Vital Statistics : 1940-1945 81 1940: D. "At Chance Harbour, N. S. recently, Mrs. (Capt.) Fraser, formerly Miss Lily McAulay , daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. George McAulay of ." (Patriot. Jan. 9, 1940) D. At the City Hospital, Ch'town, Jan. 13th, Harry Joseph McLean , aged 52, eldest of the family of the late Mr. & Mrs. Bernard McLean . He was born in De Gros Marsh but moved to Georgetown thirty years ago. Surviving are brothers, Frank and Angus, Georgetown and sisters Margaret ( Mrs. Leonard MacDonald ) Antigonish, N.S. ; Molly ( Mrs. Oliver Oberson ), Detroit, Mich. ; Florence ( Mrs. John Monet ), New York ; Rose, New . (From Patriot. Jan. 16 & 18, 1940) D. At Georgetown , Jan. 23, 1940, Janie Murphy , survived by two daughters: Mrs. Henry Parker , Georgetown and Miss Kathleen Murphy of the Patriot Job Department. A brother, James, Georgetown , also survives. (From Guardian. Jan. 25, 1940) D. "At Sacred Heart Home recently, Mrs. Jane Walsh , formerly of Georgetown . Interment in the R.C. Cemetery . "(Guardian. Feb., 1, 1940) M. At St. James R.C. Church , Georgetown , Jan. 15th, Rev. Kiggins officiating, Miss Eileen Wight , daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Wight , Burnt Point , to Lawrence Batchilder , son of Mr. & Mrs. John Batchilder . (From Patriot. Jan. 18, 1940) M. "At the United Church Manse , Feb. 10th, Georgetown , John Clarey , Boughton Island and the Navy to Margaret Gosbee , Murray Harbour ." (Patriot. Feb. 18, 1940) D. At the King's County Hospital, Feb. 25th, Mrs. Daniel (Matilda) Gordon, aged 84, after a fall five weeks ago. She was born in Malpeque daughter of Neil McGouganand married John Smith of Mill view and after his death Hon . Daniel Gordon . She was first president of the Woman's Missionary Society, of St. David's Church. She leaves a brother, Fulton, Vancouver and sisters Mrs. Eliza Compton , St. Eleanor's, P.E.I , and Mrs. Thomas Ramsay , Mill Valley , P.E.I. . Interment in Geo'town. (From Patriot. Feb. 26. 1940) B. "At Georgetown , Mar. 1, 1940, to Capt. & Mrs. C.H. George , nee Elsie Knight , a daughter." (Guardian. Mar. 6, 1940) D. In the Ch'town Hospital, Mar. 31, 1940, Charles Delorie , aged 78. He followed the sea from boyhood. Surviving are his wife, formerly Martha Marchand of Georgetown , five daughters and two sons: Mrs. E.J. Martin , Mrs. Grace Ellis , Mrs. James Leonard , Miss Mary Delorie , Miss Beatrice Delorie , Frank and Wilfred, all in the U.S.A .; also brothers: Murdoch, in Charlottetown ; Alexander, in Vernon, P.E.I. ; John, Georgetown ; Peter, Pictou, N.S. ; Benjamin in Dartmouth, N.S. and a sister, Mrs. Sophia Johnston , Georgetown ; another sister, Mrs. Wallace MacDonald (Virginia) died in Pictou about a year ago. Burial in Georgetown . (From Guardian. Apr. 1, 1940 & Patriot. April 15th, 1940) M. At AH Saints' Church, Cardigan , May 8, 1940, Stephen William Scully , of the P. E. I. Highlanders , to Rose Eileen Sullivan , Roseneath, P.E.I. . Attendants were Miss Beatrice Sullivan and Gerard Scully . (From Guardian. May 10 & May 18, 1940) M. At Erskine and American United Church, , June 17th, by the Rev. Leslie Pidgeon , Miss Anna Isobel McLaren, Georgetown, P.E.I. , and William Keir Clark , Montague , P.E.I Attendants were Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Douglas and Dr. F. H. MacKay . (From Guardian. June 21, 1940) D. AtBrookline , Mass. , recently, Miss Susan LeBrocq , daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. John LeBrocq , formerly of Georgetown, P.E.I. . (From Patriot. Mar. 30, 1940) D. On April 3rd, of spinal meningitis, Wilfred Marchant (sic), six-month old son of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marchant , . (From Patriot. Apr. 5, 1940) M. On April 16th, Lance-corporal Oliver Aaron Ross, of Georgetown, P.E.I. , to Miss Mildred Mclsaac , of Brae , Prince co. P.E.I. . (From Patriot. May 4, 1940) M. On April 30th, in Halifax , Sgt. Frederick Wallace Jenkins, son of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Jenkins , Georgetown, P.E.I , to Miss Jean Agnes Fassett , Dartmouth, N.S. . (From Patriot, May 4, 1940) M. At St. Mark's Church, Halifax , Aug. 9th, 1940, Miss Louise Cox , daughter of Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Cox , to Ernest Fairchild , R.C.N ., son of Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Fairchild , Georgetown, P.E.I. , Rev. W. W. Clarkson officiating. Attendants were Mrs. Fred Murphy and J. A. B. McConnell . (From Guardian. Aug. 17, 1940) D. "In Georgetown , Aug. 7th, Miss Elizabeth Smith , aged 70." (Patriot. Aug. 13. 1940) D. AtDodsland , Sask., at the home of her daughter Mrs. Margaret Schurman , Mrs. Elizabeth McConnell , formerly of Georgetown . (From Patriot. Aug. 29, 1940) M. In Phoenix, Arizona , Sept. 17, Miss Lea Catherine Nickles , daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Miles Nickles (nee Sadie Renton , daughter of John Renton , formerly of Georgetown, P.E.I. ) to Charles Herz of Los Angeles. (From Patriot. Oct. 26,1940) M. At St. David's United Church Manse , Georgetown , on Sept. 15th, 1940, Warren Burnham Hemphill, son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Edward Hemphill to Eda Margaret McLeod , daughter of Joseph McLeod and the late Mrs. McLeod . Attendants were Mary Hemphill and Charles A. Fraser . (FromPaQiot, Sept. 18 &21, 1940) B. "In the City Hospital. Oct. 19th, to Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Batchilder , a son." (Patriot. Oct. 25, 1940) M. "In St. James R.C. Church , Georgetown , Oct. 21st, by Rev. O Kiggins , Miss Mary Morrison and Philip Boudreault , of the P.E.I. Islanders , both of Georgetown ." (Patriot. Oct. 26, 1940) B. "At the P.E.I Hospital , Oct 25, 1940, to Lance- corporal & Mrs. I ^ewis V.S. Yorston , a daughter, Carol Olivia ." (Patriot. Oct. 28, 1940) M. At Basilica, Charlottetown , Nov. 4th, by the Rev. R. J. McDonald , of St. Columba Church, East Point , Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Philip