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     Vital Statistics from Newspapers: 1840-1870 
     
    
   
   
    
     (including Georgetown and Royalty, Boughton Island and some 
     
     Three Rivers) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At Halifax, Nov. 15, 1842, by the 
     
     Rev. William Burton, Mr. Robert 
     
     Cameron, merchant, of Georgetown, 
     
     P.E.I. to Mary, 2nd daughter of the late 
     
     Mr. Donald McVean” (Guardian, 
     
     (Halifax), Nov. 23, 1842), 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At Georgetown on Monday the let 
     
     ult., by the Rev. J.F. MacDonald, Mr. 
     
     Donald McAulay, merchant, to Miss 
     
     Ellen, daughter of Mr. Archibald 
     
     MacDonald, Panmure Island.” 
     
     (Colonial Herald Dec. 2, 1842) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     1843: 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. "On Tuesday the 17th inst. at 
     
     Georgetown by the Rev. Mr. Ross, Mr. 
     
     John B. Hadley of Georgetown to 
     
     Elizabeth, third daughter of Mr. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Archibald Campbell of the same place.” 
     
     (Islander, Jan. 20, 1843) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At St. Andrew’s Point, P.E.I., on 
     
     Tuesday the 28th February, 1843, by the 
     
     Rev. Hugh Ross, Mr. Murdock 
     
     McLeod to Miss Eunice Allen 
     
     [Boughton Islandl.” (Islander, Mar. 3, 
     
     1843) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Dublin, Ireland, in June last, 
     
     Margaret, 3rd daughter of the late “William 
     
     Stevens, Esq.. Top—Hill, Sterling Place, 
     
     Scotland, and wife of Mr. John 
     
     Arbuckle. Master of the Grammar 
     
     School, Georgetown.” (Islander, Feb. 
     
     10, 1843). [He later taught in 
     
     Charlottetown and other places and 
     
     became official School Visitor. 
     
     Arbuckle married Anne Stewart of 
     
     Nova Scotia in Trinity Church, 
     
     Georgetown, in Aug. 1843. She died in 
     
     1869.] 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. Mar. 17, John Renton, joiner, 
     
     Georgetown to Catherine MacDonald 
     
    
   
   
    
     (St. James, Ch’town, Parish Records) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Leominster, Mass, 11 July 1843, 
     
     Mr. Rufus Shattuck, formerly a 
     
    
   
   
    
     resident of Halifax and of Georgetown, 
     
     P.E.I.” (Guardian (Halifax), Aug. 25, 
     
     1843) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “AtBurton Island (sic), P.E.I., on the 
     
     evening of Monday last, by the a Rev. 
     
     Hugh Ross, Mr. Jonathan S. Greeley, 
     
     of Newburyport, Mass., to Mary, eldest 
     
     daughter of Mr. Bartlett Allen of the 
     
     former place.” (Guardian, Halifax, Sept. 
     
     29, 1843) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “On Monday, the 20th inst., by the 
     
     Rev. Dr. Jenkins, Ecclesiastical 
     
     Commissary, Cornelius Birch Bagster, 
     
     Esq., of Millvale to Susanna Maria, 
     
     fourth daughter of Mr. George Aitken 
     
     of Albion Farms, Three Rivers.” CUE 
     
     Momino News, Charlottetown, Nov. 22, 
     
     1843) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     1844: 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “ At Three Rivers, on Tuesday 
     
     evening, the 6th inst. by the Rev. Hugh 
     
     Ross, Mr. Neil MacQuarrie to Miss 
     
     Elizabeth Stewart.” (Islander, Feb. 9, 
     
     1844] 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. "Mr. John Ferguson, blacksmith. 
     
     Georgetown, a steady, industrious man, 
     
     terminated his existence by blowing his 
     
     brains out with a gun in his own forge. A 
     
     coroner’s inquest has been held on the 
     
     body. Verdict: temporary insanity." 
     
     Deceased has left a widow and several 
     
     children, the eldest of whom, a daughter, 
     
     is insane.” (Guardian, Halifax., Mar. 29, 
     
    
   
   
    
     1844) 
     
    
   
   
    
     L. "At Georgetown, of 4th March, from 
     
     the Shipyard of Mr. John Richards, a 
     
     Brigantine of about 153 tons, called The 
     
     Gypsy . She glided beautifully into her 
     
     destined element amidst the cheers of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     assembled spectators." (Royal Gazette, 
     
     May 14, 1844 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At St. Mary’s Mills on the 20th ult., 
     
     age 2 years and a half, Priscilla Harte, the