GALLANT

In addition to the ‘A of an acre of land of the original Cousins' property, Thomas Gallant also pur— chased a field below this line which bordered on the brook. Tommy purchased this from Stanley Coles Sr. and sold both parcels to Philip Gallant in 1976.

Philip re-furbished the house and converted the garage into two, one-bedroom apartments. This was the beginning of the tourist business for Philip and Christine. The area was called

Sprucedale and they opened for business in 1984.

To add to their Units, Philip used the old horse stables of St. Ann's Church and made more cot- tages. Part of their last new cottage was used for an office. {see Rt. 6 BayView/Stanley Bridge)

Philip and Christine sold the property to Robert and Claire Pigeon who continued with the Tourist business under the Sprucedale name. In 1994 they sold to Patrick Crook and Timothy Nagurski. The name of the Tourist business was changed to King Cross Resort. In addition to looking after tourists, Timothy is a church organist in Charlottetown and Patrick works with a

car dealership in Charlottetown.

FYFE

To commence reading the FYFE lineage refer to the first FYFE settlers in Stanley Bridge. They were William I and Jean Arthur Fyfe. This family is outlined in Village West.

The land which was first purchased by the Fyfe family east of the river bordered on the North Road and the New London Road. Two sons of William and Jean Arthur Fyfe began their farm- ing businesses on this road. A house was moved from the West side of the river, via the ice, and

situated on the same site as today. The two sons who moved to the New London Road were JAMES and JOHN

James, William 11 and John Fyfe married three sisters. They were daughters of John and Margaret Whitehead Smith of Graham's Road. The Smith family came from the Miramichi area

after a terrible fire in the region in 1825.

JAMES (1827/30 — Dec. 5, 1854) seventh child of William I and Jean Arthur Fyfe

m. JESSIE SMITH (1826 — Apr. 1899) of Graham's Road. James received a "transfer of lease from James Pine for 50 acres on the New London

Road". This would be about two miles east of his father's farm. They were the first lease-holders of land. This land was formerly owned by James Pine, Lot 22. It is located at the Junction of the New London (#224) and North

Roads. Alfred Fyfe II and family now live on this property.

On Jan. 7, 1855, about a month after James Fyfe's death, his widow Jessie gave birth to a son named James Arthur Fyfe. James Arthur died Nov. 14, 1869. This is probably one of the unmarked graves in the Fyfe Cemetery. After Jessie married William Parkman and moved to Union Corner Lot 5, the farm was taken over by James' brother John, who married a sister of

Jessie's. JOHN (1835 - Dec.7, 1881)-son of William and Jean (Arthur) Fyfe

in. Dec. 2, 1856 MARY ANN SMITH (1832—1912) Graham's Road. They moved to the farm property on the New London Road formerly occupied by his late broth- er, James, after Jessie married her second husband, William Parkman. The house on this site had

been moved from the western side of the river, via the ice, to its present location. Although it has

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