BLANCHARD

i Oliver Blanchard was born at Caraquet, New Brunswick. His first {wife was Marguerite Downing. They lived in Western P.E.|. Their first son 1 was Piere (Peter) who was born near Palmer Road. In later life he lived with his sister Justine, (Mrs. Vincent Mallett), and worked for many of his Travel- 1ler’s Rest neighbours. Other children were: Marie, Raphael, Mary Celina, 1Adie Josephine, Marie Hildegarde Louise, Marie Louise.

His second wife was Marie Poirier. Their children were Joseph, who went overseas in the Second World War and then to Western Canada.

‘ Marie Margaret and Theophide were twins and died young. Joseph- line married W. J. O'Brien and lived in Traveller’s Rest. George and Ernest were twins who also died when they were young. Joseph Arthur was a truck driver in Western Canada for thirteen years. He was in the Army for four and one-half years during the Second World War. Later. he was employed as a labourer by farmers in the area. He is married to Muriel Hooper of Toronto. They have a daughter, Sarah, attending Holland College.

Genivieve married Dan Noonan, lndian River. Daisy married Richard Wall, New Annan, and after his death married Oliver Paynter and lives near Kensington. Oliver Blanchard and his wife and family moved to Traveller's Rest in 1906. He was a fisherman by trade and also worked for fox ranch- ers in this area.

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BOWNESS

William Bowness was a carriage builder with four shops — a paint hop, wood-working shop, blacksmith shop, repair shop, and a warehouse or lumber.

At first he lived on the Robert Walker farm until he sold to James archbank in 1890. He reserved a lot now owned by Mrs. Harold Moase. e hauled a house, bought from Mr. Dickeson in Wilmot and lived in it. He oarded the five men who worked in his shops.

ln 1898 he moved to Summerside, where the Rankin place is now ocated. The shops were taken apart, hauled on wagons and set up in their ew location at the corner of Harvard Street and the Summerside Road. e was postmaster at New Annan with the post office in his house.

He married Jane Sutherland of Sea View and their family was Alma, yron, Pearl, Ethel, Frank.

Alma is married and lives in Shediac, N.B., Byron married Jennie alsh, lived in Charlottetown, where he died recently. Pearl married Harry ridham and lived in Summerside in a house now owned by the United hurch. Ethel never married.

Frank, a dentist, married Ethel Ling of Wheatley River, lived in Ken- ington, retired and lived in Charlottetown until his death in 1972. He had son Frank, Toronto, and a daughter Pearl of Charlottetown.

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