MacARTHUR

James MacArthur was born in Lot 11, son of William Macarthur from Scotland and his wife, Rebecca Pickering, Sea View, who was of English descent.

Mr. MacArthur settled in Traveller’s Rest and built his own home there. This is the house that was moved by George Waite and his wile, Edna. to its present location where they now reside. Mr. MacArthur married Elizabeth Ann Harkness, daughter of John Harkness and they had the follow- ing children: Mary, Ethel, Bertha Bell, William Wallace, John Brewer, James Allan and Harry Roy.

Mary Ethel married Alfred Seaman of Moncton, NB; Bertha Bell married Bradford Yeo of Wilmot; John Brewer married Gertrude Lynch and they had one son, Kenneth. After his wife’s death he moved to the US. and married there.

Mrs. Bertha Yeo remembers the weaving that the women did in olden days and this was used for their clothing. Some of the women were very fine seamstresses.

After a number of years spent in Traveller’s Rest where Mr. Mac- Arthur was engaged in fishing and farming, the family moved to a farm in

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James Allan and Harry Roy moved to Saskatchewan and were mar- 1 ried there; William Wallace never married - he lives in Mount Pleasant, P.E.I.

Mount Pleasant. This property is now in possession of their grandson, 3

Kenneth and his wife. Natalie, who is from London, England.

MacARTHUR

Wilfred MacArthur came to Traveller's Rest in 1966) and bought a lot of land from George Taylor on which he placed a trailer which was used as his residence until his new home was built in 1971. He is married to Gloria Shaw, Bloomfield, and they have two children Dana and Grant. Mr. Mac- Arthur is in the moss industry.

JOE MacDONALD

(see Daniel Baker)

MacDONALD

Mrs. John MacDonald, formerly Pearl MacDonald. was born in Lot 11. She married John MacDonald of Grand River, and they moved to New Jersey. U.S.A. In 1968 they purchased the home in Traveller's Rest. built by John Mallett on land. formerly purchased from George Taylor. In 1970, after the death of her husband. Mrs. MacDonald came to live in Traveller's Rest. They had no children.

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