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     brother, and the house to Earl Dyment, and moved to New Annan. Keith 
     
     and Ethel had two children. Wendell (1949) married Nancy McIntosh of 
     
     Bath, N.B. Wendell is Assistant Manager-Operations with the Bank of 
     
     Nova Scotia in St. John. Their two children are Trevor and Sarah. Louise 
     
     (1952) married Errol Thompson, who works at Buell Motors in Summer- 
     
     side. They live in New Annan and their children are Calvin and Cory. 
     
    
   
   
    
     DYMENT 
     
    
   
   
    
     Kenneth Earle Dyment (Feb. 10, 1923) is the son of Bertha Jane 
     
     (Birch) Dyment and the late Edward Dyment of Margate. He married 
     
     Myrtle Wanda Mann (1924), daughter of the late Leslie A. and Bertha Jane 
     
     (Watts) Mann of Kensington. Earle and Wanda lived in Margate for a year, 
     
     then moved to New Brunswick where Earle worked with Willett Fruit Co. 
     
     They moved to Central Bedeque in 1972, and to Wilmot Valley in 1974, 
     
     when they purchased the Keith Simmons house. Earle is a Life Underwriter 
     
     with Imperial Life Assurance Co. of Canada. Their children are Kenneth 
     
     Stephen and Catherine Jane. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Kenneth Stephen (July 8, 1951) married Mary Lee White of Summerside. 
     
     He is a draftsman with Prebilt Structures. They live in Charlottetown 
     
     and have a daughter, Sarah. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Catherine Jane (April 13, 1954) has a B.Sc. and M.L.Sc. and is a librarian 
     
     with the National Research Council in Ottawa. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Across the road from Earl and Wanda Dyment is the ell-shaped far- 
     
     mhouse where Ira and Joyce Arsenault live. The farm which this homestead 
     
     was situated on belonged originally to William Schurman. “William Schur- 
     
     man, Loyalist” by Ross Graves, published by Harold B. Schurman, was ex- 
     
     tremely helpful regarding the earliest settler on this farm. 
     
    
   
   
    
     SCHURMAN 
     
    
   
   
    
     Jacob Schurman (March 10, 1777) was a son of William Schurman, 
     
     Loyalist. Jacob married Penelope McKendrick (1786-Oct. 15, 1865) on 
     
     March 15, 1804. Jacob and Penelope lived on land which was part of his 
     
     father’s property, about where Ira Arsenault lives (1979). It is not known 
     
     how many years they lived here. They moved later to Norboro. Jacob and 
     
     Penny had five children: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Elizabeth (Dec. 28, 1805) married Francis or Frank Clark of Darnley. 
     
     Rachel (May 15, l808-Mar. 11, 1823) 
     
     Jane Silliker (June 5, 1811-Oct. 7, 1813)