Georgetown Vital Statistics: 1957—1960

Stewart, of Georgetown and Mrs. Alice (Alvin) MacKenzie of Mount Stewart and brothers, Guy of Georgetown, Ivan of Westville, N.S.. Funeral from the

Catholic Church in Pictou. (Guardian, Aug. 11 & Aug. 28, 1958)

D. At Marville, France, Wayne, four year old son of [AC & Mrs. J. Everett MacKenzie (formerly Eileen Helen MacConnell) of Georgetown (From “Georgetown”, Guardian, Aug. 25, 1958)

D. At Georgetown, Sept. 4th, 1958, Mrs. Mabel Lavers, in her 72nd year. She was the former Mabel Stewart of Gasperaux and was a practical nurse. She married Harry Lavers who predeceased her and left a family of three daughters and three sons: Dorothy (Mrs. Stephen Landry), Georgetown; Francis (Mrs. Emerson Llewellyn), Georgetown, Edna (Mrs. Judson Baker, Trenton, N. S.; Theodore, Charlottetown, Richard and Fenwick, Georgetown; also grandchildren and great grandchildren and a sister in St. John. Funeral from St. David’s Church (Guardian, Sept. 6, 1958)

D. At the Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. on Sept. 22, 1958, Lt.-Col. Seymour S.[Sid] Weatherbie, of Carleton Place, Ont. formerly of Bellevue, P.E.I. and Georgetown, P.E.I.. He was born in Georgetown, P.E.l., April 28, 1876, the second child of John and Jessie (Parker) Weatherbie and became known in military circles as “the Father of Canadian Munitions." He is survived by his second wife, formerly Mrs. Gladys Houston, a son, Alfred, of Charlottetown and daughter, Lorna (Mrs. Murdoch McGowan), Kilmuir P.E.I.. His first wife was Jessie Maude Wran, of Quebec City. She died in 1940.. Also surviving is a sister, Maude (Mrs. Frank Tibbetts) of Camden, Maine. Interment in Valleyfield, P.E.I. Cemetery beside his first wife. From Guardian, Sept. 24, 27, 29, Oct. 4, 1958. A lengthy account of Lt.-Col. Weatherbie‘s career is in the Guardian, Sept. 24, 1958)

B. “At the Charlottetown Hospital. Sept. 27, 1958, to Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Gotell, Charlottetown, a son, Leonard Malcolm“ (Guardian, Oct. 7, 1958)

B. “At the King’s County Memorial Hospital, Montague, on Oct. 14th, 1958, to Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Arsenault, Georgetown, a son, 8 lbs 5 ozs, Joseph Timothy.” (Guardian, Oct. 17, 1958)

B. “Atthe King’s County Memorial Hospital, Montague, Nov. 7, 1958, to Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Walsh, Summerville, a daughter, Karen Therese. “ (Guardian, Nov. 11, 1958)

B. “At Toronto, Ont. Nov. 6th, to Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Il)9elér))ry, a son, Stephen Joseph.” (Guardian, Nov. 29, 5

D. “At the Provincial Sanitorium, on Nov. 16, 1958, Alphonsus A. Corrigan, formerly of Georgetown, aged 83 years. Funeral from St. Dunstan’s Basilica. Interment 11119 5(isthofic Cemetery, Ch‘town.“ (Guardian, Nov. 17,

B. Recently at New London, Conn., to Dr. & Mrs. M.E.

DeLory, a son, Mark Eugene. (From Guardian, Dec. 13, 1958)

B. “At the P.E.I. Hospital, Dec. 12, 1958) to Mr. & Mrs. Charles Yorston (nee Marian Lavers),a son, Charles Elwin, weight:7 lbs6 ozs.” (Guardian Dec. 17, 1958)

D. “At his home in Georgetown, Dec. 27, 1958, John Charles Pnblicover in his 87th year. Funeral from the home of his son, James.” (Guardian, Dec. 28, I958)

M. At Holy Eucharist Catholic Church, Edmonton, Alta, at Christrnastime, Mary Valera, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Frank Marchant, Georgetown Royalty, P.E.I., and Raymond Luka, son of Mr. & Mrs. Nick Luka of Pibrock, Alta. Rev. Greschuck officiated. Attendants were Astrid Rosenboom and Ben Arts. The couple will reside in Edmonton. (From Guardian, Feb. 27, 1959)

1959:

D. “In Winthrop, Mass, Jan. 6th, 1959, Mrs. Margaret E. Lindsay, mother of Mrs. B.H. Hughes of Charlottetown. Funeral from St. James Church, Georgetown, P.E.I..” (Guardian, Jan. 9, 1959)

D. On Jan. 7th, at Georgetown, Daniel Henry Martell, in his 85th year. He was born in Arichat Cape, NS, and moved to Georgetown at age 7. He was a fisherman. He leaves to mourn his second wife, the former Helen Gallant, of Rustico, and daughters: Isabel (Mrs. Paul Iaprade), Bowmanville, Ont. and Mary (Mrs. Albert King), Georgetown and an elder brother, Michael, of Georgetown. His son, Henry, predeceased him. Mr. Martell’s first wife was the former Sophie Bouchard of Georgetown. (From Guardian, Jan. 9, 1959)

E. Mrs. Myrtle Babineau, Georgetown, announces the engagement of her daughter, Kathleen Babineau, to Charles MacIsaac of North Sydney, C.B., marriage in Toggnto in the near future. (From Guardian, Jan. 16, 19 )

M. At St. Dunstan’s Basilica, Feb. 3, I959, Mary Jean Jay of Charlottetown and Floyd Cecil Landry, son of Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Landry, Georgetown, P.E.I., Rev. Frank MacDonald officiating. Attendants were Lottie MacDougall and Albert Landry. (From G_uardi&, April 1, 1959, with wedding picture)

D. “Atthe Charlottetown Hospital, Feb. 17, 1959, Susan Lavandier, infant daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Iavandier, Georgetown. Interment in St. James Cemetery.”(Guardian, Feb. 18, 1959)

D. “On Feb. 23rd, 1959, in Toronto, William Dalziel, brother of Jessie (Mrs. Lloyd Shaw), Katherine, Albert and John, all of Charlottetown, formerly of Georgetown, P.E.I., husband of the late Jean W. Macbeod, father of Scott and Norman. Funeral in Toronto.” (Guardian, Feb. 27, 1959)

D. On Mar. 23, 1959, at his home in Georgetown, P.E.I., VictorRafuse, in his 65th year. He was born at Martin’s Point. N.S., the son of Minnie and the late George Rafuse. He was a World War 2 veteran, and a fisherman, known as “the high-line lobster fisherman of Eastern Kings” and assistant harbour pilot. Left to mourn besides his wife, the former, Ella Hemphill. and his mother, are five sons: Frederick (“Ted”), of Murray River, P.E.I., Howard, also of Murray River, Frank in