. 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

feelings on the subject,” he offered himself as a missionary and was sent to assist the Reverend Francis Metherall* on Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island. When Jarvis was sworn into office on 30 Aug. 1828 he was the only professional jurist in Prince Edward Island. The post

partnership with William only. His youngest son, Edward James*, studied law and in 1828 became chief justice of Prince Edward Island

 Charlottetown. Stephen Jenkins came from a notable Prince Edward Island family

had been a mayor of Louth and 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

these patrons owned large tracts of land on Prince Edward Island. Finding it difficult to obtain an accurate accounting of their affairs, and likely concerned over recent reports of political unrest on

(Prince Edward Island). He escaped to Acadia and was charged with conducting some English prisoners from Miramichi (N.B.) to Quebec. Arriving there in September, he later became aide-de-camp to Lévis. He

, descriptive of Prince Edward Island (1822) and Travels in Prince Edward Island, . . . in the years 1820–21 (1823). Brought up with a strict religious training and just enough common

boost to the firm occurred in 1899 when it became agent in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland for several large British steamship lines. Jones’s family continued the company after his

know him.” On his recommendation, Jones secured appointment in October 1787 as superior of the missions of Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Îles de la Madeleine, St John’s (Prince Edward) Island, and part

to Prince Edward Island in 1809 and was reunited with his wife and four children two years later. Following his arrival he joined Edmund Waters in the general merchandising and shipping business in

stayed with the Assistance for the remainder of the expedition, wintering on board near Griffith Island in Barrow Strait (N.W.T.). During the return voyage there was no opportunity to land him

Gordon, who had been serving in Prince Edward Island since 1806. In 1808 Keir formally offered himself for the Secession congregation in Halifax, and in September he sailed with his bride for Nova Scotia

. In the meantime, under Kellett’s direction, M’Clintock and Mecham, on sledge journeys of great length, found no trace of Franklin, but added Eglinton and Prince Patrick islands to the map of the Arctic

. Francis Kelly completed his schooling in Dublin, where he worked as a teacher and law clerk. Sometime before he emigrated to Prince Edward Island in May 1835, he married Catherine Lennon of

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

, Prince Edward Island included, an incident that may have influenced Newfoundland’s willingness to at least consider confederation in 1864 and 1865. “We cannot soon forget,” said the Newfoundlander

Eskimo report only. If the isthmus existed, then King thought – rightly, as it turned out – that the land north of it, named North Somerset (now Somerset Island) by Ross, was a part of the

a choice of ridings but in most cases he would have had to run against a farmers’ party candidate. To avoid any confrontation he picked Prince, in Prince Edward Island, where he was acclaimed in