STEWART

Dr. CHESTER BRYANT STEWART b. Dec. 17, 1910 m. Apr. 20, 1942 to KATHLEEN SYBILAGNES FRENCH b. July 12, 1915.

Dr. Chester Stewart traces his roots to the first Stewart ancestor who arrived in Malpeque, in 1790. Dougald (Little Dougald) Stewart arrived from Kintyre, Scotland. His mother’s family - Bryant - came to PEI from Somerset, England, about 1816.

Dr. Stewart is a noted Canadian Doctor. He has retired as Dean of the Medical School at Dalhousie University. He has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Canada for his contri— butions to Medicine in the country. Some of his contributions to Canadian medicine included: his work with the Military Forces; his Clinical Research; his work in sickness and surveys which led to the present Medicare programme for all Canadians; and his devotion to Medical Education for all in the Medical fields.

Dr. Chester and Mrs. Stewart purchased land on the Glynde Road, formerly owned by Robert MacKay. There are two girls in the Stewart family.

1. m Kathleen b. Apr. 10, 1943 m. Aug. 20, 1966 to Dr. Lionel Teed. They live in Halifax, NS and have four children 1. Nancy Jennifer, b. 1967 - 2. MKathleen, b. 1969 3. Gerald Stewart, b. 1975 — 4. Moira Elizabeth, b. 1982 2. Dr. Moira Anne b. Oct. 20, 1946 m. Aug. 21, 1976 to Dr. Thomas Freeman They live in Halifax, NS and have two daughters - 1. Kathleen (Kate), b. Aug. 22, 1977 - 2. Amy, b. Apr. 27, 1980

McLEOD MacLEOD

Tafi‘y Town Farm

DONALD MacLEOD and his wife JANET MacKAY, emigrated from SutherlandShire, Scotland, in 1836. They settled on the rugged banks of the Trout River in Lot 21. They brought all of their belongings with them in one large trunk. The trunk survives to this day with the name of Donald MacLeod and the date 1836 painted on the side. Early records indicate that they purchased land from Samuel Cunard.

The farm consisted of 48 acres extending from the shore line of the Trout River up across the present day road and over the hill. They built their first log cabin high on the hill overlooking the river on the east side of the road. They set about clearing some land and then constructed a barn on the west side of the road with hand-hewn timbers and hand-sawn lumber. The barn was built closer to the river so the livestock could be watered at the natural springs along the shore. These springs remained the main source of water in winter and summer. A well had been labo- riously hand dug at the site of the log cabin but it did not yield much more than surface water.

When the barn was finished, they began to build the house. The log cabin was very, very cold in the winter. The peelings from the potatoes would be frozen on the table before the meal was consumed. The present farm house is the original house built circa 1840. It consisted of a kitchen with a stone fireplace for cooking and heat, three other rooms on the first floor and three on the second floor. It was strongly built and insulated with birch bark and was a great improvement over the log cabin.

The farm got the name of Taffy Town from the first attempts of Donald and Janet to make maple sugar from the sap of the maple trees. They boiled it too long and it turned to taffy.

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