Vital Statistics from Newspapers: 1840-1870 
     
     (including Georgetown and Royalty, Boughton Island and some 
     
     Three Rivers) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown, on Wed. the lst 
     
     March, universally regretted, Ellen F. 
     
     Macdonald, age 20 years, a native of 
     
     Pictou N.S., elder daughter of Mr. John 
     
     Macdonald, Shoemaker, after four days 
     
     severe suffering from trismus, or jaw— 
     
     lock, brought on by a laceration of the 
     
    
   
   
    
     foot produced by the puncture of a nail.” 
     
     (Islander, Mar. 17, 1848) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. "On Thursday, the 22nd ult, at 
     
     GeorgetOWn, the wife of C. Birch 
     
     Bagster, Esq., of a daughter." 
     
    
   
   
    
     (Islander, April 6, 1848) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “On Thurs, the 25th inst., by the 
     
     Rev. T. S. Rand, Mr. Charles 
     
     McLaren, Postmaster, Georgetown, to 
     
     Miss Mary Ann Milner of 
     
     Charlottetown.”( slander, June 2, 1848) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Vernon River, P.E.I., Roderick 
     
     M’ Neill, a native of the Isle of Barra 
     
     and emigrated to this Island forty-seven 
     
     years hence. He formerly represented 
     
    
   
   
    
     Georgetown in the House of Assembly.” 
     
     (Guardian, fo., June 2, 1848) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At Pinette, on the 3rd inst., by the 
     
     Rev. John MacLennan, Mr. John Ross, 
     
     Teacher of the Grammar School, 
     
     Georgetown, to Isabella, 3rd daughter of 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Hugh Logan of the same place.” 
     
     (Islander, June 9, 1848) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. " At Three Rivers, on the 27th 
     
     January [1848] by William MacKay, 
     
     Esq., J. P., Mr. Donald MacQuarrie, 
     
     Merchant, Georgetown to Jessie, second 
     
     daughter of Mr. Donald Stewart, 
     
     Montague." (Islander, Feb. 4, 1848) 
     
    
   
   
    
     1849: 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “On the 17th January at Georgetown, 
     
     P.E.I., of smallpox, Capt. John 
     
     Reynolds, formerly of Chester, age 28 
     
     years.” (Guardian, fo., Feb. 23, 1848) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. Thos. Owen, Cardigan to Margaret 
     
     Norton, Brudenell River, July (’2) 1849 
     
    
   
   
    
     (From Islander) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D.” At Three Rivers, on the 25th Dec., 
     
     after a short illness, Damaris, wife of 
     
     R.D. Westaway in the 56th year of her 
     
    
   
   
    
     age, deeply regretted.” (Islander, Jan. 12, 
     
     1849) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “On Tuesday, the 27th ult. at 
     
     Georgetown Royalty, Elizabeth, the 
     
     beloved wife of John W.H. Hadley, age 
     
     23 years. She died happy in redeeming 
     
     love and fill of hope of a blissful 
     
     immortality.”( slander, Mar. 9. 1849) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “In Charlottetown, Tues., 5th by the 
     
     Rev. John MacBean, St. James Church, 
     
     Mr. AlexanderWalker [Georgetown] to 
     
     Miss Jane Dewar of Charlottetown!” 
     
    
   
   
    
     (Guardian, March, 1849) 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. "On Tuesday, the 22nd inst., at 
     
     Georgetown, the wife of C. Birch 
     
    
   
   
    
     Bagster, Esq., of a daughter." (Royal 
     
     Gazette, April3, 1849) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. William Poulton, widower, to 
     
     Margaret Campbell, widow, Nov. 10, 
     
     1849. [Marriage license listing] 
     
    
   
   
    
     1850: 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At Georgetown, on the let ult., by 
     
     W. B. Aitken, Esq., J.P., Mr. John 
     
     Sobie to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Lavers of Georgetown.” (Express, 
     
     June 20, 1850) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At Murray Harbour, on the 8th ult., 
     
     by the Rev. John Butcher, Bible 
     
     Christian Missionary, Mr. Joseph 
     
     F airchild to Ann, third daughter of Mr. 
     
     Benjamin Sensabaugh both of the same 
     
     place.” (Express, June 22, 1850)