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     Elaine and Arthur Brown, Grandson of Rev. John Goldsmith, at Mimtnegash 
     
     United Church, 1982 
     
    
   
   
    
     father by Rev. J.C. Barrie of Murray Harbor, P.E.I., The Rev. John Goldsmith of 
     
     Tyne Valley, Lot 13, Prince County, to Phoebe Anna Wright, daughter of George 
     
     Wright, Esq. of Norwood, Charlottetown Royality, P.E.I.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rev. John Goldsmith was the minister of the Methodist Circuit of Tyne Valley, 
     
     Bideford, Lot 13, from 1878 to 1881. It was while in this circuit that his first child, 
     
     Violet Eveline Goldsmith, was born on December 17, 1880. In 1881, Rev. 
     
     Goldsmith’s sister from the Isle of Man, Margaret Ann Goldsmith, aged 22, was 
     
     living with the family in P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In September, 1881, Rev. John Goldsmith moved to Nashwaak Village, N.B. 
     
     where his second daughter, Mabel Eleanor Goldsmith was born in June, 1882. In 
     
     1884, he moved to Andover, N.B. where he preached in lumber camps as well as in 
     
     the local church. From 1885 to 1887, he was again in Mount Stewart, P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     On November 19, 1886, a son, Oliver Wright Goldsmith, was born to Rev. and 
     
     Mrs. Goldsmith. The baby was baptised on July 23, 1887 but lived only a short time, 
     
     dying in 1889 from spinal meningitis, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Because of the similarity of names, it is wondered if the Rev. John Goldsmith 
     
     was related to Oliver Goldsmith, the famous English author. In Oliver Goldsmith’s 
     
     poem, The Traveller, the poet seems to be telling the story of Rev. John Goldsmith’s 
     
    
   
   
    
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