Edward Wyatt and Family

died April 1924. Age 90. Franklin G. Ford died 7 January 1908. Age 44. Annie M. Wyatt his wife died 22 January 1907. Age 41.” In the People’s Protestant Cemetery, Parkdale a monument states, “Samuel C. Pierce, 1856-1929, his wife, Jane Wyatt, 1863-1939”.

William (son of Edward), born November 6, 1840, married Catherine McPhee on July 14, 1864 who bore at least eleven children. Sometime after 1874 they moved to Newfoundland where their baby, Sarah Elizabeth, died January 16, 1884, aged six months. William would come home to PEI from N fld. in the winter and do blacksmith work. His descendants now live from Nfld. to BC and beyond. A descendant, Vincent Holloway, who has traced their lineage lives in North Vancouver, BC.

Susannah (daughter of Edward), born July 26, 1849, was baptized December 18, 1857 by Rev. Henry Pope. The record of baptism is now at Cornwall United Church, record book No. 3, page 1. Apart from Susannah’s record of baptism, no information has been found. She and Elizabeth may be the same person.

Elizabeth (daughter of Edward), born about 1849/50, married Timothy West from London, England when in her thirties. They married on February 21, 1883 at the residence of her brother, Ned, in Pleasant Grove, which was the homestead.

Tim, it is said, came to Prince Edward Island as a stow-a-way on a ship. He worked on a farm on the Suffolk Rd. for MacLeods who eventually gave him some property. This was near William Arbing’s where they shod horses. Although it is said that Tim was before his time in establishing a tourist place in the area, Ned was actually the head of the business and did most of the carpentry work. Tim wasn’t too handy with a hammer but ran the business called “Tim’s Creek”. Its main feature was a well known fishing hole. It also had cabins, a livery stable, a little store or canteen, and a place to dance in the summer. Folks would come from Charlottetown for the weekend. However, the neighbours, especially children, were not wanted at the fishing hole and store. Tim and Elizabeth would do some rather mean things to keep them away. There was a little bit lacking in Elizabeth and Timothy wasn’t thought too highly of.

It is said that one day Elizabeth was found dead on the floor of their house. Tim’s mind was slipping, and that same day he had to be taken to

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the poor house at Falconwood. A match was then put to the shabby house and it was burnt to the ground. Tim died in the poor house that winter. He and Elizabeth may have been buried in the Suffolk Cemetery. It is said that the fishing is still good at “Tim’s Creek”.

James (son of Edward), born February 12, 1852, was baptized December 18, 1857. Perhaps this is the son who went to the USA and settled there.

Edward (Ned) (son of Edward), born about 1844, died October 24, 1926, farmed on the homestead on Tracadie Rd. (Pleasant Grove) with his mother, Susan, and eventually built a fine new home which is still on the property. Ned was a smart fellow who wrote pieces for the newspaper and could turn his hand to anything. He would make his own tools, and also made things such as chairs and treadmills for old fashioned threshing machines. He built the new three bedroom house himself, hand crafting such things as the newel

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The Little Flower

In wandering through the woods one day

I saw a little flower of May.

Clase by a brook in sonie mosses grey,

A lovely, lovely flower of May.

What messoge do you bring to me? Your majesty my eyes do see

Lost in thought we all save thee, I stand and gaze all wonderingly.

Sweet little flower, precious little flower,

Nestllng in your shady bower,

Beauty, beauty is your dower

You fragre‘nt, pretty little flower.

This message you bring to me,

That death is swallowed up in vic- wry.

That life has risen triumphantly

O’er death, decay and misery.

Contributed by a Subscriber.

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The subscriber is believed to be Ned.

[It is thought that this poem may have been written following the death of Ned’s first wife, Diana.]