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D. “Mrs. Philip Morrison, Georgetown Royalty, died on Mar. 2nd at the age of 33 years. She leaves to mourn a sorrowing husband and a young daughter. The funeral taknplace at Georgetown yesterday.” (Patriot, Mar. 7, 1

B. “On the 26th Mar. to Mr. & Mrs. E. V. Hessian, London, Ont., twin girls, Eileen Mary and Patricia Elizabeth.” (Guardian, Mar. 17, 1911)

D. George McCormack of Boughton Island, age 35, accidentally, while crossing on the ice with his horse between Burnt Point and Boughton Island. (From Guardian, Mar. 20, 1911)

B. “AtMorell, Mar. 29th, to Mr. & Mrs. L. Douglas, a son.” (Patriot, Mar. 29, 1911)

B. “In Georgetown, Mar. 14th, to Mr. & Mrs. F. J. Solomon, adaughter.” (Patriot, May 15, 1911)

D. At Georgetown, April 28th, Mrs. William McConnell, age 92, cared for in her last weeks by a loving husband and a step-son. Funeral from the late

residence by Rev. H. W. Toombs. (From Guardian, May 16, 1911)

D. On April 8th, in Portland, Oregon, Hon. Finlay McNeill, anative of Prince Edward Island, born there in 1819, but living in Oregon for the last 23 years. [He lived in Georgetown in its early days and was active in all community affairs. His obituary in the Patriot was written by Hon. J. H. Fletcher, another well-known Islander living in Oregon] (From Patriot, May 29, 1911)

B. “At the manse, Cavendish, May 25th, to Rev. & Mrs. Stirling, a daughter.” (Patriot, May 29, 1911)

D. At Georgetown, Mrs. Joseph Poulton. (Guardian, June 17, 1911)

D. Drowned on Aug. 1, 1911, near Chatham, N.B., Allan Currie, aged 27, cook on board the schooner Ethel from Yarrnouth, son of the late Allan Currie of Georgetown, P.E.I. (From Patriot, Aug. 2, 1911)

D. At Georgetown, Aug. 27th, after an illness of several weeks, Mr. John Knight, Sr., aged 77, druggist. He was born in Halifax, but resided in Georgetown for over 50 years. He leaves to mourn two sons, Seymour at Georgetown and John at Cardigan and one daughter, Miss Ethel. (From Patriot, Aug. 28, 1911)

D. At Georgetown, by his own hand, John A. McDonald, leaving to mourn a widow, one son and two daughters. (From Guardian, Oct 19, 1911)

E. Announcedin Boston, the engagement of Dr. David D. Scannel, well-known surgeon and educator, to Miss Amanda MacDonald, Superintendent of Nurses at Boothbay Hospital, formerly of Georgetown, RE]. (From Guardian, Dec. 18, 1911)

D. Suddenly, at Georgetown, Dec. 22, 1911, Mrs.

Nelson Dicks (nee Sarah A. MacCuish), age 23. Burial

in St. Peter’s, Cape Breton. The couple had been married

guly three weeks. (From Patriot, Dec. 26, 1911 & Jan. , 1912)

B. “At Georgetown, Dec. 31, 191 l, to Mr. & Mrs. W. W. Lavers, twins, 3 boy and a girl.” (Patriot, Jan. 2, 1912)

1912:

D. At New Liskeard, Ont, on the 18th inst, William Hessian, aged 40, hotel manager, formerly of Georgetown. Survived by Gertrude, James and Stephen, Georgetown; John in New Glasgow, Edmund, in London, Ont. , Emmett in Milwaukee, Wise, from an original family of 14. A brother Fred was drowned a few years ago. (From Patriot, Jan. 22 & Guardian, corresponding date)

D. At Georgetown, Saturday, Jan. 27th, age 70, Mr. AlexanderJ. McDonald, of pneumonia. He was born in Halifax, Feb. 5, 1842 and moved with his parents, Capt. & Mrs. John A. McDonald (known as “California John” because he commanded a ship which took gold diggers to California from Liverpool, England, in 1849.) The deceased was formerly in business in Georgetown and was, for a time, inspector of weights & measurements for P.E.I., but latterly he worked as bookkeeper and accountant, his most recent position being at W. A. Poole & Co., Lower Montague. He leaves a widow and children: John C., in Georgetown, Mrs. Joseph McRae, Rollo Bay, Florence and Helen in Boston, Charles, First Officerof the Canadian Cruiser Vigilant and Mrs. George Griggs, St. Louis, Missouri. (From Patriot, Jan. 29, 1912)

D. At San Francisco, Feb. 5, 1912, Margaret Augusta, beloved wife of the late Michael Bourke, of Georgetown, leaving one son, Harry Butler, in San Francisco. Funeral in that city. (From Patriot, Feb. 24, 1912)

D. In Charlottetown, Mar. 4th, Mary Fay, former resident of Georgetown, age 48. A brother lives in Newport, P.E.I. (From Patriot, Mar. 7, 1912)

M. At the home of Mr. John Hanson, Burnt Point, Georgetown Royalty, Mar. 4th, Daniel Edwin McKeeman, of Murray Harbour North to Madeline Gillis Reynolds of Point pleasant, P.E.I., the ceremony conducted by Rev. H. W. Toombs. Alice Hemphill was bridesmaid and Milton Hemphill was groomsman. (From Patriot, Mar. 8, 1912)

D. At his apartrnentin the HotelCecil, Ottawa, on Feb. 14th, at age 83, Hon. Senator Andrew Archibald Macdonald. He was born at Brudenell Point on Feb. 14, 1829, the son of Hugh and Catherine Macdonald. At the age of 15 he took a position the store in Georgetown just opened by his cousin James and soon became a full partner. Upon Jarnes’ death in 1851 he bought his shares and continued the business of A. A. Macdonald & Bros. with his brothers Archibald J. and Austin (Augustine) C. until 1873 when he moved to Charlottetown to pursue political life. He was member of the House for Georgetown, a Father of Confederation, Lieutenant - Governor of P.E.I. from 1884 to 1891 and finally Canadian Senator. He was married to Elizabeth Owen and is survived by four sons, Aeneas A. barrister, Charlottetown; Archibald Percy, in business in BC; Reginald Hugh of the Peoples’ Bank in Halifax, who died in 1893 and A. Douglas, bookkeeper and accountant for George Macdonald, Annandale. He is survived by his