James' son, B. Robert Ellis, Sr., was born at Bideford, Prince Edward Island. In 1876 he moved to O’Leary and in 1903 became postmaster and magistrate. He purchased four hundred acres of land which constituted the southern half of the village of O’Leary. His first wife was Harriet Raynor of O'Leary and his second was Annie Waite, also of O’Leary. From these two unions, eleven children were born. B. Robert gave four of his sons one hundred acres of land each to start them off.

James and Jane's second son, John, married Margaret England. From this union L. Robert, Jr., was born - another prominent O’Leary citizen. He was a nephew of B. Robert. He was born and educated at Tyne Valley and married Flora Jane Forbes of that area. He moved to O’Leary and entered into a very successful mercantile business and owned a beautiful home. He raised a large family, one of whom was Luella Ellis who married Jack Kennedy, a successful merchant of O’Leary.

B. Robert Ellis had by his first wife Harriet Raynor, a son, Garfield. He was born in O'Leary and graduated from the Canadian College of Pharmacy. He set up a drugstore in his cousin's (L. Robert) store. Later he moved to Montague and formed the Ellis Pharmacy ‘Limited which he ran for ten years and set up a branch drugstore in O’Leary. He married Pansy MacFarlane and later moved to Washington, U.S.A., where he established a drug business. His older brother, Allison (aged 20), had drugstores in Montague, Charlottetown, and then Lashbum, Saskatchewan.

Thomas, James’ son, was also a prominent businessman of West Prince. He was born in Bideford, P.E.I., and conducted a shoe factory n O’Leary where he made shoes to order. Only the well-to-do people f West Prince could afford them. When the products of large facto- ies began to come into the province, he sold his equipment and oved to Quincy, Massachusetts, where he retailed shoes, supplied 0 him by a factory at Brockton.

MARGARET ELLIS - PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE

Margaret Catherine Stewart was born November 8, 1915, at West oint, PEI. She was the daughter of Walter and Emmeline Stewart. alter was a fisherman and factory owner, and Emma taught school t West Point.

For as long as she could remember, Margaret wanted to be a urse. She went to Grade Ten in the country school at West Point. rom there she enrolled at nursing school, a place called Hotel Vieu

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