parents, and have them meet Kate, his new bride. .

One day while they were visiting, Pat went to the woods to clear some more land. While there, an accident occurred and Pat cut himself with the axe, severing an artery in his leg. He was alone at the time, but he managed to crawl all the way home. It was a long, slow, and painful journey. Pat had lost so much blood, there was no hope for recovery, and he died that evening.

Pat’s wife and Jack’s mother, Bridget, was now a widow at the age of fifty-two. She was left alone to run the farming operation, so Jack and Kate decided to stay and make their home in East Baltic. It was an extended honeymoon that lasted for the duration of their lifetime, for they never left East Baltic to go on any trips that would take them away from Prince

Edward Island.

Catherine (Kate) Whalen Jack Whalen

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