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MacLELLANS

About the year 1787, John MacLelIan, with his wife and family, came to Prince Edward Island from South Uist, Scotland. Arriving in Charlotte- town, they were met by Colonel Stewart who was then part proprietor of Lot 18. Colonel Stewart advised them to settle on his estate, telling them that at or near the mouth of Indian River they would find a French house. They did as he advised, travelling up the East River as far as Scotchfort, crossed to Tracadie Bay where they engaged a French schooner to take them to Malpeque. At Malpeque, they borrowed canoes to take them and their effects to Indian River, their future home. Their plans had been to go to Ontario, but, because of an epidemic of smallpox in that pr0vince, they changed theirplans, and so Ontario’s loss was Prince Edward Island’s gain.

John‘s wife was Catherine MacPhee of South Uist, Scotland. Their family consisted of one daughter and seven sons. The sons were: Donald, Angus, Archibald, Alexander, Roderick, Philip and James. Descendants of Archibald and Alexander still live in Indian River, making this eight gen- erations of the same family.

Descendants of Archibald

Archibald married Ann Morrison. They had six daughters and one son, Donald. Donald was married in 1860 to Penelope MacDonald of Bedeque, P.E.l. They had the following family:

Archibald — Taught school a few years in Indian River and later became a doctor. He did not marry.

Alban — Married Dorcas Tuplin of Indian River. Their family: Bruce, Herman, Oscar, Earl, Wallace, Jane, Erskine, and Annie Laura. In 1922, this family moved to Alberta.

Erskine married Madge Pennock and had one son Alban, who now lives in Calgary. Jane married Hubert MacDonald from Mill Valley and later Kensington. They had two girls and one boy. Dorcas, Eldena, and James Hubert. Dorcas married Kent Beebe. They have three girls and one boy —- Sharon Elizabeth, Gail Marie, Brenda Ann and Brian John. They reside in California. Eldena is a Sister of Charity. Sister Florence resides in New York. James Hubert, married, and has one daughter, Rhonda Lynn. He lives in Washington, USA. His mother resides with him.

(Annie) Laura born in 1910. Dr. McBride in attendance. Aunt Angelina MacLelIan as nurse. In 1922 she went west with her family to live in Alberta. There she married Arthur Stephenson who came from England. They have three girls and one boy. Donald, James Roy, Kenneth Gordon and Eldena Dorothy. Donald married Muriel Thurston. They have two sons, Gary Donald and Robert Bruce. James Roy is single. Kenneth Gor- don is married to Dawn Wray (R.N.). They have a daughter, Deborah, and son, David. Eldena Dorothy married Gary Adam. They have no family and she continues to nurse.

Mary Louise — married James MacDonald of Glenfinnan, their family: Daniel, James, Helena, Laura, Austin, John and Penzie.

Donald Joseph —died young. 66