Letter to Hilda Fyfe from J.A. Clark dated Dec. 14, 1953 Dear Mrs. F yfe,

I regret that I do not have the answer to your question of Dec. 7, 1953. I seem to recall that 500 acres of land was conveyed to a Mr Anderson probably the grandfather of the late Mr James Anderson of Stanley Bridge. It included Pickerings Point and other lands my father bought there amounting to 321 A. He later sold 71 A. to Mr. John Dickieson. 100 acres for- merly owned by Mr. William Pickering and 75 acres formerly owned by Mr. Robert Anderson; or it may have been conveyed to Mr Anthony Pickering from whom my father bought most of “Kirkland Farm”, or his father I have been unable to confirm this.

I find that Mr Charles Anderson was a farmer at Stanley Bridge where he settled in 1802. Mr. William Fyfe, a farmer; settled there in 1858. These were both born on RE. Island. Mr James Henderson from Scotland, settled a farm at Stanley in 1839. Dr. Roderick MacNeill, came from Nova Scotia and settled there in 1860. Another Nova Scotian, Mn Lorenzo McKenzie, a tailor came in 1865. Mr: William McDonald, a carriage builder came in I 87 7. McMillan and Brown, Merchants came in 1866, but Mr. James M. Squarebriggs was a mer— chant in Stanley from 1842. They were born in P.E. Island and settled in Lot 21.

Mr. Robert Anderson Jr. engaged in shipping, settled at Stanley in Lot 22, in 1836. Mr John Dickieson in 1827. Mr. Joseph Harrington in I 838 and Mr John C. Clark in 1866. These were farmers who settled at Bay View, in the Stanley School District.

Lot 21 was granted by Lot in I 767 to Mr Lauchlin McLaine, and Lieut H. McLaine. There were only I 6 families settled in it in 1798. Settlement began in 1773 and there were 1400 per— sons in I 861. Lot 22 was granted in I 767 to Mr. John Gordon and Capt. W Ridge. It had only one family in 1798, but had 1470 persons in 1861.

There is a record of about 26 land owners in the Stanley School District from Lot 21 and 20 from Lot 22 in 1879. I trust this information may be of some use to you.

Sincerely yours, J.A. Clark (son of John C. Clark)

John Artemas Clark

J.A. Clark (Aug. 2, 1878 - Aug. 9, 1970) m. Allison Toole (1882-1944). They had one daugh- ter, Eina (d). He later married Edith Belle Stems in 1947.

Mr. J. Artemas Clark was the son of John C. Clark and Annie Margaret Simpson of BayView, PEI. He received his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture for the Ontario Agricultural School in Guelph, and his Master of Science at MacDonald College, McGill University, in Montreal. He was appointed the first Superintendent of Charlottetown Experimental Farm in 1909. J. Artemas resided at Ravenwood where the Hon. James C. Pope lived as Premier in 1873.

One kind of work carried out at the Charlottetown Experimental Farm was a weather observa— tion. In August 1909, meteorological instruments were taken from a weather observatory in BayView, PEI, and set up on the farm. These were Mr. Clark’s own instruments. He had been a weather observer and kept records. Monthly summaries and other weather data were sent to

the Canadian Experimental Farm in Ottawa.

Dr. Clark was a veteran of World War I and following the war in charge of the agriculture sec- tion of Khaki College, England for World War I Canadian veterans.

He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Science from Acadia University in June, 1930, at a special convocation. During his time at the Farm he wrote and published several agriculture

related publications.

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