.
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Fred and Toots Mitchell. Mitchell Collection.
The church was nicely
decorated for the occasion.
The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Corey
(Baptist) ofMoncton. The
organist was Lois
MacKay, a friend of the
bride. The soloist, Mrs.
Belle Dixon, a friend of
the family. The bride radi-
ant in her wedding gown,
was given by her father,
Max Lefurgey. Her bridal
attendent was sister,
Helen, and the best man
was Frank fohnson. Ush-
ers were friends, George
Dawson and David
Clark. The ceremony was
most impressive and
marked a new use for the
church.
Fred Mitchell and
Mildred Toots Lefur-
gey had 3 children:
+Robert George b.
Moncton, 16 Nov 1948.
+Joanne Maxine b. Moncton, 3 Nov 1951.
William Billy Kenneth b. Charlottetown, 27 Sept 1961, not married.
Robert George b. 16 Nov 1948, son of Fred Mitchell and Toots
Lefurgey, 1st. m. 26 Aug 1976 Feme Mary Noonan, b. 5 Feb 1950,
daughter of Layton Joseph Mickie Noonan and Louise Mary Cairns,
Albany; George 2nd. m. Laura Diane MacDougall, b. 25 July 1955,
daughter of John MacDougall and Audrey MacLeod, NS.
Both George and Laura are members of the Canadian Armed Forces
and were stationed in Chatham, NB, before being transferred to
Summerside. George and Laura converted the Lefurgey home into a
two family dwelling in 1985 They lived in one end and Fred and Billy
in the other.
George Mitchell and Feme Noonan had 1 child:
Melaniejoyb. 22 June 1977.
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George Mi t chel l
and Laura MacDougall
had 2 children:
Michael George b.
Newcastle, NB, 3 Nov
1983.
Matthew John b.
Summer si de, 6 Sept
1987.
Joanne Maxine b. 3
Nov 1951, daughter of
Toot s Lefurgey and
Fred Mitchell, m. 8 Dec
1972 Wayne Carroth-
ers, son of William and
El eanor Car r ot her s,
Belleville, Ont..
Joanne and Wayne
live in Kingston, On-
tario, where Joanne is
an interior decorator,
and Wayne is a real es-
tate agent.
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Joanne Mitchell and Wayne Carrothers had 1 child:
Leslie Joanne b. 10 Aug 1975.
Sources: Fred Mitchell; Bea Lefurgey; Muriel MacKay.
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o r r i s o n Fa mi l y
The June 10, 1834 edition of the Royal Gazette advertises J.B. Morri-
son of Tryon as a chairmaker. Alex F. Morrison also advertises his trade
of chairmaker on June 23, 1835. No further reference to these gentle-
men has been found.
The following quotation is found in Past and Present: Alexander
Morrison never left, his native Scotland, but three brothers and a sister came to
Tryon, PEI, in 1839 where Adam engaged in carpentry, his brothers following
the tailor trade. It would seem the Morrison brothers were: Adam b.c.
1815; James b. 1823; and Robert b. 1831. An A. Morrison and a J.
Morrison lived on the road to Mount Tryon on the 1863 Island map.
Robert must have settled elsewhere.
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Adam b.c. 1815, Scotland, d. 18June 1901, age 86, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., m. Isabella MacDonald, b.c. 1827, NS, d. 6 Aug
1906, age 79, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
Adam Morrison and Isabella MacDonald in the 1881 census had 7
children, all born on PEI:
Margaret Jane bap. 9 Sept 1851, m. J.D. Cameron, Green Hill, NS.
+William Lord bap. 15 July 1855.
+James Andrew b. 24 Oct 1857.
Anna b.c. 1859.
Charlotte A. b.c. 1866, m. James Douglas, Green Hill, Pictou Co.,
NS.
Georgene Cameron, bap. 2 Aug 1868, m. 10 Sept 1890 James A.
Robertson. They lived in Bonshaw.
Millan b.c. 1881.
William Lord bap. 15 July 1855, son of Adam Morrison and Isabella
MacDonald, m. 1 July 1879 Annie Elizabeth Thomson, b. 18 Feb 1859,
d. Penticton, BC, 6 Aug 1947, daughter of David Thomson and Caroline
Murphy. See Thomson history.
William Morrison and Anne Thomson had 3 children:
Milton Grey d. 7 March 1901, age 21, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem..
Alice.
Florence.
James Andrew b. 24 Oct 1857, son of Adam Morrison and Isabella
MacDonald, m. Apr 1894 Georgia Squarebriggs, daughter of George
Squarebriggs, New London.
James and Georgia lived in Summerside where James A. became one
of the leading merchants and produce dealers.
James A. Morrison and Georgia Squarebriggs had 3 children:
William Haywood.
George.
Reginald Knight.
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James b. 1823, Scotland, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
brother of Adam Morrison, m. Marjorie Cruickshank, b.c. 1824, d. 29
July 1887, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
James was a tailor and farmer in North Tryon and a member of the
Presbyterian Church. James and Adam were the contractors and build-
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ers of this Church in 1858 on land bought by David Thomson from
John Howatt. The 1861 census lists James Morrison, Lot 28, farmer,
Presbyterian, family of 8, 4 born PEI, 1 Scotland, 3 British Provinces; 3
females and 2 males between 5 and 16 years; 1 male between 16 and 21
years; 1 female and 1 male between 21 and 45 years. James owned 25
acres of land in the 1880 Atlas.
James Morrison and Marjorie Cruickshank had 10 children:
Jane Ann b. 1849, m. William Chisholm. See Chisholm history.
+Alexanderb. 1851.
Elizabeth bap. 1853, m. John MacRae. John was a school teacher on
PEI, and when they moved to Everett, Washington, became a real estate
agent.
Mary Belle bap. 25 June 1855, m. Cyrenus Clark. They lived in Tryon
where they had a store. They had 2 children: Lydia Warren; Blanche
who died young.
Adam m. Miss Cameron.
William bap. 12 Oct 1857.
+Robert Patterson bap. 2 Aug 1860.
+Catherine bap. 20 Oct 1862.
+James William bap. 17 Oct 1864.
Lydia Margaret bap. 7 July 1867, d. 25 Aug. 1879, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem..
Alexander b. 1851, d. 13 Jan 1929, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., son of James Morrison and Marjorie Cruikshank, m. Annie Lea
Lord, b. 16 June 1851, d. 30 July 1921, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., daughter of Charles Lord and Charlotte MacFadyen. See Lord
history.
Alexander is listed in the 1880 census as a cabinet maker. Alex
owned the Gouldrup Mills from 1889 to 1891, and again from 1895 to
1899. He then purchased Lord' s store in Tryon from his brother
Robert, and Alex and Annie moved to Tryon to what is now the Jack
Nelder house.
Alexander Morrison and Annie Lea Lord had 2 children:
Charles Russell Lord bap. 23 July 1878, d. 27 Oct 1895, bur. North
Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
+Philip Clayton b. 5 Jan 1885.
Clayton b. 5 Jan 1885, d. 26 Nov 1960, bur. Fredericton Floral Hills
Memorial Gardens, son of Alexander Morrison and Annie Lee Lord,
m. 24 Jan 1923 Marion MacQuarrie, b. 22 March 1897, daughter of
William A. MacQuarrie and Morey Montague MacVittie.
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Clayton and Marion moved to Hampton where they operated the
general store. Marion continued as general merchant following Clay-
ton's death until she retired in the 1980s.
Clayton Morrison and Marion MacQuarrie had 5 children:
Annie Lord b. 8Jan 1924, m. 8 Nov 1944 Hollis Roland MacDonald.
They lived in Bonshaw and had 3 children: Joanne; Sandra Dawn; Sheri.
Ruby Eileen b. 1 Dec 1925, d. 18 Apr 1977, bur. Charlottetown
Catholic Cem., m. 2 Sept 1952 William Cantwell. They lived in Parkdale
and had 5 children: Gayle; Elizabeth; Jeanette; Tracy; Owen.
James William Alexander Buddy b. 5 March 1929, m. Kathleen
MacFadyen. They live in Hampton and had 9 children: Heather; Karen;
William; Nancy; John; Mary; Barbara; Janice; Jennifer.
Morey Jean b. 16 July 1930, m. Murchison MacEachern. They live
in Hampton and had 5 children: Wendy; Sharlene; Kim; Paul Howard;
David.
Howard Russell Clayton b. 9 Aug 1940, not married, lives in
Toronto.
Robert Patterson bap. 2 Aug 1860, d. 1940, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of James Morrison and Marjorie Cruikshank,
m. 26 May 1887janie Alexandria Lord, b. 1860, d. 22 Jan 1897, bur.
North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of John A. Lord and Mar-
garet Crawford; see Lord history; Robert 2nd. m. Tena Grant, b.
Halifax, bur. Talahassie, Florida, daughter of Duncan Grant, a Halifax
merchant.
Robert and Janie lived in Tryon with Janie' s parents and Robert
operated Lord' s General Store. Robert sold his farm and store to his
brother, Alexander, and moved to Vancouver.
Robert Morrison and Janie Lord had 1 daughter:
Jean Gertrude b. 1 Oct 1888, d. 27 Aug 1967, m. 1913James Sinclair
McKinney, d. 2 Nov 1929. They had 4 children.
Robert Morrison and his 2nd wife, Tena Grant, had 1 child:
Grant b. 1904, d. Florida 1968, m. 26 Dec 1938 Elizabeth Mary
Pollock. They had 3 children.
Catherine bap. 20 Oct 1862, daughter of James Morrison and
Marjorie Cruikshank, m. Herman Kirn. Catherine went to visit her
sister, Elizabeth, in Washington State, after her parents died. There she
met her husband.
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Catherine Morrison and Herman Kirn had 2 children:
Marjorie Grace b. 15 March 1897, m. 20 June 1929 C. Evan Wright,
b. 28 Aug 1898, d. 24 Jan 1972, bur Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Charles
Wright and Sophia Dawson. They lived in Victoria and had 2 children:
Robert Evan; John Morrison, d. young.
William Morrison Morris, lived in Charlottetown, and did not
marry.
James William bap. 17 Oct 1864, d. 1948, bur. North Tryon Presby-
terian Cem., son of James Morrison and Marjorie Cruikshank, 1st. m.
3 Sept 1891 Ella Lea Leard, b. 1867, d. 1926/8, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., daughter of Robert Leard and his 1st. wife Mary
Roblee; James 2nd. m. as her 2nd. husband Gertrude Best MacVittie.
Jimmy and Ella lived in Tryon next to Robert Morrison where Jimmy
operated a general store that was opened by his father-in-law, Robert
Leard. Jimmy and Gertrude had no children. They moved to North
Tryon to where Shane Thomas now lives. Neighbourhood children
liked to visit Gertie after school. She always listened to their tales and
treated them to cookies. Jimmy had a car that he kept polished and
covered, and on the Sunday drive to the North Tryon Presbyterian
Church, Gertie and Mrs. Will Muirhead always occupied the back seat,
chauffered by Jimmy.
James Morrison and Ella Leard had 1 child:
Mary Marjorie b. 1893, d. 26 March 1895, bur. North Tryon Pres-
Jim and Gertie Morrison. Morrison Collection.
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byterian Cem..
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; 1863 Island Map; Marion
Morrison; Royal Gazette.
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u i r h e a d F a mi l y
Robert Muirhead b.c. 1795, d. 14 March 1867, m. Mary Sharpe, b.c.
1796, d. 29 March 1857.
Robert Muirhead is listed in the 1841 census as an adherent of the
Church of Scotland, a farmer, a Justice of the Peace, and a commis-
sioner for small debts. Five people living in his home were born in
Scodand; himself, his wife Mary, sons William and John, and possibly
a daughter; while 7 were born on PEI: 3 female and 2 male under 16;
3 female and 2 male between 16 and 45; 1 female and 1 male between
45 and 60. They settled on the southwest corner of the Crossroad. The
land is now owned by Ingleside Farms. Robert' s and Mary's obituaries
tell us a little about them: Mary Sharpe Muirhead, d. Sunday 29 March
1857 at Tryon, after a protracted illness, which she bore with expiary patience
and resignation to the divine will. Mary Sharp, wife of Robert Muirhead and
a native of the parish ofTerregles, Dumfriesshire, age 61 yrs. She emigrated to
this Island in the year 1820.
Islander 29 March 1867- At Tryon on Thursday, the 14th. inst., Robert
Muirhead Esq. in the 72nd. yr. of his age. He was a native of Dumfriesshire,
Scotland, and resided at Tryon upwards of 40 years. He was much beloved and
is universally regretted. He leaves 2 sons and 6 daughters to mourn this
irreparable loss.
It would seem that Robert divided his farm between sons, John and
James. Daughters, Martha and Phoebe, operated a dry goods store,
millinery shop, and post office, and John had a general store. Robert,
along with Samuel Dawson of Tryon and John Clarke of Cape Traverse,
was a Commissioner for the Trial of Small Debts. George Bynon was the
clerk for the Commission, and they met the second Tuesday of each
month. This information was found in the 1845 Island Almanac, which
also states that Robert was a member of the House of Assembly for 3rd.
Prince.
Robert Muirhead and Mary Sharpe had 10 children in the 1841
census:
Daughter, possibly Agnes b.c. 1817, Scotland, m. John Bynon. See
Bynon history.
+John b. 1819.
+William d. March 1846.
+James b. 8 Dec 1823.
Martha b. 1825, not married.
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Joseph d. 24 Aug 1854, age 28.
Phoebe b. 1827, d. Sept 1918, not married.
Robert b. July 1832, d. 10 March 1838, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Margaret b. July 1832, d. 23 March 1841, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
John b. 1819, son of Robert Muirhead and Mary Sharpe, m. Matilda
MacCallum, b. 1832, d. July 1921.
John was a North Tryon farmer and a Presbyterian in the 1864
John Muirhead and Matilda MacCallum had 2 children in 1864:
Robert b.c. 1853, m. Annie Mills, a sister to Lucy Mac Williams. They
lived in North Tryon and had a son b. 10 June 1902.
Tillie.
William d. March 1846, son of Robert Muirhead and Mary Sharpe,
m. Charlotte Wright, b. 23 Jan 1819, d. 11 Jan 1875, as a widow, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of William Wright and Elizabeth Lord,
Tryon River.
William and Charlotte lived in Tryon where Ernie White now lives.
William was a seaman who met a misfortune at sea and left a widow
and two sons. Charlotte's father deeded her 35 acres of his Birch Point
Farm on 15 November 1856, thus providing a home for his daughter.
This property was owned by Karl Boulter in 1985.
William Muirhead and Charlotte Wright had 2 sons:
Robert d. 1917, bur. Whitman, Mass., m. Helen T. Delano. They
lived in USA and had 5 children: Helen; Elizabeth; William Elwin;
George Erwin; Joseph d. in infancy.
William Jr. b. 9 Apr 1846, d. 1913, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m.
Hannah Baker Gouldrup, b. 27 March 1853, d. in Boston 19 Feb 1939,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Jacob Gouldrup and Flora
Mclntyre. They had 3 children: Charlotte Lottie b. 2 June 1878; George
b. 4 Nov 1882; Eugenie b. 7 Oct 1885.
James b. 1824, d. 1 July 1888, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
son of Robert Muirhead and Mary Sharpe, m. 10 Aug 1867 Eliza
Thomas, b. 1836, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of
Samuel Thomas and Mary Foy. See Thomas history.
According to the 1880 Atlas, James Muirhead owned 125 acres in
North Tryon, Lot 28, part of the Robert Muirhead farm.
James Muirhead and Eliza Thomas had 6 children:
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Joseph b. 1869, m. Liza Ryan, Summerside. They had no children.
+Williamb. 1870.
James b. 1871, went to USA, married, and had a family.
John b. 1872, d.c. 1888 of scarlet fever.
Martha b. 1876, d. 1 March 1877.
George d. 1 Dec 1879, age 3 yrs. 6 mos., bur. North Tryon Presby-
terian Cem..
William b. 1870, d. 20 Apr 1952, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., son of James Muirhead and Eliza Thomas, m. Mary Ellen Francis
b. 1877, d. 1954, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of
George Francis and Louisa Thomas.
William farmed the homestead, leaving it to his wife and daughter,
Jean. The farm was purchased by Arthur Thomson in 1951, who sold
it to his brother, Charles, in 1976. It is owned by Ingleside Farms in
1992. The homestead was demolished in 1977. The Muirheads were
members of the North Tryon Presbyterian Church. Ellen was also a
member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
William Muirhead and Ellen Francis had 7 children:
George Francis b. July 1906, d. 1974, bur. Toronto, not married.
+Gordon Norman b. Feb 1908.
Rhonda Louise b. 5 March 1909, d. Oct 1977, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., not married.
+Howard Winfred b. 20 Sept 1910.
John Reginald b. 1912, d. 5 March 1982, bur. Toronto, not married.
Jean Eliza b. 28 July 1914, 1st. m. Olie Samuels; 2nd. m. Harold
Simmons. See Simmons history.
+Marjorie Mildred b. 3 Jan 1919.
Gordon Norman b. Feb 1908, d. 1970, bur. Sault St. Marie, Ont.,
son of William Muirhead and Ellen Francis, m. Annie Egan.
Gordon and Annie lived in BC before moving to Sault St. Marie.
Gordon Muirhead and Annie Egan had 1 child:
Gordon.
Howard Winfred b. 20 Sept 1910, d. Nov 1988, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of William Muirhead and Ellen Francis, m. 1937
Evelyn Hope German, b. 1918.
Howard and Evelyn lived and farmed in Argyle Shore.
Howard Muirhead and Evelyn German had 15 children:
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Russell, deceased, was married and lived in USA.
John Eldon b. 1940, d. 5 mos., bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
Delbert is married and lives in Sault St. Marie, Ontario.
William is married and lives in Massachusetts.
Victor is married and lives in Ontario.
George is married and lives in Darlington.
John is married and lives in Argyle Shore.
Daniel Ralph b. 13 Feb 1960, d. 7 Sept 1983, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem..
Douglas b. 23 Dec 1945, d. 26 Sept 1973, bur. North Tryon Presby-
terian Cem., m. Barbara Chainery. They had 2 children: Laurie; Dougie.
Jean 1st. m. Folmer Jorgenson, deceased; 2nd. m. Mr. Ferrish.
Carol m. Ron Gaines. They lived in Massachusetts.
Faye m. Charles Gerstel. Faye lives in Massachusetts.
Enid Louise m. Paul Madore. Enid is nursing in Vancouver.
Audrey m. Stanley Sterling. They live in Cornwall, PEL
Lee lives in Charlottetown.
Marjorie Mildred b. 3 Jan 1919, daughter of William Muirhead and
Ellen Francis, m. 5 Feb 1938 John Eldon Dawson, b. 20 May 1914, son
of Henry Elmer Dawson and Winnifred Bell, Augustine Cove. See
Dawson history.
Marjorie and Eldon live and farm in Augustine Cove.
Marjorie Muirhead and Eldon Dawson had 3 children:
Gordon Addingtonb. 20 Oct 1938, m. 20 June 1959 Joan Winnifred
Cutcliffe, b. 25 Jan 1938, daughter of Roy Cutcliffe and Lillian MacWil-
liams. They had 3 children: David Gordon b. 8 Aug 1960, m. Cheryl
Harvey; Gregory Paul b. 30 Nov 1963, m. Bethany Campbell; Christo-
pher Elmer b. 5 July 1967.
Jean Helen b. 31 Jan 1944, m. Ross Sutherland, son of Beth and Ian
Sutherland. They live in BC and had 1 child: Ian b. 18 Oct 1966.
Donna Louise b. 19Jan 1946, m. 13July 1963 Lea Wilson, b. 26 Sept
1943, son of Ray Wilson and Vera Trowsdale. They live in Crapaud and
had 5 children: Larry Elmer b. 17jan 1964, d. 28 Oct 1977, bur. Crapaud
Anglican Cem.; Wendy Jean b. 7 Oct 1966; Terry Lee b. 29 Sept 1970;
Nancy Anne b. 7 Apr 1972; Cindy Dawn b. 6 Aug 1979.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Lord History; Marjorie
Dawson.
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u t t a r t F a mi l y
Balthazar Mautarde b. 1738, Stembach, Diocese of Strasbourg,
Alsace, d. June 1784, was a soldier of the Seven Years' War and fought
under Wolfe at Louisbourg and Quebec. Balthazar is believed to have
been a member of Holland's Prince Edward Island survey party in
1764-65. He returned with Holland in 1768 to settle at Tryon in the
Aboiteau area where a number of his large family was born. Balthazar
joined as a private when the Company of Saint John Volunteers was
organized. He drew provisions and carried out the duties assigned to
him, with frequent and lengthy furloughs at Tryon. When it was decided
to disband the company, word was sent to all members to report for
discharge at the last muster which was set for the 12th of June 1784.
Balthazar and others immediately left by boat from Muddy Cove to go
to Charlottetown to get their discharge and the 100 acre grant of land
to which they were each entitled. The boat carrying the men was
swamped not far from shore by a strong southwest wind and they were
all drowned. Balthazar's destitute widow and family did not receive the
land promised. Seven of the children were girls, which at that time was
not considered a good thing. However they were strong girls, able to
cut and haul trees to the mill, as well as clear the land around the stumps
for catde, horses, sheep, and pigs. The family was able to survive
through their toil. The widow married James Howatt, a widower, and
they setded on the land now known as the Howatt's Fruit Farm at Tryon.
Balthazar is thought to be buried on Everett Howatt's farm. See Howatt
history. Throught the years the name Mautarde has had several spell-
ings and today it is written Muttart.
Balthazar Mutard and Marguerite Holier! had 10 or 11 children:
Theresa m. 1784 David Mac Williams.
Sophia m. Alex Maclnnis.
Margaret b.c. 1778, d. 16 May 1836, m. William Clark, b.c. 1758, d.
11 Apr 1855, bur. Cape Traverse United Church Cem..
Morlin m. 1788 Jeremiah Connell/Campbell.
Catherine m. 1788 Nathan Noys/Noyes, Bedec.
Magdalen 1st. m. Augustus Kilcash; 2nd. m. 1797 Peter Climate.
Mary m. Mr. MacNeil.
+Georgeb. 21 Jan 1776.
Louis m. Elizabeth Cockburn and moved to Canada and later
Michigan.
John m. Mary Maclnnis and moved to Upper Canada.
George Mortart b. 21 Jan 1776, d. 21 Jan 1844, bur. Cape Traverse
United Cem., son of Balthazar Mutard and Marguerite Holleri, m. 1797
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Elizabeth Morley, b. 20 Sept 1775, d. 21 Sept 1857, bur. Cape Traverse
United Cem., daughter of Charles Morley and Isabella Rogers. See
Leard history.
George and Elizabeth lived at Tryon until they moved with their
family to Cape Traverse. Their homestead was owned by a great-great-
grandson, Wallace Muttart, in 1980. Brought up a Roman Catholic,
George Muttart was for a time a lay reader appointed by the priest to
read the service prayers in the homes of the faithful at Tryon and
vicinity. However, he was converted to Protestantism by Nathaniel
Wright in 1793-94. George and his eldest son, Charles, joined the
Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1815. The remaining children, with the
exception of William, followed his example.
George Mortart and Elizabeth Morley had 10 children:
Charles b. 11 June 1798, d.June 1855, m. 1 Jan 1823 Margaret Leard,
b. March 1804, d. Dec 1871, daughter of John Brick Leard and Jane
Lord. They had 6 children and lived in Cape Traverse. See Leard
history.
Margaret Peggy b. 4 July 1800, m. John Creek Leard. See Leard
history.
Mary Ann b. 25 July 1802, d. 8 Nov 1870, m. 13 Nov 1827 Michael
Clark, b. 1805, d. 1880, son of Michael Clark and Sarah Gamble. They
lived at Tryon and had 7 children.
Adamb. 1804, d. 10 Feb 1874, m. Martha Mattie Rose, daughter of
Sampson Rose and Elizabeth Baker of East Point. They moved from
Cape Traverse to Fifteen Point. They had 10 children.
+George b. May 1806.
Isabella b. 1807, m. Samuel Leard. See Leard history.
Johnb. 28 Feb 1810, d. 30 Nov 1889, m. 15 Sept 1831 Elizabeth Bell,
b. 1813, d. 13 Sept 1886, bur. Cape Traverse United Cem., daughter of
John Bell and Jane Little. They lived at Carleton and had 7 children.
See Bell history.
Sophia b. 1812, d. 31 March 1880, m. 20 Jan 1831 Samuel Carruth-
ers, b. 1802, d. 1876, son of Thomas Carruthers and Isabella Tait. They
moved to North Bedeque and had 12 children.
Lewis b. 21 Apr 1814, d. 10 Sept 1903, bur. Cape Traverse United
Cem., m. 4 July 1838 Susan Jane Allen, b. 1818, d. 21 July 1881, Cape
Traverse United Cem., daughter of Eliphalet Allen and Hannah Ray-
worth of Bayfield, NB. They lived on the homestead in Cape Traverse
and had 14 children. It was on this farm in 1852 that telegraph
communications by undersea cable were established between Cape
Tormentine and Cape Traverse. After the death of Susan, Lewis mar-
ried Annabella Wright Read Inman, b. 1821, d. 1904, daughter of
William Wright and Isabella Cole.
William Belsher b. 16 May 1819, d. 22 Sept 1885, m. 1845 Sarah
Sally Campbell of Cape Traverse. They had 10 children.
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George b. May 1806, d. May 1863, son of George Mortart and
Elizabeth Morley, m. October 1825 Ann Duncan, b. 1804, d. 1896,
daughter of Jane and William Duncan.
It is told that Ann, in love with George, refused to accompany her
parents after an evening visit at the Muttarts' and hid in the grain field
until their departure. George and Ann lived and farmed in Augustine
Cove.
George Muttart and Ann Duncan had 13 children:
Horatio bapt. Aug 1835.
James C. bapt. Aug 1835.
Elizabeth bapt. Aug 1835.
+John Duncan b. 1829.
William A. b. Oct 1830, d. Feb 1872, bur. Maine, 1st. m. Jane Ann
Holliday; 2nd. m. Mary Holliday, Jane' s sister.
Margaret b. Jan 1832, d. Aug 1861.
Elsie b. 1834, d. 1910, m. John Holliday, brother to Jane and Mary.
Isabella b. Sept 1836, d. Aug 1902, m. 1857, 1st cousin, John L.
Muttart, b. 1832, d. Feb 1913.
Mary Ann b. March 1838, d. May 1892, m. 1st cousin, Lewis Leard,
b. 1832, d. 1910, bur. Searletown Cem..
Charles Westley b. 1840, d. 1901, m. 1863 Eliza Hood, b. 1836, d.
1927.
Oliver Webster b. March 1842, d. May 1918, m. Lucy Howatt
Hooper, b. June 1844, d. June 1914.
George Wheelock b. Feb 1844, d. 1880, murdered in California.
Sarah Sophia b. Feb 1847, d. Aug 1851.
John Duncan b. 1829, d. 1904, son of George Muttart and Ann
Duncan, m. 1857 his 1st. cousin Mary Jane Leard, b. March 1838, d. Jan
1904, daughter of John Creek Leard and Margaret Muttart. See Leard
history.
John D. was a farmer in Carleton.
John D. Muttart and Mary Jane Leard had 9 children:
William S. b. 1860, d. 1951, m. Ada Jane Lowther.
Annie A. b. Jan 1862, d.Jan 1946, m. 1888 Wallace Lowther, b. 1857,
d. 1950, bur. Searletown Cem..
Adelaide S. b. Feb 1864, d. Oct 1894, unmarried.
Franklin b. 1866, d. 1960, m. Helen Ferguson, b. 1888, d. 1967,
daughter of Alfred Ferguson and Annie Elizabeth Inman. See Inman
history.
Amanda b. 2 Dec 1867, m. George Callbeck. See Callbeck history.
Albert L. b. 1870, d. 1956, m. Minnie Toombs, b. 1873, d. 1952.
Laura Gertrude b. May 1873, d. Dec 1900, m. 1899 Samuel Stavert,
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b. Oct 1859, d. Dec 1924.
Bessie Maude b. March 1879, d. Feb 1964, m. James Stavert, b. Sept
1873, d. March 1966.
+Hedley Leard b. 20 Apr 1880.
Hedley Leard b. 20 Apr 1880, d. 13 March 1979, bur. Cape Traverse
United Cem., son of John D. Muttart and Mary Jane Leard, 1st. m. 16
July 1902 Mildred Florence Ferguson, b. Hampton, 22 Aug 1886, d. 20
Feb 1922, bur. Cape Traverse United Cem., daughter of Alfred Fer-
guson and Annie Elizabeth Inman, see Inman history; Hedley 2nd. m.
Cecelia Waugh, b. Aug 1886, d. Feb 1987, bur. Cape Traverse United
Cem., daughter of Thomas Waugh and his 2nd. wife Jerusha Hogg,
North Bedeque.
Hedley lived in the John D. Muttart home and continued his father's
farming operation.
Hedley Muttart and Mildred Ferguson had 9 children:
Edna Ethel b. 19 March 1903, d. 23 March 1975, bur. Crapaud Cem.,
m. 1923 Boyd Lowther, b. 24 Feb 1895, d. 7 May 1979. They had 1 child:
Mildred Amy b. 17 May 1924.
Amanda May b. 19 June 1904, m. George Newsome. See Newsome
history.
Evelyn Anne b. 28 March 1906, m. Major Sterling Lord. See Lord
history.
Jennie Adelaide b. 3 Nov 1907, m. 1932 Frank Jardine, b. 18 Nov
1905, Wilmot Valley, d. 19 Aug 1981. They had 1 child: Beulah Joan b.
12 Apr 1933, m. David Ronald Kerr.
Areta Harriet b. 3 Aug 1910, m. 1937 John A. Annear, b. Lower
Montague, 21 May 1905, d. 18 Apr 1974. They had 5 children: Ralph
Muttart b. 31 July 1938; Eileen Audrey b. 4 July 1940; Morleyjohn b.
17 May 1942; Harry David b. 22 June 1946; Mildred Ruth b. 31 Oct
1949.
+John Alfred b. Aug 1912.
+George Hedley b. 15 Aug 1914.
Harold Frederick b. July 1916, m. 1944 Norma Small, b. Sher-
brooke, 20 Oct 1920. They had 5 children: Lloyd Frederick b. 17 Sept
1944, m. Pauline Thompson; Dawna Mabel b. 11 Nov 1946, m. Wesley
Palmer; Ralph Wayne b. 21 Aug 1949, m. Valerie Foy; Jean Elizabeth b.
14 Sept 1954, m. David Muttart; Sandra Lee b. 24 June 1964, m. Alan
Inman. See Inman history.
William Wallace b. May 1919, m. 1945 Jennie Mae Brown, b.
Kenora, Ont., Aug 1923. They had 3 children: Douglas Brian b. 14 Apr
1941; Linda Mildred b. 19 March 1948, m. Armand Taylor; Constance
Anne b. 22 Apr 1949, m. Gary Campbell.
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John Alfred b. 24 Aug 1912, son of Hedley Muttart and Mildred
Ferguson, m. 2 Nov 1932 Adelaide Pooley, b. Sept 1910, daughter of
Charles Pooley and Dora Thomson. See Pooley and Thomson history.
John and Adelaide live and farmed in Albany. They are members of
the Tryon United Church.
John Muttart and Adelaide Pooley had 5 children:
Hedley James b. 28 May 1934, m. 28 June 1958 Joyce Rixena
Stafford, b. 26 Aug 1940, daughter of Albert and Laura Stafford. They
had 4 children: Deanne Lynn b. 1 Oct 1958; David Neil b. 10 Dec 1959;
Kenneth Lloyd b. 19 Dec 1960; John Randall Albert Randy b. 4 Apr
1964.
Charles Hillard b. 13 March 1938, m. 9 May 1959 Feme Stewart, b.
15 Feb 1943, daughter of Lome and Dorothy Stewart. They had 1 child:
John Wayne b. 13July 1959 m. Deborah MacLean.
Lois Doreen b. 19 Apr 1939, 1st. m. Allison MacEachern. They had
1 child: Tracy Lynn b. 28 July 1968; Lois 2nd. m. 4 July 1981 Jim Gillis,
son of Tina Gillis. They had no children.
Jennie Evelyn b. 1944, d. 1944, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Dale Arthur b. 13 July 1946, m. 21 March 1975 Helen Murphy Carr,
b. 15 Nov 1944, daughter of Edward and Glen Murphy. Helen had 1
child: Sharon Carr b. 10 Jan 1967.
George Hedley b. 15 Aug 1914, son of Hedley Muttart and Mildred
Ferguson, 1st. m. 1940 Florence Midwood Dixon, b. Mermaid, 24 Oct
1918, d. 10 June 1985, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Fred
Dixon and Margaret MacDonald. See Dixon history. George 2nd. m. 25
Jan 1986 Audrey MacKay Waugh, b. 29 Jan 1920, daughter of John
George MacKay and Muriel Boulter. They had no children.
George and Florence lived and farmed on the Crossroad. They were
members of the Tryon United Church. Their farm was owned by Albert
Callbeck in 1880. It comprised two hundred acres of land between
William Keough's farm and that of John Muirhead's. George Callbeck
and his wife, Amanda Muttart, sold the property to George Muttart,
nephew of Amanda, in 1936. George renovated the house in 1949;
removing a wood shed and raising the house ont o a cement foundation.
He added a potato warehouse to the north of the house. A fire on
November 21, 1982 totally destroyed the barn. George sold the prop-
erty to his sons, Robert and Wendell, in 1986, and moved to Audrey's
home in Wilmot. Wendell and his wife, Cathy, moved from Crapaud to
the home farm. Ingleside Farms bought the farm land in 1991.
George Muttart and Florence Dixon had 4 children:
+John Robert b. 26 Nov 1943.
+George Wendell b. 31 Aug 1945.
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Florence and George Muttart. Wendell Muttart
Collection.
