Prince Edward Island in 1821 after wandering extensively in America. A hardworking Presbyterian Scot and trained apothecary, he opened a “Cheap Medicine Store” in Charlottetown and married the daughter of
. 1803 on Prince Edward Island.
Little is known of the early life of Helen MacDonald (or Nelly, as she was always called). She obviously
(Prince Edward) Island from Shelburne, N.S. in 1784. He soon prospered as a merchant, and took John’s father into the firm. Ralph died when John was only 13, leaving an estate of almost £25,000, most
member, part owner, and later president of the Patriot Publishing Company, and a director and major shareholder of the Merchants Bank of Prince Edward Island. He also ran a starch factory at Long Creek and
near Muthill, Scotland; m. Ellen –, and they had five children; d. after 1803 on Prince Edward Island.
A Perthshire flax farmer, David Lawson
,” characteristics that made him difficult to work with and an implacable enemy. Nevertheless, he contributed much to Acadian life on Prince Edward Island and is one of the most important figures of its “renaissance
Chadbourne, who also worked in Boston, came to Prince Edward Island in 1851 and set up a store in Charlottetown. Robert joined him, but Samuel’s accidental death a year later led to the closing of the business
one daughter; for about ten years they lived near Bideford, Devon. At age 34, Holl immigrated to Prince Edward Island with his wife and family
John’s (Prince Edward) Island around 1791. He was a tanner by trade, but by no means a simple tradesman: he had financial substance, education, and social weight. Within a decade of his arrival he had
Goutin. After the restoration of Île Royale to France in 1749 Goutin was sent to Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) as keeper of the king’s warehouse. He hired Deslongrais as his book-keeper
Charles*, and his father all held the office of surveyor general of Prince Edward Island. Wright evidently studied under the direction of his father and by 1829 was working in the office of the surveyor
NA, MG 26, A: 145221–24. PARO, Ace. 2334/2–3; Ace. 3147/1, 4; Ace. 3156/5; Ace. 3271/1; RG 19, marriage licences; RG 20, 7–8, 224–33; Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, Estates Div. records, liber
settled on St John’s (Prince Edward) Island at the invitation of Lieutenant Governor Edmund Fanning, who
, P.E.I.
When the Acadians living on Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) were deported in 1758, Louis Gallant and his family took refuge at
.” That there was a measure of truth to the charge is evidenced by Palmer’s admission that he had “failed in his circumstances” before coming to Prince Edward Island as a land agent. He arrived in August
PRO, CO 226/39, pp.202–10. Islander, 13 Dec. 1861. Prince Edward Island Register (Charlottetown), 13 Sept. 1823–24 Jan. 1824. Vindicator (Charlottetown
to Prince of Wales Island, crossing the frozen Peel Sound and Franklin Strait without realizing it. They returned safely to the Prince Albert on 30 May, having completed a journey of some 1,100
, Galan, and Galand also appear), settler in Acadia and Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island), founder of the Haché and the Gallant families of the Maritimes; b. c. 1663
worked for three months in the parish of Saint-Roch before going back to Prince Edward Island.
On his return to the Island, Father Francis was appointed
1845 to 1858. See also: CO 226/91, 173–75; 226/92, 11–21; 226/94, 144–51.
Prince Edward Island