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     Vital Statistics from Newspapers: 1840-1870 
     
    
   
   
    
     (including Georgetown and Royalty, Boughton Island and some 
     
     Three Rivers) 
     
    
   
   
    
     Royalty, and grandmother of E. B. 
     
     McLaren, Georgetown], leaving four 
     
     daughters and two sons to mourn the loss 
     
    
   
   
    
     of a beloved parent." (Examiner, Aug. 
     
     31, 1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. "On the 13th inst., at Georgetown, 
     
     Alice Ann, eldest daughter of George 
     
     Parker, Esq., aged 24 years." (Monitor. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Oct. 22, 1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Brudenell River, Lot 52, on 
     
     Wednesday the 11th inst., very suddenly, 
     
     while sitting in his chair, Mr. John 
     
     M’Laren, age 63 years. He leaves a 
     
    
   
   
    
     large family to mourn his loss.” 
     
     (Protestant, Nov. 18, 1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. "At Georgetown, on Wednesday, the 
     
     25th ultimo, by the Rev. F. J. 
     
     Macdonald, Honorable Andrew A. 
     
     Macdonald, M.L.C., to Elizabeth, third 
     
     daughter of the late Thomas Owen, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Esq., Postmaster-General." (Islander, 
     
     Dec.4,1863) 
     
    
   
   
    
     1864: 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. "On Wednesday evening, 23rd ult., 
     
     by the Rev. J. Davis, Mr. Arthur Hobbs 
     
     to Miss Eliza Broadwell, both of this 
     
     city." [later of Georgetown] (Islander, 
     
     Jan. 2, 1864) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At Georgetown, on Tuesday, the 
     
     19th [Jan., 1864), by Ezra Wickwire, 
     
     Esq., Mr. Nathaniel Westaway to Miss 
     
     Mary McKinnon.” (Islander, Jan. 22, 
     
     1864)) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Paisley, Scotland, on the 12th 
     
     January, after an illness of eight days, of 
     
     Typhus Fever, Rev. Andrew Lockhead, 
     
     M.D., in the 46th year of his age. The 
     
     deceased was sometime missionary of the 
     
     Church of Scotland in this Island , where 
     
     he will be long and affectionately 
     
     remembered.” (Protestant Feb. 13, 
     
     1864.) An obituary for Lockhead in the 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Protestant Mar. 19, 1864, informs the 
     
     reader that Lochhead had successfully 
     
     pursued a course in medical practice and 
     
     that he had been serving temporarily as 
     
     chaplain in Paisley Jail, intending to 
     
     return to P.E.I.. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown, on Mar. 16, of 
     
     Bronchial Consumption, Thomas 
     
    
   
   
    
     M’Leod, age 27 years.” (Protestant 
     
     Apri123, 1864) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     M. By the Rev. J. Davis, Mr. \Mlliam 
     
     Hobbs to Miss Mary Ann Stiggens, 
     
     both of Georgetown on Mar. 16, 1864. 
     
     (Protestant, Mar. 19, 1864) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown, on the 29th ult., of 
     
    
   
   
    
     bronchial consumption. Thomas 
     
     McLeod, aged 27. (Protestant, Mar. 
     
     19, 1864) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown on the 18th inst. of 
     
     Inflammation of the lungs, Mary Ann 
     
     Higgs, the beloved wife of Sergeant 
     
     James Higgs, Jailer, Georgetown, in the 
     
     49th year of her age. The diseased was a 
     
     native of Donegal, lreland, and resident 
     
     for many years in this colony. where her 
     
     generosity of disposition and benevolence 
     
     of heart will cause her memory to be 
     
     cherished affectionately by her widowed 
     
     husband and sorrowing family, as well as 
     
    
   
   
    
     by many friends outside the family.” 
     
     (Protestant Apri123, 1864) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “AtGeorgetown, P.E.I., on the 14th 
     
     ult., Mr. Alex Robertson, saddler, age 
     
     42 years, a native of Merigomish, N .S." 
     
    
   
   
    
     (Provincial Wesleyan, June 8, 1864) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At Georgetown, on Thursday the 
     
     30th ult., by the Rev David Fitzgerald, 
     
     David Laird, Esq., of the firm of Laird 
     
     & Harvie, Booksellers and Stationers. of 
     
     this city, to Mary Louisa, daughter of the 
     
     late Thomas Owen, Esq., formerly 
     
    
   
   
    
     Postmaster—General of this Island.” 
     
     (Islander, July 1, 1864)