+Louise Amanda b. 27 Feb 1947.
Infant b. 1950, d. 1950, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.
George and Florence Muttart house. Hazel Robinson.
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John Robert b. 26 Nov 1943, son of George Muttart and Florence
Dixon, m. 27 Sept 1969 Keila Mae Glydon, b. 30 July 1949, daughter of
Clinton Glydon and Anna Murphy.
Robert and Keila built a house on the home farm. Keila and their
children live in Charlottetown in 1992. Robert, retired from farming,
is a tractor trailer driver and a special constable with the RCMP and the
Borden Police Department. Robert lives in North Tryon with his
fiancee, Loretta Budden b. 13 Sept 1949, daughter of Bernard Brown
Budden and Effie Macintosh.
Robert Muttart and Keila Glydon had 2 children:
Nicole Anne Margaret b. 7 July 1971.
Robert Matthew b. 8 June 1976.
Nicole, Matthew, Keila, Robert Muttart. Wendell Muttart Collection.
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Robert Muttart house. Hazel Robinson.
Robert Muttart and Loretta Budden. Robert Muttart Col-
lection.
George Wendell, BA, BEd, b. 31 Aug 1945, son of George Muttart
and Florence Dixon, m. 23 Aug 1980 Cathryn Mary Pitre, b. 8 Oct 1957,
daughter of Alyre Pitre and Elvina Arsenault.
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Wendell and Cathy Muttart. Wendell Muttart Collection.
Wendell and Cathy live on the home farm and had no children.
Wendell is a school teacher.
Louise Amanda b. 27 Feb 1947, daughter of George Muttart and
Florence Dixon, m. 15 June 1968 Freeman Dean MacKenzie, son of
Norman MacKenzie and Joyce Darrach.
Louise and Freeman live in Sackville, NS, where they have a printing
business.
Louise Muttart and Freeman MacKenzie had 3 children:
Kevin George b. 30 July 1969.
Tamara Jo b. 3 Sept 1973.
Colin Freeman b. 25 June 1975.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Dawson History; Evelyn Lord;
Lois Gillis; Robert Muttart; Wendell Muttart.
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Louise Muttart MacKenzie and daughter Tamara. Wen-
Mi Muttart Collection.
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ewsome Family
Amo n g t he ear l y PEI s et t l er s was Samuel
Newsom/Newsome/Newson, who sailed with his wife and family from
Hull, England. They settled on one hundred acres of land in Crapaud.
Samuel and Mary Newsom had 9 children:
Samuel b. 1807, d. 11 Sept 1884, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m. by
license issued 31 Aug 1831 Mary Ann Callbeck, b. 5 July 1811, d. 18 July
1893, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Philips Morris Callbeck
and Ann Warren. They had 9 children. Samuel was a blacksmith in
Crapaud. They were members of the Tryon Baptist church. See Call-
beck history.
+George b.c. 1812.
James b. 6 June 1822, d. 20 May 1878, bur. Westmoreland Baptist,
m. 25 Dec 1844 Anne Nancy Warren, d. 28 Nov 1908, bur. Westmore-
land Baptist Cem., daughter of Joseph Warren and Ann Pollard. They
lived in Westmoreland and had 11 children.
Henry Gouldrup b. 27 Dec 1824, d. 25 Aug 1870, bur. Crapaud
Cem., m. 13 July 1850 Maria Callbeck, b. Charlottetown 1829, d. 1874.
They lived in Crapaud and had 7 children.
Caroline or Mary d. 31 Aug 1872, m. William Platts, a miller, d. 28
March 1869, bur. Crapaud Cem..
Elizabeth 1st. m. 26 March 1835 Richard Best, b. 1810, d. 1847, bur.
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Crapaud Cem., son of Thomas Best and Maria Hutchison; 2nd. m. John
Hodgson. Richard Best was a carpenter and lived in Crapaud. They had
6 children. Richard was killed when the rafters of the Kelly's Cross
Church, which he was building, collapsed.
Fannie m. Mark Inman. See Inman history.
Margaret b. 9 Nov 1839, d. 25 March 1915, bur. Charlottetown
Peoples Cem., m. 8 Apr 1854 John Rogerson, d. 1875, son of Peter
Rogerson and Jean Chron. They lived and farmed in Crapaud and had
7 children. John also had a carpenter shop.
Martha 1st. m. Daniel Fowler; 2nd. m. Thomas Thorne, New York.
They setded in Brantford, Ont.
George b.c. 1812, England, d. Bedeque, 28 Feb 1896, bur. Lower
Bedeque Cem., son of Samuel and Mary Newsome, m. 9 Apr 1839
Susannah Hood, b. 1823, d. 9 Nov 1897, bur. Lower Bedeque Cem..
George purchased the David Lowther farm in Crapaud, but later
sold it to his brother, Henry. George and Susannah moved to Bedeque.
George Newsome and Susannah Hood had 8 children:
Priscilla b. 15 Dec 1839.
Martha b. 5 Dec 1841.
James Robinson b. 14 July 1846.
William Barker b. 5 Apr 1844, another date given 26 Oct 1849.
John Albert b. 4 Sept 1852.
George Sharford b. 10 Nov 1856.
+Samuel Wesley b. 6 May 1859.
Ella May b. 5 July 1864, d. 1942, m. Donald McLearn b. 1857, d.
1924.
Samuel Wesley b. Crapaud, 6 May 1859, d. Montreal, 29 Sept 1945,
bur. Charlottetown Peoples Cem., son of George Newsome and Susan-
nah Hood, m. 6 Nov. 1888 Charlotte Jane Dawson, b. Victoria, 15 March
1867, d. 7 Aug 1972, bur. Charlottetown Peoples Cem., daughter of
Benjamin Dawson and Mary Stukley Howatt. See Dawson history.
Samuel and Charlotte lived in Montreal.
Samuel Newsome and Charlotte Dawson had 5 children:
Clayton Barker b. Bedeque, 16 June 1890, d. 16 Apr 1975, bur.
Charlottetown Peoples Cem., m. Myrtle Cottingham. They adopted 1
child: John, son of George Heber.
+George Heber b. 25 March 1892.
Raymond Dawson b. 17 Sept 1894, Q.C.. Unmarried, lived in
Victoria, BC.
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Morley Benjamin b. 7 Aug 1896, d. 8 Oct 1918, bur. Charlottetown
Peoples Cem..
Wesley Grant b. 10 Feb 1899, m. 29 May 1927 Mercedes Marie
Canfield, b. 17 Nov 1906, daughter of George Canfield. They lived in
Saskatchewan and had 3 children: Lillian; Marion; and Lorraine.
George Heber b. 25 March 1892, d. 24 Jan 1961, bur. Charlottetown
Peoples Cem., son of Samuel Newsome and Charlotte Dawson, m.
Amanda Mae Muttart, b. 19 June 1904, d. 16 July 1974, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of Hedley Muttart and Mildred Ferguson. See
Muttart history.
George, an optometrist, practiced in the New England States.
Amanda was a secretary.
George Newsome and Amanda Muttart had 2 children:
+John Stanfield b. 28 Feb 1928.
+Richard Dawson b. 8 Jan 1930.
John Stanfield b. 28 Feb 1928, d. 10 Sept 1989, bur. Montreal,
adopted son of Clayton Newsome and Myrtle Cottingham, m. Irene.
John and Irene lived in Montreal where John worked with the
railway.
John and Irene Newsome had 2 children:
Margaret m. Robert Martin. They live in Calgary and had 2 children.
Catherine m. Patrick Marrazza. They live in Montreal and had no
children.
Richard Dawson b. Boston, Mass., 8 Jan 1930, son of George
Newsome and Amanda Muttart, m. 5 Sept 1956 Margaret Carol
Dawson, b. 5 March 1932, daughter of Murdock Harvey Dawson and
Grace Edna Francis. See Dawson history.
Richard spent his childhood years in North Tryon, with his aunt,
Evelyn Lord and her husband, Sterling. Richard worked for CNR out
of Montreal for several years before he returned to the Island to farm.
Richard bought the George Mac Williams farm in 1951, adding the Earle
Sawler farm in 1953, and the Stanley Thomson farm in 1957. Richard
and Margaret attend the Tryon United Church and Margaret is a Life
Member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Richard Newsome and Margaret Dawson had 5 children:
+Katherine Kaihy Anne b. 10 Feb 1957.
+Diane Carolyn b. 30 June 1958.
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L to R, back row: Morley, Carol; middle row: Donna, Dianne, Kathy; front row: Rich-
ard and Margaret Newsome. Newsome Collection.
+Donna Lee b. 23 June 1959.
+Carol Amanda b. 6 Apr 1961.
George Morley b. 8 May 1962, not married and farming with his
father.
Richard and Margaret Newsome house. Hazel Robinson.
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Katherine Kathy Anne, a Holland College secretarial graduate, b.
10 Feb 1957, daughter of Richard Newsome and Margaret Dawson, m.
22 July 1978 Brian Russell Ellis, b. 17 Sept 1957, son of Russell Ellis and
Ethel Frost.
Kathy works at the Young Offenders Center in Summerside and
Brian works for the Department of Highways and is a member of the
Ellis Family Band
Katherine Newsome and Brian Ellis had 2 children:
Andrew Brian b. 11 Feb 1980.
Jennifer Katherine b. 22 Dec 1982.
Diane Carolyn, RN, b. 30 June 1958, daughter of Richard Newsome
and Margaret Dawson, m. 25 July 1981 Richard Ricky Thane Ellis, b. 28
March 1959, son of Russell Ellis and Ethel Frost.
Diane works at the Prince County Hospital and Ricky at the Sum-
merside Young Offenders Center. Richard is a member of the Ellis
Family Band.
Diane Newsome and Ricky Ellis had 2 children:
Christopher Richard b. 4 Dec 1984.
Jason Russell b. 9 Aug 1986.
Donna Lee, RN, b. 23 June 1959, daughter of Richard Newsome and
Margaret Dawson, m. 11 Aug 1979 Ronald Douglas MacKinnon, b. 11
June 1956, son of Douglas MacKinnon and Frances Myers.
Donna works at the Prince County Hospital and Ron is employed
with Island Excavators. They live in Crapaud.
Donna Newsome and Ronald MacKinnon had 2 children:
Kirk Douglas b. 26 March 1985.
Amanda Margaret b. 22 Oct 1987.
Carol Amanda, a Holland College graduate, b. 6 Apr 1961, daughter
of Richard Newsome and Margaret Dawson, m. 20 Aug 1983 Michael
Edward McCardle, b. 24 July 1959, son of Edward McCardle and
Kathrine MacAlyre.
Carol and Michael live in Middleton.
Carol Newsome and Michael McCardle had 2 children:
Colin Michael b. 13 Dec 1984.
Krista Dawn b. 20 Jan 1987.
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Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Brent Wood research; Mar-
garet Newsome.
i c h o l s o n F a mi l y
John WUber b. T2 Aug 1912, d. 8 May 1990, bur. Hartsville Presby-
terian Cem., son of Neil Nicholson and Mary MacKay, m. as her 2nd.
husband 18 Feb 1941 Katherine Mae MacLure MacLean, b. 21 June
1905, daughter of Hugh MacLure and Mary Anne MacDonald.
John and Katherine lived in the Otto Johnson house. John worked
for Dawson's Construction in Crapaud. Katherine was a member of the
North Tryon Women' s Institute.
John Nicholson and Katherine MacLure MacLean had 2 children:
John Reginald b. 27 Dec 1941, m. Dawna Tuplin. They had no
children. Reg works in Summerside.
Mary June b. 30 Aug 1945, m. 4 March 1972 Frederick Russell
Gardiner, b. 18 Nov 1942, son of Montague Gardiner and Marion Lord.
June is employed with the Federal Government and Russell has a
trucking and feed business. They live at Ross Corner and had no
children. See Lord history.
Sources: Katherine Nicholson.
John and Katherine Nicholson./ime Gardiner Collection.
276
^J^erry F a mi l y
Edmund Perry b. Tignish, PEI, m. Beatrice Bernard, b. DeBIoise,
PEL Edmund and Beatrice lived in Tignish where Edmund was a
farmer.
Edmund Perry and Beatrice Bernard had 20 children;
Alfred Joseph; Melvin Joseph; Mary Ammie; Ernest Joseph; Ann
Mary; Rita Mary; Lester Joseph; Alcide Joseph; Algre Joseph; Leroy
Joseph; Orella Mary; Cecilia Mary, Gerald Joseph; Arthur Joseph;
Frank Joseph; Henry Joseph; Evon d. at birth; Mary d. at birth; Milford
d. at 2 years; Joseph d.
at 3 years.
Lester Joseph b. 21
Feb 1932, son of Ed-
mund Perry and Bea-
trice Bernard, m. as her
2nd. husband 7 July
1978 Martha Elizabeth
Cherpak Thomas, b. 18
Sept 1929, daughter of
Mi ke Ch e r p a k and
Mary A. MacDonald,
Gl ace Bay, NS. See
Thomas history.
Lester and Martha
had no children. Lester
worked for Marine At-
lantic in Borden and
does general carpentry
work in t he commu-
nity. Martha was also a
Marine Atlantic employee. They are retired in 1992. Martha was a
member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Sources: Lester Perry.
jrfo o 1 e y Fa mi l y
The Pooley family was one of the first families to settle in North
Tryon.
Thomas Pooley b.c. 1789, Devonshire, England, d. 24 Nov 1870,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m. Mary, b.c. 1787, England, d. 25 Aug 1871,
Lester and Martha Perry. Perry Collection.
277
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Thomas and Mary Pooley had 4 children:
+Richardb.c. 1823, England.
Mary E. b. 1824/25, m. Richard Dawson. See Dawson history.
+Martha b. 1829.
Elizabeth m. William Thomas. See Thomas history.
Richard Sr. b.c. 1823, d. 12 March 1894, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
son of Thomas and Mary Pooley, m. 18July 1851 Elizabeth Wood, b. 6
June 1831, d. 31 Aug 1902, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of
William John Wood and Margaret Enman. See William Wood history.
Richard was a farmer and Wesleyan Lay-Preacher. He lived in the
homestead where Claude and Linda Cornish live in 1992.
Richard Pooley and Elizabeth Wood had 10 children:
+WUIiam b. 20 Oct 1849.
Mary M. b. 31 July 1851, m. Charles R. Dickie. See Ives history.
Margaret Douglas b. 22 Jan 1854, m. George Dawson. See Dawson
history.
Martha Melvina b. 22 June 1855, m. John T. Dawson. See Dawson
history.
Thomas A. b. 26 Dec 1858, bur. Montreal, m. Lou ?.
+John b. 5 Oct 1857.
+Richard Henry b. 5 or 15 March 1861.
Eliza C. b. 8 June 1863, had 1 daughter Susannah. No further
records.
Ernest College b. 4 March 1872, lived in Boston. No further records.
Major Wright b. 24 Sept 1877, d. 26 Feb 1901, bur. Denver,
Colorado.
William b. 20 Oct 1849, d. 31 Dec 1897, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
son of Richard Pooley and Elizabeth Wood, m. 31 Dec 1874 Mary Eliza
Malone, b. 15 Sept 1851, d. 28 Aug 1888, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of John Malone and Jane Robinson, Cape Traverse. See
Malone history.
William was a farmer. The Pooley house was on a sixty eight acre
farm in the 1880 Atlas. The farm passed to Richard, and then to
Richard's family, William, Frank, and Amy. Allie Foy bought the Pooley
residence and an adjoining one acre lot from Harry Malone in 1955.
The Malone land was later sold. Mrs. Foy's son, Garnet Tremere, was
the next owner of the house, and following Garnet and Eleanor
Tremere' s deaths, Ralph MacDonald bought the house and sold it to
Claude Cornish in 1990.
278
.-V.- ':*'
L to R, Back: Charles , Laura. Front: Charlie Malone, Mary. Evelyn Cudmore Collection.
William Pooley and Mary Malone had 4 children:
Lottie May b. 27 Jan 1876, d. of heart disease 26 Dec 1884, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem..
Elizabeth/ennie b. 5 Dec 1877, m. J.F. Lord. See Lord history.
Laura Melvina b. 14 May 1882, m. Russell Mabey. See Mabey history.
+John Charles b. 26 Dec 1888.
John Charles b. 26 Dec 1888, d. 22 July 1964, bur. Nort h Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of William Pooley and Mary Malone, 1st. m. 18
Dec 1907 Dora Thomson, bur. Port Elgin, NB, daughter of Hubert
Thompson and Margaret MacWilliams. See Thomson history. Charles
2nd. m. Ethel Gertrude Waugh Howatt, b. 23 Aug 1881, d. 1 Aug 1965.
They had no children.
Charles lived in North Tryon, on the main road, close to the first
location of the school and worked for J.F.Lord in his store. He then
moved to a farm on the Lower Tryon road between what are now the
Vernon Walsh and Ruth Standish farms.
Charles Pooley and Dora Thomson had 4 children:
Lydia d. 27 Feb 1985, bur. Port Elgin, NB, m. Kenneth Walton, bur.
Port Elgin, NB.
Adelaide Eliza b. 3 Sept 1910, m. John Muttart. See Muttart history.
Alice Jennie b. 4 Aug 1915, 1st. m. Hedley Lionel Murray, son of
Benjamin Murray, Murray Road, NB. They had 2 children. Alice 2nd.
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m. Leslie Murray, b. 1917, son of William and Martha Murray.
James Arthur b. 9 Feb 1919, m. Marion Silliker, b. 23 May 1917, d.
24 Feb 1990, bur. Port Elgin, NB, daughter of Floyd Jacob Silliker and
Hattie Spence. They adopted 1 child: Kenneth Allan. Allan is an
electrician in Sackville, NB.
John b. 5 Oct 1857, son of Richard Pooley and Elizabeth Wood. The
only information available about John is the following article that
appeared in the Agriculturist 11 Jan 1908:John M. Pooley, formerly ofTryon
and now of the Yukon is on the Island again after a honeymoon trip of a month
or so. He is a brother-in-law of Mr. Charles R. Dickey of Lot 15 and he has
been very successful in his new home. At present he is interested in a big silver
proposition at Windy Arm, about 40 miles south of White Horse and 67 miles
from Shaguay, which he expects to be a winner.
Richard Henry Jr. b. 5 or 15 March 1861, d. 11 July 1920, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of Richard Pooley and Elizabeth Wood, m. 23 June
1886 Mary E. Pratt, b. Mount Tryon, 25 June 1864/5, d. 3 Oct 1947,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of William and Ann Pratt, Tryon.
Richard Pooley and Mary Pratt lived in the Richard Sr. house. Mary
had a knitting machine that knit tubes. The ladies bought these by the
yard and added the feet for socks. Richard Jr., who was nearly blind,
managed to make wall plaques, stands for holding spools of thread, and
other small articles, with the help of his sons. He sold these items door
to door and in spite of this handicap provided a living for his family.
Richard Pooley Jr. and Mary Pratt had 3 children:
+Frank b. 1887.
+William Arthur b. 27 Oct. 1888.
+Amie.
Frank b. 1887, d. during the flu epidemic in 1918, bur. Winnipeg,
Man., son of Richard Pooley Jr. and Mary Pratt, m. Summerside, 18 May
or 26 March 1909 Pearl E. Toombs, b. North Rustico, 1888, d. 1971,
bur. California, daughter of Wallace Toombs. They had no children.
Pearl was a housekeeper in Tryon for her brother Austin at the time
of her marriage. Pearl and Frank lived in Hunt er River, moving to
Winnipeg in 1913. Pearl m. 1919 George Brennan.
Frank Pooley and Pearl Toombs had 1 son:
Wendell b. 1911, d. 10 Feb 1971, bur. California, 1st. m. Florence
McGuffie. They had 4 children. Wendell 2nd. m. 1947june Clark. They
had 1 daughter.
280
William Arthur b.
27 Oct 1888, d. 3 Nov
1960, bur. Tryon Peo-
ples Cem., son of Rich-
ard Pooleyjr. and Mary
Pratt, m. 2 July 1913
Vera Macl nni s, d. 3
Nov 1960.
William owned a ga-
rage and lived in North
Tryon. Vera and Sher-
man lived with Vera's
g r a n d mo t h e r , Mr s.
Arsenault, in Tryon, in
what later became the
Brent Carr house.
William Pooley and
Vera Maclnnis had 1
child:
Sherman.
Amie, daughter of Will Pooley. Sheldon Dixon Collection.
Richard Pooleyjr. and
Mary Pratt, m. Kensin-
gon, 22 Aug 1928 Ivan McKeenam.
Ivan had a barbering business in North Tryon for a short time. Amie
and her daughter, Dorothy, lived with Richard and Mary Pooley.
Amie Pooley and Ivan McKeenam had at least 1 child:
Dorothy.
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Martha b. 1829, d. 16 Apr 1891, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter
of Thomas and Mary Pooley, m. 30 Aug 1851 Neil Pensioner MacDonald,
b.c. 1820, Devonshire, England, d. 7 Aug 1897, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
Martha and Pensioner lived on the County Line Road.
Martha Pooley and Pensioner MacDonald had 3 children:
Angus b. 17 Feb 1855, 1st. m. Annie Lee Lord, see Lord history;
2nd. m. Carolyn Chisholm, see Chisholm history.
Neil m. 16 Sept 1885 Jane Thomson. See Thomson history.
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William m. in USA and was a trucker.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Brent Wood research; Evelyn
Cudmore; Allan Pooley; Community residents.
Qui
ieley t?lrel;
gl ey Fa mi l y
Patrick Quigley KTreland, m. Mary Van Lane, b. Holland. Patrick
and Mary emigrated to the new world.
Patrick Quigley and Mary Van Lane had a son:
+Michaelb. 28 Sept 1788.
Michael b. 28 Sept 1788, d. 8 March 1873, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
son of Patrick Quigley and Mary Van Lane, m. 3 March 1821 Mary
Clark, b. 12 Dec 1802, d. 9 July 1890.
Michael and Mary had 5 children living with them and are listed as
Roman Catholic in the 1841 census.
Michael Quigley and Mary Clark had at least 8 children:
Mary b. 12 Dec 1822, m. John Delaney. See Delaney history.
Patrick b. 12 Apr 1827, d. 3 Sept 1885.
+William Henry b. 24 Aug 1829.
James b. 14 Feb 1832, d. 29 Feb 1868, bur. Lower Bedeque Cem.,
possibly m. 30 Dec 1858 Frances Ann Pearson.
John b. 17 Aug 1835, d. 13 Nov 1837.
Sarah Catherine b. 15 July 1837, d. 8 Apr 1888, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., m. 25 July 1857 Lorenzo Gamble. Witnesses: Daniel Quigley and
John Clark Quigley.
+Daniel O'NeU b. 8 Feb 1840.
John Clark b. l l j a n 1842, d. 18Dec 1870, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
m. 25 Feb 1863 Elizabeth MacWilliams.
William Henry b. 24 Aug 1829, d. 6 July 1886, bur. Bedeque
Methodist Cem., Lot 28, farmer, son of Michael Quigley and Mary
Clark, m. 19 Aug 1856 Matilda Tillie Ives, b. 1837. Wedding witnesses
were Richard Pooley and Thomas Ives.
William Quigley and Tillie Ives had 13 known children:
Michael bap. Oct 1859.
Mary Clark b. Tryon, 5 Aug 1857.
Isaac b. 7 March 1861.
+James Clark b. Tryon, 3 Feb 1863.
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Francis Ann b. 10 Nov 1864.
Joseph b. 1867.
William D. b. 1869.
Stukely G.D. b. 14 Apr 1872.
Sarah Jane b. 31 May 1875.
Charles A. Holland b. 27 Sept 1877.
Francis Ann b. 24 Oct 1879.
Warren S. b. 1880.
William Warren Lord b. 11 Dec 188?.
James Clark b. 3 Feb 1863, d. 8 Nov 1936, bur. Central Bedeque,
son of William Quigley and Tillie Ives, m. 16 Dec 1887 Mary Ann
Francis, b. County Line, 1860, d. 21 Feb 1930, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., daughter of Edward George Francis and Lydia Mac Wil-
liams.
James and Ann were Methodists and lived in Bedeque where James
was a labourer.
James Quigley and Mary Ann Francis had 5 children:
Harry b. 1 June 1885, d. 25 Sept 1957 when his tractor was hit by a
car on the highway in North Tryon, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem.,
m. Georgina Roberta Trenholm, b. 11 Dec 1890, d. 16 March 1978, bur.
Westmoreland Baptist Cem., daughter of George Robert Trenholm
and Charlotte Spence. They had 7 children: Neva Mary; Edward;
William Wetmore; Russell b. 9 July 1920 m. Elsie Waddell; Charlotte
Ann; Alan d. infancy; George d. infancy.
+Percyb. 23 June 1887.
Pearl b. 1889, d. 1891.
Frank C. b. March 1891, d. 1 Feb 1972, bur. Cape Traverse Cem.,
m. 8 Feb 1917 Francis Ann Riley, b. 1895, d. March 1959, bur. Cape
Traverse Cem.. They had 4 children: Thelma m. Wilbur Cairns, see
Cairns history; John; Mary; Ernest d. infancy.
Hilda b. 1893, d. 1959, m. George Lester Robins. They had 2
children: Basil; Edwin.
Percy b. 23 June 1887, d. 4 Apr 1947, bur. Westmoreland Baptist
Cem., son of James Quigley and Ann Francis, m. Laura Mae Riley, b.
21 July 1887, d. 5June 1930, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., daughter
of Maria Jane Francis and Joseph Riley.
Percy and Mae lived and farmed in Mount Tryon.
Percy Quigley and Mae Riley had 9 children:
Etta Alva b. 17July 1907, d. l j une 1992, bur. Kinkora, m. Frederick
Arsenault. They lived in Bedeque and had 9 children.
283
+Reice Hanford b. 26 Apr 1909.
Rita Bell b. 8 Apr 1910, d. 25 Nov 1933, bur. Westmoreland Baptist
Cem., m. Archibald Bruce. They lived on PEI and had 2 children.
Sterling Franklin b. 14 Feb 1912, d. 7 Feb. 1940, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., not married.
Evelyn Mae b. 9 Feb 1914, d. 27 Dec 1974, bur. Dartmouth, m. as
his 2nd. wife Archibald Bruce. They lived in Dartmouth and had 2
children.
+James Percy b. 16 Dec 1917.
Florence Irene b. 29 Feb 1920, d. 17 Aug 1989, bur. Dartmouth, m.
18 Dec 1939 Edward James Walsh. They lived in Dartmouth and had 8
children.
Arthur Scott b. 1 May 1923, m. 15 Feb 1946 Hazel A. Waddell. They
live in Mount Royal, PEI, and had 6 children.
Pearl b. 5 June 1928, d. in infancy.
Reice Hanford b. 26 Apr 1909, d. 15 June 1967, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., son of Percy Quigley and Mae Riley, m. 25 June 1947
Kathleen Mary Curtis, b. 3 April 1928, daughter of Theophilus James
Curtis and Mary Matheson.
Reice and Kathleen lived and farmed in Mount Tryon.
Reice Quigley and Kathleen Curtis had 10 children:
Gloria Mae b. 2 Nov 1947, m. 12 Aug 1966 Arnold David Smith.
They live in Augustine Cove.
Sheila Dawn b. 31 Dec 1951, m. 25 June 1971 Barry Wilfred Winn.
They live in Mount Tryon.
DoneldaMary b. 13 Feb 1953,1st. m. 3 May 1974 Doug Bissett; 2nd.
m. 16 Aug 1985 Ken Thorne. They live in Dartmouth.
Theophilus Arthur Theo b. 23 Apr 1955, m. 1 Feb 1974 Nancy
Gatten. They live in Brantford.
Angus Kevin b. 31 Dec 1956, m. 6 Feb 1977 Linda Martin. They live
in Bedeque.
Donna Darken b. 22 Oct 1959, m. 4 Oct 1982 John James Green-
corn. They live in Summerside.
Marilyn Ann b. 12 Apr 1961. She lives in Brantford.
Hanford Allen b. 7 July 1963, m. 30 May 1992 Marilyn. They live in
Toronto.
+Anthony George Tony b. 16 Dec 1964, m. 21 Apr 1990 Viola
Arsenault.
Shelley Lynn b. 21 Feb 1966.
Anthony George Tony b. 16 Dec 1964, son of Reice Quigley and
Kathleen Curtis, m. 21 Apr 1990 Viola Arsenault, b. 12 July 1962,
284
daughter of Denis Arsenault and Alice Richard, Mont Carmel.
Tony and Viola live in the Reg Dixon house. Tony works for a potato
packer and Viola is employed at a Summerside dining room. They had
no children.
James Percy b. 16 Dec 1917, d. 2 March 1964, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., son of Percy Quigley and Mae Riley, m. 1944 Dorothy
Slorach Dickson Stevenson, b. Dundee, Scotland, 17 Aug 1925, d.
Campbell River, BC, 9 Dec 1974.
Jimmy served overseas in WW II as a member of the PEI Highlanders
and brought his bride home after the war. He worked as a farm labourer
and raised his family in North Tryon in a house on the corner of the
David John Thomson farm. The house was vacant for several years and
destroyed in 1989. Following Jimmy's death, the family lived in North
Tryon until 1973 when Dorothy joined her daughter, Penny, in BC.
Dorothy was a member of the North Tryon Women' Institute.
James Quigley and Dorothy Stevenson had 6 children:
+Penelope Ann Penny b. 27 Oct 1947.
+James Ian b. 19 Sept 1948.
+Howard Alex-
ander b. 6 J u n e
1950.
+Neva Diane b.
12 Dec 1953.
+Margaret Vimy
b. 9 Apr 1955.
+Gregory Dean
b. 29 March 1962.
Penel ope Ann
Penny b. 27 Oct
1947, daughter of
James Quigley and
Dor ot hy St even-
son, m. 10 March
1969 Walter Cecil
Gr ay, b. 18 Feb
1948, son of Cecil
Claude Gray and Is-
abel Audrey Lewis.
Penny and Wal-
ter live in O'Leary.
Jimmy Quigley. Sheila Winn
Collection.
Dorothy and Jimmy
Quigley. Sheila Winn
Collection.
285
Jimmy and Dorothy Quigley house, shortly before it was demolished. Hazel Robinson.
Penny Quigley and Walter Gray had 2 children:
Steven Walter b. 3 June 1976.
Kevin John b. 7 Sept 1977.
James Ian b. 19 Sept 1948, son of James Quigley and Dorothy
Stevenson, m. 12 Aug 1977 Elizabeth Noonan, b. 24 June 1958, daugh-
ter of Walter and Beatrice Noonan.
Ian and Elizabeth live in Springfield where Ian works for the New
London Lobster Suppers.
Ian Quigley and Elizabeth Noonan had 2 children:
Wesley Vanceb. 13July 1978.
Victoria Pauline b. 27 March 1985.
Howard Alexander b. 6 June 1950, son of James Quigley and
Dorothy Stevenson, m. 1972 Laurie Walsh, daughter of Lyman Walsh
and Georgina Clow.
Howard lives in Albany.
Howard Quigley and Laurie Walsh had 1 child:
Samantha Dawn b. 15 Aug 1972.
Neva Diane b. 12 Dec 1953, daughter ofjames Quigley and Dorothy
286
Stevenson, 1st. m. 19June 1971 Derek MacKay, b. 19June 1948, son of
Samson and Daisy MacKay; 2nd. m. Adney Charles Gray, b. 12 Aug
1955, son of Cecil Gray and Isabel Lewis.
Neva and Adney live in Toronto where Neva is employed as an
accounts receivable clerk.
Neva Quigley and Derek MacKay had 1 child:
James Howard b. 9 Dec 1971.
Neva Quigley and Adney Gray had 1 child:
Tracy Lynne b. 20 July 1976.
Margaret Vimy b. 9 Apr 1955, daughter of James Quigley and
Dorothy Stevenson, 1st. m. Jack Hewson; 2nd. m. Pat Myre; 3rd. m. 30
Dec 1989 William Muise.
Vimy and Bill live in Campbell River, BC, where Vimy is employed
as a waitress.
Vimy Quigley and Pat Myre had 2 children:
David b. 14 Feb 1978.
Jennifer b. 21 March 1980.
Gregory Dean b. 29 March 1962, son of James Quigley and Dorothy
Stevenson, m. 25 June 1988 Amber Clark, b. 25 Sept 1963, daughter of
Clarence Clark and Connie Mills.
Greg and Amber live in Summerside where Greg is employed as a
nursing assistant at Summerset Manor, Summerside.
Greg Quigley and Amber Clark had 3 children:
Clarence Nicholas b. 5 May 1983.
Katrina Alberta b. 20 Apr 1990.
Ashley Dawn b. 20 Sept 1991.
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Daniel O'Neil b. 8 Feb 1840, d. 8 Feb 1903, bur. Tryon Christian
Cem., son of Michael Quigley and Mary Clark, Tryon, m. 18 Jan 1861
Caroline Robinson, b. 20 March 1844, d. Oct 1907, bur. Tryon Christian
Cem., daughter of Benjamin Robinson and Polly Lord Howatt. See
Robinson and Lord history.
Dan and Caroline lived in North Tryon before moving to a house
back of the Tryon United Baptist Church. Two of their children are
buried in the Tryon Christian Cem..
Dan Quigley and Caroline Robinson had 10 known children:
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John Robinson b. 11 May 1862, d. from lockjaw after having a tooth
pulled 28 Oct 1890, m. Effie Gordon Hamilton.
Charles Wright b. 1 Feb 1864, m. 24 Jan 1912 Margaret Ann
MacDougall, d. 22 Dec 1922, lived in St. Peters.
Joseph William b. 17 Oct 1865.
Adelaide Ann b. 1 Aug 1867.
Martha Benjamin b. 20 Feb 1871.
Penelope Penzie b. 1883, d. 1973, 1st. m. Pope Gamble; 2nd. m.
