side of Trout River in Lot 13 where he built a house. He worked in the shipyards and on his farm. The road along the western edge of the farm leading from the Bideford Road down to the river was known as GORMAN LANE. It led to GORMAN’s FERRY, which for many years was the only way to cross from Bideford to Port Hill in the summer. The original FERRY was a huge dug-out log that could seat three people.

On January 8, 1825, a notice in the Prince Edward Island Gazette appeared regarding a list Of letters in the post office at Charlottetown. Under Bideford Shipyard was the name Of Thomas Gorman. A ledger from a Port Hill shipyard shows that Thomas Gorman was travelling to the Miramichi on shipyard business throughout 1824—25. Some time before 1834, Tom married Ann Donahue who was born in Ireland about 1815. She had come to New Brunswick as a young girl and when she was only 10 years Of age she barely escaped the Miramichi Fire of 1825 by standing all night in the water while flames roared about her. After Ann and Tom were married, they kept store in their home. In 1835, their house was mentioned in a local paper as TOM GORMAN’S STORE. Ann became known throughout the area as a mid-wife and a fine person.

Thomas Gorman at one time taught school. In 1838, he was elected to the House Of Assembly of Prince Edward Island, serving as a member from 1839—1842. After keeping store for awhile at their house, they moved tO the village of Trout River, which was sOmetimes called THE LANDING. Ann opened a store there, which for some time was the only store in the com- munity. Thomas Gorman died in 1874. In the 1881 Census Anne Gorman is listed as Shop Keeper. She later moved to Ellerslie, then to Glengarry, Lot 7, tO live with her eldest son, James. Until her death in 1907, she trav— elled throughout Maine and eastern Canada, Visiting sons and daughters.

Thomas and Ann’s son, Lawrence (Larry) Gorman, was second in the family Of 13 children. He worked in the shipyards in New Bideford and in his mother’s store before going to work in the lumber camps in New Brunswick and Maine. He became famous as the man who made the songs. One Of his songs, THE SHAN VAN VOGH (Gaelic for POOR OLD WOMAN) was about a woman from the Hardscrabble Road district who used to come to Tyne Valley to trade at his mother’s store. Larry died on

AUgust 31, 1917 and is buried near Bangor, Maine. He was married twice but had no children.

Western Smith Sr. and his wife Mary Jane were early settlers in Ellerslie, Lot 12. They had a son, Western Smith, Jr. who had a large family, among

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