O'Leary, half brother of the other O'Learys. They were carrying a cargo of herring for P.E.I. ports. They circled the Island, calling here and there to discharge their herring, as glad to get rid of it as good fisher folk were to receive it. In the course of their travels they landed at or near Egmont Bay and soon realized they had friends there. Near the point where they chanced to anchor they visited a house which happened to be the home of Senator Arsenault. Father "Silver" Arsenault of St. Joseph's College, Memramcook (whom they knew and loved) and Joe Felix were there, as was the then chief justice of P.E.I. The charming hosts showed the visitors every hospitality and threw a great party for them. A storm forced them into Summerside where they left some canned lobster at Holman's which put them on easy street financially. How strange, but Henry and Louis were seated at table with Bishop J.C. MacDonald of Charlottetown who hap— pened to be in the town that day. 10

Mr. and Mrs. Henry O'Leary both died in the year 1897. Mary passed away suddenly of heart trouble in February at home. She was 53. She was survived by her husband Henry, her sons William, Louis, Henry and Frederick; her step sons Richard and Arthur; step daughter, Mrs. George McInemey; her brother, Father William O'Leary and her sister, Mrs. John MacDonald. Four priests attend- ed her funeral.11 Henry died in hospital in November, aged 60, after a lingering illness of heart failure and pneumonia. All six sons were present at his death. Richard, Arthur and Christina, Mrs. McInemey, were living in Richibucto, William was at engineering school in Boston, Louis and Henry at the Grand Seminary in Montreal and Fred, the youngest, a student at St. Joseph's, Memramcook. At his death Mr. O'Leary reportedly left an estate estimated at $130,000 which it was understood he willed in nearly equal shares to the children. He had retired from active busi— ness and was negotiating the purchase of a house in St. John, intending to reside there. His funeral was one of the largest ever seen in the area, being attended by friends from all parts of the province. Requiem Mass was celebrated in the parish Church, Richibucto by Bishop Rogers of Chatham who was assisted by six

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