PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

FINLAY MCEACHERN, who owns and operates the old McEachem homestead in Lot 57, Queens county, and is counted among the leading and influential citizens of that locality, is a son of Duncan Mc- Eachem and a grandson of Colin McEach- em. The latter was born in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, and came to Prince Ed- ward Island in an early day, locating at Wood Island Road. He was a successful builder and superintended the erection of the Belfast Presbyterian church, now known as St. John’s. He was the father of the fol- lowing children: John, of St. Peter’s Road; Hugh, of Georgetown; Donald, of Newton, who removed from Prince Edward Island; Duncan, of Newton, and Colin, who was an officer in the United States army during the Civil war of 1861-5, and who died in . Boston, Massachusetts.

Duncan McEachem owned and operated the homestead farm at Newton Road and occupied a prominent place in the commu- nity. He was a Liberal in politics and a mem- ber of the St. John’s Presbyterian church. He married Miss Ann Smith, daughter of Donald Smith, and to them were born these children: Finlay; Colin, deceased, formerly of Boston, Massachusetts; Christie, the wife of Mr. Rochfort, of Alberton; Catherine, who is the widow of a Mr. Martin, and lives in Boston, Massachusetts; Annie; and Mary, of Charlottetown,the wife of Daniel Howlett. Finlay McEachem now lives on and man- ages the old homestead farm and has been very successful in his vocation. He is thor- oughly practical and methodical in his opera- tions and has maintained the place at the highest standard of excellence. He married Miss Maggie Nicholson, a daughter of Charles and Mary (Macdonald) Nicholson. Her sister, Catherine, married William Mac-

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kinnon and they became the parents of the Hon. D. A. Mackinnon, present lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island. To Finlay and Maggie McEachem were born the following children: Belle, of Quincy, Massachusetts; Georgina, who lives in San Francisco, California; Abner and Eva, at home; Charles D., living in Honolulu, and there connected with the largest sugar manu- facturing company in the world; Minnie, who is a graduate nurse from the Falcon- wood Hospital, at Charlottetown, and lives in Boston, Massachusetts; Anna Roberson, who is a graduate of Prince of Wales Col- lege, and a successful teacher.

FRANK HALLIDAY, who owns and oper— ates a fine farm in Lot 57, is a native son of Prince Edward Island and was born at Charlottetown. His father, Capt. John Halliday, now deceased, was born on the farm on which the subject now resides, and at the age of thirteen years went to m, sailing for many years. He owned a number of vessels and served as master of many others, and in later life confined his opera- tions mainly to the coast trade. Subse- quently he went to British Columbia and engaged in the lumbering business, owning a sloop on the river. He was killed there, at the age Of fifty-seven years, by a falling tree. The paternal grandfather, James E. Halliday, lived on the same farm now owned by the subject and engaged extensively in shipbuilding, being himself a master ship— wright and building many vessels for Ben- jamin Davis and others. The paternal great-grandfather, Thomas Halliday, was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and in 1806 came to Pictou, Nova Scotia. He was a