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Kenny married Brenda Gallant, daughter of Chester and Miriam (Manderson) Gallant, on Sept. 18, 1976. He has worked for Darrell Picketts for several years. Kenny owns the house which was formerly occupied by his father. He and Brenda have one son, Jason William, who was born on April 5, 1979.

Across the road from the home of Darrell Picketts, on the north side of the Blueshank, is the home of Charles and Erma Stewart. At one time another house stood on this property and was occupied by J. Taylor. This gentleman was a schoolteacher and taught in the Wilmot Valley School in its early years. Mr. Taylor appears on Lake’s Topographical Map of 1863 but by 1880 the land is owned by John Picketts and Mr. Taylor’s name does not appear on that property.

STEWART

Charles Murdock Stewart (April 21, 1941) is the son of Murdock and Jessie (Bulger) Stewart. In January, 1960 he married Erma Jessie Carol Stafford (Dec. 19, 1943) daughter of Albert and Laura (Rix) Stafford who were formerly of Clermont and who now live in Kensington. Charles has worked with Darrell Picketts for twenty-six years. In 1961 they built the home in which they now live. Charlie and Irma have the following family: Darrell Charles (June 16, 1961), Wesley Albert (Aug. 8, 1964) who died in infancy, and Clifford Shannon (Sept. 18, 1965).

East of the Stewart home, on the south side of the Blueshank, is the home of Layton and Edith Huestis. The first person to farm this land was William Gay.

GAY William Gay was born in 1784 in Wiltshire, England and enlisted in the British army at an early age. A memoriam written after his death, on

Aug. 14, 1876 contains tnuch interesting information on his life and per- sonality:

“The deceased...served loyally under Wellington in the Peninsular War, was in twenty-three general engagements, and received two wounds. He actively participated in the battle of Waterloo, after which, on account of loss of sight, was honorably discharged, and drew pension until the time of death. He is supposed to have been the last surviving Waterloo soldier on Prince Edward Island. Mr. Gay’s life was a memorable one, and his death a noteworthy event. Especial- ly is this the case, as he became a soldier not alone for his country, but afterwards for his God. Mr. Gay emigrated to Prince Edward Island about the year 1837, and settled at Wilmot Valley. Soon afterwards,