Vital Statistics from Island Newspapers, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Georgetown & Area: 1904-1908 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. "At Georgetown, Mar. 20, to Mr. & Mrs. Andrew 
     
     Levers, ason." (Daily Evmiger, Apr. 11. 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At the home of the bride’s grandparents, 
     
     Georgetown, on Apr. 16, by Rev. E. A. McPhee, Miss 
     
     Hildah McDonald, of Georgetown, was united in 
     
     maniage to Lawrence Langell, of Pictou, N. S., fireman 
     
     on the 5.5. Stanley." (Guardian, Apr. 21, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “The marriage is announced to take place at St. Peter’s 
     
     Roman Catholic Church, London, Ont, on June 4th of 
     
     Mr. Edmund V. Hessian, Conductor, Warrant Officer, 
     
     Canadian Ordinance, son of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. 
     
     Hessian of Georgetown to Miss Jean E. Jacobs, 
     
     daughter of Major Geo. Jacobs, of London, Ont.. They 
     
     will spend part of their honeymoon trip on PEI, 
     
     arriving in Georgetown in August." (Patriot, May 27, 
     
     1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “The body of Andrew MeAuley of Georgetown 
     
     Royalty, who had been missing since the night of Dec. 
     
     26th last was found on the shore at Shaw’s Point. Aged 
     
     49, he was son of the late Donald McAuley and was a 
     
     carriage builder by trade." (Patriot, June 1, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At St. Ann’s Church, Sydney, by Rev. Dr. 
     
     Thompson, June 17th, Miss Lucretia Hadley, of Oyster 
     
     Pond, Guysborough, N. S., to Herman Lavandier of 
     
     Georgetown, PEI.” (Patriot, June 23, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Murray River, P.E.I., on June 20th, 1908, Willie 
     
     Allen, aged 18 yrs." [Son of William A. Allen, formerly 
     
     of Boughton Island] (Patrig, June 26, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. Temple MacDonald is administrator of the sale of land 
     
     of the late Lemuel LeBear (Hubert), of Georgetown. 
     
     (From Dailv Examiner, July I3, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. In Califomia, recently, Charles McPhee, brother of 
     
     James McPhec, Burnt Point, leaving a wife and seven 
     
     children and on P.E.l. several brothers. (From 
     
     Summerside Joumal, Aug. 3, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. On Aug. 7th, Alice, beloved daughter of Murdoch 
     
     McLean, Georgetown, aged7 years." (Watchman, Aug. 
     
     1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. "At Bridgetown, Aug. 8th after a few days illness, 
     
     Laughlin Morrison, aged 86 years." [Fomierly of 
     
     Georgetown] (Watchman, Aug. 23, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. Atthe home of his parents, Providence, RI, William 
     
     G.B. Morrison, aged 17 years, son of John J. 
     
     Morrison. Mr, Morrison is a native of Launching while 
     
     his mother is a daughter of the late Capt. Burke, 
     
     Georgetown. (From Watchman, Aug. 28, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “The marriage of Miss Bessie Logan, daughter of 
     
     Mr. D. H. Logan of Georgetown and sister of Mrs. 
     
     (Conductor) John MacDonald to Dr. Clifton Ward 
     
     Harrington was solemnized last evening at Sycamore 
     
     Lodge, Shrewsbury, Mass. Both bride and groom were 
     
     unattended. After a honeymoon trip they will be “at 
     
     home” at96 Chelsea St., Everett, Mass." (Patriot, Sept. 
     
     1, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. At Jessie's Grove [Lower Montague] Mrs. Allan 
     
     MacDonald, aged 75, leavinga family. She was first 
     
    
   
   
    
     manied to Alexander Campbell of Summerside and by 
     
     him had two daughters both sisters in the Congregation of 
     
     Notre Dame. Interment in Summerside. (From 
     
    
   
   
    
     Watchm, Sept. 11, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “The death occurred at Georgetown, Sept. 24, of Ethel 
     
     Winnifred Hobbs, age 29, beloved wife of W. C. 
     
     Hobbs, butcher. The funeral took place to the 
     
     Presbyterian Church cemetery on Sunday at 2 o’clock. 
     
     pm. Mrs. Hobbs is the daughter of James Henry. She 
     
     leaves to mourn a husband and two children besides a 
     
     mother, father, five sisters and two brothers. The 
     
     deceased was sick about six weeks.” (Guardian, Sept. 
     
     26, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown, Oct. 22, Claude Raymond, aged 7 
     
     months, beloved son of Alex, and Margaret Walker." 
     
     (Patriot, Oct. 31, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. In Winnipeg, Nov. 3, 1908, David Lawson, aged 51 
     
     newly-appointed station master at Georgetown, P.E..I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     leaving a widow, two daughters and a son. Burial at 
     
     Belfast, P.E.I.. (From Patriot, Nov. 4, 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Camden, Maine on Nov. 18. 1908, Lelia 
     
     Weather-hie, formerly of Georgetown, P.E.I., to Frank 
     
     Moore of Charlottetown, PEI.” (Patriot, Dec. 1908) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “The death occurred at Wells Beach, Maine. on Thurs. 
     
     last of Ralph Cheney, age 31 years, son-in-law of 
     
     Edward Leeman, section foreman at Georgetown. The 
     
     deceased had been ill for several months with cancer of 
     
     the stomach. He leaves a widow, nee Miss Lime 
     
     Leeman, one son and two daughters." (Guardian, Dec. 
     
     19, 1908)