PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 527 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. 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; John; Henry and Robert, all of whom were alsc > 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 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 rigg'ng f°r 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- huilding developed rapidly, so that in a few years there were several others in 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-