Harry H. Watson. Penzie, adopted by Dan, is living in the Bynon
household in the 1891 census. Penzie lived in the USA and had children:
Caroline Watson m. Mr. Wickman.
Alice May b. 27 Apr 1883, d. March 1943, m. William Woolard.
Minnie Warren b. 6July 1886, m. 1 June 1904 Charles Henry Carroll,
b. 17 Feb 1883, d. 11 Jan 1967.
Albert d. 1 Nov 1990, age 89, was married.
Mary.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Mildred Clark research; Sheila
Winn; Penny Quigley; Greg Quigley; Art Quigley.
%
o b e r t s F a mi l y
Charles George Roberts b. 16 March 1916, d. 30 Nov 1990, bur.
Oakville, Ont., son of George Charles Roberts and Katie Alice Meacock,
England, m. 25 May
1944 Frances Charlotte
Ives, b. Sydney, 29 Jan
1921, daughter of Ev-
erett Ives and Molly An-
near. See Ives history.
Chuck and Frances
lived in the George Ives
house at The Corner
where Frances also had
a poul t r y bus i nes s .
Frances now resides
with her daughter in
Ottawa but returns to
her cottage in Hamp-
t on each s u mme r .
Chuck and Frances at-
t e n d e d t he Tr yon
Uni t ed Chur ch and
Frances was a curler
Charles Roberts. Frances Roberts Collection.
288
and is a Life Member of
t he No r t h Tr yon
Wo me n ' s I ns t i t ut e.
The Roberts house is
rented to Brian Bridges
and Millie Black in
1992.
Charl es Robert s
and Frances Ives had 1
child:
+Diane Cathy b. 31
March 1947.
Diane Cathy b. 31
March 1947, daughter
of Charles Roberts and
Frances Roberts. Frances Roberts Collection.
Charles and Frances Roberts house. Hazel Robinson collection.
Frances Ives, m. 5 Sept 1970 Earnest John Maidment, b. Grand Falls,
Nfld, 21 March 1950, son of Gordon Maidment and Eva Saunders.
Diane and Ernie live in Ottawa. Ernie is a member of the RCMP and
Diane is a real estate salesperson.
Diane Roberts and Ernie Maidment had 2 children:
Kelly Lynn b. 20 Nov 1973.
289
Diane Roberts' wedding. L to R: Ernie Maidment, Diane
Roberts, Chuck Roberts, Eva Maidment, Gordon Maidment,
Frances Roberts. Diane Maidment collection.
Khristine Diane b. 12 Feb 1976.
Sources: Frances Roberts.
^/yobinson Family
Joseph Robinson b. 1748, d. 20 Feb 1836, bur. Charlottetown
University Ave. Cem., m. 15 March 1774 Mary Smith, d. 7j an 1836, bur.
Charlottetown University Ave. Cem., only daughter of Lawrence Smith
and Jane Ruger of New York.
Joseph was one of seven sons born to William Robinson and Ann
Gold in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England. Litde is known of his
youth but one would assume that he spent some time as a blacksmith's
apprentice, for at the age of 22 he joined the HMS Arethusa, as
Armourer, for a period of 3 years. During his tour on the Arethusa,
Joseph visited the colonies and in 1763 stayed in New York where he
received his discharge in the fall of the same year. He worked there for
12 years before he married Mary Smith. Joseph, Mary, and their
children set sail after the American Revolution aboard the HMS Roe-
290
buck for Nova Scotia. Dissatisfied with conditions in Shelburne, Nova
Scotia, they again set sail with 25 others for the Isle de Saint Jean. They
probably felt somewhat dismayed and heavy-hearted when they arrived
in Charlottetown in November and found 4 buildings, a few sheds, and
litde food or shelter. The sloop Stag which brought them, offered to
take them back, but for whatever reason, they decided to stay. Joseph
followed his occupation of gunsmith and blacksmith in Charlottetown,
and also dealt in real estate. He died at the home of his son, Thomas,
at Brighton Lodge.
Joseph Robinson and Mary Smith, had 10 children:
Hercules b. New Jersey, 1774, d. from epilepsy 8July 1779, bur. New
York.
Thomas b. New Jersey, 1775, d. May 1849.
Ann Nancy b. NY City, 7 July 1778, bur. Spurgeon Warren' s Field,
North River, m. 6 Nov 1796 William Warren, b. 1774, d. 1858, bur.
Spurgeon Warren' s field, North River, son of William Warren and Jane
Gouldrup . They had 9 children.
William b. NY City, 1780, d. young, bur. NY City.
Jane b. NY City, 18 Dec 1782, d. young, bur. NY City.
Maryb. probably Charlottetown, 1784/85, d. 25 Aug 1848, bur. Elm
Avenue Cem., m. 22June 1805 Samuel Nelson, b. 1776, d. 13 Sept 1866,
bur. Elm Avenue Cem.. They had 12 children.
+Joseph b. Charlottetown, 23 Dec 1786.
Catherine Rhene b. Charlottetown, 23 Apr 1789, d. young.
John b. 9 June 1791, d. 1 Dec 1853, m. 3 March 1816 Elizabeth
Moore, daughter of Dr. David Moore and Elizabeth Essex. John pur-
chased what was known as Robinson's Island where his descendents
lived until 1937, when the Island was sold to become part of the
National Park. They had 14 children.
Elizabeth b. Charlottetown, 6 March 1794, d. 2 Sept 1818, m. 16
June 1812 Thomas Jones. They had 1 child.
Joseph b. 23 Dec 1786, d. 21 Aug 1874, bur. most likely Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of Joseph Robinson and Mary Smith, m.c. 1810
Phoebe Foy, bur. most likely Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of John Foy
and Mary Warren.
Joseph and Phoebe settled and farmed at Augustine Cove.
Joseph Robinson and Phoebe Foy had 9 children:
Clementine Maria b. 16 Sept 1811, m. 23 Feb 1847, as his 3rd. wife,
Adam Howatt, b. 1783, d. 23 Nov 1871. They lived in Augustine Cove
and had 2 children: Thomas b. 19 June 1853; James b. 20 Oct 1855.
John William b. Charlottetown, 15 March 1813, d. 14 Apr 1864, bur.
Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., m. 20 Oct 1842 Frances Bell
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Howatt, daughter of Adam Howatt. They had 5 or 6 children, 4 or 5
died in the diptheria epidemic of 1860.
Joseph Henry b. 19 Feb 1815, d. 25 Jan 1866, bur. Port Hill Cem.,
m. Miss Gamble.
Benjamin De St. Croix b. 11 Nov 1816/17, m.? Martha Polly Lord
Howatt, b. 4 July 1812, d. 24 March 1899, daughter of John The Elder
Lord and Charlotte Gouldrup. Ben and Polly lived back of Augustine
Cove. Ben is named in Lome Callbeck's My Island, My People as a
member of the 4 man ice boat crew at Cape Tormentine on 10 March
1855 that had a disastrous crossing with the loss of one life. Ben and
Polly had at least 4 children: Charlotte m. Theophilus MacWilliams;
Flora m. Rev. Wm. Stubbert; Caroline m. Dan Quigley; Joseph m. Annie
Stubbert Galley. See Lord history.
Charles Augustus b. 1819, m. Mary Ann Gamble. Charles was a
farmer in Lot 28. They had 5 children.
Thomas Tryon b. 1822, d. 1903, m. Sarah Campbell, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem.. They had 2 daughters who died in infancy and 2 sons:
Harry b. 1881, d. 27 June 1916, while in training in the armed forces,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.; John Joseph b. 1878, d. 17 Oct 1943, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., m. Florence Mae Cann, b. 1891, d. 1917, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem. .John and Florence had 3 children: Beulah b. 1910,
m. Erie Thomson, see Thomson history; John Archibald b. 1911, d.
1970, m. Olive Marion Wood; Vernon b. 1912, d. 1915.
Maria Elizabeth b. 1823, d. 1910. Maria did not marry, lived with
Thomas and had 1 child: Ella M. b. 1867.
Jane Foy b. 5 Sept 1827, m. John F. Malone. See Malone history.
+James Windover b. 1833.
James Windover b. 1833, d. 25July 1898, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
son of Joseph Robinson and Phoebe Foy, m. his cousin, Elizabeth Jones
Callbeck, b. 16 March 1837/38, d. 17 Feb 1914, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of Philips Callbeck and Elizabeth Warren. See Callbeck.
James and Elizabeth lived and farmed at Augustine Cove.
James Robinson and Elizabeth Callbeck had 11 children, 4 of whom
died during the diptheria epidemic:
Alice b.c. 1861, d. Miami, Florida, m. Mr. Dillingham. Alice, a
member of the Tryon Baptist Church, was excluded from membership
31 March 1879.
George b. 6 Oct 1861, d. from cancer 10 Jan 1930, bur. Summerside
Peoples Cem., m. 19 July 1889 Lucy Waugh. They had 7 children:
Brewer m. Ethel Mills; Mae m. Mark Caulder; Jean m. Dr. Stanley
Donald; Floyd m. Morley Bell; Lou m. Harrison Bell; Ralph d. 1909 age
4 or 5; Bessie never married.
Lucy Ann b.c. 1864, d. from cancer 1915, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
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m. 9 Nov 1892 as his 3rd. wife Benjamin Webster Howatt, b. 1846, d.
1923, son of Peter Howatt II and Abigail Elizabeth Bowley, St Peters.
They had 2 children: Edna Abigail, b. 23 Sept 1893, d. 4/5 Jan 1982,
m. Harry MacFarlane, see MacFarlane history; Helen Willard, b. 6 Dec
1897, d. Apr 1972/3, m. Percy Howatt.
Elsie b.c. 1866, d. Boston after 1922, m. Fred Scurrah, b. Saint John,
NB, d. Boston. Fred was a brick layer. They had 5 or 6 children including
Jim, and a daughter who married Mr. Miller.
Eliza E. Robbie b. 1867, d. 1962, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., 1st. m.
Colonel Charles Dyer, Boston. Robbie nursed Charles' wife in the
hospital, then at home. Mrs. Dyer died from cancer. The Dyer's owned
Dyer's Whiskey and Mr. Dyer had 1 son from his first marriage. Robbie
2nd. m. Fred Blanchard, Lowell, Mass.. Robbie had no children.
+Albert James AJ. b. 16 Oct 1872.
Bessie b.c. 1874, d. young, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Maude b. 1876, d. young,' bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Minnie b. 1876, d. young, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Charles b.c. 1881, d. of diptheria, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Carolyn Bell Carrie b. 1 May 1882, d. Dec 1952, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., m. as his 2nd. wife in the summer 1917, Charles William Nelder,
d. 12 Dec 1943. They had 2 children: Elizabeth Stevenson b. 1 Sept 1919;
Jack Frederick b. 8 Oct 1920.
In 1891, a grandson, Frederick, age 11, was living with James and
Elizabeth, possibly Alice's son.
Albert James A.J. b. 16 Oct 1872, d. 17 Sept 1943, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of James Robinson and Elizabeth Callbeck, 1st. m.
1896 Flora P. Scruton, d. 23 June 1901, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Mr. Scruton and Miss O'Dell, Farmington, New Hamp-
shire; 2nd. m. 22 Apr 1917 Mary MacLuckie Mooney, b. Leith, Edin-
burgh, Scotland, 19 Nov 1889, daughter of Charles Mooney and
Margaret MacLuckie.
A J. left the farm when he was 18, and joined his sister Robbie in
Boston. There he worked first as a gardener and janitor, then in the
plumbing and steam fitting trade in the hospital where Robbie was
employed as a nurse. A.J. married a nurse, a friend of Robbie's, Flora
Scruton in 1896. He planned to settle in Boston, but his father's sudden
illness made it necessary for him to return to his Island home to look
after his mother and sister. A.J., Flora, and their son Arthur returned
to Augustine Cove in 1899. A.J.'s father, James, died shortly after, a
victim of cancer. The same year a daughter Vera was born, but she died
of meningitus at 10 months of age. The following year Flora died from
tuberculosis. Robbie nursed Flora during her illness. A.J., his son
Arthur, his sister Carrie, and his mother, Elizabeth were left on the farm
in the fall of 1901. Elizabeth died in 1914, and Arthur was killed in the
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war 2 years later. The following year A.J. married again.
A.J. took an active part in community affairs, he was a school trustee,
and also a member in the Tryon Baptist Church. A.J. joined the church
as a young man but the following church record indicates that he left
for a period of time: 6 May 1899, Church Clerk (W.B.Howatt) visited Albert
Robinson finding him in a very cold and indifferent state with no apparent
desire to be any better. Thinks he was never converted and wished his name to
be erased from church roll. AJ. returned to the church where he served as
a Deacon and was a dedicated church member until his death.
AJ. Robinson and Flora Scruton had 2 children:
Arthur James b. 1897, killed in WW I, 27 March 1916, bur. Ypres,
France.
Vera W. b. 1899, d. 1900, age 10 months, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
AJ. Robinson and Mary Mooney had 3 children:
+Eric Clinton b. 17 Feb 1918.
Margaret Ruth b. 18 June 1920. Ruth left home as a young girl and
attended Moulton School for Girls in Toronto, London School of
Economics in London, England, Moncton Business College, and UBC
in Vancouver where she received a law degree. She returned to London
in 1963 and worked for NEDO until she retired in 1985. In 1992 she is
a courier between London and Toronto.
James Ralph b. 26 March 1925, 1st. m. Dorene Dent, b. Saskatoon,
daughter of Carrie Dent. They had 1 child: Shawn Leitha, b. 12 Dec
1952, m. 25 Aug 1972 David Knights, son of James and Olive Knights,
Ottawa. Shawn and Dave live in Edmonton and had 2 children: Noel
Susan b. 23 Oct 1978; Robin Carey b. 10 May 1982. Jim 2nd. m. Lillian
Larsen Thorsell, b. 20 March 1925, Carleton Place, Ontario, daughter
of Aage Sven Larsen and Ella Desdata, Copenhagen. Jim worked for
the Department of National Defence in Ottawa, retiring in 1985.
Eric Clinton b. 17 Feb 1918, son of AJ. Robinson and Mary Mooney,
m. 20 Oct 1942 Edith Pauline Leard, b. Crapaud, 6 Aug 1914, daughter
of Harry Leard and Cora Dawson. See Dawson history.
Eric worked on the home farm in Augustine Cove, and during the
war in the Pictou shipyards, returning to the farm following the war.
For several years he subsidized the farm with work at Morrison and
MacRae Construction. Eric started the Robinson Potato Dealership in
Albany in 1956 and also began a machinery dealership. Eric is a Deacon
in the Tryon United Baptist Church where he and Edith are members.
Edith was a school teacher. They lived and farmed at Augustine Cove
until 1966 when they moved to Albany.
Eric Robinson and Edith Leard had 2 sons:
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+Arthuryoftn b. 1 May 1943.
+AIan Keith b. 27 July 1945.
Arthur John b. 1 May 1943, son of Eric Robinson and Edith Leard,
m. 23 March 1963 Hazel Mae Matchett, b. Newcastle, NB, 26 March
1944, daughter of William Matchett and Sarah Vye.
John attended UNB where he received a BSc in Chemical Engineer-
ing before returning to the family farm in 1966. Hazel taught school in
NB before moving to PEL She has a BMus degree from UPEI. Hazel
and John live on the Crossroad to the south of the North Tryon School.
They are members of the Tryon United Baptist Church and Hazel is a
Life Member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
John Robinson and Hazel Matchett had 3 children:
Deborah Anne, BSA, b. 9 June 1963, m. Elliott Windsor Wight. See
Wight history.
Robinson family. L to R, back: Lori, Susan, Alan, Julia, Hazel, John, Deborah, Mary.
Front: Andrew, Eric, Edith, Alan (A.J.). Robinson collection.
Alan John, BSc, b. 14 Dec 1966. Alan is in his last year in dentistry
at Dalhousie University.
Mary Edith b. 3 Aug 1970. Mary is a student at Acadia.
Alan Keith b. 27 July 1945, son of Eric Robinson and Edith Leard,
m. 13June 1964 Julia Helen Ramsay, b. 2. July 1945, daughter of James
Ramsay and Thelma Donald, Hamilton, PEL
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Ilfcjjp III
John and Hazel Robinson house. John Robinson.
Alan graduated from Prince of Wales College before returning to
farm with his father in 1964. Julia graduated from the teacher training
program at PWC, and enjoys gardening and doing needlepoint. Both
Alan and Julia are curlers. They built a house on the Archie Thomson
farm.
Alan and John joined their father in the farming business and have
concentrated on potato production, rotating with grain and hay crops,
as well as continuing the produce and pesticide dealership started by
Alan and Julia Robinson house. Hazel Robinson.
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their father. The company office and warehouses are in Albany.
Alan Robinson and Julia Ramsay had 3 children:
Susan Michele, BBA, LLB, b. 29 June 1964. Susan is articling in
Toronto.
Lori Jane, BSc Ag, b. 12 Sept 1968. Lori works at the University of
Guelph.
Andrew Peter, BBA, b. 31 July 1969. Andrew is employed with the
PEI Development Agency.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Robinson History; Hazel Ro-
binson; Tryon United Baptist Church Records.
^/yogerson Family
William Rogerson b. 1802, d. 6 July 1868, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., m. Jane.
William came to Prince Edward Island from Annandale, Scotland
in 1856.
William and Jane Rogerson had 7 children:
Richardb. 1829,m. 15 Dec 1858Judy Simmons. They lived in Canoe
Cove where Richard was a blacksmith. They had 6 children: Robert;
Artemas; Leonard; Ada Ann; Phoebe; Bertie.
+William b.c. 1832.
Allen b. Oct 1835, m. 26 March 1862 Catherine Shaw. They lived in
West River, PEI, and had 10 children: John; William; James; Bessie;
Annie; Maggie; Mary Bell; Emma; Katy; Ada.
John b. 1835, d. 1917, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., m. 12 Nov
1863 Mary Ann Gamble, b. Scotland, 1841, d. 1923, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem.. They had 4 children: Allen b. 1864, d. 1936, bur. West.
Bap. Cem., m. Mary M. Gamble, b. 1869, d. 1938, bur. West. Bap. Cem.;
James; Silas; John b. 1866, d. 1940, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem..
Margaret b. Aug 1837, m. John Simmons. They lived in Crapaud
and had 7 children: Thomas; Alfred; Warren; Richard; Jane; Nettie m.
Howard Callbeck, see Callbeck history; Grace.
Thomas b. Oct 1840, m. 8 Apr 1879 Christie MacDonald. They lived
in Lot 27 and had 6 children: John; Drucilla; Lila; Jerimiah; Maggie Bell;
Laura.
Isabella m. 21 April 1865 George Oakes. They had 11 children:
William; John; Albert; George; Allen; Fred; Jessie; Marion; Maggie Lou;
Emma June; Bessie. George 2nd. m. Addie Bynon. See Bynon history.
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William b.c. 1832, d. 2 July 1898, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem.,
son of William and Jane Rogerson, 1st. m. 8 Apr 1857 Phoebe Simmons,
b.c. 1834, d. 12 May 1867, bur. Westmoreland Bapt. Cem., daughter of
Philip and Mary Simmons; 2nd. m. 24 Dec 1867 Catherine MacDonald.
William lived and farmed in Crapaud.
William Rogerson and Phoebe Simmons had 3 children:
Phillip b. 27 June 1860, m. Cora Plautte, lived in USA and had
children.
Hezekiah b.c. 1865, a bachelor. He lived in USA.
Infant son bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem..
William Rogerson and his 2nd wife, Catherine MacDonald, had 5
children:
+Joseph b. 30 Sept 1869.
Sarah Belle b. 1878, m. Joseph Thomson. See Thomson history.
+Reuben F. b. 21 Apr 1880.
+John Albert b. 1883, bap. 7 Feb 1884.
Jemima b.c. 1885, d. 1905, in childbirth, m. Stet Mullins. They lived
in Tryon where Howatt's Fruit Farm is in 1992. They had 1 son.
Joseph b. 30 Sept 1869, d. 1951, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem.,
son of William Rogerson and Catherine MacDonald, m. Margaret Crue
Francis, b. 5 Oct 1877, d. 1942, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem.,
daughter of William Francis and Eliza Roblee.
Joseph and Margaret lived and farmed on the Reuben Rogerson
homestead in North Tryon.
Joseph Rogerson and Margaret Francis had 3 children:
+Lloyd Howard b. 6 Dec 1902.
+Leah Belle b. 6 Apr 1905.
+William Francis b. 20 May 1907.
Lloyd Howard b. 6 Dec 1902, d. 9 Oct 1979, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., son of Joseph Rogerson and Margaret Francis, m. Vera
Eleanor Wood, b. 4 Feb 1906, d. 9 Aug 1989, bur. Westmoreland Baptist
Cem., daughter of George Wood and Martha Hatley. See Wood history.
Lloyd managed the Crapaud Creamery and Vera had a hairdressing
business. They attended the Tryon Baptist Church where Vera was
organist. They lived in Crapaud.
Lloyd Rogerson and Vera Wood had 4 children:
Greta Floyd b. 19 Aug 1929, m. 17 July 1954 Andre Durand, b. 13
Feb 1920. They live in Montreal and had 2 children: Patricia Lynn b. 2
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Jan 1958; Marc Andre b. 3 Feb 1959, m. Janice Henderson b. 26 Sept
1961.
V
Carlee Raymond b. 1931, d. 1934, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem..
Donald Lloyd b. 12 June 1934, m. 23 Dec. 1963 Evelyn Gamble, b.
31 March 1942, daughter of Orien Gamble and Hattie Stewart. They
live in Crapaud where Evelyn owns a hairdressing shop. Donald is a
captain for Marine Atlantic in Borden. They had 2 children: Donalda
Miriam b. 12 Apr 1965; William Lea b. 31 July 1969.
Gene Beverly b. 24 Apr 1938, m. 8 May 1971 Maureen Anne
MacDonald, b. lOJune 1946, daughter of Emmett MacDonald and Mary
MacDonald. They live in Crapaud where Maureen owns a hairdressing
shop. Gene is a government dairy inspector and an avid vegetable
gardener. They had 2 children: Jason Charles b. 29 Nov 1971; Shana
Marie b. 22 March 1974.
Leah Belle b. 6 Apr 1905, daughter of Joseph Rogerson and Mar-
garet Francis, m. 24 Feb 1926 Frank Harvey, b. 22 Aug 1900, d. 25 Apr
1987, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., son of James Harvey and
Margaret Bell.
Leah and Frank lived in Crapaud where Frank was a farmer. They
also operated a Bed and Breakfast in their home.
Leah Belle Rogerson and Frank Harvey had 3 children:
Lyman Franklin b. 6 Apr 1927, m. 15 March 1950 Miriam Howatt.
They live in Crapaud and had 1 child: Wendy Lou.
Ivan Merle b. 20 June 1934, d. 2 Dec 1946, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem..
Sheldon Douglas b. 16 May 1936, d. 7j une 1991, bur. Clyde River
Cem., m. 12 March 1965 Edith Stewart, daughter of Douglas and Pearl
Stewart. They lived in Cornwall and had 2 children: Wade Sheldon;
Ronnie Lyman.
William Francis b. 20 May 1907, d. 24 Sept 1974, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Joseph Rogerson and Margaret Francis, m. 29 Apr 1932
Amy Charlotte Beatrice Lea, b. 25 Nov 1909, daughter of Walter Brenton
Lea and Laura Elizena Blanche Lord. See Lea history.
William and Amy lived in Charlottetown.
William Rogerson and Amy Lea had 4 children:
Joan b. 22 Dec 1936, m. Leith Thompson.
Maida b. 3 Aug 1938, m. Martin Rutta.
Allan b. 24 March 1945, m. Lynn Currie.
Brent b. 1 Feb 1950, m. Mary Frizzell, div..
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Reuben F. b. 21 Apr 1880, d. 11 Dec 1958, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
son of William Rogerson and Catherine MacDonald, m. Leila Maude
MacKay, b. 27 Sept 1883, d. 26 Aug 1966, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of William Arthur MacKay and Elizabeth Ellen Henderson.
Reuben was a carpenter. His family lived in the John Brick Leard
house on the corner of the Cape Traverse and Tryon Point Road. Later
he built a house on the same property, owned by Ruth Lord in 1992.
Reuben and his family moved to the east side of the Presbyterian
Church, then to the Crossroad, before they returned to Tryon, and then
Summerside where Reuben had a general store.
Reuben Rogerson and Maude MacKay had 10 children:
Roy.
Gladys m. Arthur Enman. They lived in the USA and returned to
Summerside to operate a corner store. They had children.
Thelma b. 14 March 1906, d. 8 Apr 1963, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
m. Ray ?. They lived in Waltham, Mass., and had 3 children: Ruth; Jean;
William.
George Lee b. 1907, d. 1912, bur. West. Bap. Cem..
C. Arthur b. 1909, d. 9 Jan 1978, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., was
married.
Kathleen b. 24 Apr 1910, m. Sydney Davidson. They lived in
Waltham, Mass, and had 4 children: Janice; Sidney; Donna; George.
Elizabeth Ellen b. 9 March 1912, m. Edward McAuley. They lived in
Natick, Mass., and had 4 children: Dorothy; Walter; Sandra; Steven.
Rogerson family. L to R, back: Ellen, Maude, Reuben, Margaret. Front: Keith, Gordon.
Barbara Clement Collection.
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+Margaret Burns b. 1 June 1915.
James Gordon b. 13 Feb 1920.
Keith MacKay b. 28 Dec 1927, m. Lila Craswell. Keith is a United
Church Minister, and had no children.
Margaret Burns b. 1 June 1915, d. 26 Oct 1959, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of Reuben Rogerson and Maude MacKay, m. 5 Jan 1935
Frank Austin Smith, b. 8 July 1897, d. 5 Feb 1977, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
Margaret and Austin lived and farmed in Tryon where their daugh-
ter, Barbara, and her husband, Steve Clement, live in 1992. Margaret
and Austin were members of the Tryon United church where Austin
was a choir member. Following Margaret's early death, Austin's sisters,
Mildred and Winnie, kept house for the family.
Margaret Rogerson and Austin Smith had 2 daughters:
Mildred Elaine, a teacher and United Church minister, b. 11 Aug
1936, 1st. m. 28 Aug 1958 George Alexander Cooke. They had 4
children: Julien MacDonald b. 21 Jan 1962, d. 9 Sept 1964, bur.
Moncton, NB; Andrea Margaret b. 30 July 1964; Jeffrey Alexander b.
15 March 1966; Leslie Elaine b. 22 July 1968. Elaine 2nd. m. 25 August
1984 Eugene Lewis Smith, b. 13 Apr 1912, d. 20 Feb 1986.
Barbara Jean, RN, b. 9 Nov 1941, m. 29 Apr 1967 Steven Clement.
They live in Tryon and had 2 children: Nancy Patricia b. 15 Oct 1968;
James Austin b. 9 Oct 1975.
John Albert b. 1883, d. 1934, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., son
of William Rogerson and Catherine MacDonald, m. Bessie Dunbar, b.
1885, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., daughter of Alexander Dunbar
and Ada MacDonald. See Dunbar history.
John Albert and Bessie lived and farmed on the Branch Road, Tryon.
In 1992 this farm is owned by David Francis.
John Albert Rogerson and Bessie Dunbar had 6 children:
Mable d. Infant, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem..
Mary d. Infant, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem..
Elsworth.
+Charlie Dunbar b. 18 May 1915.
Irving, went west to stay with his uncle, Charlie.
Eletha m. Bert Cameron, d. 22 Nov. 1992, bur. Fredericton Floral
Hills Mem. Gardens. They had 3 children: Ann; Gail; John.
Charlie Dunbar Rogerson b. 18 May 1915, d. 21 March 1984, bur.
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Fredericton Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, m. 8 June 1940 Jennie
Waddell, b. 28 Sept 1913, d. 9 Oct 1986, bur. Fredericton Floral Hills
Memorial Gardens. See Waddell history.
Charlie and Jennie lived in Charlottetown. Charlie was a salesman
for Swifts, travelling around the Island buying cattle from farmers.
Charlie Rogerson and Jennie Waddell had 2 children:
John Wayne b. 16June 1941, m. Elsie Hamilton. They had 2 children:
Angela Dawn b. 17 Apr 1970; Andrea Faye b. July 1974. They live in
Cornwall where Wayne is a pharmacist.
Faye Lea b. 24 May 1950, m. John Erwin Barrett. They had 1 child:
John Connor b. 25 March 1983.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Brent Wood research; Evelyn
Rogerson; Maureen Rogerson; Leah Harvey; Barbara Clement.
\awler Family
Earle Sawler b. Kentville, NS, d. 4 Feb 1969, age 72, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., son of Winthorpe Sawler, m. Mabel
Clarke, Cape Traverse, b. 11 June 1901, d. 9 July 1983, bur. Cape
Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Russell Clarke and Nina
Enman.
Earle and Mabel lived on the Crossroad in the house formerly owned
by Hamilton Leard. Earle was a farmer and Mabel was a nurse. Mabel
operated the North Tryon Nursing Home. Mabel was a member of the
North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Earle Sawler and Mabel Clark had 1 child:
+Richard b. 10 July 1935.
Richard b. 10 July 1935, d. 11 Jan 1969, bur. Summerside Peoples
Cem., son of Earle Sawler and Mabel Clark, m. 17 Jan 1960 Dolores
Smith, b. Wolfville, NS, 11 Feb 1935, daughter of John and Elsie Smith.
Richard Sawler and Delores Smith had 1 child:
John Richard b. 14 Dec 1960, m. 11 Aug 1984 Michelle Doucette,
Sherwood. They had 2 children: Raven Candice b. 2 Nov 1985; Joseph
Richard b. 22 Dec 1991.
Sources: Delores Sawler; Earle Sawler Obituary; Richard Sawler
Obituary.
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*)harkey Family
Edward John Shar-
key b. 17 Aug 1867, d.
13 Nov 1970, bur .
North Tryon Presbyte-
rian Cem., son of Owen
Sharkey and Margaret
McDonald, 1st. m. Vic-
toria Alberta Thomas,
b. 23 March 1860, d. 6
Feb 1934, bur. North
Tr yon Pr es byt er i an
Cem., daughter of Wil-
liam Thomas and Eliza-
bet h Pooley; Edward
2nd. m. I r e ne
Josephi ne Blackmore
Wood, b. 1879, d. 26
July 1957, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daugh-
t er of J oseph Black-
mo r e a nd Mar j or y
Clark, Searletown. See
Thomas and Wood his-
tory. Edward and Irene
had no children.
Owen and Margaret Sharkey in the 1881 census were members of
the Catholic church and lived in Lot 27 with three children: Edward J.,
Solomon, and Catherine. Edward Sharkey was working with Douglas
Wright, Bedeque, about 1890, hauling milk to the Bedeque factory. It
was about this time that he moved to North Tryon and accepted
employment with Edward Leard, a carpenter, who lived on the Cross-
road. Edward was building the Tryon Methodist Church, and Edward
Sharkey assisted him.
Edward Sharkey was a first class carpenter and wheelwright, and had
worked at carpentry work about the country and in the sash and door
factory for George Ives. After he retired from Ives' Mill, Mr. Sharkey
worked in his shop which occupied part of his barn, making and
repairing windows, doors, wheels, in fact building or repairing just
about anything anyone wished to have done. He could be depended
upon to set and sharpen a saw properly or to put a good cutting edge
on a pair of scissors for a lady.
Edward Sharkey was noted for very early morning strolls, and when
asked why he walked so early in the day he said he liked to breathe in
Edward Sharkey. Sheldon Dixon Collection.
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the wonderfully fresh air before it became polluted by the fumes from
cars and trucks. He kept mentally alert until just a short time before his
death and loved to chat, telling of the changes that had taken place
through the years.
Victoria Sharkey was a fine craftslady and continued at her trade
until her death in 1934. She spent many hours each day at her large
loom which took up nearly half the kitchen, weaving long panels of
cloth which would be made into homespun blankets. Children loved to
sit and watch with fascination as her shuttle went flying back and forth
humming a tune.
Edward Sharkey outlived both his wives, and in later years was cared
for by his niece, Emma Somers. Edward Sharkey, at 103, was the oldest
resident to live in this district. He celebrated his 103rd. birthday on Aug
17, 1970, and passed away on Nov 13, 1970.
Edward Sharkey and Victoria Thomas had 3 children:
+Emily Sheridan b. 26 Oct 1890.
+Charles Colson b. 25 Sept 1892.
+Laura Victoria b. 6 May 1895.
Emily Sheridan b. 26 Oct 1890, d. 26 Nov 1981, bur. Maiden, Mass.,
daughter of Edward Sharkey and Victoria Thomas, 1st. m. 3 Sept 1913
John Mclnnis, b. 23 Nov 1890, d. 5 Oct 1918, bur. Murray River, son of
Alexander John Mclnnis and Elizabeth Forbes, Murray Harbour; Emily
2nd. m. 28 Dec 1940 Frederick Davenport, Massachusetts. They had no
children.
Followingjohn's early death, his parents, who lived in Point Pleasant
raised John' s son, Edward, while Emily's parents raised the girls, Eulalie
and Mabel. Emily moved to Massachusetts to find work, and there she
met her second husband. Eulalie Thomas has the letter written to her
grandfather by her father, John Mclnnis:
Amherst, N.S.
August 17, 1913
Dear Mr. Sharkey,
Just a few lines to let you know that I stopped here with your daughter and
that she is well and likes Amherst fine. I suppose you will think it wasn 't a very
fair trick to ask to take her over here without her parent's permission but I
thought as she wasn't busy she would like the trip. I am going to send her back
safe tomorrow, and then I want her to come again and stay with me for all time.
But before I take the liberty myself I am asking your own and Mrs. Sharkey's
permission. We have been together a great deal and feel that we want to be all
to each other. I promise to be always kind and true to her and all that a husband
can be. As a working man I have a fairly good wage and a chance in the near
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future for a better one. Now I guess this is all that is necessary to xvrite. You
may write me an answer and leave it with Emily, and now I must close with
best regards to all.
