Georgetown Vital Statistics: 1951-1953

(Mrs. H.C. Rodday, Jamaica Plains. Mass.) Sister M. James, and Sister Joseph of the Sisters of St. Martha; James, in Omaha, Nebraska, and Alfred of New Glasgow, N.S..(From Guardian June 2, 1952)

B. “At the King’s County Hospital, Montague, May29th, 1952, to Mr. & Mrs. Marcellus Gotell, a son.’ (Guardian, May 31 , 1952)

M. “At St. David’s Church, Georgetown, June 21, Margaret Shirley Williston, Chatham, N.B., and Douglas Alexander Patterson, son of Rev. W.A. Patterson, Georgetown." (Guardian, June 30, 1952, with picture.)

M. “At the Georgetown Baptist Church, July 2, 1952, Violet Ruth Guick, to John William, youngest son of Mr. & Mrs. Herbert P. George, Rev. Svend Christiansen officiating. Stanley Streight gave the bride in marriage. Attendants were Ollie King and Joseph Johnson, jr.” (Guardian, July 8, 1952)

D. On July lst, at Georgetown Royalty, after being struck by a car, Harry Raf use, aged 53, survived by daughters Mary and Eileen, and brothers and sisters. (From Guardian, July3, 1952)

M. At Toronto, Ont, June 24th, Miss Margaret Curtis, daughter of Bridget Curtis and the late Mr. Curtis of cardigan and Constable Lloyd King, son of Mr. & Mrs. Daniel King, Georgetown. Attendants were Mr. & Mrs. Neuton O’ Connor. They will live in Capreol, Ont, where the groom is employed with the C.N.R. (From Guardian, July 29, 1952)

B. “At the RBI. Hospital on Aug. 11, to Mr. & Mrs. William DeCoste, Jr.. adaughter.”(Guardian, Aug. 16, 1952)

D. “At the P.E.Island Hospital, Aug. 11, 1952, Mrs. William DeCoste, Jr., in her let year. Funeral from the home of her mother, Mrs. Michael Burke, Jr., to St. James Church, Georgetown.” (Guardian, Aug. 12, 1952)

D. Recently in Surrey, England, Mrs. Matilda McIaren J on es, aged 96. Born in Brudenell, she was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Daniel McLaren. She spent the early part of her life at Birchfield Farm, Georgetown Royalty, to which her family had moved. Her husband was Dr. George Jones and they had a son Dr. Basil Jones in England. She was sister to BB. McLaren, Georgetown. (Guardian, Aug. 23, 1952)

B. “At the King’s County Hospital, Montague, Sept. 7, 1952, to Mr. & Mrs. Richard Curley. Georgetown Royalty, a son, 10 lbs. 4 025” (Guardian, Sept. 8, 1952)

D. At Georgetown, Sept. 12th, John B. DeLory in his

93rd year. Funeral from St. James Church." (Guardian, Sept. 13, 1952)

M. At Zion Presbyterian Church, Charlottetown, Sept. 16, 1952, Laura Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur King, and James Bartlett, son of Mrs. Roland Marsh, Five Islands, NS. and the late Bartlett Mair of Georgetown, P.E.I., Rev. G. Carlyle Webster officiating. Attendants were Mrs. Ralph Burdett, Betty King and Rev. Nathan Mair. Ushers were Colin King and Everett Howatt. Ivan Robinson sang,” 0 Perfect Love.” (Guardian, Sept, 22, 1952)

D. At Emerald Junction, P.E.l.. Sept. lSth, Mrs. James Allen, only daughter of the late William H. O’Brien of Georgetown, P.E.I., leaving to mourn her husband, daughter, Eileen, and sons, Gerald and Amold. A son, Emmett, predeceased her. (From Guardian, Oct. 3, 1952)

D. “At the P.E.I. Hospital, Oct. 6, 1952, Mrs. Benjamin T. Stevens (nee Lena MacCallum of Pictou Island, N.S.) Georgetown in her Slst year. Besides her sorrowing husband twelve children survive, twin boys having predeceased her. These are six sons: William, Fraser, Harry, Edward and Thomas ($1 at home and Lorne with the Canadian Army, Halifax, and six daughters: Maisie (Mrs. Lawrence McQuillan), Flossie (Mrs. Charles McConnell), Margaret, Catherine, Jean and BettyAnne, all of Georgetown; also two sisters: Mrs. C. E. Stevens, Everett, Mass and Mrs. Florence Campbell, Trenton, NS, and eight grandchildren Funeral from Holy Trinity Church, Georgetown, Rev. W. G. Hogg officiating. (From Guardian, Nov. 10, 1952)

F. On Nov. 11, 1952, Mrs. J. A. McCormack, from St. James Church. Mourners include daughters, Mrs.

James Brownlce of USA. and Francis of Georgetown. (From Guardian , Nov. 27, 1952)

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D. At the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. & Mrs. Jay MacDonald of Trenton, N.S., Eugene Kehoe in his 73rd year, formerly of Georgetown, P.E.I. He is survived by his daughter Mrs. MacDonald and two sons, Pat and Clarence, both of Trenton. His wife predeceased him. He was a member of St. John the Baptist Parish. (From Guardian, Jan. 6, 1953)

D. At Georgetown, Jan. 17th, Mrs. William Hewlett, aged 76. She is survived by her husband, a son, Thomas, of Montreal and three daughters: Mary and Agnes in N. S. and Irene at home. Funeral from St. James Church, Rev. 0. Kiggins officiating. (From Guardian, Jan. 28, 1953)

D. At Sunnybrook Military Hospital, Toronto, Feb. 12th, Kenneth Fraser, in his 39th year. He worked with the C.N.R. and served in World War 11. He leaves to mourn his wife, formerly Francis Morrisey of Tignish, P.E.I., and two small children; also his father, Harry Fraser, of Georgetown and sisters, Mrs. William Martell of Georgetown and Mrs. Roland Martin of Ottawa. (From Guardian, Feb. 13, 1953).

M. At the home of Mr. & Mrs. William Hobbs, Sr., Georgetown, P.E.I., on Feb. 14th, their only daughter, Elinor Winnifred, to Douglas Hugh Rutherford, R.C.N., son of Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Rutherford, Ingersoll, Ont, Rev. W.A. Patterson officiating. Attendants were Eileen Helen MacConnell and James Caldwell. Elinor Lockhart R.N. sang and Dorothy McEwen, R. N. accompanied. (From Guardian, Feb. 25, I953)

Baptized: On Feb. 23rd, at St. James Church, Georgetown, P.E.I. Rev. 0. Kiggins officiating, Gordon Ritchie, son of Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Gotell with Mary Gotell and Kimball Gotell as sponsors. (From “Georgetown and Vicinity”, Guardian, Mar. 7, 1953)

D. At Georgetown, Mar. 24th, 1953, Andrew J. F. Lavers, in his 83rd year. He was the youngest and last surviving of eight of the family of the late John and Margaret Lavers He was a school teacher, a farmer,