mond married Elizabeth Bowness. They had two daughters, Jean and Margaret, and one son Harold who married Dorothy Darrach. William married Dorilda Castonquey, had one daught— er. Joseph married away.

John Sr’s., second daughter was Mary who married Alex Howatt. They had one son John W., who married Sadie MacPhee and they had a family of three. Mabel married Gordon MacWil— liams and they had three children: Reta married Douglas Cross- man: Marion died while young and a son Lloyd who married Marion Dawson. They had four girls and a boy. John W’s son Orin married Blanche Francis and they had one son Wendall. Melbourne married Bertha Halliwell and they had three boys Vernon, Austin and Kelsey and two girls Mildred and Greta. Alex Howatt also had a daughter Lydia who married Leslie Camp- bell. They had two sons Austin and Hensley, and two daughters Velda and Olga. Austin married Ora McInnis and they had four children, Robert, Audrey, Jean and Sharon. Velda married Frank MacKay and they had two children, Earle who married Pauline Irving and a daughter Sybil. Ensley married Dorothy MacFarland had no family. Ellen the 3rd daughter married Thomas Platts and they had eight sons, and one daughter. The sons were William, John, Thomas, Henry, Russell, Fred, James

and Robert and one daughter Margaret.

Matilda another daughter married Andrew Aiton, and they had five children, Ensley, Melbourne and Harry and two girls

Margaret and Grace.

Lidia married Thomas MacMicken. This family will be in the history of the MacMickens. Many of the descendants of the Crockett family have become scattered, but some are still living

in this district.

THE MANSONS

Alexander Manson came out from Scotland, when a young man. He was often called long Alex. Heclerked in. Strong’s store in Bedeque, but after his marriage, he bought a farm in Carleton, then all woodland, and cleared fifty acres which he sold later to Chas. Doull. Then he bought the Crockett farm. There were eight children in the family five sons and three daughters. William who was injured in school playing ball and died from the effects. George who was kicked on the head by a horse, and died as a result. Herbert who died from pneumonia and John who married Mary Clark. They had one daughter Georgie and lived on the farm later bought by Thomas McCarville and David

Manson, who married Ella Currie.

The daughters were Charlotte who married Benjamine Cameron an undertaker in Carleton. They had two sons George and Keith. Catherine the second daughter never married, who passed away in California and Anna, Mrs. Dr. Reynolds who also

died in California.

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