of Scotland . There are many branches of the Brodie clan in Scotland , and In 1808 the first recorded Brodies arrived here. That year the ship Clarendon sailed from Oban, Scotland , bound for Charlottetown with over 200 passengers, who gave as their reason for emigrating,... want of employment. Numbers 107 and 108 on the passenger list were Janet Brodie , age 30, spinster; and George Brodie , son, age 4, both of Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland . The term spinster in those days meant one who spun; Janet was actually Mrs. Peter Brodie . Where she and her son were living between 1808 and 1841 is uncertain, but in the census of the latter year for Lot 34 we find George Brodie as head of a house?? hold, a farmer, originally a Scot, with 4 in family including servants: one female under 16 years, one female and one male from 16-45 years, and one female over 60. The original deed in the possession of Harry and Shirley Lawson shows that George Brodie got a release of 97 acres of land from Robert and Archibald Montgomery on September 26, 1843, registered on May 13, 1845, for the sum of 60 pounds sterling. George Brodie sold 48 Vi acres of his 97 in September, 1845 to his brother-in-law, Francis Alexander . And on April 27, 1856, the Rev. James Allan married George Brodie and Louisa Ann , youngest daughter of Peter Rielly of ; she was born in 1830 in Scotland . A P.E. I, newspaper records the death of Janet Brodie of Stanhope on October 12, 1855, ... after a severe burn by her clothes catching fire from which she lingered 14 hours, widow of the late Peter Brodie , aged 76 years, a native of Glasgow, Scotland . Tradition has it that Peter Brodie was a silk merchant in Glasgow. The 1861 census reveals that George Brodie was a successsful farmer with a young family to raise. The Examiner of February 6, 1865, records his death: On the 14th ult, at Stanhope , after a pro?? tracted illness which he bore with Christian resignation, Mr. George Brodie , aged 60 years. The deceased left a wife and four small children to mourn their very severe loss. In 1881 three sons of the late George Brodie released their shares of the property to the eldest son Peter, who became a very successful farmer. He grew and exhibited many varieties of potato, exhibiting at the first opening of the Provincial Exhibition in 1889, and was a competitor and prizewinner at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto . As a young boy of 7 years, during the meeting of the Fathers of Confederation in Charlottetown in 1864, Peter had the honour of opening the gate of Admiral Bayfield 's estate in Stanhope when the Admiral entertained the delegates there. Peter Brodie was interested in farmers' organisations and in the agricultural and political affairs of the province; he represented 3rd Queens as assemblyman from 1920-24 as a Liberal. It was noted that he was a subscriber to the Patriot for over 72 years. He and his wife lived in 286