oldest, John, was called after his grandfather, as was the custom. His father’s brother who was called after pioneer Hugh was drowned along with brother Allan in 1869. The two brothers were returning from a trip off- Boughton Island and were drowned in the passage. Their grandmother was Dan MacCormuckhome on Boughton Island Jane MaCPhee from C”"""5y-"’"”"€’“‘°’" Monticello on the North shore of Prince Edward Island. She had married John, son of Hugh, and accepted the hard life on Boughton Island. Great- grandson, John, moved to Launching in the 1930‘s and from there to Souris where he spent the rest of his life, serving as mayor of that town for some time. John’s wife, another Mary, died at Colville Manor in Souris since the turn of the century. The wife of John, son of Hugh and the wife of John, grandson of Hugh were both Jane MacPhees which makes confusion of generations understandable.

The people of Boughton Island got along well with one another. Unlike many communities at that time there was a mixture of Catholics and Protestants on the Island. The Protestants respected the Catholics and often assisted them in getting to services in St. Georges. Mary attended Catechism in that parish and very often was accompanied by her mother. The distance was eight miles and she said she and other children would walk it to church or catechism and think nothing of it. Often they would walk the previous day and spend the night at Gus MacDonald’s.

Like her mother, Mary never felt isolated on Boughton Island. In the spring a great influx of fishermen and plant

Mrs. Dan MucCurmack, Ethel Kemp, Archie. Mary I., workers tOOk place- Frank, George Moore, Dan MurCarmuck

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