CHAPTER 4

- Somerset Grows —

Table 12, below, gives the names of forty-two house— holders living in Somerset in 1871, according to Lovell's Dominion Directory, in which Somerset is described as "a small village in Township No. 27, twelve miles form Summer— side, twenty miles from Charlottetown," with bi-weekly mail

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Table 12: Somerset Residents in 1871

Brenan, Michael; farmer Cunningham, John; farmer Doyle, Rev. Patrick; parish priest Farmer, James S.; farmer Foley, John; master of Grammar School Hackett, John; joiner Hughes, Owen; Justice of Peace and farmer Johnston, James; farmer Keef, John; farmer Keef, Patrick; proprietor of Temperance Hotel Kelly, Andrew; farmer Kelly, James; carriage builder McBride, Thomas; wheelwright McCarville, Owen; shoemaker McCarville, Themas, junior; farmer McCarville, Thomas, senior; farmer McDonald, Allen; farmer McGuigan, Mrs.; proprietress of Somerset Inn McIver, John; farmer Moan, Hugh; blacksmith Mulligan, Artemus; farmer Mulligan, Patrick; farmer Mulligan, Philip; farmer Mulligan, Phicher; farmer Murphy, Francis; joiner Murphy, Hugh; farmer Murphy, Patrick; farmer Murphy, Thomas; farmer Murphy, William; farmer Nolan, Simon; veterinarian and blacksmith Nolan, Matthew; farmer Renahan, John; farmer Rooney, Patrick; shoemaker Shreenan, John; farmer Shreenan, Lanty; farmer Smith, John; Justice of Peace and farmer Somers, Martin; commission agent Thompson, James; farmer Treanor, Patrick; shoemaker

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