I remain yours truly,
John A. Mclnnis,
Box 464,
Amherst, N.S.
Emily Sharkey and John Mclnnis had 3 children:
+John Edward b. 18 June 1914.
Eulalie Vaughn b. 26 Aug 1915, m. Keith Thomas. See Thomas
history.
+Mabel Florence b. 30 March 1917.
]ohn Edivardb. 18 June 1914, d. 8 May 1969, bur. Brantfort, Ont.,
son of Emily Sharkey and John Mclnnis, m. 20 Feb 1934 Minnetta
Reynolds, b. Point Pleasant, PEL
Edward and Minnetta lived in Brantford, Ont..
Edward Mclnnis and Minnetta Reynolds had 3 children:
Ray.
Faye.
Donald.
Mabel Florence b. 30 March 1917, d. 7 March 1968, bur. Guelph,
Ont., daughter of Emily Sharkey and John Mclnnis, m. Sept 1940 Elmer
Tugger MacDonald, son of Brent and Mary MacDonald.
Tugger was employed as an Engineer with the federal goverment,
and they lived in Summerside, Halifax, Ottawa, and Guelph.
Mabel Mclnnis and Tugger MacDonald had 3 children:
James b. 8 July 1941, married and lives in San Francisco.
Alberta Victoria b. 19 Oct 1947, not married. Alberta adopted a
Romanian child 10 Dec 1990, and lives in Waterloo, Ont.
Eulalie Sheridan b. 1 Jan 1953, m. Donald Barker and lives in
Guelph, Ont..
Charles Colson b. 25 Sept 1892, d. 7June 1980, bur. Bothwell, Man.,
son of Edward Sharkey and Victoria Thomas, m. June 1934 Mary
Lambe, b. Winnipeg, Man., deceased.
Colson and Mary lived and farmed in Saskatchewan. Colson re-
turned to the Island several times to visit his father.
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Colson Sharkey and Mary Lambe had 1 child:
Tommy b. 11 March 1935, married and had children.
Laura Victoria b. 6 May 1895, d. 30 Nov 1983, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., daughter of Edward Sharkey and Victoria Thomas,
m. Apr 1918 Morley Mullins, b. 7 Oct 1896, d. 15 Aug 1968, bur. North
Tryon Presbyterian Cem., son of James Mullins and Margaret H.
Holmes.
Laura and Morley lived on the Tryon Point road where Morley was
a fisherman and owned and operated a lobster factory on the Tryon
river. The factory was lost to sea during a severe storm. Morley was also
a plumber.
Laura Sharkey and Morley Mullins had 1 child:
+Adelee Fay b. 25 Sept 1934.
Adelee Fay b. 25 Sept 1934, daughter of Laura Sharkey and Morley
Mullins, m. 27 Sept 1952 Ralph Foy, b. 1 Aug 1928, son of Maynard Foy
and Emma Howatt.
Adelee and Ralph live in Tryon where Ralph has a plumbing
business and Adelee is a real estate agent.
Adelee Mullins and Ralph Foy had 5 children:
Ralph Sandy b. 12 Aug 1953, m. Sylvia Myers. They live in Hampton
and had 2 children.
Tony Lea b. 7 Feb 1956, m. Nancy Ingerham. They had 1 child. Tony
lives in Vancouver.
Ann Louise b. 31 Jan 1962, m. Melis Visser. They live in Victoria
and had 5 children.
Sheila Adelee b. 16 Dec 1965, m. Mario Gautier. They live in
Oromocto, NB, and had 1 child.
Morley Maynard b. 14 July 1970, m. Gina MacDonald. They live in
Tryon and had 1 child.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Community residents; Eulelie
Thomas; Adelee Foy.
Simmons Family
Brechen Simmons b. 1888, d. 1968, bur. North Bedeque United
Cem., m. Mary Louise Moase, b. 1887, d. 1962, bur. Nort h Bedeque
United Cem.. The Simmons family settled in the Bedeque area.
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Brechen Simmons and Mary Moase had 7 children:
Nina Isabel m. Lome Crozier, Kelvin.
Lucy Albert b. 1915, m. John Burrows, Wilmot Valley.
Keith Brechen m. Ethel Campbell, New Annan.
Herbert Davis m. Ella Thompson, St. Eleanors.
Alma Blanche b. 1910, d. 1915.
Eldrid Therin m. Florence Diamond, Wilmot.
+Harold Roy b. 10 Dec 1913.
Harold Roy b. 10
Dec 1913, d. 28 July
1969, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son
of Brechen Simmons
and Mary Moase, 1st.
m. Lulu Yeo. They had
5 children: Keith F.;
Kennet h; Cl ar ence;
Norman; Blanche m.
Frank Haslam. Harold
2nd. m. 17 June 1965
Jean Eliza Muirhead Sa-
muels, b. 28 July 1913,
d. 2 May 1983, bur.
North Tryon Presbyte-
rian Cem., daughter of
William Muirhead and
Mary El l en Franci s.
They had no children.
See Muirhead history.
Har ol d and Lul u
had a farm in North St.
El eanor s' whi ch be-
came part of the Cana-
dian Forces Base when
it was built in 1940.
They moved to Summerside East at this time where they continued as
farmers and also operated a roadside stand which in 1992 is owned by
Waugh' s. Harold and Jean lived on the Muirhead land where they built
a restaurant.
Sources: Florence Simmons; Community residents.
Jean and Harold Simmons. Bea MacFarlane Collection.
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/ohn Thomas Family
John b. Bideford, England, 1775, d. 4 Sept 1849, m. 20 Aug 1798
Elizabeth Leard, b. Ireland, 1765, d. 3 July 1857, daughter of Samuel
Leard and Margaret Rogers. See Leard history.
John, who served in the garrison at Charlottetown as a Corporal in
the Prince Edward Island Volunteers, moved to the Crossroad when he
received his discharge. John left his farm to his son, William, on the
condition that it should always be in the Thomas name. William left the
farm to his son, William, however, William Jr. had no boys to carry the
Thomas name. Elizabeth's obituary in the Islander of 17july 1857, reads:
At Tryon on the 3rd. instant in the 93rd. year of her age, Elizabeth, relict of
the late John Thomas. She emigrated to this Island with her parents about 90
yrs. ago from Belfast, Ireland. Her end was peace.
John Thomas and Elizabeth Leard had 7 children:
John b. 7 June 1799, m. by bans published 24 Aug 1828 Amelia
Gamble. They had no children.
+Samuel b. 18 Dec 1800.
Henry b. 1800, d. 1876, m. 24 Jan 1839 Mary Quigley.
George m. by license 1 May 1829 Sarah Crossman.
Elizabeth b. 1816, d. 8 Nov 1889, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem.,
m. 12 Aug 1841 James Gamble, b. 1818, d. 1889.
+Waiiam.
Mary d. Oct 1885, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., not married.
In the 1881 census, Mary is a resident in the James Gamble house.
Samuel b. 18 Dec 1800, son of John Thomas and Elizabeth Leard,
m. 1 Feb 1827 Mary Foy, b.c. 1804, d. 16 June 1883, daughter of John
Foy and Mary Polly Warren.
Samuel was a farmer in Augustine Cove and a member of the Tryon
Baptist Church.
Samuel Thomas and Mary Foy had 7 children:
Philip b. 1833, d. 29 Aug 1900, m. Rachael Lefurgey, b. 4 May 1832,
d. 22 June, bur. Lower Bedeque Cem., daughter of Cornelius Lefurgey
and Elizabeth Matthews. They lived at Augustine Cove where Philip was
a cordwainer or shoemaker. See Lefurgey family.
Nelson b.c. 1834, m. Maggie Bears, b.c. 1839. They lived at
Augustine Cove where Nelson, a cooper by trade, manufactured cof-
fins. They had 7 children.
Eliza b. 1836, m. James Muirhead. See Muirhead history.
+Joseph b. 1839.
Mary Jane b. 1840, d. 1925, m. 26 Dec 1870 Cyrus MacNeil, b. 1829,
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d. 1893, son of James MacNeil and Margaret Dockendorff. They lived
at Cavendish and had 6 children: Herbert; Samuel; William; James; Ada;
Alfred. Mary and her family returned to Augustine Cove following
Cyrus' death.
Samuel Jr b.c. 1843, m. Elizabeth Lefurgey, b. 1845, d. 10 Sept 1934,
bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter of Cornelius
Lefurgey and Elizabeth Matthews. They lived at Augustine Cove and
had 5 children. See Lefurgey family.
Margaret Maggie d. 1918, m. her cousin Joseph Boulter, d. 1896,
son of Benjamin Boulter and Rachael Foy. They lived at Albany and
had 3 children.
Joseph b. 1839, d. 1913, son of Samuel Thomas and Mary Foy, m.
20 May 1862 Mary Ann Oakes, b.c. 1837.
Joseph and Ann lived in Stanchel.
Joseph Thomas and Ann Oakes had 4 children:
William Alfred b. 23 Dec 1863, d. 17 Jan 1938, bur. Albany Little
Zion Cem., m. Clara Ellis, bur. Albany Little Zion.
+John Herbert Herb b. 22 June 1866.
Clara Jane b. 10 May 1871, bur. Cambridge, Mass.. Church records
indicate Clara was baptised in the Tryon Baptist Church 6 May 1883,
and dismissed 27 Oct 1898 to Inman Square, Somerville, Mass..
+Joseph Wellington b. 10 March 1879.
John Herbert Herb b. 22 June 1866, d. 6 May 1949, bur. Westmore-
land Baptist Cem., son of Joseph Thomas and Ann Oakes, 1st. m. Emily
Lefurgey Malone, widow of Charlie Malone, b. 27 Apr 1862, d. 29 Nov
1917, bur. Tryon Peoples' Cem., daughter of James Lefurgey and Jane
Boulter; 2nd. m. 13 Oct 1930 Margaret Maggie MacNeil, b. 13 Jan 1881,
d. 19 Sept 1966, bur. Cape Traverse Church of Scotland Cem., daughter
of John MacNeil and Jane Dawson. Emilie and Charlie Malone had 1
child: Janie m. Fred Boulter. Janie looked after Herb in later years and
inherited his house. Emily and Herb had no children. See Malone and
MacNeil history.
Herb was a finish carpenter and built many of the beautiful homes
in North Tryon, including the Leard and the Thomson houses. Herb
was given a lot of land to build his own house as payment for his work
on the David John Thomson house. This house, which was built about
1904 to the east of the Thomson house, is the Charles Thomson family
house in 1992. Herb repaired clocks as a hobby. His house was never
quiet because the clocks had to be wound and had to keep perfect time
before they could be returned to their owners.
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Joseph Wellington b. 10 March 1879, d. 14 Feb 1951, bur. Westmore-
land Baptist Cem., son of Joseph Thomas and Ann Oakes, m. 19 May
1909 Grace Molyneaux, b. 24 May 1889, d. 2Jan 1969, bur. Westmore-
land Baptist Cem., daughter of William Molyneaux and Jane Younker.
Wellingon and Grace moved to North Tryon from Gamble' s Corner,
Lady Fane. They first lived with Wellington's brother, Herb, until they
purchased the Michael Delaney house and store. They were members
of the Tryon Baptist Church.
Wellington Thomas and Grace Molyneaux had 3 children:
+Eleanor Grace b. 6 May 1910.
+MarshaU William b. 9 Apr 1911.
+Jane Clara/anu? b. 8 Nov 1912.
Eleanor Grace b. 6 May 1910, daughter of Wellington Thomas and
Grace Molyneaux, 1st. m. 25 Nov 1932 Austin Leard, b. Tryon, 5 Sept
1907, d. 19Jan 1960, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., son of Artemus
Leard and Annie Thompson. Eleanor 2nd. m. 4 Nov 1957 Fenton
William Wilson, b. Westmoreland, 22 Jan 1911, d. 9 Feb 1992, bur.
Westmoreland Baptist Cem., son of Frederick James Wilson and Carrie
May Simmons.
Eleanor and Austin lived and farmed on the Branch Road, Tryon,
where Heber Fall lives in 1992. Eleanor and Fenton had no children.
Eleanor Thomas and Austin Leard had 3 children:
Rayona b. 1933, not married.
Lorraine b. 1938, m. Malcolm MacNeil.
Donna Faye b. 1949, m. Cyrus Gallant.
Marshall William b. 9 Apr 1911, d. 21 Oct 1991, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., son of Wellington Thomas and Grace Molyneaux, m. 24
Nov 1948 Martha Elizabeth Cherpak, b. 18 Sept 1929, daughter of Mike
Cherpak and Mary A. MacDonald. Martha 2nd. m. Lester Perry. See
Perry history.
Marshall and Martha lived in Wellington's home in North Tryon.
Marshall was a member of the armed forces during WW II. He was
employed at Ives' Mill for 20 years, later working at Cavendish Farms
as a commissioner. The 1882 Atlas shows the Thomas house on land
owned by James Muirhead. Records show a transfer of land from James
Muirhead to Michael Delaney Dec. 2nd, 1873. Michael's son, Claude
Delaney, deeded the house and store to Frank Mayhew following
Michael's death. However, for some reason the property returned to
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Claude Delaney who
deeded it to Welling-
ton Thomas. Welling-
t on t urned the store
into a woodworking op-
eration, making horse-
dr awn wood sleighs
and doing small repairs
for area residents. Mar-
shall and his wife and
famil y l i ved in t he
house until Marshall
had to move to a nurs-
ing home in Charlotte-
t own. Mar t ha was a
member of the North
Tryon Women' s Insti-
tute. Martha has rented
t he house t o Evelyn
Paynter and Michael
Ramsay in 1992.
Marshall Thomas
and Martha Cherpak
had 6 children:
+Joyce Alice b. 24
Oct 1949.
+Freda Marlene b. 19 Apr 1951.
+Barry Marshall b. 14 Apr 1952.
+John Leslie b. 31 March 1954.
+Deborah Ernestine b. 11 Sept 1955.
+Michael Shane b. 24 Aug 1964.
Marshall and Martha Thomas. Martha Thomas Collection.
Joyce Alice b. 24 Oct 1949, daughter of Marshall Thomas and
Martha Cherpak.
Joyce has been SecretaryTreasurer for the Summerside Citizens'
Crime Prevention Committee since its founding in 1988. Joyce was
nominated by the Summerside Police Department to be recognized for
her loyalty and commitment to her work and she was honoured on 28
Nov 1990 for her dedication to her community with a presentation
made by Hon. Joseph Ghiz at Province House during the 4th Annual
Provincial Crime Prevention Ceremony. Joyce lives in Summerside.
Joyce Thomas had 1 child:
Raymond Shane b. 17jan 1977.
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Marshall Thomas family. L to R: Joyce, Marlene, Barry, Leslie, Debbie, Shane.
Freda Marlene b. 19 Apr 1951, daughter of Marshall Thomas and
Martha Cherpak, 1st. m. 23 Nov 1968 Wayne Ivan Bryan, b. 23 Feb
1949, d. 17 Oct 1984, son of Joseph Douglas Bryan and Louise Marie
Wheaton; Marlene 2nd. m. 12 July 1987 Ivan Robert O'Brien, b. 8June
1940, son of Jarvis Charles O'Brien and Regretta Terrasa Gallant, St.
Eleanors.
Marlene and Ivan live in Charlottetown and had no children.
Marshall and Martha Thomas house. Martha Thomas Collection.
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Marlene Thomas and Wayne Bryan had 4 children:
Michael Wayne b. 6 Aug 1968, d. 7 May 1988, bur. Springhill, NS.
Jason Marshall b. 10 Sept 1969.
Angela Elizabeth Louise b. 12 Sept 1970, m. Steven Dale Parsons.
They had 1 child: Jessica Blayne b. 10 Aug. 1991.
John Collin b. 5 Sept 1972.
Barry Marshall b. 14 Apr 1952, son of Marshall Thomas and Martha
Cherpak, m. as her 2nd. husband, 19 Aug 1989, Nellie Ada Shaw, b. 22
June 1956, daughter of Hugh Duncan MacRae and Gloria Edith Eliza-
beth Heaney.
Barry and Nellie live in Charlottetown where Barrie is employed as
a truck driver and Nellie is a nursing assistant at the Queen Elizabeth
Hospital.
Barry Thomas and Nellie Heaney Shaw had 3 children:
William Eric Shaw b. 8 Apr 1983, adopted by Barry.
Adam Robert Shaw b. 17 Oct 1985, adopted by Barry.
Laura Rae b. 22 Oct 1990.
John Leslie b. 31 March 1954, son of Marshall Thomas and Martha
Cherpak, 1st. m. Catherine Dale Mclnnis, b. 16 Dec 1951 daughter of
Colin Cedric Mclnnis and Mary Augusta Bernard; Leslie 2nd. m. 16 Feb
1990 Kim Anne Waite, b. 16 May 1963, daughter of Don and Evelyn
Stewart.
Leslie and Kim live in Lower New Annan and Leslie is employed
with Marine Atlantic, Borden.
Leslie Thomas and Dale Mclnnis had 2 children:
Shannon Mary Elizabeth b. 27 Sept 1977.
Angie Lee Anne b. 5 May 1982.
Deborah Ernestine b. 11 Sept 1955, daughter of Marshall Thomas
and Martha Cherpak, m. 24 Oct 1981 Paul Gerard Mclvor, b. 25 May
1957, son of St. Clair Mclvor and Margaret Mclsaac.
Debbie works as an LNA at Wedgewood Manor, Summerside, and
Paul is manager at Summerside Auto Parts. They live in Kinkora.
Debbie Thomas and Paul Mclvor had 3 children:
Adam Paul b. 29 Apr 1984.
Chad Thomas b. 1 Aug 1986.
Marshall Luke b. 12 Feb 1990.
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Michael Shane b. 24 Aug 1964, son of Marshall Thomas and Martha
Cherpak, m. 17 Sept 1988 Glenda Lee Paynter, b. 29 July 1963, daughter
of Lowell Paynter and Ester Caseley.
Shane is a carpenter and Glenda is an LNA at Wedgewood Manor
in Summerside. They built a house in 1988 on land that was owned by
Daniel Quigley in 1880. Mr. Quigley deeded this property on Nov. 16,
1881, to Hugh Creamer. From Mr. Creamer the property passed to
James Morrison; then James Bud Morrison; to James F. MacLean; to
Reg and Julia MacLean and their children Ralph, Laverne, Rose, Brent,
Bill, Shane, Jim, Kenny, Danny, and Tracey; to Frank and Thelma
MacLean and their children Anne, Slade, Geralyn, Frances, and Eugene
who moved to Paradise, NS; and finally to Harvey Costain. The build-
ings were destroyed by fire in 1970 and Mr. Costain sold the land to
Paul and Debbie Mclver who in turn sold it to Shane in 1986.
Shane Thomas and Glenda Paynter had 2 children:
Samantha Lee b. 23 May 1990.
William Marshall b. 1 Sept 1992.
Marshall (baby), Glenda, Shane, Samantha Thomas. Ha-
zel Robinson.
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Shane and Glenda Thomas house. John Robinson.
Jane Clara/ame b. 8 Nov 1912, daughter of Wellington Thomas and
Grace Molyneaux, m. 14 Nov 1947 Edwin Crossman, b. Cape Traverse,
27 Oct 1915, son of Charles Crossman and Ada Rose.
Janie and Edwin lived in Cape Traverse, retiring to Crapaud. They
had no children.
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William, son of John Thomas and Elizabeth Leard, 1st. m. Feb 1832
Jane Brundage; William 2nd. m. 7 Apr 1853 Elizabeth Pooley, daughter
of Thomas and Mary Pooley.
The William Thomas farm was the last property on the Crossroad
within the North Tryon School District. From William the property
passed to his son, William. One of the Thomas daughters, Norine, and
her husband, Burpee Carr, moved from the Sawler farm to the Thomas
home in the early 1930s to live with Flora following William's death.
The farm was sold to Eric Robinson after the Carrs moved to Saint John
and the main part of the house was sold to Myron Dawson who moved
it to his property. This building was later moved to Augustine Cove and
is now the Fraser Thompson residence. The other part of the house was
sold to Vance Dixon to be used for lodging for potato pickers. The farm
is owned by Ingleside Farms in 1992
William Thomas and Elizabeth Pooley had 6 children:
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John d. as a child.
+Jane.
+Martha Estelle b. 13 Dec 1856.
+Mary Elizabeth b. 23 March 1860, a twin.
Victoria Alberta b. 23 March 1860, m. Edward Sharkey. In 1881
census, Victoria was living in the household of Thomas Ives. See
Sharkey history.
+William Samuel b. 20 Jan 1863.
Jane, daughter of William Thomas and Elizabeth Pooley, m. John
Fraser. Jane and John lived in Boston, Mass..
Jane Thomas and John Fraser had 2 children:
Mamie.
William.
^ 0-
Martha Estele b. 13 Dec 1856, d. as a result of burns after her dress
caught fire from a gas heater, 18 Nov 1924, bur. Mass., daughter of
William Thomas and Elizabeth Pooley, m. 6 Aug 1893 George William
Campbell, Kamloops, BC, b. 10 March 1849, d. 6 Apr 1947, bur. Los
Angeles, son of William Campbell and Eliza Fletcher Corbett.
Martha and George lived in Somerville, Mass..
Martha Thomas and George Campbell had 3 children:
Colin Thomas b. 3 Feb 1894, d. 24 Apr 1926, m. 1 Nov 1919 Flora
Jane McDonald, d. Aug 1989. They had 1 child: Colin Thomas b. 17
Aug 1920, m. 21 Feb 1942 Shirley B. Torrey, b. 18 Apr 1921. They live
in Haverhill, Mass. They had 1 child: Colin Thomas III b. 4 Dec 1944.
Charles Robert b. 13 July 1896, d. 30 May 1972, m. 16 Sept 1923
Helen Weekes b. 21 Apr 1893, d. 1 Nov 1979. They had 1 child: Phyllis
Elaine b. 1 July 1928,1st. m. 21 July 1946 Russell Joseph Topping. They
had 2 children: Charles Frederick; Mark Kevin. Phyllis 2nd. m. 4 Dec
1971 Jan Fosselius.
George Clinton b. 26 Feb 1900, d. 2 May 1978, m. 29 July 1925 Phebe
Selina Pugsley, b. 28 Dec 1898, d. 10 Aug 1952. They had 2 children:
Douglas Clinton b. 12 March 1927, 1st. m. 3 Oct 1953 Maureen Ann
Ryan, b. 18 Oct 1934, d. 8 June 1970. They lived La Mirada, California
and had 3 children: Jane Elaine; Mary Elizabeth; Cary Elaine. Douglas
2nd. m. 28 May 1978 Margo Ridnour, b. 20 Dec 1926; Glenn Edwin b.
31 July 1935, m. 14 June 1958 Marjorie Elizabeth Woods, b. 10 May
1937, d. 25 Jan 1992. They lived La Mirada, California. They had 2
children: Greg; Mark.

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Mary Elizabeth b. 23 March I860, a twin, d. Apr 1930, bur. North
Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of William Thomas and Elizabeth
Pooley, m. Graham Crossman, b. 1844, d. 1926/29, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem..
Martha and Graham lived in the Nathan Wood house on the
Crossroad.
Mary Thomas and Graham Crossman had 12 children:
John Henry b. 3 Aug 1877.
James William b. 21 Oct 1878.
Lydia Ann b. 7 Sept 1880, m. William Ross. They had 6 children:
James; Dorothy; Alice; Laura; Harry m. Hilda Foy; Winnie.
Thomas Alva b. 19 July 1883.
Frederick Deinstadt b. 29 Apr 1885, m. his cousin, Martha Thomas.
See Thomas history.
Martha Estelle b. 12 May 1887, 1st. m. 1 Nov 1904 Thomas Walsh,
2nd. m. Fred Walsh. They lived in Lady Fane. Olga Wright is a daughter.
George Harrison b. 28 Nov 1889, d. 1930, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., not married.
Pearl Irene b. 23 Aug 1892, d. 10 Jan 1948, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., not married.
Frank L. b. 1895, d. 1966, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., not
married.
Lea R. b. 1901, d. 1941, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., not
married.
Harold b. 1904, d. 1905, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
Ryerson m. Beulah James.
> <0> <0-
William Samuel b. 20 Jan 1863, d. 24 June 1927, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of William Thomas and Elizabeth Pooley, m. 4 Feb 1884 Flora
Ann MacKinnon, b. 14 Feb 1863, d. 20 March 1955, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of Laughlin MacKinnon and Mary Ann Duff.
William and Flora lived on the home farm on the Crossroad where
William carried on his father's farming operation.
William Thomas and Flora MacKinnon had 7 girls:
+Estelle Maud b. 14 Nov 1884.
Eleza May b. 21 May 1887, m. George Hennessey. See Hennessey
history.
-Kaara b. 9 Feb 1890.
+Martha b. 17 Aug 1892.
Christie Ann b. 18 Sept 1895, m. John Artemus Lord. See Lord
history.
+Ethel Norine b. 6 Jan 1900.
+Emma Melvine b. 16June 1902.
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William Thomas. Arlene Sorensen
Collection.
Flora Ann Thomas. Arlene Sorensen
Collection.
Estelle Maud b. 14 Nov 1884, d. 30 March 1954, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., daughter of William Thomas and Flora MacKinnon, m. George
A. Dodge.
L to R: Clara Thomas Howatt, Eleza Thomas Hennessey, Emma Thomas Somers, Nor-
ine Thomas Carr. Arlene Sorensen collection.
318
Estelle and George
lived in USA and had
no children. When they
divorced Estelle had
her name changed to
Thomas.
Clara b. 9 Feb 1890,
d. 19 Nov 1989, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daught er of William
Th o ma s and Fl or a
MacKinnon, m. Everett
King Kilburn Howatt,
b. 23 Dec 1893, d. 17
Jan 1968, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of
John Howatt and Min-
nie Wright Lea.
Clara and Everett
l i ve d o n t he Po i nt Christie Thomas Lord. Arlene Sorensen Collection.
Road, Tr yon, at
Howatt's Fruit Farm.
Clara Thomas and Everett Howatt had 3 children:
Everett King Jr. b. 24 Oct 1921, m. 15 Oct 1952 Betty Zelda King,
b. 24 Aug 1929, daughter of Arthur King and Margaret Mary MacBeth.
They live on the John Howatt farm on the Tryon Point Road and had
2 children: Margaret Rosanne b. 1 Nov 1953, m. 24 Aug 1974 Chris
Lawlor; Everett King III, b. 10 Sept 1955, not married.
Richard Leab. 17 March 1923, m. 17 Apr 1948 Marguerite MacDon-
ald, b. 6 Dec 1929, daughter of Gordon MacDonald and Mary MacDon-
ald. Richard worked for Marine Atlantic and they live in Tryon. Richard
and Marguerite had 5 children: Richard Lea Jr. b. 11 July 1948, 1st. m.
Judy Warren, 2nd. m. Shelly Lea Nelson, 3rd. m. Consuelo Flores; Clara
Diane b. 13 Dec 1949, m. 29 June 1974 Garry Costain; Burton Gordon
b. 11 March 1952, m. 28 Feb 1976 Linda Ann MacKenna; Heather
Arlene b. 30 Aug 1956, m. 24June 1978 Albert Ralph Hickox; Catherine
Ann b. 13 Aug 1962, m. 29 Dec 1984 Ian Kent Smith.
Dorothy Ann b. 9 Apr 1933, m. 30 June 1952 George Ernest Smith,
b. 8 March 1927, son of George Weir Smith and Elsie Roselphia Glenn.
They live in Saint John, NB, and had 3 children: Judy Ann b. 18 March
1953, m. 23 Aug 1975 Brian Gamble. See Gamble history; Janet Heather
b. 2 Nov 1954, m. 5 Apr 1975 Wayne Douglas Harrison; Joyce Ellen b.
19 June 1957, m. 2 June 1980 Hayward Harrison.
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Alden Crossman, Suzanne Agnew, Estella Thomas Dodge, Eleza Thomas Hennessey,
Martha Thomas Crossman, Corinne Crossman Agnew, Granny (Mrs. William
Thomas). Hampton, 2 September, 1948. Arlene Sorensen collection.
Martha b. 17 Aug 1892, d. 5 Apr 1953, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of William Thomas and Flora MacKinnon, m. Frederick
Deinstadt Crossman, b. 29 Apr 1885, d. 31 Dec 1952, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem..
Martha and Fred lived and farmed on the Crossroad just outside the
North Tryon school boundary.
Martha Thomas and Fred Crossman had 13 children:
Kenneth John b. 6 Jan 1912, d. 11 Aug 1924, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem..
Clarence Melbourne b. 25 Jan 1913, m. 9 June 1950 Mary Ester
Stevens, b. 14 Sept 1923. They live in Brookfield, NS, and had 1 child:
Alvin Lee b. 23 Oct 1951, m. Donna Mae Henley.
Alden Dexter b. 4 June 1914, d. 8 Dec 1985, bur. Ontario, m. Lois
Simpson, daughter of Cecil Simpson and Leona McLure. They lived in
Niagara Falls and had 6 children: Joy; June; Marilyn; Kenneth; Gail;
Gwen.
Winona Melvine b. 27 Nov 1915, 1st. m. 24 Oct 1946 Lawrence
Edward Dunfield, d. 1982, son of Cyril Dunfield; 2nd. m. 10 May 1989
Robert MacGregor, b. 1902, d. 12 March 1991. They lived in Charlot-
tetown and had no children.
Corinne Estelle b. 6 Apr 1918, m. 11 July 1942 John Agnew, b. 26
Apr 1916, d. 22 Nov 1979, son of Jack Agnew and Mary Maguire. They
lived in Montreal and had 3 children: Suzanne Ella b. 11 Sept 1947, m.
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4 Sept 1982 Garnet Smalley; Judith Corine b. 21 June 1951, m. 30 Aug
1986 Bernard Andre Gay; Mary Elizabeth b. 17 May 1955, m. 12 May
1984 Paul John Agnew. Corinne lives in Ontario.
Harold William b. 14 Feb 1920, d. 29 May 1989, bur. Hunt er River
Cem., m. 11 Nov 1942 Pearl Anna Bernard, daughter of William
Bernard and Martina Graham. They lived in Crapaud and had 3
children: William Frederick, d. 6 days old; Raymond Harold; Lorena
Martina.
Mary Matilda b. 11 Dec 1921, m. 29 Sept 1955 Gordon James Holm,
b. 25 June 1908, d. 19 March 1972, bur. Crapaud Cem., son of Ernest
Holm and Priscilla Green. They lived and farmed in South Melville and
had 3 children: Gordonjohn b. 22Jan 1960; Frederick Ernest b. 26 Aug
1961; Mary Jane b. 8July 1965, d. 7 Dec 1979.
Austin Thomas b. 11 Feb 1924, m. Eileen Miller, daughter of Charles
Clayton Miller and Helen Fleiger. They live in California and had 2
children.
Flora Mae b. 10 Oct 1925, 1st. m. Thomas Welch, div.; 2nd. m. Mel
Maclnnis, deceased. They had 1 child: Alex. Flora Mae and Alex live in
California.
Ethel Noreen b. 12 Dec 1926, m. 21 Jan 1950 Osborne Harris Bolivar,
b. 25 Oct 1921, son of Hiram Sydney Bolivar and Lucretia U. Dares.
They live in Elgin, NB, and had 3 children: Donald Harris b. 18 Dec
1950, m. 6 July 1980 Ingrid M. Lafkrantz; Glenn Eric b. 8 May 1953;
Leona Rose b. 9 Dec 1954.
Penzie Elizabeth b. 13 Aug 1928, m. Lloyd Taylor, deceased. They
lived in Ontario and had no children.
Phyllis Edna b. 30 July 1931, m. 17 Sept 1960 Rodney F. Ruttan, b.
6 Nov 1933, d. 5 Aug 1986. They lived in Ontario and adopted 2
children: William Frederick b. 1 June 1967; Bruce Rodney b. 20 May
1969.
Dorothy Elaine b. 28 Oct 1933, 1st. m. Mel Baker. They had 2
children: Bonnie; Judith. Dorothy 2nd. m. Douglas Zachariah, de-
ceased. They had 1 child: Douglas. Dorothy 3rd. m. Joseph Gagnier,
sep.. They had 1 child. Dorothy lives in Toronto.
Ethel Norine b. 6 Jan 1900, daughter of William Thomas and Flora
MacKinnon, m. 24 June 1931 John Burpee Carr, b. 21 Oct 1903, d. 23
Jan 1965, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Robert Carr and Catherine
McLeod.
Norine and Burpee lived in North Tryon and Saint John, NB, where
Burpee was employed at Baxter Dairies.
Norine Thomas and Burpee Carr had 1 child:
+Arlene Bernice b. 29 Dec 1934, m. 16 Apr 1966 Jack Gunnar
Sorensen, b. 7 Nov 1943, son of Aage Sorensen and Annie Wilson.
321
Norine, Burpee, Arlene Carr. Arlene Sorensen Collection.
Arlene and Jack live in Tryon. Jack is an electronics instructor at
Holland College, Charlottetown, but is presently teaching the class at
Summerside Centre. Arlene taught elementary classes, later music in
public schools, as well as private piano lessons. Arlene served as organist
of the Tryon United Church for many years.
Arlene Carr and Jack Sorensen had 4 children:
Kerry John Aage b. 11 May 1967.
Dale Burpee b. 17 Oct 1968.
Jacqueline Christine b. 14 Dec 1969.
Barrie Garth b. 1 Feb 1971.
Emma Melvine b. 16 June 1902, daughter of William Thomas and
Flora MacKinnon, m. 7 May 1955 Rev. George N. Somers, b. 3 Apr
1882, d. 9 Dec 1959, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Robert Somers
and Lavinia Sprague.
