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both natives of Skye, Scotland. The pater- nal grandfather was John McDonald and the maternal grandfather, Malcolm Nichol- son, both natives of Skye, Scotland, and both came to Prince Edward Island, at which time the subject’s father was eighteen years of age and his mother eight years old. They settled in Springtown, of which they were pioneers, and engaged in farming. The sub- ject’s father continued farming operations on the old homestead during his lifetime and because of his sterling qualities of char- acter he won the respect and confidence of his fellows. He was married three times, the subject of his sketch being born of the third union. The latter spent his boyhood days on the home farm and secured his edu- cation in the district school, which was lo- cated on their farm. At the age of fifteen years he went to Tyne Valley, in the Western part of the Island and engaged in learning the tailoring trade with his brother, H. A. McDonald, who is now a successful and rep- resentative citizen of Blackville, New Bruns- wick. Having acquired a thorough knowl- edge of the tailoring business, Mr. McDon- ald removed to Charlottetown, where he worked at the trade for a number of years. In 1893 he started in business on his own account, buying out A. J. Murphy, and from the beginning he has found his custom stead- ily growing from year to year, necessitating a repeated enlargement of quarters, until he now occupies an entire building on Queens street opposite the market. In addition to his large custom tailoring business, he car- ries a full line of gents’ furnishing goods, as well as ready-made clothing. He is a direct importer of Scotch and English tweeds, cloths, etc., and strives to carry at all times the very latest patterns and to employ none but high-grade and thoroughly competent

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workmen. In 1901 Mr. McDonald opened a branch house at Glass Bay, Cape Breton, in which he has also achieved a distinctive success.

On June 9, 1898, Mr. McDonald was married to Miss Bessie Wannacut, a native of Charlottetown and a daughter of John Wannacut. They have two children, Eric Ronald and Samuel Arthur. Fraternally Mr. McDonald is a member of the Masonic order and of the Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor. He is also an officer of the Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias of the Marenlin province. He is also a member of the Caledonia Club, in which he takes a deep interest. He is widely known and is well liked by all.

CAPT. D. L. HOOPER, who is successfully engaged in a general mercantile business in Charlottetown, was born at Milton, Prince Edward Island, on September 16, 1854, and is the son of George and Elizabeth (White) Cooper, the father a native of Milton and the mother of Gloucestershire, England. David Hooper, the subject’s grandfather, who was‘ a native of Dorsetshire, England, emigrated to America, stopping first in Newfound- land, from thence coming to Prince Edward Island, being one of the pioneers and original settlers at Milton. He lived to the age of seventy-six years, his last days being passed in Charlottetown, where his sons were lo~ cated, their names being D. R. M., who served as major of Charlottetown, and died at the age of ninety—five years, Henry, who died aged ninety-one, George, whose death, owing to a sleighing accident, occurred when he was eighty-one years old, and Thomas, who died aged sixty-five. D. R. M. Henry