24 Early Settlers

cholera. A doctor from a British warship attended him and bled him. At that time there were no railroads and the snow was deep. An Indian was sent on snowshoes to inform the family some thirty-five miles away, of his death. Job and Bennett with only one pair of snow shoes, then dropping them, the other brother would pick them up, pass the first fellow then drop them again. They finally reached Charlottetown. William Creed was buried in the old English cemetery on University Avenue. At this time, Job was the only son married and his wife’s maiden name was Thistle, a Roman Catholic, much to his father’s dislike. He told him he would cut him off to a shilling if he married her but they lived very happily together and raised a large family.

Sometime after William Creed’s death, the family got word of another fortune for them in Ireland. Job, being the oldest son proceeded to the land of the shamrock armed with all the credentials necessary, such as birth certificates and marriage licenses. The matter was about settled when they said to him “Who is your wife?”. “She is a Roman Catholic and her name is Thistle.” Poor Job put his foot in it, no money for Roman Catholics. He came home disappointed, so much so that he didn’t tell his brothers for some years and the money was never obtained.

All the Creeds today of Roman Catholic faith in Sturgeon area are the descendants of Job. Job was a very talented man, he was a lay preacher in the English Church at Georgetown, and performed many funerals. He is buried near his mother’s grave and it cannot be found today. Job’s wife Mary Ann Thistle was buried across the Bay on Panmure Island in the Roman Catholic Cemetery.

Bennett Creed, the second son of William, married Catherine Morrison of Mull, Scotland. They farmed most all their lives on the farm given to him by his father facing Sturgeon Bay. Two boys and one girl were born to them, William, James and Mary. Catherine Morrison was living on Panmure Island near Sturgeon when Creed met her, how old she was coming from Scotland I don’t know. I presume she was in her late teens. She was closely related to the MacKinnons in Highfield, 5 miles west of Charlottetown. After her marriage to Creed she decided to take a trip to Highfield and she may have gone by boat. She secured a wedding present of a spinning wheel and getting back home with a spinning wheel was the problem. But Catherine shouldered her spinning wheel — destination Albion Bay. At this time there was no bridge on the Hillsborough River until she reached Mount Stewart, so her trek was a long one, a trail through the woods. Just before dark she sighted a black bear ahead on the road; a man hunting cows came upon her and took her to his home. There she stayed all night and in the morning she took her