Emma Thomas and George Somers had no children. Emma lives in
Charlottetown.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Thomas history; George Leard
research; Arlene Sorensen; Janie Crossman; Martha Perry; Debbie
Mclvor; Tryon United Baptist Church records.
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/ack Thomas Family
John Jack Thomas b. 1869, d. 22 Nov 1929, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., son of John Thomas and Ellen Lea, m. Maria Fi Boundy,
b. 1874, d. 1941, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., daughter of Daniel
R. and Angela Boundy.
Jack and Fi Thomas moved from St. Eleanors to Albany, then to a
farm in Tryon in 1927. They were in the community only a short time
when Jack was trampled by a horse and his life came to a sudden and
tragic end. Jack and Fi were members of the Tryon Baptist Church. The
Thomas house is owned by Ernest White in 1992.
Jack Thomas and Fi Boundy had 8 children:
Madge, RN, d. Apr 1970, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., m. Dr.
Henry Volk, San Diego, California. They had no children.
Arthur Edwin b. 1898, d. WW I, 27 Sept 1918, bur. France.
+Willard Harry b. 1900.
+Chester Reginald Reg b. 27 Apr 1902.
+Keith Lea b. 11 Oct 1906.
Aldon b. 21 Aug 1908, d. 6 Jan 1980, bur. Westmoreland Baptist
Cem., m. Jessie Sullivan b. 1909, d. March 1984, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem.. They lived in Ontario and had 1 child: Donna m. Larry
Dubeil.
+John Clayton b. 3 June 1912.
Ruby b. 1917, d. 1989, bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., m. Larry
Strong, Calgary, Alberta. They had 2 children: Wendy; Sharon.
Willard Harry b. 1900, d. May 1939, bur. Westmoreland Baptist
Cem., son of Jack Thomas and Fi Bounty, m. 1925 Hazel Blanche Walsh,
b. 1905, d. 1941, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Tom Walsh and
Martha Crossman. Hazel 2nd. m. Bill MacLeod, son of Joe MacLeod.
Willard and Hazel lived in Albany before they moved to Victoria.
Willard was a farmer and also had a trucking business. Both Willard
and Hazel died leaving a young family. Their children were raised by
family and friends.
Willard Thomas and Hazel Walsh had 5 children:
Madge, RN, m. Gerald Prowse. They live in Summerside and had 3
children.
Audrey m. Scotty Taylor. They live in Edmonton and had 3 children.
Clare m. Irene Yacato. They live in Montreal and had 3 children.
Leigh m. Pauline MacKenzie. They live in Canoe Cove and had 5
children.
Dianne m. Peter Yacato. They live in Ottawa and had 3 children.
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Reginald Chester Reg b. 27 Apr 1902, d. 15 Jan 1987, bur. West-
moreland Baptist Cem., son of John Thomas and Fi Boundy, 1st. m. 6
J u n e 1928 J es s i e
Mildred Chisholm, b.
28 Nov. 1903, d. 11
Mar ch 1939, bur .
North Tryon Presbyte-
rian Cem., daughter of
James Chisholm and
Jean Ann Roblee, see
Chisholm history; Reg
2nd. m. 24 Nov 1940
Viola Belle Vi Mosher,
b. 1 May 1921, daugh-
ter of Richard Mosher
and Florence Getson.
Reg was born in St.
El e a nor s and, as a
child, moved with his
family to Tryon. Reg
and Jessi e bought a
farm in Albany. Reg
sold the farm to Earle
Boulter in the 1930s,
moved to the Chisholm
house in North Tryon,
and went to work for
the provincial govern-
ment. Reg moved to
Summerside after Jes-
sie's death in 1939 where he continued to work for the PEI Government,
building roads and plowing snow. Reg met and married Vi Mosher, a
Licensed Nursing Assistant, from St. Felix while working in the western
end of the province. The land on which the Thomas house stands was
owned by Thomas Dawson in the 1880 Atlas. Frank Lang, who was
married to Elizabeth Chisholm, had the house built on the property in
1921. This was the first bungalow style house built in the community.
Ray Tanton of Summerside was the builder. Reg and Vi bought the
house by tender in May 1954 and moved from the Crossroad where
they had been living in the Amos MacWilliams house. Vi and her
grandson, Jeff, live in the house in 1992. Reg and Vi attended the Tryon
United Baptist Church and Vi was a member of the North Tryon
Women' s Institute.
Vi and Reg Thomas. Vi Thomas Collection.
324
Reg and Vi Thomas house. Hazel Robinson.
Reg Thomas and Jessie Chisholm had 2 children:
Shirley Mildred b. 13 May 1929, m. Bertram Thomson. See Thom-
son history.
+Arthur Reginald b. Albany, 27 June 1931.
L to R: Cheryl, Fay, Arthur, Gail and Shirley Thomas. Vi Thomas Collection.
325
Reg Thomas and his 2nd wife, Vi Mosher, had 3 children:
+Anna Fay b. 26 Jan 1944.
+Brenda Gail b. 24 March 1945.
-Klheryl Lynn b. 29 Feb 1948.
Arthur Reginald b. 27 June 1931, son of Reg Thomas and Jessie
Chisholm, m. 31 Dec 1952 Adele Shirley Sobey, b. 28 Aug 1932,
daughter of Harry Sobey and Margaret Howatt, Searletown.
Arthur was raised by his grandparents, James Pop Chisholm and Jean
Ann Roblee. He left the Island after apprenticing with the Cucliffe
Funeral Home in Charlottetown and went to Toronto where Adele was
working. Arthur and Adele went west in 1954. The first leg of the
journey took them to Arthur' s Great-Uncle Ches Thomas' home in
Calgary. When they reached Vancouver, Arthur found work with a
family funeral home business. Eventually he went into partnership in
the Richmond Funeral Home, Richmond, BC. The business was sold
in 1984, but Arthur continues to work part time in the profession.
Arthur Thomas and Adele Sobey had 2 children:
Barry Arthur b. 8 July 1956, m. Cheryl Boyle. They had 2 children:
Dana Lynn b. 22 June 1984; Christopher Reginald b. 14 Sept 1985.
Lori Shirley May b. 6 May 1960, m. Martin Fletcher. They had 1
child: Trevor Martin b. 29 Apr 1990.
Anna Fay b. 26 Jan 1944, daughter of Reg Thomas and Vi Mosher,
1st. m. Arnold Archibald MacLeod, Long Creek, b. 19 Apr 1942, d. 22
Oct 1980, bur. New Glasgow Cem., son of Rodney and Mildred
MacLeod; Fay 2nd. m. 22 Nov 1975 Edward Sydney Darby, b. Summer-
side, 28 Apr 1937, son of Edward Darby and Margaret Bishop. They
had no children.
Fay and Ed live in New Dominion. Fay is employed with the
provincial Motor Vehicle Department and Ed works at DVA in Char-
lottetown.
Fay Thomas and Arnold MacLeod had 3 children:
Wanda May b. 9 May 1961, m. Ronnie Elwood Green, Kingston, b.
30 Nov 1961. They had 2 children: Trevor b. 25 Oct 1978; Mark b. 15
Nov 1981.
Bonita Fay b. 25 Apr 1963, m. Warren Kirk MacDonald, Long
Creek, b. 4 Aug 1959. They had 2 children: Matthew Tyler b. 1 Jan 1986;
Natasha Dawn b. 12 July 1989.
Kenneth Lee b. 29 Apr 1965. Not married.
Brenda Gail b. 24 March 1945, daughter of Reg Thomas and Vi
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Mosher, m. 27 Dec 1964 Patterson Terry, Toronto.
Gail and Pat live in Toronto where Gail works for an insurance
company and Pat is employed with a national brewery.
Gall Thomas and Patterson Terry had 2 children:
Tanya Lee Viola b. 7 May 1965, m. David Gilbert, div.. They had 3
children: Travis Donald b. 2 Aug 1984; Kyle Sean b. 13 Apr 1986; Krystal
Gail b. 17 June 1989.
Sande Donald b. 2 June 1969.
Cheryl Lynn b. 29 Feb 1948, daughter of Reg Thomas and Vi
Mosher, m. 25 March 1967 Donald John Stanley Judson, b. 21 March
1948, son of Willis Judson and Blanche Fall, Crapaud.
Cheryl and Donald live in Crapaud; Donald is a burner serviceman.
Cheryl Thomas and Donald Judson had 2 children:
Donald Jeffrey b. 14 Aug 1967.
Tracy Lynn b. 8 Dec 1971, m. 16 Nov 1991 Kenneth MacRae,
Kingston.
Keith Lea b. 11 Oct 1906, d. 29 June 1963, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., son of Jack Thomas and Fi Bounty, m. 18 June 1938
Eulalie Vaughn Mclnnis, b. 26 Aug 1915, daughter of Emily Sharkey
and John Mclnnis. See Sharkey history.
Keith and Eulalie lived in the John Lyman house in Tryon where
Keith had a general store. Eulalie taught school, moving to Charlotte-
town following Keith's death.
Keith Thomas and Eulalie Maclnnis had 2 children:
Shirley/i b. 11 Aug 1944, m. Garfield Otis. Jill and Garfield live in
Crapaud and had 1 son: Keith Lea b. 13 Jan 1966.
Jack George b. 14 Apr 1947, m. Marilyn Ann O' Connor. Jack is
employed with Marine Atlantic in Borden. They live in Carleton and
had 2 children: Cory Jack b. 6 Feb 1975; Rebecca Ann b. 29 Aug 1980.
John Clayton b. 3 June 1912, son of John Thomas and Fi Boundy,
m. 27 Sept 1941 Marion Enid Lewis, b. 19 Aug 1914, d. 11 Nov. 1992,
bur. Westmoreland Baptist Cem., daughter of Joseph Lewis and Mary
Deacon.
Clayton and Enid Thomas moved from the Thomas house in Tryon
to the Wilfred Inman house in 1942. The property was part of the
Robert Muirhead farm in 1880. The house and all its contents were
destroyed by fire in Nov 1977. Clayton and Enid moved a mobile home,
327
L to R, back row: Lowell, Judy, Grant, Gloria, Wayne. Front row: Enid, Clayton
Thomas. Kathie Giesbrecht.
which they purchased from Sharon and Lester Craig, onto the site.
Enid, a Registered Nurse, worked at the Prince County hospital until
she retired in 1979. Clayton was a farmer. Clayton and Enid hosted and
entertained many young people through the years. Clayton is a member
of the Tryon Baptist Church and Enid was a member of the Crapaud
Clayton and Enid Thomas house. Hazel Robinson.
328
Gospel Hall.
Clayton Thomas and Enid Lewis had 5 children:
+Willard Wayne b. 31 May 1942.
+Lowell Edwin b. 17 Feb 1944.
Judith Anne b. 28 Apr 1945, m. David Giesbrecht. See Giesbrecht
history.
Gloria Elizabeth b. 21 March 1949, m. Lome Lea. See Lea history.
+Lewis Grant b. 18 May 1953.
Willard Wayne b. 31 May 1942, son of Clayton Thomas and Enid
Lewis, m. 30 Oct 1965 Dorothy Smith, b. 28 Nov 1944.
Wayne and Dorothy live in Scarborough, Ont., where Wayne installs
and maintains security alarms systems.
Wayne Thomas and Dorothy Smith had 2 children:
Laurie Lee b. 5 Apr 1971.
John Eric b. 23 Apr 1974.
Lowell Edwin b. 17 Feb 1944, son of Clayton Thomas and Enid
Lewis, m. 9 Sept 1967 Nancy Elaine Welling, b. 10 Feb 1946.
Lowell and Nancy live in Ottawa. Lowell is a lawyer with the RCMP
National Security Department.
Lowell Thomas and Nancy Welling had 2 children:
Kimberleyjayne b. 21 June 1968.
Jennifer Naida b. 6 May 1975.
Lewis Grantb. 18 May 1953, son of Clayton Thomas and Enid Lewis,
1st. m. 9 July 1977 Deborah Gayle MacKenzie, b. 18 March 1954, d.
cancer, 30 March 1988, bur. Crapaud Gospel Hall Cem., daughter of
Jack MacKenzie and Olive Collicut; Grant 2nd. m. Catherine Ann
Warnock, b. Winnepeg, Man., 30 Apr 1960, daughter of Hugh Harold
Warnock and Elizabeth Miller, Surrey, BC.
Grant and Cathy's property is on the Trans Canada Highway, to the
west side of the Clayton Thomas house. They attend the Crapaud
Gospel Hall.
Grant Thomas and Debbie MacKenzie had 2 children:
Jody Mitchell MacKenzie b. 14 March 1981.
Darcy MacAdam b. 7 May 1985.
Grant Thomas and his 2nd wife, Cathy Ann Warnock, had 2
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Back L to R. Grant, CathyJody. Front: Troy, Cristy, Darcy
Thomas. Hazel Robinson collection.
children:
Troy Andrew b. 23 Jan 1990.
Cristy Dawn Warnock b. 7 Jan 1992.
Grant and Cathy Thomas house. Hazel Robinson.
330
Sources: Viola Thomas; Arthur Thomas; Enid Thomas; Eulelie
Thomas.
7
homson Family
James and David John Thomson were brothers. James was the first
brother to come to PEI from Campsiefell, Scotland. In correspondence
dated 2 March 1833 and in the possession of Ethel Thomson, James
strongly suggested to David John that he should make the journey.
James b. 12 July 1783, d. 28 Oct 1846, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m.
by license issued 21 Feb 1806 Sarah Leard, b. 1781, d. 1865, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of Samuel Leard and Margaret Rogers. See
Leard history.
The Charlottetown Guardian in its weekly column Across the Island
written by Neil Matheson, told about James Thomson from Campsie-
fell, Scotland, a former British Army Officer who left his homeland
before 1833 and settled in North Tryon. The article described how
James planted flax seed, harvested and processed the flax into linen
thread and wove the thread into linen tableclothes, all of this being
done on his farm, Pleasant Vale, where he moved in 1809. James
presented the tableclothes to Government House in Charlottetown in
1840. They were so lovely that it was disputed they were Island made
and a newspaper controversy arose over their origin. Like many resi-
dents of that era, James wrote letters, some of which have been
preserved and have provided information for this history. He also
derived enjoyment out of writing poetry that described community
happenings.
James set up Pleasant Vale as an entailed estate, leaving it to his son
Dudley John Ready Thomson and his male heirs, begotten in lawful
wedlock, always to remain in the Thomson name. If the estate passed
to a daughter, she was to adopt the Thomson name. James' will stated
that the farm was never to be morgaged nor to have any debt. It was
never to have less stock than 1 pair of oxen under 5 years old; 1 breeding
mare, not less than 4 years old; not more than 10 or less than 2 cows;
18 sheep; and 2 pigs. The owner was always to have a decent buriel at
the expense of the next heir. The Oxford Dictionary defines "entailed"
as "a settlement of succession of landed estate so that it cannot be
bequeathed at pleasure or sold."
The farm passed through several generations of Thomsons, ending
with Stanley Thomson. Richard Newsome now owns and farms the
land. The house was demolished in 1985.
James Thomson and Sarah Leard had 13 children:
James b. 5 Aug 1807, d. 12 June 1882, bur. Miminegash Cem., m.
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by licence issued 21 Feb 1827 Jane Dickie, b. 1807, d. 1 July 1867, bur.
Miminegash Cem.. They lived in the Big Clear, back of Cape Traverse
and had at least 5 children.
Margaret b. 3 Feb 1809, m. by license issued 16 Apr 1827 James
McClaverty. They lived in Tryon, and later moved to the mainland.
David John b. 10 Aug 1810, never married, a school master.
Samuel b. 31 Dec 1811, died young of whooping cough.
Helen b. 29 March 1813, m. 4 March 1847 Benjamin Penpraise.
Isabella b. 2 Feb 1815, m. 20 Nov 1832 John White. They lived at
Black Point near Bonshaw.
Andrew Nichol b. 30 March 1817, m. Julia Ann Penpraise. Andrew
was a stone mason. They lived in Augustine Cove and had 6 children.
Fraser Thompson, Augustine Cove, is a descendent.
John Kier b. 31 Dec 1818, d. about age 50, lived in Saint John, NB,
and likely never married.
+Charles Muttart b. 27 Jan 1821.
William b. 26 Apr 1823, died young of convulsions.
William MacGregorb. 10 Oct 1824, m. Margaret Miller, NS. William
was a tailor. They lived in North Tryon and then moved to Rexton, NB.
William owned the farm to the south of his father in 1863.
Elizabeth Jean b. 2 Oct 1826, d. 10 Aug 1889, bur. Campbellton
Cem., m. 6 Aug 1851 William Thomson, b. 6 Aug 1824, d. 16 Feb 1892,
bur. Campbellton Cem.. They had 3 children.
Dudley John Ready b. 30 June 1829, d. 8 Oct 1859, never married
and farmed the homestead. The farm passed from Dudley to the oldest
son of his brother James.
Charles Muttart b. 27 Jan 1821, d. 24 Sept 1894, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of James Thomson and Sarah Leard, m. 15 Nov 1856 Sarah
Jane MacWilliams, b. 1831, d. 4 Oct 1898, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Joseph MacWilliams and Judith Crockett. See MacWilliams
history.
Charles and Sarah bought the home farm Pleasant Vale in 1882 from
Charles' nephew.
Charles Thomson and Sarah MacWilliams had 6 children:
Maria b.c. 1859, bur. Boston area, m. Mr. Hill. They lived in the
USA.
+Huber t b. 1861.
Caroline b.c. 1863, m. Mr. Cook.
+Josephb. 26 June 1866.
Jennie b. 9 June 1868, m. Hamilton Leard. See Leard history.
Malindab.c. 1871, bur. Boston area, m. Warren Leard, bur. Boston
area. They lived in the USA and had no children.
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Hubert b. 1861, d. 1
Jan 1944, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of
Charles Thomson and
Sarah MacWilliams, m.
Margaret MacWilliams,
b. 1862, d. 26July 1951,
d a u g h t e r of Davi d
MacWilliams and Jane
Enman. See MacWil-
liams history.
Hu b e r t was a
farmer. He first lived in
the Russell Thomson
house and later moved
to the Clinton Leard
house in Tryon.
Hubert Thomson
and Margaret MacWil-
liams had 2 children:
Dora bur. Port El-
gin, NB, 1st. m. John
Charl es Pooley. See
Pooley history. Dora
2nd. m. 26 Dec 1928
Harold D. Leard, bur.
Port Elgin Cem., son of Smith Leard and Celiajane Wood. See Leard
history. They lived in Murray Road, NB, and had no children.
-Kk>rdon b. 10 Nov 1885.
Margaret and Hubert Thomson. Grace MacCallum
Collection.
Gordon Warren b. 10 Nov 1885, d. 9 June 1976, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Hubert Thomson and Margaret MacWilliams, m. Lena
Lillian MacDonald, b. Crapaud, 29 May 1884, d. 4 Oct 1971, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., daughter of John MacDonald and Margaret Percival.
Gordon and Lena farmed and lived in the Russell Thomson house
for a short time. Later they lived in the old Albert D. Callbeck house
on the Crossroad. They moved to Cornwall in 1949. Gordon added a
p to his name, and some of his descendents are known as Thompson.
Gordon Thom(p)son and Lena MacDonald had 8 children:
+Grace Eliza b. 7 Nov 1910.
-rGordon Max b. 24 Feb 1914.
+EUa Margaret b. 17 Feb 1917.
-KHive Bell b. 2 March 1918.
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L to R, back row: Olive, Stanley, Ella, Albert, Grace, Max. Front: Norman, Lena, Gor-
don, Edmund Thomson. Doris Thomson Collection.
+Albert Ellsworth b. 26 Oct 1920.
+Edmund Younkerb. 30 June 1923.
+Norman Best b. 23 Jan 1926.
+Stanley Bruce b. 4 Apr 1928.
Grace Eliza b. 7 Nov 1910, daughter of Gordon Thom(p)son and
Lena MacDonald, m. 15 Sept 1937 Avalah A. MacCallum, b. 21 July
1901, d. 16 Apr 1957, the result of a traffic accident, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of William A. MacCallum andj ani e Moore.
Avalah was employed with Canadian National on the Borden car
ferries. Grace is a Registered Nurse and lives in Carleton Siding.
Grace Thomson and Avalah MacCallum had 2 children:
Lloyd Thomson b. 26 Feb 1944, m. 26 June 1965 Mildred Evelyne
Bernard, b. 26 Nov 1945, daughter of Donald Bernard and Amy
Paynter. They live in Wilmot. Lloyd is a captain with Marine Atlantic in
Borden. They had 3 children: Rodney Avalah b. 7 June 1971, d. 9 June
1971; Pamela Faye b. 8 June 1971; Vanessa Jane b. 25 Dec 1973.
Wilma Pauftneb. 3 May 1946, m. 28 May 1966 Edwin Winston Taylor
Walker, b. 13 Sept 1941, son of Roy Walker and Adeline Taylor. They
live and farm in Travellers Rest. Pauline is a school teacher. They had
2 children: Sharon Faye b. 4 Apr 1967; Kimberly Anne b. 6 July 1970.
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Cordon Max b. 24 Feb 1914, d. 12 May 1985, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of Gordon Thom(p)son and Lena MacDonald, m. 12 Oct
1937 Doris Crosby, b. 5 Nov 1916, daughter of Harry Crosby and Lettie
Howard, Cornwall.
Max and Doris lived in the Joseph Fell house in Tryon, then the
Keith Myers house in Lower Tryon, and finally in the Nathan Wright
house in Victoria where they farmed and operated a tourist resort. They
built a new house on their farm when they retired. Max was a Liberal
MLA for 4th. Prince. They were members of the Victoria United
Church.
Max Thompson and Doris Crosby had 3 children:
Doris Marlene b. 2 Sept 1938, m. 17 Sept 1960 William Stanley
Sinnis, son of Ellsworth Sinnis and Margaret Cunningham. They live in
Fox River, NS, where William worked for Apex Industrial Supplies.
They had 3 children: David William b. 14 July 1961; John Mark b. 2 Oct
1962; Deborah Faye b. 25 March 1967.
John Donald b. 19 July 1945, m. 28 June 1969 Marion Anne Nan
MacEachern, b. 16 Apr 1947, daughter of Jack MacEachern and Elsie
MacKay. They operate a dairy and potato farm, live in Victoria, and had
3 children: Wayne John b. 8 Apr 1970; Jamie Andrew b. 13 March 1973;
David MacEachern b. 7j une 1975.
Ralph Crosby b. 22 Oct 1946, m. 4 Dec 1965 Edith Karen MacRae,
b. 23 March 1948, daughter of Elmer MacRae and Elizabeth Coles.
Ralph is a provincial courtjudge and Karen teaches at Holland College.
They live in Wilmot and had 3 children: Dillon Ralph b. 10 May 1971;
Andrew MacRae b. 10 June 1974; June-Marie Hunt er b. l j u n e 1975.
Ella Margaret b. 17 Feb 1917, daughter of Gordon Thom(p)son and
Lena MacDonald, m. 1 Dec 1943 Clifford Chappell, b. 15 Jan 1921, d.
15 June 1983, bur. York United Church Cem., son of Robert Chappell.
Ella and Clifford lived in York, where they farmed. Ella takes an
active part in community life and always has a role in the famous York
Community Concerts.
Ella Thom(p)son and Clifford Chappell had 3 children:
Raymond Clifford b. 21 March 1945, m. Aug 1968 Janet Cudmore,
daughter of Keith Cudmore and Doris Bryenton. They live in Charlot-
tetown and had 2 children: Rodney Raymond b. 19 Sept 1970; Laurie
Ruth b. 24 Dec 1971.
Donald Robert b. 16 June 1947, m. Oct 1968 Marguerite Mosher,
daughter of Herman Mosher and Hazel Bryenton. Donald lives in
Toronto. They had 1 child: Gregory Donald b. 20 Nov 1969, who lives
with his mother on PEL
Elizabeth Anne b. 19 Jan 1953. Not married.
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Olive Bell b. 2 March 1918, daughter of Gordon Thom(p)son and
Lena MacDonald, 1st. m. Sheldon Wood; 2nd. m. 1953 George Dar-
rach, b. Milo, PEI, 29 Apr 1919.
Sheldon joined the Canadian Army and stayed in England following
WW II. Olive and George live in Ontario.
Olive Thom(p)son and Sheldon Wood had 2 children:
Wendell Sheldon b. 16 Oct 1937, m. Marguerite Mosher, daughter
of Herman Mosher and Hazel Bryenton. They live in Brookfield with
their 2 children: Gregory Donald b. 20 Nov 1969; Reginald George b.
24 June 1974.
Margaret Grace b. 6 March 1940. Not married.
Olive Thom(p)son Wood and her 2nd husband, George Darrach,
had 1 child:
Norman George b. 17 June 1954, m. 29 Oct 1986 Bonnie Oldfield.
They live in Ontario and had 2 children: Sloane Elizabeth; MacKenzie
Jane.
Albert Ellsworth b. 26 Oct 1920, son of Gordon Thom(p)son and
Lena MacDonald, m. Evelyn Anderson, b. 8 Sept 1918, daughter of
Lachlan Anderson and Alice Howes.
Albert and Evelyn live in Bellville, Ontario.
Albert Thompson and Evelyn Anderson had 3 children:
Marjorie Lynn b. 11 Nov 1948, m. Robert Turnbull. They live in
Picton, Ont., and had 2 children: Roberta Lynn b. 29 May 1976; Ian
Robert b. 19 Oct 1977.
Edward Ross b. 11 Jan 1952, m. Diane Vieva. They live on Lesquile
Island, BC, and had 2 children: Sonya Dawn b. 29 May 1975; Joseph
Oakley b. 13 Oct 1979.
Joseph Roy m. Debra Higgins. They live in Ont., and had 2 children:
Shawn Andrew b. 11 Aug 1983; Daniel Mark b. 26 Apr 1986.
Edmund Younker b 30 June 1923, son of Gordon Thom(p)son and
Lena MacDonald, m. Elva Sentner, daughter of Gordon and Julia
Sentner.
Edmund and Elva live in Toronto and had no children.
Norman Best b. 23 Jan 1926, son of Gordon Thom(p)son and Lena
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MacDonald, m. 26 Apr 1956 Ireta Olivia Stevenson, b. 3 July 1935,
daughter of William Stevenson and Dorothy MacDowell.
Norman and Ireta live in Bunbury where Norman was employed at
the repair department of Canadian National Railways.
Norman Thompson and Ireta Stevenson had 2 children:
Deborah Lee b. 17 Nov 1956, m. Ricky Hood, son of Celia and
George Hood. I hey live in Charlottetown and had 1 child: Katherine
Jane b. 20 May 1988.
Ian Douglas b. 8 Apr 1959, m. 14 Oct 1989 Darlene Doucette,
daughter of Bernard and Margaret Doucette. They live in Barrington,
NS, and had 1 child: Kirk Bernard Norman b. 7 July 1990.
Stanley Bruce b. 4 Apr 1928, son of Gordon Thom(p)son and Lena
MacDonald, m. 23 Nov 1949 Norma Ella MacPhail, daughter of Aubrey
MacPhail and Kathleen MacKinley.
Stanley and Norma live in Peterborough, Ontario.
Stanley Thompson and Norma MacPhail had 5 children:
Ronald Aubrey b. 24 Oct 1950, m. 1985 Julia Eades. They live in
Markham, Ont., and had 4 children: Diana b. 20 Dec 1985; Lindsay b.
2 May 1987; Staci Ella b. 23 Apr 1990; Kelly Julia b. 11 Feb 1992.
David Stanley b. 21 Dec 1951, m. 26 Feb 1972 Denise Stafford. They
live in King City, Ont., and had 3 children: Jeffrey b. 27 Jan 1981; Paul
b. 23 Feb 1983; Michael b. 15 Apr 1985.
Robert Blairb. 28 Oct 1954, m. July 1976 Linda Mae Hollandy. They
live in Peterborough, Ont., and had 3 children: Charlotte Mae b. 4 Apr
1978; Laura b. 25 March 1986; Victoria b. 13 Apr 1988.
Kenneth Gordon b. 29 July 1956 m. Nancy Frankish. They live in
Bridgeworth, Ont..
Brian Edmund b. 11 March 1959, m. 31 May 1985 Katherine
Poetker. They live in Edmonton, Alberta, and had 2 children: Paula
Marie b. 31 July 1987; Leanne Robyne b. 17 Apr 1990.
^ 4- ^ ^
Joseph b. 26 June 1866, d. 3Jan 1945, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., son of Charles Thomson and Sarah Mac Williams, m. Sarah Belle
Rogerson, b. 1878, d. 7 Oct 1917, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
daughter of William Rogerson and Catherine MacDonald.
Joseph and Sarah raised their family at Pleasant Vale.
Joseph Thomson and Sarah Rogerson had 4 children:
+Russell b. 7 Jan 1898.
Morleyb. 1 May 1902, d. 17Jan 1903, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem..
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Gertrude Blanche b. 21 Sept 1906, m. Lester MacDonald. See
MacDonald history.
+Everett Stanley b. 28 March 1911.
Russell b. 7 Jan 1898, d. 9 Nov 1962, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., son of Joseph Thomson and Sarah Rogerson, m. 19 Nov 1919
Minnie Olla Dawson, b.
Tryon 20 Sept 1897,
daught er of Charl es
Daws on a nd May
Ma c Ki nnon. See
Dawson history.
Russell and Minnie
purchased a farm and
house from Gor don
Thomson in 1919. This
property at one time
consisted of three sepa-
r at e farms and had
three houses:
The house where
Russel l and Mi nni e
Thomson first lived was
owne d by Dani el
Quigley, then Irma and
William Kitson, t hen
Russell and Minnie Thomson on their fortieth anniver-
sary. Minnie Thomson Collection.
Russell and Minnie Thomson house. Hazel Robinson.
338
Gordon Thomson, before being purchased by Russell and Minnie.This
house was across the brook and has been demolished. It was in this
house that most of the Russell Thomson children were born.
The second house on the farm was built by Thomas Dawson. This
house was moved by Arthur Dawson to the northwest side of his double
house where Wendell and Alma Lea resided. It was purchased and
moved by Alex Dawson after WW II.
The third house, where the Thomsons now live, was also built by
Thomas Dawson. Thomas' son, Howatt, inherited the house and fol-
lowing Howatt's death and his wife's death, their son, Reggie, sold the
house to William Callbeck. James Dawson, also a son of Thomas, lived
in the house before he moved to the present Steven Thomson house.
James' son, Arthur and his wife, Winnie, lived in the house, until Arthur
built his new house where Arthur and Glen Thomson live in 1992.
William Callbeck and his wife, Margaret Lowther, lived in the house
until Russell Thomson purchased it in 1938.
Russell was one of the community's well organized and proficient
farmers. He had a mixed farming operation. He was a strong supporter
of the Progressive Conservative party and both he and Minnie were
members of the North Tryon Presbyterian Church. Following Russell's
early death from cancer, Minnie continued to run the farm with the
help of her sons. She is still assisting in 1992. Minnie is a Life Member
of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Standing L ro R: Ruth Cutcliffe, Raymond Thomson, Lillian Roper, Charlie Thomson,
Elizabeth Cutcliffe. Seated: Arthur Thomson, Phyllis Fleiger, Mildred MacEachern,
Minnie Thomson, Joyce Campbell, Bertram Thomson. Glen Thomson Collection.
339
Russell Thomson and Minnie Dawson had 10 children:
+Arthur Russell Art b. 26 Oct 1920.
+Lillian May b. 24 Oct 1921.
+Bertram Joseph Bert b. 8 June 1923.
+Mildred Belle Millie b. 5 July 1925.
+PhyllisJuneb. 13 July 1927.
+Joyce Marion b. 21 Sept 1929.
+Charles Everett Charlie b. 30 May 1931.
Ruth Elaine b. 14 Jan 1935 m. Gordon Cutcliffe. See Cutcliffe
history.
+Raymond George b. 2 May 1937.
+Elizabeth Faye b. 6 Nov 1939.
Arthur Russell Art b. 26 Oct 1920, son of Russell Thomson and
Minnie Dawson, m. 11 Oct 1944 Glenelda Beryl Glen Lidstone, b.
Freetown, 1 Apr 1925, daughter of Ray Lidstone and Laura Campbell.
The farm where Art and Glen lived until 1976 was owned by Henry
and Elizabeth Dawson in the 1800s. When Henry died in 1912, he left
the farm to his grandson Wilbur Trainer. Wilbur's aunt, Ida Dawson,
taught school in North Tryon and lived in part of the house. Merritt
and Lavina Dawson bought the farm some time later but never lived in
the house. Ida's brother, Edwin Dawson, and his wife, Mamie, rented
the house for a few years. Their daughter, Margaret, and her husband,
Linda, Carol, Glen, Arthur.and June. Glen Thomson Collection.
340
Dan Palmer, lived with them after their marriage. Art bought the Henry
Dawson farm from Merritt Dawson's widow, Lavina, in 1943. Art and
Glen moved into the house in 1944 and lived there until 1976 when
they retired from farming, sold their farm to Art's brother, Raymond,
and moved to the Arthur Dawson house. The Henry Dawson house was
demolished in 1985. Art and Glen grew potatoes, turnips, and also had
cattle on their farm. Both take an active part in community life, and are
members of the North Tryon Presbyterian Church. Since moving in
1976, they have continued Arthur Dawson's tradition of having a large,
beautiful flower garden each year beside their home. Glen is a Life
Member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Art Thomson and Glen Lidstone had 3 daughters:
+CaroI Faye b. 24 Apr 1945.
+Linda Diane b. 21 July 1955.
+June Annabel b. 2 Dec 1957.
Carol Faye b. 24 Apr 1945, daughter of Art Thomson and Glen
Lidstone, m. 30 Apr 1966 Ronald Weston Rayner, b. 3 May 1947, son
of Weston Rayner and Helen Clark. See Clark history.
Carol and Ronnie live in Bedeque. Carol is a teacher at Somerset
Elementary School in Kinkora, Ronnie is a radar technician with Marine
Atlantic in Borden.
