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(Sellers) Ayers, both also natives of Union Road. The paternal grandfather, Josiah Ayers, who was a native of England, came to Prince Edward Island in 1830, being a pioneer settler at Union Road, Queens county, where his useful life was ended. The subject’s father contiued on the paternal homestead during all his active life. He was the father of nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the seventh inorder of birth.

Josiah Ayers received his elementary ed- ucation in the district schools, and after matriculating at Prince of Wales College. entered the dental department of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, where he graduated in 1892, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. He then re- turned to Charlottetown and entered upon the active practice of his profession, in which he has since been successfully engaged. He has a fine suite of offices in the Prowse block on Sunnyside and commands his full share of the public patronage. For some five years the Doctor was secretary of the Prince Edward Dental Association, and at present (1905) is its president. He is also a mem- ber of the Maritime Dental Association ' and the Dominion Dental Association. while in 1904 he was a delegate from the Island to the meeting of the last named association in Toronto. Fraternally he is a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters and the Sons of England.

In September. 1900, Doctor Ayers was united in marriage to Miss Eva M. Hyde. who was born at \Vest River. Prince Ed— ward Island. a daughter of the late Henry Hyde. and to them have been born two chil- dren. Miriam Florence and an infant not yet named. Nobody is more highly esteemed than the Doctor.

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GORDON THOMAS ALLEY, M. D. C. M., L. R. C. P. & C., one of the well known phy- sicians of Prince Edward Island, is a native of Charlottetown, where he was born on October 22. 1874, and is a son of Judge George and Mary True (Blatch) Alley, both also natives of Charlottetown, the former born on January 22, 1844. The patemat great-grandfather, Thomas Charles Alley, was a native of Dublin, Ireland, and came to Prince Edward Island in the year of 1818, the early days of its settlement. The grand- father, also named Thomas Charles Alley, Was born in Charlottetown on August 12. 1820, became an architect and contractor and served efficiently as superintendent of public works on the Island. He remained a resident of the Island until his death, which occurred on March 17, 1900.

George Alley, father of'the subject of this sketch, received his education in the Central Academy, in Charlottetown, and. taking up the study of law, was admitted to the bar in 1865. In 1868 he formed a pro- fessional alliance with the present Sir Louis H. Davis, now judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. under the firm name of Alley & Davis. On July 18, 1874. George Alley was appointed judge of the county court of Queens county, being probably the young- est judge ever appointed in Canada. During his long occupancy of the bench his decisions were uniformly characterized by their jus- tice and by his careful and clear interpreta- tion of the law. He was a man of strong convictions and was fearless in expressing them. For many years he had been collect- ing material with a view to writing a history of the early settlement of Prince Edward Island. a work which was prevented by his early death. This valuable matter is now in the possession of the subject of this sketch.