Vital Statistics from Island Newspapers, 39 
     
     Georgetown & Area: 1888 -1898 
     
    
   
   
    
     the P. El. R. R., aged 36" (Daily Patriot, Nov. 24, 
     
     1896) 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. “At Georgetown, on the 15th of December, the wife of 
     
     Dr. Murphy, of Tignish, ofa son.” (Examiner, Dec. 30, 
     
     1896) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “ AtPictou, on Dec. 26th. Mrs. Donald MacQuarr-ie, 
     
     a native of Georgetown, P.E.l., but who has lived in 
     
     Pictou for 30 years.” [She had two daughters, one 
     
     surviving] (Examiner, Dec. 30, 1896 & Patriot. Dec. 30, 
     
     1896) 
     
    
   
   
    
     1897: 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. "The death occurred at Georgetown yesterday of Mr. 
     
     Robert Gray Lockerby, aged 80 years. The deceased 
     
     was an uncle of Mr. Henry Aitken of Carvell Bros. and 
     
     Mrs. T. (39) Aitken of Georgetown.” (Daily Patriot, Jan. 
     
     23, 1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. At Georgetown, on Feb. lst, Michael Bourke, age 
     
     77. He came to Georgetown from Lot 49 about 1859 and 
     
     carried on an extensive shipbuilding and mercantile 
     
     business. For the last ten or twelve years he lived on his 
     
     farm. [Adapted from a longer story by N .H.M.] 
     
     (Examiner, Feb. 2, 1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. "At New Glasgow, NS, on Feb. 14th, from the 
     
     effects of an accident in the Steel Works that took place on 
     
     the lOth of Feb. Fade John Lavers, 4th son of John 
     
     Lavers, Esq, Georgetown, in the 35th year of his age. 
     
     (Dailv Patriot, Feb. 27, 1897) [He left a wife and child, 
     
     besides his father, mother, five brothers and two sisters] 
     
     [A full account of the accident is given] 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. "At Burnt Point, Georgetown, on the 22nd inst, 
     
     Catherine Gillis, widow of the late Charles Hansen, in 
     
     the 651h year of her age.” (Daily Patriot, Mar. 6, 1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “Suddenly, at Georgetown, of apoplexy of the brain, 
     
     William E. Allen, age 63 years, leaving a sorrowing 
     
     widow, one son and two daughters to mourn the loss of 
     
    
   
   
    
     an affectionate husband and father,” (Examiner, Apr. 15, 
     
     1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown, at an early hour this morning, Mr. 
     
     Charles Moore, driver on the P.E.l.R." (Examiner, May 
     
     1, 1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown, on the 10th ult., Mrs. Sylvester 
     
     Kehoe, age 85 years, leaving a large family of sons and 
     
     daughters.” (Examiner, May 13, 1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. "At Beaconsfield, Charlottetown, on May 29th, Mrs. 
     
     A.F. Frame, widow of the late Rev. W.P Frame and of 
     
     the late Rev. Andrew Loekhead, in the 75th year of her 
     
     age " (Daily Patriot, May 20, 1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown, on June 251b, Myrtle E. Hemphill, 
     
     aged 1 yr. & 14 days, daughter of Capt. Samuel 
     
     Hemphill." (Examiner, June 28, 1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. AtLower Montague, on July 7th, James E. Phillips, 
     
     aged 65 years (Examiner, July 7, 1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At Montague, on July l4th inst, by the Rev. W. H. 
     
     Spencer, Arthur James Ross, of Georgetown to Miss 
     
     CeciliaJane Moore of Lot 64." (Patriot, July 24, 1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At the residence of the bride’s father, Sturgeon, on 
     
     the 31st ult., by the Rev. Henry Penna, Mr. J. F. 
     
     Lavers. of Georgetown to Miss Priscilla Lewellin of 
     
     Sturgeon.” (Patriot Sept. 7, 1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown, on the 5th of Nov., Henry W. 
     
     Wickwire, age 41 years, leaving an aged father and one 
     
     brother, now in the Western States, the only survivor of a 
     
     family of five sisters and one brother. He was a young 
     
     man of exemplary character, studious, well-read. . . never 
     
     indulging in the frivolities common among youth His 
     
     remains were interred in the Episcopal Cemetery.” 
     
     (Patriot, Nov. 15, 1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown Royalty, on the 30th ult, after a long 
     
     and severe illness, Mrs. (Capt) David Parker, aged 44 
     
     years, relict of the late Capt. Parker, leaving one son, two 
     
     daughters and a large circle of friends to mourn the loss of 
     
     a loving mother and kind friend.” (Patriot, Dec. 1, 1897) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At the Halifax lnfirrnary, on the 16th ult, Joseph A. 
     
     MacDonald of the firm of A. A. Macdonald & Co., 
     
     Georgetown, leaving a wife and seven children." (Patriot, 
     
     Dec. 1897) The body of the late Joseph A. MacDonald, 
     
     Esq, of Georgetown arrived home by the steamer, 
     
     Electra, last Saturday evening, accompanied by Mrs. 
     
     MacDonald, her son Newman, who has been studying at 
     
     the Antigonish College, and her brother Mr. Dennis 
     
     Murphy. The body was taken to the late residence of the 
     
     deceased where it remained until 9 o'clock Monday when 
     
     it was conveyed to St. James’ Church. where high mass 
     
     was celebrated by Rev. Stephen Phelan, assisted by 
     
     Revs. J. C. McLean, J. V. C. MacMillan, and William 
     
     Phelan, thence to the place of interment, the funeral being 
     
     very large notwithstanding the almost impassable state of 
     
     the roads, attended not only by people residing in 
     
     Georgetown, but also from all parts of King’s County. 
     
     The funeral anangements had been conducted by 
     
     members of the C.M.B.A., of which the deceased had 
     
     been president since its organimtion on Nov. 1 1895, and 
     
     was but lately re-clected to the same position. From the 
     
     time of the arrival of the body until it left the house there 
     
     were two members on duty. The pall bearers were H. J . 
     
     McPhee, J. E. Doyle, Gregory McLean, Capt. Hugh 
     
     McPhee, J. H. Byrne, and Thomas Morrissey, all officers 
     
     of the Society." (Ea_tri£t, Dec. 15, 1897)