Carol Thomson and Ronald Rayner had 3 children:
Gwenn Elizabeth b. 15 Apr 1964, m. 23 June 1990 Andrew Good,
Toronto. Gwenn is a respiratory therapist at Mount Sinai Hospital,
Toronto.
Weston Arthur b. 24 Nov 1966. Weston has a BSc in Agricultural
Engineering, and has a management position at McCain Foods PEI
plant.
Tracy Lynn b. 24 Apr 1971, a nursing student at Dalhousie Univer-
sity.
Linda Diane b. 21 July 1955, daughter of Art Thomson and Glen
Lidstone, m. 7 July 1984 Collin Morson Smith, son of Derek and Janet
Smith, Norwood, Ont..
Linda and Collin live in Kanata, Ont., where Linda, who has her
BBA, is employed with Revenue Canada, Ottawa. Collin also works for
Revenue Canada.
Linda Thomson and Collin Smith had 3 children:
Laura Grace b. 10 Apr 1985.
Sheila Raewyn b. 6 Feb 1988.
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Carolyn June b. 20 May 1991.
June Annabel b. 2 Dec 1957, daughter of Art Thomson and Glen
Lidstone, m. 7 Dec 1984 Daniel Edward Pare, son of George and Betty
Pare, Windsor, Ont..
June and Daniel live in Scarborough, Ont., where June works as a
program analyst for Zurich Insurance Co., and Dan is assistant general
manager for Scotia Bank International Taxation.
June Thomson and Dan Pare had 1 child:
Heather Marie b. 30 July 1988.
Lillian May b. 24 Oct 1921, daughter of Russell Thomson and
Minnie Dawson, m. 7 Sept 1945 George Edward Roper, b. 1 Sept 1920,
son of Leslie and Ethel Roper, East Royalty.
Lillian and George live in East Royalty where George was employed
with the provincial government after he returned from WW II. He was
a member of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Lillian Thomson and George Roper had 6 children:
Sharon Lynn b. 16 Nov 1946.
Alan George b. 6 March 1949.
PhUi
P
Johnb. 2Janl 952.
Richard Russell b. 18 Sept 1957.
Janet Grace b. 26 May 1961.
Ruth Elayne b. 26 May 1965.
Bertram Joseph b. 8 June 1923, son of Russell Thomson and Minnie
Dawson, m. 13 Sept 1947 Shirley Mildred Thomas, b. 13 May 1929,
daughter of Reginald Thomas and Jessie Mildred Chisholm. See
Thomas history.
Bert and Shirley lived most of their married life in Bert' s grandfather
Charles Dawson's house. This house was built in 1895 for the Dawson
family when Charles was the buttermaker in North Tryon. Charles and
Mae sold their house to James and Annie Dawson when Charles went
to work in the Butter Factory in Cherry Valley. Mae MacKinnon Dawson
and her children moved to Tryon to live with Mae's elderly mother at
that time. James and Annie sold the house to Gus and Hattie Waddell
in the 1920s. Bert and Shirley bought the house and farm from the
Waddell's in 1947 and remained their until they retired in 1991 and
moved to Augustine Cove. Bert and Shirley sold their house and farm
to Bert' s nephew, Steven Thomson, and his wife, Linda Robblee. Bert
farmed for many years, and worked for the provincial Department of
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Agriculture in the
di s i nf ect i on de-
part ment for sev-
eral years before he
r e t i r e d. Shi r l ey
worked at Simmons'
Restaurant. Bot h
are members of the
North Tryon Pres-
byterian Church.
Shirley is a Life
Me mbe r of t he
North Tryon Wo-
men' s Institute.
Bert Thomson
and Shirley Tho-
mas had 4 chil-
dren:
+Bri an Ber-
tram b. 1 March
1948.
+Shirley Dawn
b. 20 Feb 1951.
+Nancy Elizabeth b. 16 Feb 1955
+Paul Reginald b. 19 Jan 1957.
L to R, back: Nancy, Bert, Dawn. Front: Paul, Shirley, Brian
Thomson. Bert Thomson Collection.
Brian Bertram b. 1 March 1948, son of Bert Thomson and Shirley
Thomas, m. 14 Oct 1972 Cheryl Gail Conrad, b. Halifax, 2 Sept 1947,
daughter of Wilson Conrad and Charlotte Furlotte.
Brian and Cheryl live in Montague where Brian is a technician with
the provincial Department of Agriculture and Cheryl works at the Bank
of Nova Scotia, Montague.
Brian Thomson and Cheryl Conrad had 2 children:
Joseph Brian b. 19 July 1976.
Julie Ann b. 6 Jan 1978.
Shirley Daum b. 20 Feb 1951, daughter of Bert Thomson and Shirley
Thomas, m. 2 Jan 1970 Edward Webster Ted MacFadyen, b. 29 July
1950, son of Wendell MacFadyen and Grace Webster, Augustine Cove.
Dawn and Ted live in Augustine Cove where they farmed until 1991.
Dawn, who has BSc and BEd degrees, teaches school, and Ted is
studying rural and urban planning at Holland College.
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Dawn Thomson and Ted MacFadyen had 2 children:
Andrea Dawn b. 15 June 1970, a student.
Scott Edward b. 20 July 1973, a student.
Nancy Elizabeth b. 16 Feb 1955, daughter of Bert Thomson and
Shirley Thomas, m. 2 Aug 1975 William Gordon Bill MacFadyen, b. 15
June 1952, son of Gerald MacFadyen and Joyce Rodd, Augustine Cove.
Nancy and Bill live in Augustine Cove where Bill farms. Nancy is a
Registered Nurse at the Prince County Hospital, Summerside.
Nancy Thomson and Bill MacFadyen had 2 children:
Michael Thomas b. l j une 1981.
Daniel William b. 21 Apr 1985.
Paul Reginald b. 19 Jan 1957, son of Bert Thomson and Shirley
Thomas, m. 20 Sept 1980 Karen JoAnne MacPhail, b. 2 June 1956,
daughter of Cecil MacPhail and Beverly Beaton, Argyle Shore.
Paul and Karen live in Argyle Shore. Karen is a Registered Nurse at
Beach Grove Hospital, and Paul works with Marine Atlantic in Borden.
Paul Thomson and Karen MacPhail had 1 child:
Nicole Dawn b. 28 Aug 1984.
Mildred Belle Millie b. 5 July 1925, daughter of Russell Thomson
and Minnie Dawson, m. 6 Aug 1951 Cecil A. McEachern, b. 17 Sept
1925, Charlottetown, son of Aeneas Donald McEachern and Catherine
Longaphie.
Millie and Cecil live in Charlottetown. Millie was bookkeeper for
several Charlottetown businesses, and Cecil was a member of Don
Messer's Islanders.
Mildred Thomson and Cecil McEachern had 3 children:
David Alexander b. 12 Aug 1952.
Michael Shane b. 28 May 1954.
Cathy Ann b. 21 Aug 1961.
Phyllis June b. 13 July 1927, daughter of Russell Thomson and
Minnie Dawson, m. 20 Jan. 1954 George Arthur Fleiger, b. 13 Aug 1918,
son of Charles Fleiger, b. 1868, d. 29 March 1922, and Eliza Helena
Mallett, a nurse, b. 1875, d. 6 Nov 1941.
Phyllis and Art moved from Charlottetown to the Delaney house in
1979. The Fleigher house was built by A. Merritt Dawson, son of
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Thomas Alexander. Merritt and his wife, Lavenia Craig moved to
Summerside, selling the house to Parker and Minnie Delaney. Follow-
ing Parker's death, the house was vacant for several years before being
purchased by Art and Phyllis in 1972. They rented the house for several
years, first to Mark and Kathie Warburton, then Fred and Flo Fall.
Phyllis and Art had no children and attend the North Tryon Presbyte-
rian Church.
Joyce Marion b. 21 Sept 1929, daughter of Russell Thomson and
Minnie Dawson, m. 18 Sept 1948 Walter Warren Campbell, b. 25 Oct
1923, son of Albert Campbell and Mattie Warren, Freetown.
Joyce and Walter lived and farmed in Freetown. They live in
Kensington in 1992 where Walter worked for several years as a potato
inspector after he stopped farming.
Joyce Thomson and Walter Campbell had 5 children:
Barry Walter b. 29 Jan 1951.
Garth Albert b. 4 July 1954.
Chloe Joyce b. 20 Apr 1957, d. 7 May 1962, bur. Freetown Cem..
Cordon Russell b. 6 March 1961.
Marsha Lynn b. 1 Apr 1964.
Charles Everett Charlieb. 31 May 1931, d. cancer, 1 Nov 1990, bur.
North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., son of Russell Thomson and Minnie
Dawson, m. 16 Feb 1955 Louise Joan Dawson, b. Albany, 6 Jan 1935,
daughter of Murdock Dawson and Grace Francis. See Dawson history.
Charles and Louise bought the Herb Thomas house and farm in
1958 from Janie Boulter, step-daughter of Herb. Charlie and Louise
farmed with Charlie's brother, Raymond, until Charlie had to retire due
to ill health. Both Charlie and Louise took an active part in curling, and
represented the province at several national championships. Louise is
an excellent quilter and was a member of the North Tryon Women' s
Institute.
Charlie Thomson and Louise Dawson had 3 children:
Douglas Charles b. 4 July 1955. Doug works for Syncrude Oil in
Alberta.
+Karen Louise b. 17 Aug 1956.
Kimberley Mary b. 28 June 1961, is an office employee with Inter-
national Pipe Line, Edmonton, Alberta.
Karen Louise b. 17 Aug 1956, daughter of Charlie Thomson and
Louise Dawson, m. 16 Sept 1978 Christopher Paul Gaudet, b. 28 Oct
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Karen, Louise, Douglas, Kimberley Thomson. Louise Thomson Collection.
1953, son of John Desmond Gaudet and Dorothy Gertrude Fitzgerald,
Summerside.
Karen and Chris live in Fort McMurray, Alberta, where Karen is a
911 operator with the Fort McMurray Fire Dept., and Chris is a salesman
for Syncrude Oil.
Charlie and Louise Thomson house. Hazel Robinson.
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Karen Thomson and Chris Caudet had 2 children:
Adam Christopher b. 28 Aug 1980.
Tyler Charles b. lOJan 1984.
Raymond George b. 2 May 1937, son of Russell Thomson and
Minnie Dawson, m 7 June 1958 Helen Elayne Rayner, b. Central
Bedeque, 1 Jan 1940, daughter of Weston Rayner and Helen Clark. See
Clark history.
Raymond and
Elayne live in the
Th o ms o n home-
st ead wi t h Ray-
mo n d ' s mot he r ,
Minnie, and have a
mixed farming op-
eration. Elayne also
works as a stenogra-
pher for a road con-
struction company
each summer and is
a Life Member of
t he Nor t h Tryon
Women' s Institute.
Bot h Elayne and
Raymond are curl-
ers and have repre-
sented the province
at national champi-
onshi ps. They at-
tend the Presbyte-
rian Church.
Raymond, Elayne, Linda and Steven Thomson. Glen Thom-
son Collection.
Raymond Thomson and Elayne Rayner had 1 child:
+Steven Raymond b. 14 Jan 1961.
Steven Raymond b. 14 Jan 1961, son of Raymond Thomson and
Elayne Rayner, m. 7 Apr 1989 Linda Joan Robblee, b. 27 Sept 1966,
daughter of Harry Robblee and Elizabeth Gillis, Tryon.
Steven graduated from NSAC with Agricultural Business in 1981
and returned to the family farm. Linda, who assists with the farming,
was employed at the Kensington Veternary Clinic before opening a hair
dressing shop in her home. Steven and Linda bought the Bert Thomson
farm and house in 1991.
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Steven and Linda Thomson house. Hazel Robinson.
Elizabeth Faye b. 6 Nov 1939, daughter of Russell Thomson and
Minnie Dawson, m. 8 Dec 1962 Alger Cutcliffe, b. Cape Traverse, 19
Jan 1941, son of Harold Cutcliffe and Janet Nicholson. See Cutcliffe
history.
Elizabeth and Alger live in New Glasgow, NS, where Elizabeth is
employed as a clerk in the Mayor's office and Alger works as a machinist
at Maritime Steel.
Elizabeth Thomson and Alger Cutcliffe had 2 children:
Susan Elaine b. 18 May 1970.
Nancy Elizabeth b. 14 Aug 1977.

Everett Stanley b. 28 March 1911, son of Joseph Thomson and Sarah
Rogerson, m. 22 Aug 1929 Lyla Elizabeth Rogerson, b. 3 May 1912,
daughter of Winfred Rogerson and Caroline Trowsdale, Cape Traverse.
Stanley and Lyla continued to farm Pleasant Vale for 6 years after
Stanley's father, Joseph, died in 1945. Stanley sold the land to his
neighbour, Richard Newsome, and the family moved to Toronto where
Stanley was employed with Swift Canadian Ltd.. Lila was a member of
the North Tryon Women' s Institute. Stanley and Lila retired to Crapaud
and attend the Presbyterian Church.
Stanley Thomson and Lyla Rogerson had three children:
+Roma Belle b. 9 June 1932.
+Leroy Carlyle b. 31 July 1934.
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+Calvin Char-
les b. 11 June 1939.
Roma Belle b. 9
June 1932, daugh-
t er of St anl ey
Thomson and Lyla
Rogerson, m. 30
May 1952 Gerald
Hardy, son of Igna-
tius Hardy, Rose
Bank.
Roma and Ger-
ald live and farm in
Lot 16.
Roma Thom-
son and Geral d Stanley and Lyla Thomson. Glen Thomson Collection.
Hardy had 5 chil-
dren:
Lyla Ann b. 12 Aug 1952, 1st. m. Terry Drake. They had 1 child.
Lyla 2nd. m. David Satten. They had 3 children.
Alan James b. 9 Apr 1954, m. Sandy Farrow. They had 1 child.
Donald Gordon b. 22 Sept 1955, 1st. m. Deborah Corcan, 2nd. m.
Debbie Brooks. They had 2 boys.
David Nelson b. 28 Sept 1958, unmarried.
Charles Eldon b. 10 Oct 1961, d. 12 Oct 1961, bur. Elmsdale United
Church Cem..
Leroy Carlyle b. 31 July 1934, son of Stanley Thomson and Lyla
Rogerson, m. 1955 Joan Legge.
Leroy and Joan live in Ontario where Leroy is an insurance broker.
Leroy Thomson and Joan Legge had 3 children:
Craig b. 23 June 1964, m. Lori Ann Keith.
Glen William b. 4 Sept 1966, m. Sharon Codner.
Russell b. 26 May 1969, not married.
Calvin Charles b. 11 June 1939, son of Stanley Thomson and Lyla
Rogerson, m. 18 May 1958 Irene Emberley, Toronto.
Calvin and Irene live in Weston, Ont , where Calvin is employed
with Canada Packers.
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Calvin Thomson and Irene Emberley had 3 children:
Donald Earl b. 6 Oct 1958, not married.
Robin Douglas b 18 March 1961, m. Debra Quinn.
Sandra Darlene b. 26 Oct 1962, not married.
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David John b. St. Georges East, London, 8 Feb 1790, d. 18 Dec 1863,
bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m. 20 Apr 1818 Ann Patterson, b. Middle ton,
Cork, Ireland, 17 Nov 1796, d. 26 Nov 1865, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
David John was a military man, serving as a sergeant in the First
Battalion, Royal Regiment of Artillery and as an instructor in Military
School. He and his family had made numerous crossings to Canada
before arriving to settle in North Tryon in 1839. A receipt dated April
27, 1839 states: Received from David John Thomson, The Sum of Fifteen
Pounds, Eighteen Shillings Sterling being the Consideration for a Passage in
the Brig Ariel, Captain McPhie, for himself, his wife, and four children, from
this port to Mirimichi, he himself finding his provisions. John Fey
David John leased land fronting on the Bedeque Road from Samuel
Holland. John and Catherine MacWilliams had lived here previously.
There was a log cabin on the property and this was where the family
lived. The Thomson farm was called Campsie, after their Scottish home.
David John built a one and one half storey house on the property.
The house had a large open fireplace in the kitchen for cooking meals.
The brass fender and one piece of the fire side set, a poker, are still in
the family. The iron cooking pot was also a family keepsake until it was
taken from the Thomson lawn in the 1970s.
David, son of David John, along with farming, taught school in
Westmoreland from 1845-1849. He had received his District School-
masters Certificate in 1841 and was among the first on the Island to
obtain his license. His School Register for Westmoreland School for the
years 1845-1848 is still in the family. He made notations about the
weather, community happenings, and farming practices, in addition to
student attendance.
David John Thomson and Ann Patterson had 10 children:
John b. Island Bridge, Dublin, 1 June 1819, d. Quebec, 20 March
1821.
James b. Quebec, 14 May 1821, d. Kingston, 24 May 1826.
Ann b. Quebec, 3 Nov 1822, d. Island Bridge, Dublin, 25 Dec 1829.
William b. Kingston, 6 Aug 1824, d. Bloomfield, PEI, 16 Feb 1892,
m. 6 Aug 1851, at Bedeque Presbyterian Church, his cousin Elizabeth
Thomson.
+David b. Kingston, Canada West, 4 July 1826.
Richard b. Island Bridge, Dublin, 6 Feb 1829, d. Dublin, March
1830.
James II b. Sterling, Scotland, 26 Nov 1830, d. Tryon 16 July 1848.
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Helen b. College Green, Dublin, lOJan 1833, d. Dublin, 20Jan 1837.
Elizabeth b. College Green, Dublin, 3 March 1835, bur. Malpeque
United Church Cem., m. 24 March 1870 at the North Tryon Presbyte-
rian Church, Archibald MacKay, Darnley, Lot 18.
Jane b. College Green, Dublin, 30 March 1837, d. Dublin, 27 Aug
1837.
David b. 4 July 1826, d. 23 June 1869, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., son of David John Thomson and Ann Patterson, m. 25 Feb 1858
Caroline Murphy, b. 1829, d. 5 Dec 1911, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., daughter of Mr. Murphy and Miss Lefurgey, New Annan, Lot 19.
David assumed re-
,r
: '
: :
: s- sponsibilities on t he
farm on December 18,
1863, but his years in
f ar mi ng wer e few.
David died from a farm
accident on June 23,
1867, the result of be-
ing caught in a thresh-
ing machine. Left with
a young fami l y,
Ca r ol i ne ma na ge d
both the children and
the farm until her son,
David J ohn, was old
enough to take over the
operation.
Davi d Thoms on
and Caroline Murphy
had 5 children:
Ann Elizabeth b. 18
Feb 1859, m. William
Morrison. See Morri-
son history.
Maryb. 1 May 1860,
d. 27 Feb 1933, bur.
North Tryon Presbyte-
rian Cem., not married.
+David John b. 28 Nov 1863.
Jane b. 29 Aug 1865, d. 12 Aug 1943, bur. Boston, m. North Tryon
Presbyterian Church, 16 Sept 1885 Neil MacDonald, bur. Boston, son
of Neil Pensioner MacDonald and Martha Pooley. They moved to the
Boston area.
Caroline Murphy Thomson (Mrs. David Thomson).
Ethel Thomson Collection.
351
Archibald b. 5 Nov 1867, d. 25 July 1873, bur. North Tryon Presby-
terian Cem..
David John b. 28 Nov. 1863, d. 21 June 1948, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., son of David Thomson and Caroline Murphy, m.
Elmsdale, 27 Dec 1893Jennie Sarah Thomson, b. 4July 1863, d. 26Jan.
1945, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of James Thom-
son and Isobella Katherine MacCallum.
David John became the owner of the farm in 1882. David had the
present Thomson house, an ell-shaped eight room house, built in 1903.
The lumber used in the house was taken from the woodlot on the farm
and milled at Ives' Saw Mill, including the finish, windows, doors,
flooring, stair railing and posts. Herbert Thomas, the head carpenter,
charged one hundred dollars for his labour and received in payment a
plot of land on which he built a residence for himself. The Thomson
house was wired for electricity in 1914 by Charles Ives and Billy Brander
at a cost of one hundred dollars. This also paid for the wiring of the
farm buildings which included the barn, piggery, well house, and shed.
Major renovations were made to the house in 1947; the back stairs were
removed and a north window was added, new cupboards were built in
the kitchen by Maurice Cudmore and Bruce Gamble, and sinks and
plumbing were installed by Morley Mullins. David John and Jennie were
members of the North Tryon Presbyterian Church and after church
union joined the Tryon United Church.
David John Thomson and Jennie Sarah Thomson had 3 children:
+Erle b. 22 Sept 1894.
Muriel, David John, Jennie, Erie Thomson. Ethel Thomson Collection.
352
David John and Jennie Thomson house; Jennie and Muriel standing by the fence. Ethel
Thomson Collection.
Muriel Jean b. 28 May 1898, d. 21 Aug 1920, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem..
+James Archibald Archie b.10 July 1903.
Erie b. 22 Sept 1894, d. 24 Dec 1948, bur. Fredericton Floral Hills
Cem., son of David John Thomson and Jennie Sarah Thomson, m. at
Tryon Baptist Manse, 24 June 1931 Beulah Mae Robinson, b. 26 Oct
1910, daughter of John Robinson and Florence Mae Cann. See Robin-
son history.
Erie enlisted in the army and fought in the Great War. He was
wounded in action at Vimy Ridge, France, and hospitalized in England
with a shattered shoulder. Erie became a Potato Inspector after the war
and worked and lived in Carleton Siding until his retirement. Erie and
Beulah had no children.
James Archibald Archie b. 10 July 1903, d. 15 Dec 1977, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem, son of David John Thomson and Jennie Sarah Thomson,
m. 20 June 1935 Ethel Marguerite Leard, b. 7 May 1915, daughter of
Fred Leard and Ellen Fell. See Leard history.
Archie attended public school in North Tryon and went on to attend
Vocational School in Charlottetown where he was valadictorian of his
class. He also took correspondence courses in English and Mathmatics
from Mount Allison University and business from Toronto. Archie
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became the owner of the
home farm,Campsie, when
his father di ed 21 J une
1948. He car r i ed on a
mixed farming operation
and specialized in the rais-
ing of pure bred holsteins,
poultry, and pigs on gov-
ernment test. Archie and
Ethel renovated the farm
house in 1949,making a
deeper storage cellar for
potatoes and adding a sun
porch, a washroom, and an
ent rance. Bruce Gamble
was the carpenter.
Poor health forced Ar-
chie to leave the farm in
1957. He accepted a posi-
tion as accountant with Eric
Robinson Inc. in Albany af-
ter convalescing from tu-
berculosis. He was also an
insurance agent for George
Peake and A.R. Mclnnis
Ltd. of Charlottetown for
many years. Archie was a
member of True Brother's Masonic Lodge AF & AM where he was a
33rd. degree Mason. The farm land was sold in 1974 to Ingleside Farms.
Archie Thomson. Ethel Thomson Collection.
Ethel and Archie Thomson. Ethel Thomson Collection.
354
Ethel took over Archie's insurance business. She is an artist and a Life
Member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute. Archie and Ethel were
active in the community and attended the Tryon United Church.
Archie Thomson and Ethel Leard had 1 daughter:
+Winnifred Esther b. 21 June 1939.
Winnifred Esther b. 21 June 1939, daughter of Archie Thomson
and Ethel Leard, m. 15 June 1963 Douglas McEwen Howatt, b. Char-
lottetown, 25 June 1936, son of Lewis Henry Davis Howatt and Margue-
rite MacEwen.
Winnifred and Doug lived in Florenceville until 1988 where Doug
was an airplane pilot for McCain Foods. They moved to Montreal from
Fl or encevi l l e wher e
Doug is employed as an
avi at i on i ns t r uct or .
Wi nni f r ed, a Regis-
tered Nurse, has been
active in her profession
in both NB and Que-
bec.
Winnifred Thom-
son and Doug Howatt
had 3 children:
Susan Lynn, BSc,
BEd, b. 19 May 1964,
m. 28 June 1986 Colin
Brent Wheaton, b. 21
Nov 1959, son of Patri-
cia Ann and Clair Ivan
Wheat on, Sackville,
NB. They had 1 child:
Matthew Josiah b. 14
Nov. 1990. They live in
Sackville, NB, where
Susan is employed at
the RCMP Crime Lab.,
and Colin with Canada
Post.
David John Thomson b.16 Jan 1966. David graduated from NB
Community College, and St. Andrew's School of Culinary Art and Hotel
Management. David is employed with CP Hotels.
Paul Douglas b. 17 Sept 1967, m. 31 Aug 1991 Catherine Deanne
Curtis, a dental hygenist, b. 11 June 1970, daughter of Lloyd Creighton
Winnifred Thomson. Ethel Thomson Collection.
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Curtis and Barbara Grace Ruff. They live in Bristol, NB, where Paul is
an accountant with McCains.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Thomson History; Leard His-
tory; George Leard research; Minnie Thomson; Glen Thomson; Stanley
Thomson; Doris Thomson; Ethel Thomson.
Archie and Ethel Thomson house. Hazel Robinson collection.
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r a i n o r F a mi l y
Patrick Trainer bur. Kinkora Ccm., son of John Trainer and Mary
Duffy, m. 28 Nov 1882 Elizabeth Libby Dawson, b. 10 Aug 1859, d. 29
Dec 1935, bur. Kinkora Cem., daughter of Henry Dawson and Elizabeth
Keough. See Dawson history.
Patrick and Elizabeth Libby lived and farmed in North Tryon on the
Henry Dawson farm, later purchased by Arthur Thomson.
Patrick Trainor and Libby Dawson had 11 children:
John Henry b. 1 Sept 1883, d. 1963, m. 11 Sept 1912 Agnes
MacKenna, b. 1886, d. 1973. They had no children.
George b. 1885, d. 1954, m. Nora Murphy, b. 1884, d. 1976. They
had 5 children: Leslie; Kathleen; Mary; George; Aileen.
Eva Mary b. 1887, d. 1968.
Martin Gerald b. 1891, d. 1974, bur. Sudbury, m. Bertha McKenna,
b. 1896, d. 1973. They had 4 children: Richard; Theresa; Myra; Jane.
Patrick Leslie b. 1893, d. 1969, m. Virgil Murphy, b. 1896, d. 1975.
They had 5 children: Nora; Aileen; Dorothy; Patrick; George.
Elizabeth b. 10 July 1894, d. 1922, m. Wilfred Donnelly, b. 1889, d.
1961. They had 4 children: George; Eileen; Marjorie; Kathleen.
Leonard b. 1895, d. 1895.
Cecil Gordon b. 1897, d. 1974.
James Wilbert b. 8 Oct 1898, d. 9 Oct 1961, m. 24 Aug 1915 Mary
Alice Murphy, b. 11 Oct 1894, d. 5 Apr 1961. They lived in West Royalty
where they owned and operated the Royalty Maples Motel. They had 5
children: Bernard; Gerald; Mary; Loretta; Aurelia.
Jennie Dora b. 1899, m. William Cullen, b. 1901, d. 8 May 1984.
They had no children.
Pius Vincent b. 1904, d. 1918.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Dawson History; Community resi-
dents.
'^rernere Family
Robert S. Rob Tremere b. 10 Dec 1884, d. 14 Apr 1935, bur.
Hampshire Cem., m. Ester Maria Frizzell, b. 11 May 1886, d. 14 March
1969, bur. Hampshire Cem.. Ester 2nd. m. Alfred A. Allie Foy, b. Branch
Road, 1885, d. 8 Feb 1956, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Philip Foy
and Rachel Bynon.
Ester and Rob were residents of Hampshire, PEL Ester and her son,
Garnet, moved to the Branch Road after Ester's second marriage to
Allie. Allie retired from farming, sold his farm, and he and Ester moved
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to the Cairns house in North Tryon. Allie worked at the Riverside
Hospital as an orderly. They purchased the William Pooley house in
1955. Allie died suddenly inl956 and his brother, Clifford, helped Ester
finish the renovations to the Pooley house. Garnet and Eleanor, who
lived back of the Ives property, moved to the Pooley house and cared
for Ester in her later years. Ester and Allie had no children.
Robert Tremere and Ester Frizzell had 1 child:
-rGarnet WUliam b. 18 Aug 1914.
Garnet WUliam b. 18 Aug 1914, d. 8 Aug 1983, bur. Hampshire
Cem., son of Robert Tremere and Ester Frizzell, m. 8 Feb 1940 Eleanor
Emma Howatt, b. 20 Oct 1921, d. 3 Aug 1987, bur. Hampshire Cem.,
daughter of Percy Howatt and Marjorie Eunice Wood. See Wood
history.
Garnett was a truck driver and worked for Eric Robinson for many
years. Eleanor was a great worker, and enjoyed doing general farm and
housework. She also clerked at Dixon's Clover Farm Store. Eleanor and
Garnet had no children. Esther Foy left her property to her son, Garnet.
Eleanor lived in the house until her sudden death in 1987. The house
was sold to Ralph MacDonald, who sold it to Claude Cornish Jr..
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Mildred Francis.
BE, S L i
Garnet and Eleanor Tremere. Mildred Francis Collection.
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Garnet and Eleanor Tremere house. Hazel Robinson.
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a d d e l l Fa mi l y
James Waddell b. 1783, d. 5 Nov 1853, bur. Crapaud Anglican Cem.,
m.c. 1819 Elizabeth Craig, b. 1799, d. 2 June 1865, bur. Crapaud
Anglican Cem..
James Waddell and Elizabeth Craig, with sons, John and Samuel,
and daughter, Lettie, immigrated to this country around 1837. They
arrived by sailing vessel from County Monaghan, Northern Ireland, at
Covehead, PEI, and settled on a wooded homestead in the Lord Melville
Estate, then called DeSable, and later named Kelly's Cross.
James Waddell and Elizabeth Craig had 7 children:
+John b. 1820.
+Samuel b. 1822.
Luticia Lettie m. 24 Oct 1854 James Cairns. They operated a saw
mill purchased by John Stordy.
William b.c. 1824, d. 5 Jan 1903, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., m. Catherine Kate MacKay, Hartsville, b.c. 1832, d. 19 Jan 1903,
bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., they had 1 child: Lizzie, d. Boston
9 June 1903, age 46. They lived and farmed in Kelly's Cross. Their farm
was sold to Charles Monahan.
Robert m. Marjorie Gamble, Crapaud.
Margaret m. Warren Rogerson.
Mary Ann never married.
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John b. 1820, d. 19 March 1897, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem., son of James Waddell and Elizabeth Craig, m. 23 Feb 1847
Margaret Crozier, d. 1 Jan 1901, age 72, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem..
John and Margaret lived in Baltic, Lot 18.
John Waddell and Margaret Crozier had 10 children:
John went to BC, married and had 1 son, a lawyer.
James b.c. 1850, d. Feb 1892.
+William b. 1852.
Mary Ann m. Mr. MacDowell.
George b.c. 1857.
Alexander b. 1863, d. 1940, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem.,
m. Flora MacDonald b. 1860, d. 1910, bur North Tryon Presbyterian
Cem..
Charlotte Livinia bap. 30 July 1867, m. Rev. West.
Margaret Jane bap. 30 July 1867, died young.
Louise bap. 4 July 1869, m. 11 Sept 1897 Joseph Leo McKenna.
Sarah Ellen bap. 13 Oct 1872, m. James Rogerson.
William b. 1852, d. 1930, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., son
of John Waddell and Margaret Crozier, m. 31 Dec 1878 Mary Ann
MacDonald, b. 31 Dec 1855, d. 24 June 1957, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem..
William Waddell and Mary MacDonald had 10 children:
Wallace L. b. 23 Oct 1879, d. 14 July 1958, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem..
Jemima b. 1882, m. by license issued 18 Sept 1900James Winchester.
John Angus b. 26 Dec 1882, d. 10 June 1977, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., 1st. m. 5 May 1906 Flora Reeves Hall, d. 23 Feb
1923, age 43, bur. Freetown; 2nd. m. Florence Snyder, d. 11 Sept 1965,
age 75, bur. Cambridge, Mass..
Minnie Bertha m. C.P. Maclnnis.
Malvina b. 1887, m. William Burns.
Charlotte b. 1889, m. C.P. Currier.
Anne M. b. 24 Oct 1892, d. 29 Jan 1972, bur. North Tryon Presby-
terian Cem., m. Alex D. Myers, b. 2 Sept 1894, d. 24 Oct 1970.
James d. infancy.
Joseph d. infancy.
+Wilbur Warren b. 16 Dec 1898.
Wilbur Warren b. 16 Dec 1898, son of William Waddell and Mary
Ann MacDonald, m. Jean Halliwell, b. 2 May 1903, d. 30 Oct 1931, bur.
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in
North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of Arthur Halliwell and
Charlotte Rogerson.
Wilbur and Jean lived and farmed in Mount Tryon.
Wilbur Waddell and Jean Halliwell had 3 children:
Wyman Wallace b. 10 June 1928, m. Mary Matheson, daughter of
William Matheson and Isobelle Anderson. They had 5 children: David;
Arthur; Dale; Rosemary; Gordon.
Melvin Cordon b. 15 July 1929, m. Myrtle Walsh, daughter of Lloyd
Walsh and Francis Cobb. They had 4 children: Jean; Joan; Carol;
Barbara.
+Lloyd Vernon b. 21 Aug 1930.
Lloyd Vernon b. 21 Aug 1930, son of Wilbur Waddell and Jean
Halliwell, m. Doreen Walsh, daughter of Lloyd Walsh and Francis
Cobb.
Lloyd and Doreen live on the home farm in Mount Tryon.
Lloyd Waddell and Doreen Walsh had 6 Children:
Debbie Marie b. 27 May 1957, m. William Sigsworth. They live
Charlottetown and had
3 children: Lindsey; Dy-
lan; Mason, d. infancy.
Dianne Vivian b. 14
Oct 1958, m. Victor
Martin. They live in
Tryon and had 2 chil-
dren: Jeffrey; Stephen.
