francis Mcdonald family One of the early settlers of Kelly's Cross, Lot 29, was Francis Mc ¬ Donald who married Catherine Kiggins January 30, 1899. Their family consisted of five boys and five girls: Catherine, Margaret, Theresa, Mary Ann, Florence, Francis, Edward, James, William and John Andrew. Catherine was born September 18, 1869, and Margaret was born October 26, 1870. The other three girls, Mary Ann, Theresa and Florence married. Mary Ann maried John Curley of Brookvale in 1891. She died in 1954. Theresa spent most of her life in Salem, Mass. , where she married John Riley . She was born August 13, 1872, and died in 1966. Florence married John Patrick Carragher February 26, 1919 and she died in 1966. James, the eldest of the boys, was born about 1867, and died at an early age. Francis, who was born February 22, 1877, was ordained to the Priesthood in May 1920. He was bursar at College for a number of years, and Pastor of Summerville Church where he died in 1936. William, who was born August 30, 1882, was a tailor by trade and lived in Farmingham, Mass. , where he died in 1951. Edward was born August 3, 1879. John Andrew was born December 10, 1883, and married Theresa Carragher , the daughter of Terrence Carragher and Anastacia Bolger of the , who were married October 3, 1871. John and Theresa were married June 4, 1919. Theresa predeceased him in 1957. John him¬ self suffered a stroke in 1971, and is now a patient in the Sacred Heart Home, Charlottetown . They had a family of two boys and two girls, Francis, Edward, Anna and Minerva, Edward, who was born July 1, 1929, married Imelda Quinn, the daughter of James Quinn and Mary Quinn , July 23, 1960. They live in Kelly's Cross and have a family of four boys and two girls, namely, Jos¬ eph, Leo, Mark, Theresa and Angela all of whom are attend Englewood Elementary School, Crapaud , and Anthony, the youngest, is at home. Minerva who was born December 30, 1926, entered the Congrega¬ tion of the Sisters of St. Martha in 1950. At the present time she is Purchasing Agent at the City Hospital in Charlottetown . Anna Helena , born November 2, 1924, died in 1940. Francis, the eldest of the family, was born March 14, 1922. In a triple wedding that took place in St. Ann 's Church, Lot 6 5, he married Doris Quinn in 1949. He farmed the homestead for a number of years, and is now employed by the Canadian National Ferry Service between Borden and Tormentine , N.B. Their family consists of eight daughters and five sons. —107—