References for Chapter I 1. Land Conveyance, Liber 45 folio 144 2. Letter from J. B. Irving , Bonshaw , Dumfries, Scotland ; February 1988, in the possession of the authors 3. Colonial Office Correspondence 27th October 1842 4. Colonial Herald, 1839, 6th April, pg 3 5. Royal Gazette , 1839, 8 Jan, pg 1 & 4 6. Ibid, 1839,25th June, pg 3 7. Ibid, 1839,8th October, pg 3 8. Ibid, 1840,6th October, pg 3 9. Land Conveyance, Liber 58 folio 137 10. Census of Prince Edward Island 1841 Lot 30 11. Colonial Herald, 1842, 15th January, pg 4 12. Royal Gazette , 1848, 29th August, pg 4 13. Colonial Herald, 1843, 1st April, pg 3 14. Ibid, 1843, 15 Apr, pg 2 15. Ibid, 1844, 24 Feb, pg 1 16 Ibid, 1844, 3Feb,pg2 17. Land Conveyances, Lot 30 misc papers 18. Islander, 1845, 5 Apr, pg 3 19. Land Conveyance, Liber 58 folio 137 20. Colonial Office Correspondence 15 Feb 1849 21. Royal Gazette , 1848, 14 Nov, pg 3 22. Minutes Box 5 1845-63, 1848 Samuel Cambridge vs WW Irving, Lhomas DeHavelin vs WW Irving, Charles Hemsley vs WW Irving, Sir Graham Montgomery vs WW Irving, Charles Young vs WW Irving 23. Land Conveyance, Liber 59 folio 617 24. Ibid, Liber 64 folio 240 25. Ibid, Liber 72 folio 558 26. Ibid, Liber 72 folio 535 27. Royal Gazette , 1852, 10 May pg 267 birth of Robert Fellows Irving 28. St James Charlottetown Baptismal records 29th March 1855, birth of William M. Irving 29. Land leases, Lot 30 # 37 30. Land Conveyance, Liber 52 folio 423 31. Ibid, Liber 59, Folio 274 32. Census of Prince Edward Island 1841, Lot 30, pg 19 33. Land leases Lot 30, 1843 34. Land Conveyance, Liber 80 folio 597 35. Royal Gazette , 1840, October 6th, pg3 col2 36. Land Conveyances, Liber 71 folio 579 37. Census of P. E. I . 1861 Lot 30 pg 3 38. Registrar of Shipping Registrations 1829, 1823, 1839, 1840, 1842, 1845 39. Land Conveyance, Liber 88 folio 297 40. Hutchison's Directory 1864 pg 111 41. 'Illustrated Historical Atlas of Prince Edward Island . J.H. Meacham & Co., 1880 42. Interview with Sheldon McNevin of Bonshaw , Sept 1987 43. Patriot 1874 5th September page 2 and the 1875 30th October page 2 44. Land Conveyance, Liber 50 folio 324 45. Ibid Bl, Liber 30 folio 120 46. Ibid A2, Liber 30 folio 117 47. Colonial Herald 1843 30th December -21-