Alan Vernon b. 28
Feb 1961.
+Douglas Lloyd b.
24 Dec 1962.
Pauline Francis b.
24 Dec 1965, m. Henry
Sewuster. They live in
Cornwall.
Randolph Wilbur
b. 15 March 1973.
Douglas Lloyd b. 24
Dec 1962, son of Lloyd
Waddell and Doreen
Walsh, m. 8 Aug 1992
Cheryl Deegan, b. 1
May 1970, daughter of Cheryl and Doug Waddell. Doug Waddell Collection.
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Preston Deegan and Julie Howatt.
Doug and Cheryl live in the Russell Lea house. Doug is employed
by the provincial Department of Highways at the Borden Scalehouse.
Cheryl has 1 child: Russell James Allan.
Doug and Cheryl Waddell house. Hazel Robinson.
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Samuel b. 1822, d. 11 Feb 1905, bur. Crapaud Anglican Cem., son
of James Waddell and Elizabeth Craig, m. 29 Apr 1845 Mary MacKay,
b. 1823, d. 28 Jan 1881, bur. Crapaud Anglican Cem..
Samuel and Mary lived on the homestead in Kelly's Cross.
Samuel Waddell and Mary MacKay had 6 children:
James Hb. 18 Apr 1846, d. 28 Dec 1929, m. 10 July 1873 Janet Weir.
They had 9 children.
Flora Ann b. 8 May 1852.
Janet b. 21 March 1854.
+Samuel II b. 1855.
Cornelius b. 14 July 1856, d. when kicked by a horse.
Neil b. 1857, d. 1 Dec 1940, bur. Crapaud Cem., 1st. m. Perreeza S.
McKie; 2nd. m. Phoebe MacSwain, b. 1845, d. 1927, bur. Crapaud
Anglican Cem.. They farmed in Kelly's Cross and Neil taught school in
Wheatley River, Wiltshire, Westmoreland, and Kelly's Cross.
Samuel II b. 1855, d. Charlottetown, son of Samuel Waddell and
Mary MacKay, m. 10 Feb 1875, Hannah Jane Collett, b. 1857.
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Samuel Waddell II and Hannah Collett had 11 children:
Maryjanie b. 25 March 1875, m. 20 Aug 1901 Albert Earl Fitzpatrick.
They lived in BC and had 4 children.
William Henry b. 24 June 1877, d. 5 Dec 1937, m. Amelia Jennie
Martin, b. 13 May 1888, d. 1940. They lived in Cape Traverse and had
3 children.
+Augustus Anthony Gus b. 12 Dec 1878.
Hannah Louise b. 5 Oct 1880, d. young.
Samuel George HI b. 15 Apr 1882, m. Amelia Ann McGill. They had
6 children.
Robert James b. 1 June 1885, d. USA, m. Annie Stapleton. They had
4 children.
John Wesley d. infancy.
Murdock Thornton b. 1 Apr 1890, d. 1 June 1945, m. 16 Apr 1920
Elsie Annie Day. They had 1 child.
Myrtle b. 1 Apr 1890.
Bessie Alvina b. 3 July 1893, d. 4 Aug 1973, m. Cleaver James
MacLean, Charlottetown. They had 9 children.
Charles Clarence b. 1 May 1897, d. 28 Apr 1925, was a cripple and
died young.
Augustus Anthony Gus b. 12 Dec 1878, d. 23 May 1960, bur.
Fredericton Floral Hills Memorial Gardens, son of Samuel Waddell II
and Hannah Collett, m. 24 Nov 1909 Harriet Jane Hattie Dawson, b. 2
March 1885, d. 14 Jan 1971, bur. Fredericton Floral Hills Memorial
Gardens, daughter of Thomas Lemuel Dawson and Christine Stewert
Howatt. See Dawson history.
Gus and Hattie lived in what is now the Steven Thomson house.
They moved to Charlottetown when Gus retired. The Waddells at-
tended the Presbyterian Church and Hattie was a member of the North
Tryon Women' s Institute.
Gus Waddell and Hattie Dawson had 3 children:
+Marion Louise b. 31 Aug 1910.
Jennie b. 28 Sept 1913, m. Charles Rogerson. See Rogerson history.
+Major Lloyd b. 12 May 1916.
Marion Louise b. 31 Aug 1910, daughter of Gus Waddell and Hattie
Dawson, m. 18 Sept 1940 Donald Peter MacDonald, b. 16 Apr 1917, son
of Donald Duncan MacDonald and Janet MacArthur.
Marion and Peter lived in Moncton, then in Charlottetown. Marion
was a clerk at S.D. Dixon's, and following her marriage, was employed
at Eaton's in Moncton, and Moore and MacLeod's in Charlottetown.
Marion was a member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute and
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Gus and Hattie Waddell. Marion MacDonald Collection.
withJ.M. Roop.
Major was an invalid in later years.
organist at the Presby-
terian Chur ch. They
had no children.
Major Lloyd b. 12
May 1916, d. 1 Feb
1991, bur. Fredericton
Floral Hills Memorial
Gardens, son of Gus
Waddel l and Hat t i e
Dawson, m. 10 Apr
1954 Julie MacLeod, b.
29 Dec 1915, d. 3 Oct
1960, bur. Fredericton
Floral Hills Memorial
Gardens, daughter of
Al exander MacLeod
and Fl ora Ann Gra-
ham.
Maj or a nd J ul i e
lived in Charlottetown.
Major was a salesman
for Arnfast Pr opane
Co., a delivery man for
Hughes Drugs Lt d. ,
and also was employed
Major Waddell and Julie MacLeod had 1 child:
Brian Lloyd b. 11 Nov 1954, m. Donna McGaugh. They had 1 child:
James Martin.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Waddell history; William Wad-
dell; Doreen Waddell; Doug Waddell; Marion MacDonald.
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Marion, Major, Jennie Waddell. Marion MacDonald Collection.
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a l f i e l d Fa mi l y
Daren Layton Walfield b. 18 Dec 1965, son of Donnie Walfield and
Linda Foy, m. 16June 1990 Patty Ann Gaudet.b. 21 Nov 1979, daughter
of Doug and Linda Gaudet.
Daren and Patty live in the former Dale Dawson house and have no
children in 1992. Daren is employed at the PEI Bag Factory, Summer-
side, and Patty works at Western Venders.
Sources: Daren Walfield.
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Patty and Daren Walfield. Walfield Collection.
Daren and Patty Walfield house. Hazel Robinson.
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l g h t Fa mi l y
Adam Wight b. 1864, d. 1941, bur. Murray River Gladstone Cem.,
m. Mary Elizabeth Sharam, b. 1876, d. 1962, daughter of Henry Sharam
and Elizabeth M. Sanders.
Adam and Mary lived in Iris where Adam was a farmer. The Wights
emigrated from the Isle of Wight in southern England.
Adam Wight and Mary Sharam had 8 children:
Wilfred b. 1 Oct 1896, d. 27 Apr 1986, bur. Saskatchewan, m. Agnes
Newmeier. They lived in Dodsland, Saskatchewan, and had 1 child:
Garry.
Rowland b. 25 Apr 1902, d. Aug 1902.
Francis E. b. 29 Apr 1904, d. 25 Nov 1992, bur. Sherwood Cem., m.
Elliott Jones, d. 3 March 1981. They lived in West Royalty and had 2
children: Rowland; Dewar.
+Henry Elwood Sharam b. 25 Apr 1907.
Adam B. b. 6 Apr 1909, d. 14 July 1972, bur. Murray River Gladstone
Cem.. Did not marry.
Jemima C. b. Aug 1910, d. Jan 1992, bur. Belfast, m. Edward
MacDonald. They lived in Flat River and had 7 children: Viola; Wilfred;
Gordon; Francis; Alvin; Shirley; Heather.
Mary b. 24 Jan 1917, m. Isaac Stewart. They live in Flat River and
had 3 children: Robert; Raymond; Elroy.
Annie b. 14 Oct 1896, d. 30 Sept 1972, bur. Wood Islands Cem., m.
5 Feb 1919 Roderick MacRae, d. 1959. They had 2 children: Alex;
Christine.
Henry Elwood Sharam b. 25 Apr 1907, d. 1 Jan 1985, bur. Belfast
Cem., son of Adam Wight and Mary Sharam, m. 31 Jan 1933 Christine
Jean MacRae, b. 24 Aug 1917, daughter of Roderick MacRae and Mary
Bishop.
Henry and Christine lived in Flat River. Henry was a fisherman.
Henry Wight and Christine MacRae had 3 children:
Helen Elizabeth b. 21 May 1933, m. 29 Dec 1962 Bernie Butt. They
had 1 child: Pilar Cornell Sharam b. 23 Aug 1968. Helen lives in
Burlington.
+ElIiott Henry b. 23 May 1935.
Stirling Windsor b. 7 March 1940, m. 10 Feb 1962 Carol Pollitt. They
live in Kingston, Ont, and had 3 children: Kevin b. 6 Dec 1962; Jeff b.
16 Dec 1963; Kirk b. 18 July 1971.
Elliott Henry b. 23 May 1935, son of Henry Wight and Christine
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MacRae, m. 6 Sept 1958 Myrtle Roberta MacDonald, b. 2 Aug 1936,
daughter of Robert Samuel MacDonald and Myrtle MacPhee.
Elliott and Roberta live in North River. Elliott is employed with
Palmer Electric Ltd. in Charlottetown and also plays the riddle in the
Elliott Wight Orchestra. Roberta works at the Charlottetown Guardian
and Evening Patriot office.
Elliott Wight and Roberta MacDonald had 2 children:
+Elliott Windsor h. 12 May 1962.
Darrell Andrew b. 8 June 1965. Darrell has 1 child: Dane Joseph
Basil Woodford b. 4 Apr 1986.
Elliott Windsor b. 12 May 1962, son of Elliott Wight and Roberta
MacDonald, m. 30 July 1988 Deborah Anne b. 9 June 1963, daughter
of John Robinson and Hazel Matchett.
Windsor and Deborah live on what was the Groggett farm on the
Crossroad. Windsor has a BEd degree from the University of Prince
Edward Island and teaches at Birchwood Junior High School, Charlot-
tetown. Deborah has a BSA degree from Acadia University and works
for Eric Robinson Inc., Albany. See Robinson history.
Windsor Wight and Deborah Robinson had 1 child:
Dillon Windsor Robinson b. 21 Apr 1991.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Windsor Wight.
Deborah, Dillon, Windsor Wight. Hazel Robinson.
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Windsor and Deborah Wight house. Hazel Robinson.
/oseph Wood Family
Joseph Wood m. Isabella Leard, d. before 1835, daughter of Samuel
Leard and Margaret Rogers. See Leard history.
Joseph had fought on the side of the British in the American
Revolution. He was a sergeant in the 17th. Regiment of Foot, and after
the war accepted the British offer of a grant of land in what was to
become Canada. He arrived on Saint John' s Island after a brief stop in
Shelbourne, NS. He landed at Bedeque Bay in 1784 with the Wrights,
Murrays and Strangs. Joseph was granted 200 acres of land in Lot 19,
some fronting on the Wilmot River and some inland, but there is no
record that Joseph ever settled there. He came to North Tryon where
in 1794 he acquired 200 acres of land from Samuel Holland fronting
on the west side of the Tryon River. Joseph was a member of the trustees
who signed the first deed for the Tryon Methodist Church on Oct 16,
1819. His family also owned a pew in the first church.
Joseph' s will registered 5 Feb 1839 states: I give to my son William
Wood 125 acres of land bounded on the north by land of James Thomson; on
the south by line running parallel to the said James Thomson's south line with
buildings and marsh. To my daughter Jane (Mrs. Stordy) I give 62.5 acres
adjoining to the southward of the above land devised. To my son John I give
62 acres adjoiningjohn Thomas's with buildings. To my daughters Margaret,
Rachael, Sarah, Phoebe, and Jane I give my books to be divided equally among
them. I appoint my sons William and John to be my executors. Joseph Wood.
Joseph Wood and Isabella Leard had 7 children:
+William.
+Margaret b. 9 Jan 1797.
Rachael b. 25 Sept 1798, d. 4 Apr 1875, m. John Lord. See Lord
history.
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Sarah b. 1800, m. David Mac Williams. See Mac Williams history.
Phoebe b. 1802, d. 14 Nov 1876, m. William Callbeck. See Callbeck
history.
+Jane b. 1804.
+John b. 1815.
William, son of Joseph Wood and Isabella Leard, m. 6 Feb 1823
Charlotte Gouldrup, d. 7 Aug 1841, daughter of John Gouldrup and
widow Judith Partridge Farrar/Farrow.
William and Charlotte lived and farmed land now owned by Richard
Newsome. William was also a blacksmith. Charlotte's family lived in
Tryon, and operated the Gouldrup Saw and Grist Mills in North Tryon,
later known as Ives' Lower Mill. Their oldest son Joseph lived in the
homestead and following his early death, his sister, Harriet, inherited
the farm and she and her husband, Stephen Leard, moved into the
homestead.
William Wood and Charlotte Gouldrup had 8 children:
Joseph b. 27 March 1824, d. 6 Nov 1848.
+John b. 1826.
+Judithb. 11 Dec 1827.
+WUliam Henry b. 12 July 1830.
Eliza b. 1835.
+Lewis Baker b. 1836.
Harriet b. 16 Feb 1837, m. 1855 Stephen Leard. See Leard history.
+James Benjamin b. 1839.
John b. 1826, son of William Wood and Charlotte Gouldrup. There
is no record of John' s death or burial. He did not marry and lived with
his sister, Eliza. They raised Caroline, daughter of their uncle John and
Sarah Wadman. Carrie died at Ham Leard' s. According to the Brent
Wood History: John and Eliza were a fine old couple.
John' s will was registered 28 May 1901, and in it, he dispensed of
his worldly possessions as follows:
To my niece, Caroline Stordy Wood, in lieu of wages, $700.00 and
furniture, the balance of my estate to my two brothers, Lewis Baker and James
Benjamin, and my nephew, Nathan, to share and share alike.
Executors: Major Inman and George Callbeck.
Witnessed by: Stephen Leard and Robert Leard.
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Judith b. 11 Dec 1827, daughter of William Wood and Charlotte
Gouldrup, m. as his 3rd. wife, 8 Aug 1865 Ephriam Strang, b. 21 Oct
1817, d. 1885, bur. Cape Wolfe United Cem., son of Jesse Strang and
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Sarah Wright.
Judith and Ephriam farmed in Cape Wolfe. They also ran a country
store and had a shipping business. Ephriam was one of the builders of
the Cape Wolfe United Church.
Judith Wood and Ephriam Strang had 3 children:
Lewis William b. 13 Apr 1867, d. 1939, bur. Cape Wolfe United
Cem., m. Lydia Wood, daughter of William Henry Wood and Matilda
Wadman. They lived at Burton, Lot 7, and had 2 children: Hillard; Mary
Laura.
Eliza Wood b. 28 Jan 1869, m. John Campbell. They lived in Saint
John and had 1 child.
Mary b. 6 Aug 1871, m. 1905 Duncan Watson, b. 1868. They lived
in Detroit, Michigan, and had 2 children.
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William Henry b. 12 July 1830, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of
William Wood and Charlotte Gouldrup, 1st. m. 24 March 1856 Matilda
Wadman, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of Henry Wadman and
Prudence Elizabeth Wood; 2nd. m. 1864, Eunice Simmons, b. 1844, d.
1887, daughter of Robert Simmons and Ada Mac Williams. See MacWil-
liams history.
Henry lived on the Crossroad opposite the Ham Leard house. He
had a farm and a blacksmith shop to the south of his father's farm on
the 1863 Island map.
Henry Wood and Matilda Wadman had 2 children:
Adeline d. 1883, age 21.
Joseph Peter d. young.
Henry Wood and his 2nd wife, Eunice Simmons, had 9 children:
+Williamb.c. 1865.
Adah b.c. 1867, named in 1881 census, no further records.
+Nathan b. 1869.
+Lydia b. 5 Nov 1870.
Tilly b.c. 1872, unmarried.
Alexander b.c. 1874, named in 1881 census, no further records.
+Warren b.c. 1879.
+Robert b.c. 1879.
John.
William b.c. 1865, son of Henry Wood and Eunice Simmons, m.
Millicent MacWilliams, bur. Winthrop, Mass., daughter of David
MacWilliams and Jane Enman. See MacWilliams history.
William and Millie lived in Winthrop, Mass..
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William Wood and Millie MacWilliams had 2 children:
Pearl m. Preston Chase.
Ada.
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Nathan b. 1869, d. 19 May 1922, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of
Henry Wood and Eunice Simmons, m. 17 May 1899 Irene Josephine
Blackmore, b. 1879, d. 26July 1957, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter
of Joseph Blackmore and Marjory Clark, Searletown.
Nathan and Irene lived in the Henry Wood house on the Crossroad
where Nathan continued to operate the Wood blacksmith shop.
Nathan Wood and Irene Blackmore had 2 children:
+Marjorie Eunice b. 31 May 1900.
+Norman Foster b. 15 March 1906.
Marjorie Eunice b. 31 May 1900, d. 5 Oct 1965, bur. Westmoreland
Baptist Cem., daughter of Nathan Wood and Irene Blackmore, m. 8
March 1921 Percy John Howatt, b. 1 Nov 1887, d. 5 March 1965, bur.
Westmoreland Baptist Cem., son of Robert Newton Howatt and Eliza-
beth Wilson.
Marjorie and Percy lived and farmed on the Branch Road, Tryon.
Marjorie Wood and Percy Howatt had 5 children:
Eleanor Emma b. 20 Oct 1921, m. Garnet Tremere. See Tremere
history.
Maurice Eric b. 20 Nov 1923, d. 1 Nov 1980, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., m. 9 June 1945 Annie Florence Waddell, b. 8 May 1923. They
had 1 child: Margaret Eleanor b. 19 Nov 1945, m. 22 Aug 1970 Wendell
Earle Ferguson. They live in Moncton and had 2 children: Leanne
Margaret b. 6 Dec 1973; Ian Wendell b. 25 Apr 1978.
John Joseph Jack b. 26 Sept 1925, m. 20 June 1953 Shirley Mae
Simpkins, b. 19 May 1932. Jack and Shirley live in Moncton and had 2
children: David John b. 23 Nov 1955, m. 12 Aug 1978 Eileen Trithardt;
Douglas James b. 27 Apr 1964, m. 30 Aug 1986 Anne Marie Amesse.
Mildred Nadine b. 17 Apr 1939, m. 28 Aug 1958 Ernest Francis, b.
29 Oct 1933. They live in Lady Fane and had no children.
Arnold Percy b. 30 Nov 1940, m. 5 Sept 1964 Shirley Corrigan
Boulter, b. 8 Feb 1945. They had 4 children: Troy Jason b. 8 July 1970;
Tanya Joanne b. 15 Sept 1971; Trevor Eugene b. 18 Oct 1972; Tab
Jonathan b. 3 Jan 1974.
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Norman Foster b. 15 March 1906, d. 24 Nov 1978, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem., son of Nathan Wood and Irene Blackmore, m. 4 Jan 1933
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Mary Ellen Cotton,
b. Miscouche, 13
Dec 1907, daugh-
t er of Ri char d
Henry Cotton and
Ida Beairsto.
N o r m a n
worked in Ives' Saw
Mill for many
years, did general
mai nt enance for
people in the com-
muni t y, and as-
si st ed at t he
Chisholm Funeral
Ho me . No r ma n
and Mary lived on
the west side of the
Tryon River, across
f r o m t h e s i t e o f Norman and Mary Wood on their 36th wedding anniversary,
Lor d' s Mi l l Th e v J
anuarv
> 1969. Marjorie Wood Collection.
a t t e n d e d t he
Tryon United Church. Mary was known for her beautiful knitting,
especially the socks and mittens she provided for her grandchildren and
neighboring children.
The Norman Wood house was originally part of the Lord brick
house and was moved in two parts across the pond to land owned by
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Albert Callbeck in 1880. It was occupied by the Graham Crossman
family and rented to Lester and Mae Francis before being purchased
by Irene Wood. When Irene married Edward Sharkey she sold the
house to her son, Norman. Mary moved to her daughter Marjorie's in
Summerside when Norman died in 1978, and Susan Buchanan bought
her grandparent' s house. Susan has made the house wheel chair acces-
sible, and uses it as a summer residence. Susan rented the house to
Robert and Robin Thompson for one year.
Norman Wood and Mary Cotton had 5 children:
+IdaJuneb. l j une 1934.
Eula Pearl b. 18 Jan 1936, m. Jarvis Costain. See Costain history.
Marjorie Edith b. 9 Nov 1937. Marjorie is an LNA at Prince County
Hospital and is not married.
+Evelyn Pauline b. 26 Dec 1939.
+Donalda Marie b. 17 May 1950.
Ida June b. 1 June 1934, daughter of Norman Wood and Mary
Cotton, 1st. m. 17 May 1953 Leroy Darte, son of Daniel and Elsie Darte,
Desable; Ida 2nd. m. 17 March 1959 Donald Franklin Foote, b. 27 Oct
1931, son of Harvey Foote and Catherine McCormack.
Ida and Donald live in Fergus, Ontario.
Ida Wood and Leroy Darte had 2 children who were adopted by
Donald Foote:
Marjorie, Eula, Mary, Pauline, Donalda Wood. Marjorie Wood Collection.
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Eldon Dennis b. 1 Aug 1955, m. 13 Apr 1975 Janet Van Dusen. They
live in Ontario and had 2 children: Damien b. 14 Sept 1975; Alisa b. 6
Apr 1977.
Victor Lawson b. 14 March 1957, m. 8 July 1978 Debbie Morrissey.
They live in Ontario and had 2 children: Jason b. 29 June 1983; lamie
b. Oct 1984.
Ida Wood and her 2nd husband, Donald Foote, had 3 children:
Terrance Donald b. 7 Sept 1959, m. 7 Dec 1979 Judy Marshall. They
live in Ontario had no children.
Cordon Wayne b. 19 Feb 1962. He lives in Ontario and is not
married.
Donald Foster b. 22 Aug 1963, m. Karen. They live in Ontario.
Evelyn Pauline b. 26 Dec 1939, daughter of Norman Wood and Mary
Cotton, m. 14 March 1959 William Donald Buchanan, b. 8 Apr 1939,
son of Ervin Buchanan and Jennie Crossman; Pauline m. 28 Sept 1990
Floyd Thomson, b. 23 June 1934, son of Lloyd Thompson and Annie
Shaw.
Pauline and Floyd live in Cornwall. Pauline works at the Charlotte-
town YMCA in the children's program, and Floyd is a carpenter. They
had no children.
Pauline Wood and Willam Buchanan had 3 children:
Pauline Susan b. 6 March 1961. Susan is a quadrapalegic, the result
of a car accident. She is a university graduate and lives and works in
Halifax, spending her summers at what was her grandparents home in
North Tryon.
Mary Nancy b. 17 Sept 1962, m. 6 June 1981 Stephen Adams, son
of Lome Adams and Elaine Glover. They live in Margate and had 1
child: Vicki Lynn b. 23 March 1983.
Keila Diane b. 24 Oct 1968, attends Mount St. Vincent University
and is not married in 1992.
Donalda Marie b. 17 May 1950, daughter of Norman Wood and
Mary Cotton, m. 20 May 1978Joseph Harvey Vance Perry, b. 1 July 1955,
son of Cyril Perry and Guelda Sonier.
Donalda and Vance live in Summerside where Vance is employed
as a service worker at Wedgewood Manor.
Donalda Wood and Vance Perry had 1 child:
Tristan Nathan b. 1 Nov 1979.
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Lydia b. 5 Nov 1870, daughter of Henry Wood and Eunice Simmons,
m. Nov 1901 Lewis W. Strang, Burton, Lot 7, b. 13 Apr 1867, d. 31
March 1939, son of Ephriam Strang and his 3rd. wife, Judith Wood.
Lydia and Lewis lived at Burton, Lot 7.
Lydia Wood and Lewis Strang had 2 children:
Arthur Hillard, killed at 4 yrs.
Mary Lorena m. James D. MacKinnon, Burton, Lot 7.
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Warren b.c. 1879, a twin, bur. California, son of Henry Wood and
Eunice Simmons, m. Bertha Snow, b. 30 Oct 1881, daughter of Charles
Snow and Mary Ann Mullins.
Warren was a member of the Methodist Church in 1893. He j oined
Robert in California in later years, where he took ill and died.
Warren Wood and Bertha Snow had 2 children:
Mavis m. Horace Wilder.
Cecil m. Linnie Dunville.
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Robert b.c. 1879, a twin, bur. California, son of Henry Wood and
Eunice Simmons, married and had children.
Robert was a member of the Methodist church in 1893, but because
he married a Roman Catholic, he and his wife left the Island for
California. No further information.
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Lewis Baker b. 1836, son of William Wood and Charlotte Gouldrup,
m. 1865 Sarah Thomson, daughter of William MacGregor Thomson.
See Thomson history.
Lewis and Sarah lived in Glace Bay, NS, where Lewis was a merchant.
<- 4 >
James Benjamin b. 1839, d. 1924, son of William Wood and Char-
lotte Gouldrup, m. Mary Ann Oliver, daughter of John Oliver.
James and Mary lived at Kildare Capes, PEI, where James was a
blacksmith and a farmer.
James Wood and Mary Oliver had 9 children:
Bradford b.c. 1866.
Henrietta b.c. 1869.
Melvin b.c. 1871.
Olive b.c. 1872.
Louise b.c. 1875.
Beatrice b.c. 1877.
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Benjamin.
Two unidentified.
4 4 4 4 4
Margaret b. 9 Jan 1797, d. 8 Jan 1875/83, bur. Massachusetts,
daughter of Joseph Wood and Isabella Leard, m. 1825 Levi Bigney, son
of Peter Bigney and Alathea Nera Stephens, Tatamagouche, NS.
Margaret and Levi moved to Massachusetts where Levi was a jewel-
ler. They had no known children. The Bigneys were of French Hugue-
not decent.
4 4 4 4 4
Jane b. 1804, d. 11 Dec 1879, daughter of Joseph Wood and Isabella
Leard, m. by license issued 13 Sept 1832 Thomas Stordy, b. 1806, d. 28
Jan 1854.
Thomas emigrated from England at the age of 18. He was employed
in North Tryon at Gouldrup' s Mill, then owned by John Lord. Thomas
bought a mill near Crapaud on the Upper Westmoreland River in 1833
from Mr. Platts. This became known as Stordy's Mill.
Jane Wood and Thomas Stordy had 8 children:
John b. 1 July 1833, d. 27 Oct 1906, bur. Crapaud Cem., m. 12 Feb
1870 Margaret Carragher. They lived in Crapaud where John was a
miller and had 10 children: John; Albert; Mary Jane; Mary Alice; Lina;
Thomas F.; Margaret; Russell; Minnie; Bertram.
Joseph b. 26 Nov 1836, d. 1918, bur. Crapaud Cem., m. 19Jan 1865
Grace Inman. They lived in Crapaud and had 2 children: May; Florence.
Nelson m. Pleen Clark. They lived in Victoria and had 2 or 3
children: Vernon; Inez.
Thomas b. 7 Nov 1838, d. 11 Dec 1879, bur. Crapaud Cem., m. Jane
Leard. They lived in Tryon and had 2 children: Lloyd; Caroline.
George b. 1 Sept 1840, d. 1926, bur. Crapaud Cem., m. Margaret
Rogerson. They lived on the Branch Road and had 8 children: Thomas
N; William; Ernest; Roy; Grace; Elizabeth; May; Josephine.
Elizabeth b. 28 Oct 1845, m. George Inman. See Inman history.
Caroline b. 1851, d. 12 March 1931, m. Cornelius Lowther. They
lived in Crapaud and had no children.
William.
4 4 4 4 4
John b. 1815, d. 1871, son of Joseph Wood and Isabella Leard, m.
by license issued 31 July 1834 Sarah Wadman, b. 13 Oct 1812, daughter
of William Wadman and Harriet Grosvenor of Augustine Cove.
John and Sarah lived on the North Tryon farm, inherited from his
father.
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John Wood and Sarah Wadman had 4 children:
Jane b. 1844, d. 1918, not married. Jane Wood and her brother,
Henry, lived in the small house on the Crossroad which was located to
the north of the orchard of Stephen and Harriet Leard.
Henry d. before Jane, not married. Henry sold his farm to Edward
Leard.
Sally d. before Jane.
Carolyn Stordy b. 1851, d. 1931, not married.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Brent Wood History; Jessie
Craig; George Leard research; Mildred Francis; Marjorie Wood.
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l l l i a m Wo o d Fa mi l y
William Wood b. 1746, d. 4 May 1820, bur. Charlottetown Old
Protestant Cem., son of Robert Wood and Elizabeth Carter, Essex,
England, m. Prudence Smith, b. 1758, d. 19 Oct 1824, bur. Charlotte-
town Old Protestant Cem., daughter of Joseph Smith and Mary Wright,
Derbyshire, England.
An adventurous band of English settlers sailed across the ocean on
the vessel, Elizabeth, in November 1774 and eventually landed on the
north shore of the Isle de St. Jean. Among the passengers were William
Wood and Prudence Smith. William, Prudence and their family lived
and farmed at Squaw Bay, Alexandra. The Wood boys also built ships.
This occupation may have been their chief interest for it was on the
ship, The Seven Brothers, that two brothers, Joseph and John, lost their
lives.
William Wood and Prudence Smith had 10 children:
William Jr. m. 11 Feb 1797 Catherine Weiser, settled in Morell.
Robert b. 1780, d. 1860, m. 8 March 1808 Susanna Brehaut, b. 1788,
d. 1882.
+Joseph Smith b. 1783.
Theophilus b. 1787, d. 1859, m. 7 Oct 1811 Abigail Gay, b. 1795, d.
1879.
John b. 1789, d. 5 Jan 1818, lost at sea.
James W. b. 1790, d. 4 Jan 1877, m. 19 March 1817 Thankful Gay,
b. 1797, d. 1882.
Sarah b. 25 June 1792, d. 1878, m. 6 Oct 1812 John Ings, b. 1788, d.
1877.
Mary b. 6 March 1795, d. 8Jan 1872, m. 18July 1811 Joseph Pollard,
b. 1787, d. 1863.
Elizabeth b. 7 Oct 1797, d. 1867, m. 1822 Thomas Knight Gay, b.
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1798, d. 1888.
Thomas b. 3 Jan 1801, d. 1887, m. Susan Jones, b. 1808, d. 1888,
settled in Morell.
Joseph Smith b. Charlottetown, 1783, d. 5 Jan 1818, bur. Alexandra
Baptist Church Cem., son of William Wood and Prudence Smith, m.
17 Feb 1803 Elizabeth Frances Dawson, b. Ireland, 6 Jan 1785, d. 26
May 1866, bur. Elm Street Cem., daughter of Colonel Thomas Dawson
and Frances Tait. See Dawson history.
This union was an unhappy one for Colonel Dawson who did not
approve of the marrying of a person of another faith. The Colonel was
an ardent Methodist, and although it is not known for certain, it is
probable that the Woods were Baptists. Elizabeth was excluded from
her father's will. Records do not show where Joseph and Elizabeth
settled, but it is thought to be in Charlottetown. Joseph was a farmer,
a ship builder, a pilot, and in 1810, a jailor at Charlottetown's first jail!
Elizabeth married Thomas Charles Alley following Joseph' s death at
sea. They had 1 son: Thomas Dawson Alley, b. 12 Aug 1820.
Joseph Wood and Elizabeth Dawson had 9 children;
Thomas Dawson b. 20 Sept 1804, d. 22 May 1849. No record of
marriage.
Mary Ann b. 16 Oct 1805, d. 1899, 1st. m. 25 Aug 1826 Robert
Stapleton; 2nd. m. Isaac Palmer.
+William John Billy b. 27 Apr 1807.
Elizabeth Caroline b. 23 Jan 1809, 1st. m. 25 Aug 1826 William
Henry Hazelton, b. 1794, d. 10 June 1843, lost at sea off Wallace, NS,
they had 8 children; Elizabeth 2nd. m. Charles Douglas Alley, b.c. 1801,
d. 29 Sept 1879. They had no children. Elizabeth lived in Saint John
after 1845.
Josiah b. 8 July 1811, d. 1884, lived in Saint John NB, not married.
Frances Celia b. 6 Jan 1813, d. 1824. Never married.
+James b. 18 Nov 1814.
Samuel Edward b. 2 Oct 1816, d. 2 Oct 1816.
Joseph Charles b. 31 Oct 1817, m. Catherine Burke b. 1820, d. 24
Feb 1893, daughter of Edward/Edmund Burke and Ellender Jet-
son/Judson. They had 7 children and lived in Saint John, NB, where
Joseph manufactured steam engines for use in mills.
William John Billy b. 27 Apr 1807, d. at Thomas Ives', North Tryon,
1888, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Joseph Wood and Elizabeth
Dawson, m. 13 Oct 1831 M. Margaret Enman, b. 1813, d. at Richard
Pooley's, North Tryon, 24 March 1888, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Thomas Enman and Miss Snazzele of the Pownal area.
William was known as Billy the Caulker and went from place to place
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caulking vessels. Billy purchased, at a sheriffs sale on 20 July 1852, 100
acres of land at Mount Tryon for the sum of 36 shillings, and moved
back to PEI from Kouchebouquac, NB.
Billy Wood and Margaret Enman had 14 children:
Elizabeth b. 6 June 1832, m. Richard Pooley. See Pooley history.
Mary Jane b. 10 Feb 1833, m. Thomas Ives. See Ives history.
+Matthew Smith b. 3 May 1834.
Eleanor d.c. 1865, m. Richard Best, b. 1846, d. 1918, son of Joy Best
and Barbara Jardine, Conway, PEI. They had 3 children who were
adopted when their mother died. Only the existence of the youngest
child is known: Lillian Josephine Best b.c. 1863, d. 1948, adopted by
Lea's, Summerside, m. Mr. Dooley.
