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every detail of the business, thus being en- abled to maintain the place at the highest standard of excellence. The farm is well improved with a full set of neat and sub- stantial buildings, and the general appear- ance of the place indicates the owner to be a man of excellent judgment and good ideas.

Mr. McLean married Miss Delilah Yeo, a'

daughter of George and Caroline (Selick) Yeo, and to them have been born the follow- ing children: Cato, Eliza, George, Myrtle, Glennie and Christeen.

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ROBERT ELLIS, Sr., who has served as postmaster of O’Leary, Prince county, dur- ing the last sixteen years, was born in Lot 12 on May 7, 1832, and is a son of James Ellis and Jane (Ramsey) Ellis, the latter being a sister of the late Hon. David Ramsey, and daughter of John Ramsey, popularly known as “Justice John,” as he was the only mag- istrate in his locality. He was a son of Donald Ramsey, who was a son of John Ramsey. James Ellis was a native of Bide- ford, Devonshire, England, and came to Lot 12, Prince Edward Island, in 1818, taking up land which he worked, but was also em- ployed in a shipyard with his father, Wil- liam Ellis, Sr., at Bideford, on the shore of Bideford River, in Lot 12. The father had, prior to his coming to this Island, been foreman of a big yard at Bideford, England, and came here on a contract to build wooden ships for a company known as Chanter & Burnett, a firm of shipbuilders at Bideford, England, who, though never residing in Prince Edward Island, had been here investi- gating the resources and possibilities. Wil- liam Ellis, Sr., was the father of the follow- ing children: William, Jr. ; James; George;

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John; Henry and Robert, all of whom were also shipbuilders and came to Prince Edward Island with their father excepting Robert, who remained in England. The shipbuild- ing firm before mentioned supplied a vessel with provisions for two years and sufficient tools and implements, together with all workmen necessary to command a shipyard, and thus equipped, the vessel arrived at Mal- peque Harbour, Prince Edward Island, about June 5, 1818, and after investigation Mr. Ellis decided to locate the shipyard at a point in Lot 12, where the Richards farm is now located. They lived on the vessel until they had whip—sawed lumber with which to build a house. They also brought with them rigging for vessels of about two hundred tons and by the autumn following they had completed a vessel and started her on a voy- age to England. From this beginning ship— building developed rapidly, so that in a few years there were several othersin the busi- ness here, among which may be mentioned William Ellis, Jr., who had a yard of his own and here built the largest vessels, up to eleven hundred tons, on which the subject worked when a small boy. Other yards were owned by James Ellis, the father of the subject, and his brother, George. Wil- liam Ellis, Sr., married Miss Hannah Pen- rose, in England, and besides five sons men- tioned above, they were the parents of three daughters, Mary Ann, who married William Rendle, who came from England to Prince Edward Island; Agnes married Edward Williams, and Sarah married John England.

Robert Ellis, Sr., received such educa- tion as was afforded by the district schools of the neighbourhood and since attaining ma- turity has taken a deep interest in the varied activities of the community. As before stated, he has served as postmaster and mag-