POTIER DUBUISSON, ROBERT, subdelegate of the intendant on Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island); b. 14 Dec. 1682 on Staten

. After spending six weeks in St John’s, Auffray managed to get to Prince Edward Island, to the Acadian village of Cascumpec not far from Tignish on the northwestern coast. Since he was able to read and

tradition, Hutchinson appreciated the relationship between politics and office in Prince Edward Island. In 1847 he joined a number of influential merchants, magistrates, and members of the legislature from

 Edward Augustus’s military equipment had foundered there in 1797, and in 1798 he had commissioned Andrew and William Miller keepers of the island in what proved to be an abortive attempt to

was transferred to Prince Edward Island as lieutenant governor. He arrived on 12 June 1854 and received a warm welcome; for the next five years he proceeded to justify it by the firmness

. John Montgomery’s father was a magistrate in Prince County, P.E.I, and for many years a member of the assembly for the county. John was educated in public schools in Prince Edward Island and moved to New

lord advocate of Scotland, James William Montgomery, Lot 36 on St John’s (Prince Edward) Island, and, with the assistance of the Roman Catholic Church, undertook to settle there not only tenants

MacEachern* of Prince Edward Island, who had responsibility for Cape Breton at this time, met MacDonell on his first pastoral visit there in 1823; he stated that the priest would need assistance in order

. (Bolger). J. C. Macmillan, The history of the Catholic Church in Prince Edward Island from 1835 till 1891 (Quebec, 1913). A. B. Warburton, A history of Prince Edward Island from its

Bernard MacEachern*, who as Plessis’s suffragan was responsible for Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Cape Breton Island, and the Îles

London, England, son of Thomas Wright and Martha Bisse; m. 6 Dec. 1769 Susanna Turner of Cumberland, N.S., and they had ten children; d. 7 Dec. 1812 on Prince Edward Island

Brigid Costin; d. unmarried 14 July 1902 in St John’s. When Joseph Little emigrated from Prince Edward Island to St John’s in 1851

Metherall* to Prince Edward Island and John Glass to Upper Canada. Discouraged by numerous difficulties, Glass resigned and opened a school; Eynon was appointed to replace him

Banks Island and, almost immediately, he discovered Prince of Wales Strait between it and Victoria Island. He managed to sail part way up the strait before becoming frozen in for the winter; further

1873 began an 11-year hiatus in her professional career. Following an extended stay in Boston, she went back to Prince Edward Island in 1874 and there married Abram Newcomb Archibald. The nine years of

(Stellarton), Fraser travelled extensively throughout the county, his fluency in Gaelic being an important asset. He undertook missionary tours to Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick but, apart

to Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) to deliver the terms for its evacuation, and the sloop Hinchingbroke was sent to cruise eastward along the coast of Cape Breton for early intelligence

, impractical dreamer that he was, he had seen for himself the advantages of emigration. Instead of taking his family to Upper Canada, he was persuaded to go to Prince Edward Island, to try his hand at farming or

foremost issue in Prince Edward Island politics prior to confederation. After St John’s Island, as it was then called, passed into British hands in 1763, it was divided into 67 townships or lots of

lower St Lawrence. His reputation even took him to Vermont, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. In Prince Edward Island his most complete work was the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Palmer