Vital Statistics from Island newspapers, 10? 
     
     Georgetown & Area: 1940-1945 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. At Georgetown, Oct. 10th, aged 84, Frank 
     
     MeEaehern, formerly of the marine service. Surviving 
     
     are his wife, formerly Minnie Boudreault, Lower 
     
     Montague, one son Frances with the N .S. Highlanders in 
     
     England, and four daughters: Mrs. Daniel Bradley, 
     
     Suffolk; Mrs. John Woolridge, Randolph, Mass; Mrs. 
     
     Alvin Peterson, Andover, Mass; Mrs. Gordon Hester, 
     
     Belmont, Mass; Rev. Owen Kiggins conducted funeral 
     
     services. (From Patriot, Oct. 16, 1942) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. “At Pownal Parsonage, Oct. 15. 1942, by the Rev. 
     
     DK. Ross, B.A., Charles Alden Fraser of Georgetown, 
     
     P.E.l., to Melva A. Lund, R.N., of Bethel, P.E.l..” 
     
     (Guardian, Oct. 17, 1942 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. On Oct. 28th, at the Charlottetown Hospital, Eugene 
     
     MacEachern. He was born in Georgetown seventy 
     
     years ago but as a young man moved to Charlottetown 
     
     and made a living selling insurance. He leaves to mourn 
     
     six children. From Guardian, Sept. 4, 1942) 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. “At Georgetown, Nov. 12, 1942, to Mr. & Mrs. 
     
     Nelson Hanson, a son, Charles Waldron." (Patriot. 
     
     Nov. 16, 1942) 
     
    
   
   
    
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     D. In Sydney, C.B., Jan. 25, 1943, Captain Ed. Dicks, 
     
     aged 62. He was proprietor of Dalvay Summer Hotel for 
     
     some years but made his living from shipping. He is 
     
     survived by his second wife, Frances McCabe, of 
     
     Stanhope and their son, Harold. His first wife, Alice 
     
     McDonald, of Georgetown predeceased him a number of 
     
     years ago. By this first marriage a son, Bill, and four 
     
     daughters survive; also three brothers: Capt. John; Capt. 
     
     Nelson and Capt. William. (From Patriot, Jan. 26, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. AtStella Maris Church. Pictou, Feb. 1st, Alice Lucille 
     
     MacDonald, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Archie 
     
     MacDonald, Pictou, to Bernard Thomas Batchilder, son 
     
     of Mr. & Mrs. John Batchilder of Georgetown, P.E.l., 
     
     Rev, J. Russel Ratchford officiated. Attendants were 
     
     Theresa MacDonald and F. Batchilder. (From Patriot, 
     
     Feb. 12, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D." At 12 Bayfield St., Charlottetown, on Feb. 3rd, 
     
     1943, Eldon Gordon, aged 3 months, son of Mr. & Mrs. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Gordon Yorston. Interment in Peoples’ Cemetery." 
     
     (Guardian, Feb. 4, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. “In the Charlottetown Hospital, Feb. B, 1943, to 
     
     Gerald Morrison, & Mrs. Morrison, Georgetown, a 
     
     son, Joseph Gerald Barry.” (Patriot, Feb. 26, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. At Covehead Road, Feb. 28, 1943, Earle Peardon 
     
     Hemphill in his 22nd year. He was the second son of 
     
     John Hemphill and the late Mrs. Hemphill. Besides his 
     
     father he leaves to mount his brothers, Clyde and 
     
     Kenneth, and sisters, Edith and Cassie (Mrs. Alex 
     
     Bouchard), Covehead. Rev. Hayward of the Baptist 
     
     Church, Montague, officiated at the services. (From 
     
     Patriot, Mar. 13, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     B, “Atthe King’s County Hospital, Montague, P.E.l., on 
     
     Mar. 9th, 1943, to Mr. & Mrs. Helge Larsen, 
     
     Georgetown, P.E.l., a daughter, Ida Marie." (Patriot, 
     
     Mar. 13, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M At St. Dunstan's Basilica, Mar. 29th, Emmett 
     
     MacDonald, R.C.A.F., of “Cottage Farm”, 
     
     Georgetown Royalty, to Miss Mary MacDonald, of 
     
     Launching, vice~principal of Georgetown High School. 
     
