Vital Statistics from Island Newspapers, 94 
     
     Georgetown and Area: 1936-39 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. At the home of Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bulpitt, 
     
     Roseneath, Feb. 24th, Florence Muriel, their daughter, to 
     
     Captain Helge Larson of Georgetown, Rev. Arthur 
     
     Long, officiating. Attendants were Miss Bessie Stewart 
     
     and Harold Bulpitt. They will reside in Georgetown. 
     
     (From Guardian, Feb. 27, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. On Feb. 2lst, Mrs. George Taylor, aged 36. She 
     
     was born in Boston the daughter of Charles Landry and 
     
     came with her parents to Lower Montague at age 6, and to 
     
     Georgetown in 1930. Left, besides a sorrowing husband 
     
     are a daughter, Doris, and a son, Charles Albert; also an 
     
     aunt, Mrs. John Jeffrey, of Lower Montague. Funeral at 
     
     St. James Church. (From Patriot, Mar. 2, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M “On Feb. 24th, 1937, at St. David’s Manse,. 
     
     Georgetown, P.E.l., by the Rev. John Stirling, Leonard 
     
     Oliver Campbell, of Montague, and Clarina Elvira 
     
     Llewellyn, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Chester Llewellyn 
     
     of Georgetown.” [Attendants were Miss Janie Llewellyn 
     
     and John Campbell] (From Patriot Mar. 2, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At the Presbytery, Georgetown, Mar. 14th, Mrs. 
     
     MargaretKiggins, aged 88.” She leaves to mourn sons: 
     
     Rev. Owen Kiggins, of Georgetown; W. H. Kjggins of 
     
     the Registry Office, Charlottetown; Mark, of Cambridge, 
     
     Mass; Joseph of Georgetown and Aeneas of Kelly’s 
     
     Cross; and daughters: Mrs. James Wilson, Cardigan; 
     
     Mrs. Felix Morrison and Mrs. PL. Boudreault, of 
     
     Georgetown. Funeral in Kelly’s Cross. (From Patriot, 
     
     Mar. 26, 1937 and Mar. 31, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown, Mar. 25th, Mrs. Captain Charles 
     
     Fitzgerald, aged 70 years." She was born in St. Peter’s, 
     
     CB. and came with her parents to Montague. Besides her 
     
     husband she leaves to mourn three sons and two 
     
     daughters: Rev. Father James, Winnipeg; John, San 
     
     Francisco; William, Postmaster at Georgetown; Lottie 
     
     (Mrs. McCulloch), Moose Jaw, Sask; Mae (Sister 
     
     Mary), Regina; also a step—mother, Mrs. Annie Robertson 
     
     of Georgetown; also three half—sisters, Mary (Sister 
     
     Alexander), Montreal; Annie, St. George’s and Ada, 
     
     Georgetown; also a half-brother, John, New York City 
     
     and brothers: Matthew, Henry & Robert in Sydney, C .B. 
     
     and a sister Adeline in Cape Breton. (From Patriot, Mar. 
     
     26, 1937 and Mar. 27, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Georgetown, Mar. 20, Lorna Christina, daughter 
     
     of Henry W & Mrs. Parker, aged 16 months." (Patriot 
     
     Mar. 27, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     D. On Mar. 22nd, in a fire which burned his residence, 
     
     Georgetown, John Whiting, aged 80, formerly from 
     
     Port aux Basque, Nlld., fisherman. He leaves to moum a 
     
     step-son, Rev. Percy Clark of Madison, Me, and a step- 
     
     daughter, Gertrude, wife of the Rev. Gordon Moreside of 
     
     Boston. (From Patriot, front page, Mar. 22, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. In Charlottetown, recently, William Frederick 
     
     MeRae, aged 75. He was the caretaker for many years of 
     
     Victoria Park, but was crippled in an accident some six 
     
     years ago. He was born at Cardigan, the son of the late 
     
     Ronald and Mary McRae. He leaves to mourn, besides 
     
     his widow, four sons: Frederick, Nelson, Wallace and 
     
     Albert all of Charlottetown; also four daughters: Miss 
     
     Edith McRae at home, Mrs. Amos Douoette of Michigan, 
     
     Mrs. A. Ward and Mrs. Fred Smith of Charlottetown. 
     
     also a sister, Mrs. John Murphy, and a brother, James, 
     
     both in Georgetown. (From Patriot, Apr. 9, 1937? 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At Charlottetown, on April 8th, William Alexander 
     
     Allan, aged 73. Burial in United Church Cemetery.” 
     
