Vital Statistics from Island Newspapers, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Georgetown & Area: 1898-1903 
     
    
   
   
    
     Funeral: Of Reginald Cherry and infant child of Capt. 
     
     Charles Fitzgerald, on April l9th at St. James Church, 
     
     Georgetown, joint funeral. (From Daily Examiner, April 
     
     20, 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. "At Georgetown, April 23rd, to H]. & Mrs. 
     
     McPhee, a daughter." (Dailv Examiner, April 24, 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. "At Georgetown, on the 28th [April] to Mr. & Mrs. 
     
     Alexander Yoston, a daughter; to Mr. & Mrs. 
     
     McCarren, a daughter; to Mr. & Mrs. Neil 
     
     McPherson, twin boys." [Five children born in 
     
     Georgetown the same day] (Daily Examiner, April 29, 
     
     1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. AtBumt Point on May 7, 1903, Hector MacKinnon, 
     
     age 64, leaving a daughter and four sons. He came to 
     
     Georgetown from Cape Breton 35 years ago. His death 
     
     cameas a result of falling offa seeder caught in his gate, 
     
     thus breaking his neck. Burial in St. James Cemetery," 
     
    
   
   
    
     (From Examiner, May 9, 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. At Georgetown, recently, Peter Stewart, age 88, 
     
     leaving four daughters and two sons of his family of 13. 
     
     His son Hugh is in Georgetown; the others in the 
     
     USA. The late Mr. Stewart was born in 1815 and came 
     
     to Georgetown in IKE and has resided here ever since 
     
     working as a carpenter and builder. The funeral took place 
     
     on May 17, Rev. F. S. Coffin officiating. Interment in the 
     
     Presbyterian Cemetery. (From Patriot May 18, 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     M. At St. James Church, Georgetown, on Tuesday, July 
     
     7th July, Annie Laura Moar, daughter of George Moat, 
     
     Georgetown Royalty and AlexanderJ. Macdonald, son 
     
     of Ronald Macdonald, Cherry Valley. Officiants were 
     
     Rev. A.E. Burke, cousin of the bride and Rev. S. T. 
     
     Phelan, Attendants were Laura Macdonald and John J. 
     
     Macdonald. (From Patriot, July 16? 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. ”At Georgetown, in the 2nd inst, to Mr. & Mrs. W. 
     
     W. Jenkins, a son.” (Patriot, Aug. 12, 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. "At Truro, Aug. 17th, by the Von, the Archdeacon, 
     
     of NS, James Henry Fraser of Georgetown, to Mabel 
     
     May, eldest daughter of Charles and Jane Caudle." 
     
     (Guardian, Aug. 21, 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. "At Georgetown, Sept. 3, Hugh McFadyen, aged 
     
     95." [ His father came to PEI. on the Polly in August 
     
     1803. Hugh was bom in Pinctte. He leaves Christina, 
     
     Eli7a, Eunice & sons] (Guardian, Sept. 5, I903) [Obit 
     
     in Guardian, Sept. 11, 1903] 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. On Sept. l4th, 1903, at East Point, Thomas 
     
     MacDonald, native of Georgetown Royalty. He was 
     
     employed on the 5.5. Amelia and was washed overboard. 
     
     (From "Georgetown & Vicinity", Guardian, Sept. 16, 
     
     1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Boston, James Emmanuel Macdonald, M.L.A., 
     
     son of Angus Macdonald, Seal River, b. 1842, 
     
     shipbuilder, married Georgina Stevens of Orwell in 
     
     1877." (Patriot, Oct. 1, 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Souris, age 70, George Moar, of Georgetown 
     
     Royalty, former M.L.A.. Funeral from St. James 
     
     Church, Georgetown, leaving a daughter Maude (Mrs. 
     
     A.L. Fraser) Souris, daughter Annie MacDonald and son 
     
     Henry in Winnipeg." [He was an uncle of Rev. A.J. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Burke] (From Patriot, Oct. 3, 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. "At Georgetown, Oct. 8th, to Cap t John & Mrs. 
     
     Hemphill adaughter." (Dailv E\amr amir,ne Oct. 10, 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. On Oct. 20. 1903, in Dartmouth, N.S., William A. 
     
     Hemphill to Sadie Whitman. (From Dailv Examiner, 
     
     Oct. 20, 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D,. “At Georgetown, Nov. 10, 1903, Mrs. William 
     
     Dalziel (nee Annie Cameron of Nova Scotia). She 
     
     suffered much from rheumatism and lately had her face 
     
     and hands severely scalded while taking kindlings from 
     
     the oven. She leaves a sorrowing husband, and a 
     
     daughter, Mrs. Harry Jenkins of Brookline, Mass. 
     
     Burial in the Presbyterian Cemetery, Georgetown; 
     
     Pallbearers were Michael Hessian, Joseph Fairchild, 
     
     Charles Owen, William Sencabaugh, Capt. Hugh McPhee 
     
     and Richard Kehoe." (From Patriot, Nov. 11 & Nov. 16 
     
     I903). 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. “At Georgetown Royalty, on the 21st inst, to Mr. & 
     
     Mrs. George H. Parker, a son." (Patriot, Nov. 26, 
     
     1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. At St. James Church. Georgetown , By Rev. ST, 
     
     Phelan, William Hewlett to Miss Chaisson, of 
     
     Charlottetown." (From Guardian, Nov. 27, 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. "On Dec. 12. 1903, George, aged two years, 10 
     
     months, son of John Hemphill. Burial in the 
     
     Presbyterian Cemetery, Georgetown" (Guardian, Dec. 
     
     16, 1903) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. "At Pictou, on the 8th inst. By Rev. Geo. Carson, 
     
     Albert R. Brown, of Pictou and Bridget S. DeLourie 
     
     (gig), of Georgetown, PEI." (Guardian, Dec. 21, 
     
     I903).