Vital Statistics: 1936-39 79

D9. Martin, Somerville, Mass.. (From Patriot, July 23, l 38)

M. At St. David’s United Church, Georgetown, on Sept. 6th, Miss Bessie Margaret Stewart, daughter or Mr. & Mrs. B.H. Stewart, of Georgetown, to Rev. Edward Ross MacVicar, son of Mrs. MacVicar and the late Angus MacVicar, of Sydney, Cape Breton. Revs C. U. MacNevin of Weymouth, NS. and Rev. John Stirling officiated. Attendants were Irene Stewart and George MacVicar. Phyllis MacNevin was train bearer. The ushers were Gordon Douglas and Charles Jenkins. Doris Stirling presided at the organ. (From Patriot, Sept. 7, 1938)

M. On Sept. 27th, by the Rev. 0. Kiggins, Stanford Campbell Peardon, Montague, to Miss Dorothy McKay, Georgetown. Attendants were Geraldine Scully and Adolphus Scully. The con 1e will reside in Montague. (From Patriot, Oct. 5, 1958)

D. “At Georgetown, Oct. 11th, 1938, John Murphy, Sr., aged 91. Funeral services at St. James Church.” (Patriot, Oct 12, 1938)

D. “At Charlottetown, Oct, 17th, 1938, Errol Windsor Yorston, nine months, son of Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Yorston, Funeral service at Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown. ” (Patriot, Oct. 18, 1938)

M. At East Arlington, Mass, Nov. 24th, 1938, Albert K. Tapper, Boston, a native of Georgetown, P.E.l., son of Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Tapper. Left to mourn are his daughter, Gertrude Tapper, a sister, Mrs. Alice Jenkins, of Charlottetown. P.E.I., also Harry and Archibald Tapper in Boston. Reginald Jenkins, Charlottetown, is a nephew. (From Patriot, Dec. 14, 1938)

D. At Georgetown, Nov. 24th, Mrs. Thomas Henry, aged 91. Service at the Baptist Church, Georgetown. (From Guardian, Nov. 29, 1938)

D. “On Dec. 9th, 1938, aged 82, Mrs. James (Mary) Dalton.” She was sister to Anthony and Peter Flynn of Charlottetown. She leaves a daughter Eleanor (Mrs. L. D. Mincher), Dorchester, Mass. and five sons: Peter, James & Joseph at Georgetown, Michael at Trenton, NS. and Thomas at Cambridge, Mass.. She lost two sons in the World War. (From Patriot, May 4, 1939)

E. Miss Agnes French, Burnt Point, to Joseph Scully, Georgetown. Marriage to take place at St. James Church, Georgetown, Dec. 28th. (From Patrig, Dec. 8th, 1938) [A Jan. 22, 1939 item notes that the attendants were Miss Martha French and Adolphus Scully. N.H.M.]

D. At Lower Montague, Dec. 9th, 1938, James Vatcher Sr., aged 88, a native of Newfoundland. lnterrnent in the Anglican Cemetery, Georgetown. (From Patriot, Dec. 16, 1938)

M. At St. James Church, Georgetown, Dec. 31st, 1938, Miss Annie Murphy, only daughter of Mrs. John Murphy and the late John Murphy to Archibald Wightof Burnt Point, son of William D. Wight. Rev. 0. Kiggins officiated. The attendants were Miss Bertha Smith, cousin of the bride and Neil Wight, brother of the groom. They will live in their new home in Burnt Point. (From mm, Jan. 27, 1939)

M. On Jan 11, 1939, at the Baptist Parsonage, Montague, Sterling Blackett, Georgetown and Miss Hattie Llewellyn, Georgetown, were united in marriage by Rev. Flanagan.” (From Patriot, Jan. 14, 1939)

D. At Georgetown, Jan. 12th, 1939, Allan J. MacDonald, aged 81 years.” (Patriot, Jan. 13, 1939) The Patriot, Jan. 24th, 1939 adds that the deceased was born at Pisquid, P.E.I., on Apr. 29, 1857 and that he entered the railway service on May. 17, 1870, finally becoming a conductor, retiring on Sept. 20, 1924. He married Caroline McCormack in 1890. Besides a widow he left to mourn the following sons and daughters: George, Charlottetown; Bernard. Ontario; Mary & Helen, at home; Nan & Agnes, Cambridge, Mass; Mrs. Joseph A. M. McPhee (Rose), Charlottetown. One daughter, Ruth, died in infancy and a son, Albert, died in 1928 while serving as a school teacherin Alberta.

E. Patrick Murphy of Georgetown to Miss Fisher of Little Pond, marriage to take place Feb. 1st in Rollo Bay R.C. Church. (From Patriot , Jan. 27, 1939)

D. At Georgetown, Jan. 28th, Mrs. James Boudreault (nee Hattie Fouchere), aged 57, daughter of the late Capt. & Mrs. Philip Fouchere, Lower Montague. Besides a sorrowing husband she leaves two daughters, Mary and Agnes and four sons: Phillip, Stephen, George and Charles; also a sister Winnie (Mrs. Milton Connors) of Roxbury, Mass, who cared for her in her illness; and a brother, Philip, in Boston. Rev. 0. Kiggins officiated at the funeral. (From Patriot, Feb. 1, 1939)

M. At St. James R.C. Church, Feb. 21st, 1939, Miss Geraldine Margaret Scully to WalterJ . McLean, Rev. 0. Kiggins officiating. Attendants were Mrs. Joseph Scully and Joseph Scully. (From Patriot, Mar. 2, 1939)

D. On Mar. 19th, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Daniel Martel], Ladislas Gallant, Georgetown’s oldest citizen. He was born in Rustico April 2, 1849, and leaves to mourn children: Stanley, Alphonse & Nicholas in Minneapolis, Minn; Moses, Rustico; Mrs. Robert Jeffrey (Priscilla) and Mrs. Daniel Martel! (Helen) and Mrs. John Batchilder (Phoebe) in Georgetown. A picture of the deceased with his family is in Blanchard’s, History of the Acadians of P.E.l.) (Patriot, Mar. 22 & Mar. 24. 1939)

D. At his home in Burnt Point, Mar. 26th, James McPhee aged 84. He was born at Burnt Point , May 8th, 1854 and farmed all his life. He leaves a daughter, Nellie, at home and an aged sister, Mrs. Catherine McAdam; also a niece, Sarah, who lived in the home from childhood. (From PM, Apr. 2, 1939)

D. “At Georgetown, on Mar. 30th, to Mr. & Mrs. Earl Walsh, adaughter.” (From Patriot, April 5, 1939)

D. On Mar. 30th at the home of her niece, Miss Nellie McPhee, Burnt Point, Mrs. Catherine McAdam, widow of Charles McAdam, West St. Peter’s, aged 87. She was born at Burnt Point. (From Patriot, Apr. 10, 1939)

D. At Lower Montague, Mar. 30, Mrs. Susan Vatcher, aged 84, a native of Bonavista [Flower’s Cove], Nfld.. She assisted her husband who was for many years lighthouse keeper at St. Andrew’s Point. She leaves to mourn sons: James, Leonard, Reuben, John, Eli, Howard and daughters: Bertha, Susie, Emily, Barbara