     (Patriot, Apr. 9, 1937) [He was a son of Benjamin and 
     
     Sarah Allen of Boughton island and was three-times 
     
     manied. He lived for some time in Murray River and was 
     
     a veteran of the First Great War] 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. “Atthe City Hospital, Apr. 6th, 1937, to Mr. & Mrs. 
     
     E.J.H. Morrisey, adaughter.” (Patriot Aug. 9, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “On Apr. 5th, 1937, Mrs. William Batchilder 
     
     (formerly Mrs. William H. Yorston, nee Elimbeth Jane 
     
     Carson). She was born 71 years ago in Fredericton, 
     
     P.E.l.. She leaves six sons and two daughters by her first 
     
     marriage: Arthur G. Yorston, Mount Stewart; W. 
     
     Woolard Yorston, Georgetown; Charles Albert Yorston, 
     
     Cambridge, Mass; Florence, Mrs. William McNeil] 
     
     (Ryan), Charlottetown; Roland A. Yorston, Waltham, 
     
     Mass; Walter F. Yorston, Cambridge, Mass; Anna, 
     
     Mrs. Lyman Jay, Georgetown, Lewis Yorston, 
     
     Summerside; also her second husband, William 
     
     Batchilder', half-sister, Mrs. L. Pursey, North Rustico, 
     
     and two halfsbrothers: John Publicover, Georgetown and 
     
     George Publicovcr, Charlottetown. Service at Holy 
     
     Trinity Church. " (Patriot, Apr. 14,1937 & Guardian 
     
     Apr. 23, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     B. “AtWest Roxbury, Mass, April, 26, 1937, to Mr. & 
     
     Mrs. Edgar Lennon, (nee Beth Douglas, Georgetown, 
     
     P.E.l..) adaughter." (Patriot, Apr. 24, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. On May 9th, Mr. Frank MacDonald, aged 59, 
     
     conductor of the Mount Stewart-Georgetown section of 
     
     the P.E.I.R.R.. Bom at Vernon, son of Mr. & Mrs. 
     
     Joseph R. MacDonald he entered the railway service in 
     
     Oct. 1894. He was a conductor for 15 years. Surviving 
     
     are his wife, formerly Lucy Murray of Summerside, two 
     
     sons and one daughter; also brothers and sisters. Funeral 
     
    
   
   
    
     from the MacDonald Hotel in Georgetown to St. James 
     
     Church. (From Patriot, May 10, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D, By drowning from his boat, off Burnt Point, on May 
     
     14th, Lester Rafuse, aged 20, fisherman, Georgetown. 
     
     He was a son of Mr. & Mrs. George Rafuse and leaves 
     
     to mourn six brothers and four sisters. (From Patriot, 
     
    
   
   
    
     front page, May 14, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. Recently on Boughton Island, at the home of her 
     
     daughter, Mrs. Daniel King, Mrs. Fannie Allen. Funeral 
     
     at Annandale, Rev. Mr. Firth officiating. (From Patriot, 
     
     May. 22, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. At Vancouver, recently, John Archie McKinnon. He 
     
     was born at Burnt Point, 56 years ago, the son of the late 
     
     Hector and Mrs. Ellen MacKinnon. He leaves to moum a 
     
     widow and two children in Vancouver: also his mother 
     
     and brothers Daniel P. at Burnt Point and Joseph, at St. 
     
     Paul, Minnesota. (From Patriot, May 22, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. “At the P.E.l. Hospital, on July 15th, Margaret Laura 
     
     Mair, aged 4 months, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. George 
     
     Mair, Georgetown.” (Patriot, July 15, 1937) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. At St. David’s United Church, Georgetown, Aug. 4, 
     
     1937, by the Rev. John Stirling, Marion Maida 
     
     Douglas, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. L.H. Douglas to 
     
     Rodney Bruce, son of Mr. John Bruce and the late Mrs. 
     
     Bruce, of Brooklyn, P.E.l.. Attendants: Jean Macdonald 
     
     and Willard Bruce. (From Patriot, Aug. 5, 1937)