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     Vital Statistics from Newspapers: 1840-1870 
     
     (including Georgetown and Royalty, Boughton Island and some 
     
     Three Rivers) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. John L. Lewellin and Agnes 
     
     Hicken, Aug. 28, 1862. (Protestant, 
     
     Sept. 16, 1862) 
     
    
   
   
    
     1863: 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “On Friday, the 9th ult., at the 
     
     residence of Mr. John McDonald, 
     
     Georgetown, by the Rev. R.T. Roach 
     
     A.B., John Knight, Esq., druggist, to 
     
     Miss Harriet McKeown, daughter of 
     
     Dr. J.C. McKeown, all of Georgetown.” 
     
     (Protestant Jan. 17, 1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     B. “At Georgetown on the 15th inst., 
     
     Mrs. Captain John A McDonald, of a 
     
     son.” (Protestant, Jan. 31, 1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown, Sunday the 15th 
     
     inst. of inflammation of the lungs, Alice 
     
     Clementine, daughter of Capt. John A. 
     
     MacDonald aged 2 years, one mo.” 
     
     (Protestant, Jan. 31, 1863) [Mrs. 
     
     MacDonald was Mary Jane, the daughter 
     
     of Samuel Shanks, shipwright, Halifax. 
     
     The couple were married at St. Mary‘s 
     
     Cathedral, Halifax, by the Rev. Dr. 
     
     Connolly, in 1852.] 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “ On the 16th inst. at Brudenell River 
     
     after a few days illness, universally 
     
     respected and regretted, Henry Gordon, 
     
     Esq. age 65 years.” (Protestant, Jan. 31, 
     
     1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “On the 17th inst., by the Rev. T. 
     
     Duncan, Mr. Thomas Kelly, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Charlottetown to Johanna Fay of 
     
     Georgetown.”( slander, Feb. 27, 1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “On the 19th February, at the 
     
     residence of W.B. Aitken, Esq., 
     
     Georgetown, by the Rev. R.T. Roach, 
     
     B.A., Mr. Wm. A. Lockerby, of 
     
     Charlottetown to Miss Mary Newman 
     
    
   
   
    
     Head, of Georgetown.” (Islander Mar. 
     
     13, 1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At his residence, Seal River, Lot 54, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Monday April 13th, 1863, Angus Mc 
     
     Donald, Esq., in the 77th year of his 
     
     age. the deceased was for many years an 
     
     extensive merchant and shipbuilder at 
     
     Three Rivers. His kindness and 
     
     hospitality were proverbial and his death 
     
     will be regretted by a large circle of 
     
     friends and relatives.” (The Protestant 
     
    
   
   
    
     and Evanoelical Witness, Charlottetown, 
     
     Apr. 25, 1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Brudenell River, Lot 52, on the 
     
     26th May, 1863, of a lengthy illness, 
     
     DanielM’Laren, in the 27th year of his 
     
     age. The deceased was an amiable young 
     
     man during his life and in his last illness 
     
     evidenced calm resignation to the Divine 
     
     Will which enabled him to meet death 
     
     stript of its terrors and prepared to meet 
     
     his God, trusting in his Saviour as the 
     
     only means of salvation. His death is 
     
     deeply lamented by a loving wife, 
     
     affectionate father, brother and sisters and 
     
    
   
   
    
     a large circle of relations and friends.” 
     
     (Islander June 3, 1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     D. At Georgetown, 3rd, July, Hugh 
     
     Logan, age 83 years.”(Protestant, July 
     
     18, 1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “ We regret to learn that a young man 
     
     named John Taylor, aged about 18 
     
     years, clerk to Mr. Charles Owen, 
     
     merchant, Georgetown, was accidentally 
     
     drowned while bathing in that port on 
     
     Wednesday evening last.” (Protestant, 
     
     July , 1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. On the 8th ult., in Trinity Church, 
     
     Georgetown, by the Rev. Mr. Roach, 
     
     WilliamAllen Williams, bachelor, Lot 5 
     
     to Mrs. Arm Allen, widow, Boughton 
     
    
   
   
    
     Island.” (Protestant, Aug. 22, 1863). 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. "On the 23rd of July last, at St. 
     
     Braniel's, Gloucestershire, England, 
     
     Anna Matilda Byrne, wife of Captain 
     
     Byme, formerly a resident of this Island 
     
     [Brudenell Point, and mother of the first 
     
     Mrs. McLaren of Birchfield, Georgetown