Vincent Patrick was born September 21, 1896. He joined the States Army and married in the States. John Francis was born December 4, 1897. He never married and died in 1934. James Emmett was born March 29, 1899, and died Dec. 8, 1974. William Harold was born June 8, 1904 and married Mary Larkin July 17. 1935. Ths have five children and live in South Melville . He was killed in a car accident November 22, 1974. Arthur lives in Charlottetown and is married to Reta MacMillan . They have seven children. Kathleen married Joseph Smith of New where they pre¬ sently reside. They have no family. Louis was born November 6, 1906 and married Rosella Farmer . They have one child and live in Nova Scotia . Louis passed away in 1941. Mary, who was born October 8, 1908, married Emmett Wisener of where they reside with their six children. Gertie (Lavinia) was born August 21, 1910, and married John Ryan June 26, 1938 of Newton, They have four children. Eileen died in infancy. THE NANTES FAMILY John O. Nantes travelled from England to our shores by ship in the early 1800's. He was a blacksmith by trade. After the British Gov¬ ernment had divided Prince Edward Island up into sixty-seven lots, he was appointed sheriff of Queen's County. It was a duty of his to super¬ vise the distribution of the lots. He married while on the Island and had a family of three; John Henry , William George and Honora Jane . Wil¬ liam George made his way to Pennsylvania , and the daughter Honora died when eleven years old, and is buried in the old cemetery on , Charlottetown . This is also the burial place of John O. Nantes who died in his 36th. year. John Henry imitating the example of his father learned the black¬ smith trade, and opened up a shop on the . He married Margaret Fortescue of Rustico in 1865. They had a family of nine chil¬ dren, four of whom are dead, the others are: John Henry (Joe's father) married Hannah Monica Flood July 5, 1904. Mary who married Martin Kenny; Margaret married Arthur Mon- aghan and at his death married John McGuigan , June 26, 1911. Susan, who never married, and Jane married to John Duffy February 28, 1905. In 1890, grandfather John Henry Nantes bought a piece of land from J. P. Duffy , and moved to his farm in Maplewood . Russel Nantes , a grandson, lives on the old homestead. John H. also opened up a blacksmith shop on the farm. He died in 1905, and his wife Margaret died in 1929 on April 13th. —112—