     Attendants were Rita MacDonald and Frank MacDonald. 
     
     (From Patriot, Apr. 5 & Apr. 7, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. At Georgetown, Apr. 4, to Mr. & Mrs. Patrick 
     
     Murphy, nee Clementine Fisher, a daughter, Marion 
     
     Catherine.” (Patriot, Apr. 15, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. On May 20th, in Hamilton, Ont., Edmond V. 
     
     Hessian, aged 68, a veteran of the South African War 
     
     and of World War 1, formerly of Georgetown, PE. 1; a 
     
     brother of SS. Hessian, K.C., Montague, and of Mrs. 
     
     McTague, Tignish, leaving to mourn a widow and four 
     
     sons and two daughters, all of his children being currently 
     
     in the armed services. (From Guardian, May 22, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. “At the P.E.l. Hospital, May 24, 1943, to Cpl. & 
     
     Mrs. Lewis V.S. Yorston. a sort.” (Guardian, May 31, 
     
     1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. At Halifax, NS, May 28, 1943, by Rev. W.R. 
     
     Seeley, MaryCharlotte Fitzgerald, daughter of Capt. & 
     
     Mrs. John J. Fitzgerald, of Boston, Mass, to Lieut. Ian 
     
     Ross Stirling, RCA... son of the late Rev. John 
     
     Stirling and Mrs. Stirling, of Kensington, P.E.l.. (From 
     
     Patriot, June 14, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     B. “At the Grace Vlaternity Hospital, Halifax, June 6, 
     
     1943, to L/SBA Robert Jenkins, Georgetown, RBI. 
     
     and Mrs. Jenkins (nee Catherine MacPherson), a 
     
     daughter." (m, June 14, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. At Georgetown, June 101b, Caleb MaeNeill, aged 95 
     
     years. He was borr in New Perth,, May 14. 1848, son of 
     
     the late John Machill and Barbara MacDonald. He was a 
     
     school teacher, thtn went into business, later taking up 
     
     residence with his son in Georgetown. He manied 
     
     Amanda Jane Webster of Rollo Bay in 1889 and they had 
     
     two sons: Webster it Georgetown and Roy of New Perth. 
     
     He was a member of the Church of Christ, Montague, 
     
     and served as eldef. He was a Liberal in politics. (From 
     
     Patriot, June 28, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. On June 2nd in Shelbume, N.S., LAC Ward 
     
     Dryden, of Albtrta, to Miss Katherine MacPhee, 
     
     second daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph MacPhee, 
     
     Georgetown, P,E.l. (From Patriot, June 18, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     D. At Saint John, \l.B., June 14, 1943, Miss Faustina 
     
     Gotell, formerly (f Georgetown. She was the daughter 
     
     of Mrs. Pauline, aid the late Frederick Gotell and leaves 
     
     to mourn besides lur mother, brothers and sisters: Capt. 
     
     Joseph A., Chicagc; John B., of the R.C.N.; Marcellus 
     
     and Leo in the merchant navy; Mrs. Edwin Clark & Mrs. 
     
     Patrick Martell, Pittou, N.S.; Helen in Charlottetown 
     
     (From Patriot June 14 & July 24, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     B. “In Burnt Point on June let to Mr. & Mrs. Albert 
     
     King, a daughter, Aartha May.” (Patriot, June 28, 1943) 
     
    
   
   
    
     M. At St. David's Jnited Church, Georgetown. P.E.l., 
     
     July 5, 1943, by the Rev. Sidney Boyce, B,A., Katherine 
     
     Jean Dalziel Shav, daughter of Prof. & Mrs. L.W, 
     
     Shaw, to Flying O‘ficer John H. Bigelow, R.C.A,F. 
     
     (From Patriot, July 1, 1943)