+Mark b. 1839.
+Luke b. Kouchibouquac, NB, 1841.
Lottie moved to New England States, m. Frank Hoff. They had no
children.
Sarah b. 1843, m. Horatio Bynon. See Bynon history.
John b. 1844, died young.
+Susan b. 1846.
Jemima b. 1852, m. Richard Best, b. 20 Dec 1844.
Rachael b. 1855.
George Barret b. 1856, d. 1936, m. Maud Helen Higgins, b. 1873,
d. 1962. George was a blacksmith and moved to Bar Harbour, Maine.
They had 2 children: Robert Edwin b. 1902, d. 1920; Eva West b. 1904,
m. Gerald O'Day.
Selina b. 5 May 1859, d. 3 March 1906, bur. USA, m. John Mabon,
a veterinarian, b. 1858, d. 10 Jan 1926, lived in USA. They had no
children.
Matthew Smith b. 3 May 1834, d. 1918, son of Billy Wood and
Margaret Enman, m. 25 Aug 1864 Emma Jane Rayner, b. 22 Dec 1846,
d. 7 June 1915, bur. Boston, daughter of Joseph Rayner and Janet
Sharpe.
Matthew farmed the homestead, and was employed at Gouldrup' s
Mill. Matthew and his young family moved to the Boston area where he
worked in the lumber industry.
Matthew Wood and Emma Jane Rayner had 13 children:
Alonzo Boulter b. 22 June 1865, d. 3 Jan 1943, bur. Santa Rosa,
California, m. 3 July 1884 Eliza Agnes Kinsman, b. Summerside, 15 July
1870, d. 10 Oct 1939, bur. Santa Rosa, California, daughter of James
Kinsman and Mary Linkletter. Alonzo apprenticed as a tailor in Boston.
They had 2 children: Ralph Smith b. Summerside, 3 Oct 1885; Benjamin
Milford b. Boston, 9 Dec 1886.
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Virginia E. b. 27 March 1867, d. 13 March 1939, m. George Wetmore
b. 29 June 1865, d. 27 Nov 1941. They had 3 children: Florence Emma
b. 21 Dec 1895; Harry Ernest b. 7 June 1898; Elmer A. b. 8 March 1900.
Artemas Rayner b. 16 Aug 1869, d. 31 Dec 1950, m. Mary Ellen
Hickey.
Edward Matthew Edmund b. 27 Apr 1871, d. 14 Apr 1918, m. 28
March 1895 Annie Jane Bevans, b. 29 July 1874, d. 16 Nov 1949. They
had 4 children: Annie Jane b. 25 Dec 1897; Edith May b. 8 Oct 1902;
Edmund Matthew b. 1 Sept 1904; Lillian Gertrude b. 10 Feb ?.
Jane A. b. 14 Apr 1873, d. 1891.
Leonard Southmeade b. 16 Apr 1875, d. 29 Sept 1952, m. Maude
Ester Cook, b. 12 Feb 1879, d. 18 Nov 1952. They had 9 children:
Melville Southmeade b. 13 Sept 1896; Everett Bernard b. 24 Dec 1897;
Edith Alexandria b. 11 June 1900; Everetta Maude b. 23 Nov 1902;
Chester Eldin b. 10 Apr 1906; Irving Leon b. 20 Apr 1908; Leonard
Elton b. 15 Jan 1912; Merrill Westcott b. 29 March 1916; Shirley b. 25
Aug 1917.
Ida Maude b. 7 May 1877, m. George E. Webber, son of George and
Ida Maude Webber.
Harry b. 29 July 1879, unmarried.
Russell Clayton b. 1880, d. 25 Dec 1952, m. 2 Feb 1907 Carrie Eva
Carleton.
Frederick b. 1880, died in infancy.
Thomas Albert b. 19 Nov 1883, d. 1910.
Albert Chester b. 27 Oct 1885, m. 6 Jan 1933 Fleata Viola Garrison.
Grace Marion b. 28 Dec 1890, d. 1972, unmarried.
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Mark b. 1839, d. 10 Jan 1887, son of Billy Wood and Margaret
Enman, m. 28 March 1865 Susan Chandler, b. 1841, d. 26 Aug 1908,
daughter of John Chandler, Mount Albion.
Mark was a blacksmith by trade and operated a shop near the Tryon
Woolen Mills.
Mark Wood and Susan Chandler had 7 children:
Albert b. 1866, d. 1946, 1st. m. Jane Harvey, Linkletter Road; 2nd.
m. Elizabeth Gunn.
William Henry b. 1 Oct 1868. No record.
Celia Jane b. 5 March 1869, m. 3 May 1888 Smith Leard, son of
Charles Wesley Leard. See Leard history.
Emma b. 13 May 1871, d. 1930, 1st. m. Edward Gordon Howatt, b.
30 Jan 1870, d. 28 March 1909, son of David Howatt and Margaret
McEachern. They had 2 children: John Godwell b. 27 July 1897, d. 17
Sept 1918, in WW I; Celia Amanda b. 17 March 1900, d. 14 July 1962,
m. Arthur W.Jay. Emma 2nd. m. Donald Howatt b. 20 Feb 1867, d. 1
Apr 1954, brother of Edward.
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Sankey b. 1876, d. 1906, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., unmarried.
Cyrus b. 1880, d. 1894.
Ethel Blanche b. 1883, d. 1894.
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Luke b. 1841, d. 24 Jan 1927, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Billy
Wood and Margaret Enman, m. 30 March 1865 Janet Waite, b. Sher-
brooke, PEI, 28 June 1835, d. 25 Oct 1885, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of George Waite and Louisa Rayner.
Luke acquired 100 acres of land at Ives Point, Miscouche, on 16
March 1863. Nineteen years later he sold the land and acquired a 100
acre parcel at North Tryon. The transactions were a trade, all made in
the one day. The former owner of the Luke Wood property in North
Tryon was William MacWilliams. William wanted to fish rather than
farm. Luke wanted to farm instead of fish, so they made a square trade
and Luke and his family moved their possessions on Apr 19,1882. Luke
had cattle to be herded so it was a slow trip. When they arrived in North
Tryon there was an old house and a small barn on the farm. They built
a blacksmith shop to enable them to make tools, repair machinery, and
shoe horses.
Luke's son, George,
assumed the responsibil-
ity of the farming opera-
tion as time went on.
George had made his
way to Boston in 1891,
possibly in search of a
Mount Tr yon gi r l ,
Martha Hatley. Martha
had grown up not far
from t he Wood farm
and had gone to t he
USA t o f i nd wor k.
Ge or ge a nd Ma r t ha
were marri ed and re-
turned to North Tryon.
They moved into a new
ell-shaped house built in
1893 by Al e xa nde r
Large from timber on
the farm. The old house
was used for a wagon
s hed. La t e r Ge or ge
added a 30' x 12' exten-
sion to the house. This
Luke and Eleanor (daughter of Brent) Wood. Adelaide , .. . ,. . . .
Wood Collection. addi t i on was di vi ded
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into two rooms, a large
kitchen and the back
ki t c he n. The back
kitchen had a Waterloo
stove which was used
for boiling sap, making
soap and heating water
for laundry. The wood
for the kitchen stove
was stored in the back
kitchen also. A big tank
for the gravity water
system was overhead
and an upright gasoline
engi ne pumpe d t he
water i nt o t he tank.
Ge or ge had a he n
house and an ice house
built behind the house.
George purchased an-
other 100 acres of land
in 1905, doubling the
size of the farm. More
buildings were neces-
sary. George build a
barn to house cows and
horses and later added
an ell-shape extension 50' x 35' in which to store grain. Still later, he
added a long shed for a sheep shelter. He built a boiler house, a piggery,
a workshop, and a grainery between the house and the barn. He had a
shed across from this in which to store the driving wagons and machin-
ery. John O. Boulter and his brother Fred were hired in 1914 to build
a barn for horses and their supply of hay and straw. The house and barn
were wired for electricity in 1918 and a telephone was installed about
1932.
Luke and Janet were members of the Tryon Methodist Church.
Luke Wood and Janet Wake had 5 children:
+George William b. 7 Apr 1866.
Eliza Jane Mountain b. 18 Feb 1868, m. John Addington Dawson.
See Dawson history.
+Ada Eleanor Darby b. 7 Aug 1870.
+Howardb. 19 March 1873.
+Alice Maude b. 18 March 1880.
Janet Wood (Mrs. Luke). Adelaide Wood Collection.
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L to R, back: Raymond, Martha, Howard, Brent. Front: Vera, George, Ruth Wood. Ade-
laide Wood Collection.
George William b. 7 Apr 1866, d. of a stroke, 15 July 1951, bur.
Tryon Peoples Cem., son of Luke Wood and Janet Wake, m. Martha
Hatley, b. Mount Tryon, 1871, d. from a gall bladder infection, 14 June
1933, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., daughter of John Hadey and Anne
Todd. See Hadey history.
George and Martha were members of the Tryon Baptist Church.
George Wood and Martha Hately had 7 children:
+Brentonb.lO Feb 1894.
Maynard Leslie b. 5 Sept 1895, d. 1897, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
John Lyman b. 8July 1897, killed in the battle of Fresnoy, near Vimy,
France, in WW I, 3 May 1917.
+Ruth Selina b. 6 Dec 1899.
+Howard Boyd b. 25 March 1901.
+Harry Raymond Bobs b. 1 Oct 1902.
Vera Eleanor b. 4 Feb 1906, m. Lloyd Rogerson. See Rogerson
history.
Brenton b. 10 Feb 1894, d. 23 Oct 1987, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem.,
son of George Wood and Martha Hatley, m. 1 Nov 1922 Ruth Hester
Boulter, b. 9 March 1894, d. 7 Dec 1985, bur.Tryon Peoples Cem.,
daughter of Webster Boulter and Margaret Elizabeth Holmes.
Brent operated a general store in Crapaud, and Ruth was a school
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teacher. They were members of the Tryon United Baptist Church, and
lived in Lower Tryon and Crapaud. Brent was not given a middle name
at birth, but discovered that as a Justice of the Peace, he required one.
He chose Cutten, the last name of a local minister. Brent was a historian
and spent his retirement years gathering and recording local history.
This interest, with the assistance of his wife and family, resulted in the
publication of the Wood History. Brent's research has proved invalu-
able in compiling this history.
Brent Wood and Ruth Boulter had 2 children:
Eleanor Elizabeth b. 14 Nov 1923, m. 2 July 1949 Dr. Kenneth
MacPhee, b. 17 Sept 1926, son of Earle MacPhee and Jennie Steeves.
They live in Guelph where Ken is a research scientist with Uni Royal.
They had 3 children: Douglas Brent b. 25 Jan 1954; Steven William b. 3
Sept 1956; Janet Elizabeth b. 18 Dec 1959, m. Kenneth Lake.
William Webster b. 4 Feb 1930, 1st. m. 30 Aug 1955 Sylvia Sterns.
They had no children. Bill 2nd. m. 16 Sept 1963 Irene Balogh, b. 23
March 1928. They live in Osooyoos, BC. Bill adopted Irene' s son:
William Bradley b. 7 Jan 1961, m. Ellen Sinclair. They had 2 children.
Ruth Selina b. 6 Dec 1899, d. 27 Aug 1984, bur. Central Bedeque
Baptist Cem., daughter of George Wood and Martha Hatley, m. June
1931 Howard Schurman, b. Bedeque, 8 March 1897.
Ruth and Howard lived in Bedeque where Howard was a dairy and
potato farmer.
Ruth Wood and Howard Schurman had 2 children:
Marion Arlene b. 16 Sept 1934, m. 23 June 1962 Harlan McLellan,
b. 14 Feb 1936, son of Wyman McLellan and Hilda Smith. They had 2
children: Mary Ruth b. 5 Nov 1966; Allison Douglas b. 28 Nov 1967.
James David b. 30 Sept 1937, m. 28 Aug 1965 Alice Elaine Waugh
b. 22 Nov 1943, daughter of Norman Waugh and Francis Neill. They
had 4 children: Miriam Arlene b. 3 Aug 1966; Paul Norman b. 31 July
1967; Sharon Ann b. 31 Oct 1970; Kevin James b. 14 Dec 1975.
Howard Boyd b. 25 March 1901, d. 1 Sept 1987, bur. Tryon Peoples
Cem., son of George Wood and Martha Hatley, m. 1927 Kathryn
Haslam MacQuarrie, b. Hampton, 25 June 1907, daughter of William
Alexander MacQuarrie and Morey MacVittie.
Howard and Kathryn took over the home farm for several years, and
George and Martha moved to Crapaud. Howard and Kathryn bought
the Charles Palmer estate in Victoria in 1929 where they spent the
remainder of their lives. Howard farmed, and for a short while sold
Dodge and DeSota cars in Prince County. Howard and Kathryn opened
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a tourist home and cabins in 1952 known as Dunrovin. They also
operated the Victoria Skating Rink from 1933 to 1953.
Howard Wood and Kathryn MacQuarrie had 1 child:
Lyman George b. 28 July 1929, m. 27 Sept 1969 Wanda MacNevin
Cousins, daughter of Stewart MacNevin and Vivian Gamble. They had
1 child: Donald Lyman b. 17 June 1971.
Harry Raymond Bobs b. 1 Oct 1902, son of George Wood and Martha
Hadey, m. 10 Aug 1929 Gerda Adelaide Ives, b. Neepawa, Manitoba, 22
Apr 1906, daughter of John Leard Dawson Ives and Helena May
Gamble. See Ives and Gamble history.
Raymond became the sole owner and operator of the farm in 1929
when Howard and Kathryn moved to Victoria. Raymond did not add
to the existing buildings but made some changes. An accidental fire
burned the hen house in 1935. He had Dell Palmer move the kitchen
part of the house in 1940 to a lot next to Rex Dawson's house for a
hired man' s residence. Roy and Minerva MacKenzie and their three
sons Jack, Ray, and Bobby resided in this house, then Willy Stordy,
before the Kohouts bought the house. Roy worked for Raymond, while
Willy and Frank Kohout worked for the Tryon Dairying Company.
Frank and Wilda Kohout lived in the house until 1958 when it was
destroyed by fire.
Some changes had to be made to the main Wood house after the
kitchen was moved. The existing pantry was enlarged to made a modern
kitchen, and a porch was added to cover the plumbing system. Renova-
tions were made to the upstairs rooms over the kitchen and dining room
in 1959. An apartment was added for son, George, and his bride, l one
Wright. George joined Raymond on the family farm for several years,
then entered the plumbing profession. Raymond continued to farm but
gradually decreased his activities until he sold the farm land to Myron
Dawson in 1969 and retired from active farming. The buildings gradu-
ally deteriorated and had to be torn down. The lumber from the main
barn was used to build a sugar house in the maple grove to house the
evaporator for boiling off the sap to the syrup stage. The shed and the
piggery disappeared. The only out buildings left in 1988 were the horse
barn and a chicken house. Raymond's son, Garth, now owns the
property.
Adelaide met Raymond when she returned to Tryon to teach school.
She had graduated from the University of Manitoba with a BA. Follow-
ing their marriage, Adelaide helped on the farm and looked after their
children, later returning to teaching. She taught English and French at
Englewood High School until she retired in 1971. Raymond and
Adelaide enlarged their maple syrup business at that time. They were
members of the Tryon United Baptist Church and Adelaide is a Life
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Joyce, George, Adelaide, Verna, Garth, Raymond, JoAnne Wood. Ade-
laide Wood Collection.
Member of the North Tryon Women' s Institute.
Raymond Wood and Adelaide Ives had 5 children:
+Joyce Evangeline b. 5 Sept 1930.
+Verna Florence b. 21 Oct 1932.
+Garth Alan b. 26 March 1934.
+George Howard b. 14 Apr 1939.
+JoAnn Ruth b. 24 Feb 1949.
Joyce Evangeline b. 5 Sept 1930, daughter of Raymond Wood and
Adelaide Ives, m. 14 Feb 1976 Harry Stark, b. Lausarra, Germany, 21
Apr 1927, son of Rudolph Stark and Pauline Bower.
The Stark family emigrated to western Canada from Poland when
Harry was 6 weeks old. Joyce attended Mount Allison University,
graduating from the PEI Provincial Laboratories School as a techni-
cian.She worked in the Regina Provincial Laboratory for many years.
Joyce and Harry live in Mossbank, Saskatchewan, where they are wheat
farmers. They had no children.
387
Raymond and Adelaide Wood house. Hazel Robinson.
Verna Florence b. 21 Oct 1932, daughter of Raymond Wood and
Adelaide Ives, m. 14 Apr 1961 William Slysz, b. Connecticut, 17 Aug
1933, son of William Slysz and Jean Pijanowski.
The family lived in Connecticut until 1973, when they moved to
Sackville, NB. Verna is an X Ray Technician at the Sackville Hospital
and lives in Jollicure, NB.
Verna Wood and William Slysz had 4 children:
Garth Wood b. 24 June 1963, m. 29 Oct 1988 Andrea Green, b.
Halifax, 18 Nov 1965, daughter of Vernon Green and Florence Stewart.
They live in Charlottetown where Garth is a Medical Doctor and Andrea
has a BSc in nursing. They had 1 child: Joshua Thomas b. 26 July 1991.
Remi Wood b. 9 Jan 1965, an RN, employed in Charlottetown in
1992.
Gordon Wood b. 8 Sept 1970, BSc graduate from Mt Allison.
RaeAnne Wood b. 17 Aug 1972, a student at NS Teacher' s College.
Garth Alan b. 26 March 1934, son of Raymond Wood and Adelaide
Ives, is not married.
Garth worked as a mechanic in Ontario and returned to the Island
in 1973. He drove a school bus to Englewood for several years and now
is a mechanic with MacDonald Brothers, Augustine Cove. He operates
a summer campground in Augustine Cove.
388
George Howard b. 14 Apr 1939, son of Raymond Wood and
Adelaide Ives, m. 30 June 1983 lone Gladys Wright, b. 11 May 1938,
daughter of Kenneth Wright and Olive Drummond.
George and lone lived in an apartment in the Butter Factory, and
in an upstairs apartment in Raymond's house, before they bought the
Otto Johnson house. A Mr. MacDonald was the first owner of this
property then Philip Lord, Howard Callbeck, and Otto Johnson. Ot t o
farmed until 1958 when he sold the property to Vernon Inman. George
and lone bought the house and lot in 1962 from the Inmans. The house
was destroyed by fire in the fall of 1978. The family lived in Mildred
Clark's house in Tryon for a year while they built a new house where
the old house stood. Both George and lone have had several profes-
sions. George farmed for a number of years before he became a
plumber. He works for Marine Atlantic in Borden as well. lone taught
school in Tryon before her children were born and after they were
grown, she also became an employee at Marine Atlantic. They attend
the Tryon United Church and lone was a member of the North Tryon
Women' s Institute.
George Wood and lone Wright had 4 children;
+Raymond Kent b. 12 May 1960.
Noelle Olive b. 10 Nov 1965, BA, LIB, articling in Toronto.
Crystal Adelaide b. 9 Aug 1968, BSc in Nursing, working in Florida.
Ashley Wright b. 5 Jan 1971.
Crystal, Ashley, lone, George, Noelle, Kent Wood. George Wood Collection.
389
George and lone Wood house. Hazel Robinson.
Raymond Kent b. 12 May 1960, son of George Wood and l one
Wright, m. 25 June 1983Juliannaywfe Boulter, b. 18 Jan 1961, daughter
of Lloyd Boulter and Katherine MacNally, Victoria.
Kent and Julie live in Crapaud where Julie is a Dental Assistant for
the Crapaud Dentist. Kent works for a retail store in Charlottetown.
They also have a boarding kennel for small animals.
Kent Wood and Julie Boulter had 2 children:
Joel Boulter b. 29 March 1988.
Brett George b. 29 Apr 1991.
JoAnn Ruth b. 24 Feb 1949, daughter of Raymond Wood and
Adelaide Ives, m. 3 Aug 1968 Earle MacDonald, b. 22 Oct 1946, son of
Donald MacDonald and Marie Cameron.
JoAnn and Earle live and farm in Augustine Cove. JoAnn is a pianist
and often plays for church services, school concerts, and community
events.
JoAnn Wood and Earle MacDonald had 3 children:
Kendra Marie b 18 Nov 1970.
Tara Lynne b. 4 Jan 1973, a student at Mount Allison.
Corey Donald b. 23 Feb 1976, a student.
4- > <0-
Ada Eleanor Darby b. 7 Aug 1870, d. 24 May 1957, bur.Tryon
390
Peoples Cem., daughter of Luke Wood and Janet Wake, m. John A.
Lyman, b. 1870, d. 5 Aug 1950, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem..
Ada and John lived in USA where John was a railway clerk. They
retired in Tryon and operated a confectionery business and general
store.
Ada Wood and John Lyman adopted 1 child:
Ralph b. 1910, m. 1949 Roberta Porteous. They lived in Moncton,
NB, and had 4 children: Bruce; Anita; Sylvia; David.
O
Howard b. 19 March 1873, d. 31 July 1956, bur. Tryon Peoples'
Cem., son of Luke Wood and Janet Waite, m. Florence Armstrong, b.
Maine, 12 March 1874, d. 2 Sept 1963, bur. Maine.
Howard moved to Maine where he was a lumber labourer, a fish and
game warden, and a member of the legislature, before he retired to
Victoria, PEL
Howard Wood and Florence Armstrong had 2 children:
Stanley Earle b. 7 Nov 1906, d. 1972, unmarried.
Iva Mabel b. 18 March 1908, d. 31 July 1956, m. Donald Cross.
>
Alice Maude b. 18 March 1880, d. Jan 1969, at the Tewsbury State
Nursing Home, daughter of Luke Wood and Janet Waite, m. William
Laval, b. 1878, d. 1964, bur. Mass..
Alice and William lived in Massachusetts where William was a
plumber and policeman. They had no children.
< $ <
Susan b. 1846, d. 1925, bur. Freeland Presbyterian Cem., daughter
of Billy Wood and Margaret Enman, m. 14 Apr 1865 Barnabas Trows-
dale, b. Crapaud, 18 June 1835, d. 1904, bur. Freeland Presbyterian
Cem..
Barnabas operated a grist mill at Conway.
Susan Wood and Barnanas Trowsdale had 4 children:
Susan Margaret Jane b. 9 Sept 1865, d. 1956,1st. m. Robert Ramsay;
2nd. m. George W. Craig.
John William b. 9 Apr 1867, d. 1938, m. Alice Ramsay, b. 1866, d.
1924, daughter of Archibald Ramsay and Sophia Wigmore.
Thomas Ives b. 3 June 1869, d. 1892, unmarried.
Beth Amelia b. 1875, d. 1945, m. 22 Feb 1895 James Andrew
Morrison, b. 1875, d. 1939, son of Robert Morrison and Catherine
MacLeod.
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^ < <
James b. 18 Nov 1814, d. 9 June 1871, son of Joseph Wood and
Elizabeth Dawson, m. 29 June 1840 Louisa Burke, b. 5 Aug 1822, d. 3
Oct 1901, daughter of Edward/Edmund Burke and Ellender Jet-
son/Judson.
James purchased a 100 acre farm in July 1852 for 36 shillings at a
sheriffs sale. The farms of James and his brother William were opposite
each other on the road leading to Mount Tryon.
James Wood and Louisa Burke had 7 children:
John Burke b. 4 Aug 1842, d. 29 Sept 1923, m. Ellen Rayner, b. 16
Jan 1853, d. 1 June 1936, daughter of Joseph Rayner and Janet Sharpe.
They had 6 children and farmed the property in Mount Tryon now
owned by their great grandson Morley Wood.
Joseph b. 16 March 1845, d. 25 Sept 1850.
Robert b. 7Jan 1848, d. 28 Sept 1850.
Mary Ann Sis b. 2 Sept 1850, d. 4 Sept 1922, bur. North Tryon
Presbyterian Cem., m. Hector MacKay b. 1859, d. 1926, bur. Nort h
Tryon Presbyterian Cem..
Sarah Jane b. 5 May 1853, m. 1872 Daniel Finley Doull.
Joseph b. 3 Dec 1855, d. 3 Feb 1869.
Melissa b. 1 June 1858, d. 3 July 1888, bur. Tryon Peoples Cem., m.
Archibald Campbell, b. 15 Dec 1844, d. 31 Aug 1901, bur. Tryon
Peoples Cem.. They had 2 children.
Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Brent Wood research; Ade-
laide Wood; Tryon United Baptist Church Records.
392
Index
Arbing, Family: 1
Arbing.Jim: 1
Bacon, Charles: 162
Bell, Family: 2
Bell, Walter: 4
Bynon, Family: 5
Bynon, Horatio: 6
Bynon, John: 5
Cairns, Alfred: 9
Cairns, Family: 9
Cairns, Hillus: 11
Cairns, Ira: 10
Callbeck, Albert: 20
Callbeck, Albert DesBrisay:
17
Callbeck, Billy: 23
Callbeck, Family: 15
Callbeck, George: 18
Callbeck, Howard: 25
Callbeck, Matthew: 23
Callbeck, Wesley: 17
Callbeck, William: 16
Chisholm, Apartments: 31
Chisholm, Family: 26
Chisholm, Heath: 28
Chisholm, James: 27
Chisholm, William: 26
Clark, Edwin: 32
Clark, Family: 32
Cornish, Claude: 34
Cornish, Family: 34
Costain, Family: 35
Costain, Jarvis: 35
Craig, Don: 43
Craig, Eric: 41
Craig, Family: 38
Craig, Lester: 44
Cutcliffe, Family: 44
Cutcliffe, Gordon: 46
Dawson, Alex: 64
Dawson, Arthur: 74
Dawson, Bert: 82
Dawson, Blaine: 58
Dawson, Charles: 67
Dawson, Dale: 73
Dawson, Edwin: 77
Dawson, Family: 48
Dawson, Fred: 62
Dawson, George M.: 55
Dawson, Henry: 76
Dawson, Howatt: 70
Dawson, James Edward: 74
Dawson, John: 79
Dawson, John T: 67
Dawson, Merritt: 66
Dawson, Myron: 84
Dawson, Newt: 81
Dawson, Reg: 71
Dawson, Rex: 82
Dawson, Roy: 68
Dawson, Richard: 52
Dawson, Samuel: 50
Dawson, Stanley: 66
Dawson, Sydney: 58
Dawson, Thomas Orrien:
54
Dawson, Thomas Richard:
53
Dawson, Tremaine: 54
Delaney, Family: 87
Delaney, Michael: 87
Delaney, Parker: 91
Delaney, Percy: 97
Delaney, Warren: 98
Dixon, Carl: 108
Dixon, Eric: 108
Dixon, Family: 100
Dixon, Frank: 110
Dixon, Gerald: 105
Dixon, Reg: 102
Dixon, Sheldon: 103
Dixon, Vance: 106
Dunbar, Alex: 110
Dunbar, Family: 110
Duncan, Family: 111
Duncan, Jut: 112
Francis, Family: 114
Francis, Lester: 114
Gamble, Elmer: 114
Gamble, Family: 114
Gamble, Millie: 118
Giesbrecht, David: 120
Giesbrecht, Family: 119
Gillis, Family: 121
Caiisjohn: 121
Groggett, Alfred: 124
Groggett, Charles: 123
Groggett, Family: 123
Harris, Family: 126
Harris, Jim: 127
Hadey, Family: 128
Hadey, Richard: 131
Hadey, Will: 132
Hennessey Family: 132
Hennessey, George: 132
Howatt, Family: 133
Howatt, James: 142
Howatt, Lloyd: 139
Howatt, Randy: 142
Howatt, Wendell: 136
Hudson, Family: 144
Hudson, Gordon: 144
Inman, Alan: 150
Inman, Ernest: 147
Inman, Family: 144
Inman, Lome: 150
Inman, Major: 145
Inman, Vernon: 148
Inman, Wilfred: 146
Ives, Charles W: 161
Ives, Everett: 157
Ives, Family: 152
Ives, George: 156
Ives, M. Charles: 153
Ives, Thomas: 155
Johnson, Family: 164
Johnson, Otto: 164
Keough, Alban: 170
Keough, Dan: 171
Keough, Family: 168
Keough, John: 169
Keough, Martin (d.1849):
168
Keough, Martin (1882-
1947): 170
Keough, William: 168
Kieran, Family: 174
Kieran, Gerald: 174
Kohout, Family: 175
Kohout, Frank: 175
Lacy, Daniel: 177
Lacy, Family: 177
Lacy, John: 177
Lang, Family: 177
Lang, Frank: 177
Lea, Crilly: 181
Lea, Family: 179
Lea, Glen: 182
Lea, Russell: 184
Lea, Wendell: 187
Leard, Edward: 192
Leard, Family: 189
Leard, Fred A: 193
Leard, Hamilton: 197
Leard, Jim: 196
Leard, Jimmy B.: 190
Leard, Stephen: 191
Lefurgey, Allison: 199
Lefurgey, Arnold: 199
Lefurgey, Cornelius: 198
Lefurgey, Family: 198
Lefurgey, Max: 201
Lord, Archibald: 219
Lord, Charles H: 210
Lord, Charles R: 217
393
Lord, Curtis: 210
Lord, Donald: 213
Lord, Family: 204
Lord, Fred: 219
Lord, James F: 209
Lord, James Herbert: 206
Lord, John Squire: 206
Lord, Myles: 214
Lord, Phillip C: 209
Lord, Robert: 219
Lord, Sterling: 211
Mabey, Family: 220
Mabey, Russell: 220
McAllister, Albert: 221
McAllister, Family: 221
MacDonald, Family: 222
MacDonald, Les: 223
MacDonald, Ralph: 225
MacFarlane, Gordon: 231
MacFarlane, Family: 228
MacKenzie, Family: 232
MacKenzie, Roy: 232
MacNeil, Family: 234
MacNeU.John: 234
MacNeil, Manson: 239
MacNeil, Thomas: 234
MacWilliams, Amos: 243
MacWilliams, David Sr.:
240
MacWilliams, David (1792-
1885): 243
MacWilliams, David (1818-
1894): 242
MacWilliams, Family: 240
MacWilliams, George: 243
MacWilliams, James: 240
MacWilliams, Joseph (?-
1894): 241
MacWilliams, Joseph (1790-
?): 242
MacWilliams, Samuel: 241
McLellan, Bloyce: 247
McLellan, Family: 244
Malone, Charles: 248
Malone, Family: 248
Malone, Harry: 249
Malone, Joe: 248
Malone, John: 248
Mayhew, Earle: 250
Mayhew, Everett: 250
Mayhew, Family: 249
Mayhew, Frank: 249
Mayhew, Jean: 251
Mitchell, Family: 251
Mitchell, Fred: 251
Mitchell, George: 252
Morrison, Adam: 254
Morrison, Alexander: 255
Morrison, Family: 253
Morrison, James: 254
Morrison, James William:
257
Morrison, Robert: 256
Muirhead, Family: 258
Muirhead, James: 259
Muirhead, John: 259
Muirhead, Robert: 258
Muirhead, William (?-
1846): 259
Muirhead, William (1870-
1952): 260
Muttart, Family: 262
Muttart, George: 266
Muttart, John: 266
Muttart, Robert: 268
Muttart, Wendell: 269
Newsome, Family: 271
Newsome, Richard: 273
Nicholson, Family: 276
Nicholson, John: 276
Perry, Family: 277
Perry, Lester: 277
Pooley, Charles: 279
Pooley, Family: 277
Pooley, Richard: 278
Pooley, Richard Jr: 280
Pooley, Thomas: 277
Pooley, William: 278
Pooley, Will: 281
Quigley, Dan: 287
Quigley, Family: 282
Quigley, James: 285
Quigley, Michael: 282
Quigley, Tony: 284
Quigley, William: 282
Roberts, Charles: 288
Roberts, Family: 288
Robinson, Alan: 295
Robinson, Family: 290
Robinson, John: 295
Rogerson, Family: 297
Rogerson, Joseph: 298
Rogerson, Reuben: 300
Sawler, Earle: 302
Sawler, Family: 302
Sharkey, Edward: 303
Sharkey, Family: 303
Simmons, Family: 306
Simmons, Harold: 307
Thomas, Clayton: 327
Thomas, Family: 308
Thomas, Grant: 329
Thomas, Herb: 309
Thomas, Jack: 323
Thomas, John: 308
Thomas, Keith: 327
Thomas, Marshall: 310
Thomas, Reg: 324
Thomas, Samuel: 308
Thomas, Shane: 314
Thomas, Wellington: 310
Thomas, William: 315
Thomas, William Samuel:
317
Thomson, Archie: 353
Thomson, Arthur: 340
Thomson, Bert: 342
Thomson, Charles E: 345
Thomson, Charles M: 332
Thomson, David: 351
Thomson, David John Jr:
352
Thomson, David John Sr:
350
Thomson, Family: 331
Thomson, Gordon: 333
Thomson, Hubert: 333
Thomson, James: 332
Thomson, Joseph: 337
Thomson, Raymond: 347
Thomson, Russell: 338
Thomson, Stanley: 348
Thomson, Steven: 347
Trainor, Family: 357
Trainor, Patrick: 357
Tremere, Family: 357
Tremere, Garnet: 358
Waddell, Doug: 361
Waddell, Family: 359
Waddell, Gus: 363
Walfield, Daren: 365
Walfield, Family: 365
Wight, Family: 367
Wight, Windsor: 368
Wood, Billy the Caulker:
378
Wood, Family: 369
Wood, Garth: 388
Wood, George H: 389
Wood, George W: 384
Wood, Henry: 371
Wood, John (1815-1871):
377
Wood, John (1826-?): 370
Wood, Joseph: 369
Wood, Luke: 382
Wood, Nathan: 372
Wood, Norman: 372
Wood, Raymond: 386
Wood, William: 370
Wood, William Family: 378
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