Taken from April 14, 1887 - Summerside Journal

Captain John MacKay died at his residence Stanley Bridge last Thursday morning. His last illness was protracted and at times severe. He was confined to his home for about one year. He leaves a wife and four children. He was a member of the Presbyterian communion but liberal in his disposition to Christians of all denominations. He was connected with the Masonic fraternity and the burial was under the auspices of that body. Before the Masons took charge of the remains for internment Saturday afternoon, religious ser— vices were conducted by Rev. John Stirling and Rev. W.P. Archibald. The procession was fully a mile long. He was buried at Clifton.

ROSS

J. STANLEY (May 20, 1874 - Feb. 11, 1961), son of Daniel and Elizabeth Ross m. Mar. 3 1897 to MINNIE JANE FOUND d. Dec. 8, 1955, who was from the Found’s Mills. They lived on the John MacKay property on the Rattenbury Road. Stanley and Minnie Ross and family moved to Vancouver, BC, in 1911. The farm was sold to Capt. William Miller, who lost his life in the sinking of his vessel, the Anna MacDonald in 1924. Captain Daniel Sutherland

(and Margaret MacEwen) purchased the property, which was later owned by Ernest MacEwen, Margaret’s nephew. STANLEY and MINNIE had a family of six children:

1. JganMacLeod b. July 15, 1899

2. R. Franklin (Feb. 5, 1901 - May 9, 1980) 3. J. Daniel (Jan. 11, 1903 ~Aug. 31, 1971)

4. Marion E. (Sept. 26, 1904 — Sept. 30, 1967) 5. Walter S. b. Sept. 20, 1917

6. Robert S. b. Nov. 11, 1919

MILLER

WILLIAM A. MILLER was a Merchant Mariner. Little is known of his ancestors but his life at sea is well documented during some disastrous storms on the Atlantic Ocean. He eventually lost his life at sea off the Nova Scotia coast. On September 19, 1917 a story is carried in The Guardian [page 1] from New York, that Captain Miller and his crew of three were rescued after the British three-masted schooner the Cora M. was wrecked in sixty mile an hour winds. The vessel was owned by Mr. W.T. Weir of Stanley Bridge, and was chartered to haul lumber to Chatham, Mass. and a load of coal on return. The crew members were all from New London

area.

The Summerside Journal of Sept. 3, 1924 [p.1 Vol. 33 — Wednesday] carries a vivid descrip— tion of Capt. Miller’s last voyage. It reads in part:

August 29 - Nova Scotia waters are still turbulent since Tuesday night’s terrific gales, but subsided sufficiently this morning to allow fishermen from Prospect to approach the ‘Kitty Witty’ shoals off the village where

the remains of the schooner Anna MacDonald are piled... schooner broken up in four pieces... nothing remains whole... no indication of the fate of Captain Miller and his crew. It is believed Capt. Miller tried to make port in Prospect as the storm increased. He had twice before navigated the channel and knew it well... [believed winds] dashed his vessel on the reefs before he could make port. There was only one life boat and...beams of that drifted ashore yesterday... No hope entertained for any of the men aboard.

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