Charlottetown. Lemuel Owen’s grandfather Arthur Owen was one of a small but influential group of immigrants to St John’s (Prince Edward) Island from the

. His father-in-law, Joseph-B. Poirier, who can be regarded as the forerunner of Acadian merchants on Prince Edward Island, had opened his first store in 1857, and his four sons would follow him in

illness was responsible for this situation. After the death of this pioneer among Acadian businessmen in Prince Edward Island, his lovely home in Rustico, his farm, and his business were sold. Fortunately

REILLY, EDWARD, journalist and politician; b. 1839 or 1840 in Prince Edward Island; d. 29 March

, it is not surprising that George DeBlois became land agent for the extensive Cunard holdings in Prince Edward Island in 1853, continuing in that capacity until the estate was purchased by the Island

family estates in Barbados was to go to the two eldest sons, William Bryant and Jonathan, and, in compensation, began in 1803 to purchase land on Prince Edward Island for Charles and the fifth son, Edward

. Mark Butcher, a member of a family of cabinetmakers, immigrated with his parents to Prince Edward Island in 1829. In February 1835 he announced the opening of a workshop in Charlottetown to

. It is not known when Thomas Irwin emigrated from his native Ireland to Prince Edward Island, or how he earned his living there before receiving licences to teach (1830) and to practise surveying (1835

Island. Theophilus Desbrisay’s appointment as governor’s chaplain for St John’s (Prince Edward) Island was obtained for him in 1774 by his father

Fencibles continued to recruit aggressively and Rankin, after arriving on 14 July 1806 in Prince Edward Island, there enlisted an additional 72 men by 1808. At its own request, the corps was

.” Elizabeth’s first article about life in Charlottetown, based on her recollections of the mid 1840s, was published in October 1900 in the Prince Edward Island Magazine. This publication was

later became a member of Prince Edward Island’s Legislative Council. During the early 1850s Richard studied at Harvard Medical School. He was returning home across the Northumberland Strait in March

METHERALL, FRANCIS, Bible Christian minister, founder of the Bible Christian mission in Prince Edward Island; b

. Born in a rural area at the eastern extremity of Prince Edward Island, it is probable that Angus McDonald passed his first years in humble circumstances. Despite the irregular nature of his early

law clerk. Sometime before he emigrated to Prince Edward Island in May 1835, he married Catherine Lennon of Tullycorbett. Upon arrival on the Island, Kelly settled at Fort Augustus in Lot 36

is not possible to say with certainty how many ships Ellis was responsible for building in Prince Edward Island, but it certainly ran into scores. He was a great traditional craftsman who played an

1820 and began farming in the Cape Traverse area of Prince Edward Island. John attended local schools, Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown, and Albert College in Belleville, Ont., where he received

role of religion in the public educational system was a central issue in the political life of Prince Edward Island during these years, and in April 1876 he testified before a parliamentary committee

last minute the Oughton, the Dykes, and the Polly, with some 800 emigrants, were re-routed to Prince Edward Island. There the emigrants took up lands in the Belfast area and

. His family, formerly enslaved, had probably come with their then master to the colony after the American revolution. At that time in what is now Prince Edward Island, hanging was the only available