and Phemie Williams as attendants. They settled in Crapaud where Mr. Williams carried on a tailoring establishment, employing several men as apprentices. Here their family of nine children -—- three sons and six daughters — were born.

In 1892 Mr. Williams built a comfortable new house on his lot. Here they lived until the fall of 1905, when, owing to the ill-health of Mrs. Williams, the family went to Port Blakely, Wash., Mr. Williams having gone there two years previously. The place was sold to Dr. N. R. Bovyer, who moved the house to- a lot at Crapaud Corner. This house is presently owned and occupied by Arthur Inman.

Mr. Williams carried on the tailoring business in Port Blakely, where Mrs. Williams’ health improved. The family feel very grateful for the fact that their parents had the courage to take them across the continent in search of better health for their mother. The youngest child was only five years of age at that time. Mrs. Williams lived for fifteen more years, being called home on August 15, 1920, at the age of fifty-nine. John survived her for thirteen years, being buried on December 19, 1933, his fiftieth wedding anniversary.

The following family were born to this union:— Florence — Mrs. Harry Heckel, now living in Cupertino, Calif. Beatrice — Mrs. William Johnson,rMorro Bay, Calif.

Garfield — Tacona, Wash., whose hobby since retirement from his brick and lumber business, is race horses.

Esther -— Mrs. Harry Fernie, Kamloops, B. C. Her second son, Jack, enlisted in the Air Force. His plane wa sshot down over Bremen,

Germany, June 27, 1942.

Daisy — Mrs. Harry Tench, Seattle, Wash.

Allan —— Vancouver, B. C. He married a girl from Dumferline, Scotland. Their eldest son was injured in a fall from his bicycle, and later succumbed to this injury. (September, 1940).

Rhoda — Mrs. Charles Hoodenpyle, Port Blakely, Wash.

Katie — Mrs. W. T. Combs, North Carolina, whose husband is a civil engineer. They live on a tobacco plantation, which is farmed by tenants.

Harlan ~— who owns and operates a hardware store, and deals in lumber. Their only son Was drowned in a lake not far from their home, May 5, 1939. His young daughter lives in Germany with her soldier

husband.

All of this family, with the exception of Katie, are settled along the Pacific Coast. Each of them has a great desire to return to P. E. Island for a visit, and to spend a winter here. One daughter writes :—

“I wish I could tell you what wonderful parents we had, and how their married life was a pattern each of us tried to weave into our own married lives. They were good, and understanding of each other’s problems, and were very

happy all through the years.”

This worthy couple left a family of nine children, twenty-five grandchildren and fifty—six great-grandchildren, all of whom, with the

exception of three grandchildren, are living at the present time. John’s brother, Roderick, also lived in Crapaud. One of his sons,

Gordon, is presently residing in Westmoreland.

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