. 1889 in Charlottetown. Edward Palmer’s father, an Irish attorney, came to Prince Edward Island in 1802 as land agent for an absentee proprietor. From

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

 John (Prince Edward Island); b. c. 1694, apparently the son of Captain Arthur Whitmore of York, whose will refers to a son Edward; d. 1761

administered the sacraments to pastorless Church of Scotland people. For almost ten years this lone “shepherd of the Kirk” journeyed through the rugged terrain of eastern Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

settled on St John’s (Prince Edward) Island at the invitation of Lieutenant Governor Edmund Fanning, who

raised to the priesthood. After his ordination he worked for three months in the parish of Saint-Roch before going back to Prince Edward Island. On his

, 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

. In September, while attempting to reconnoitre Port Leopold on the northeast shore of Somerset Island, Kennedy and four men were separated from the Prince Albert by a shift in the ice which

. 1785 on St John’s (Prince Edward) Island. James MacDonald was one of those bright lads the Scottish Catholic Church liked to send abroad for

PRO, CO 226/39, pp.202–10. Islander, 13 Dec. 1861. Prince Edward Island Register (Charlottetown), 13 Sept. 1823–24 Jan. 1824. Vindicator (Charlottetown

. Reputedly born in Truro, Emma Wells seems to have spent her early years in Maine and then in Prince Edward Island, where in 1864 her father owned a marble works in Charlottetown. After receiving a common

Alexander Laird*, a prominent farmer and shipbuilder, and Janet Orr, daughter of one of the original proprietors in Prince Edward Island

; d. unmarried 16 July 1913 in Halifax. William Harris was brought to Prince Edward Island in 1856 by his parents, with four siblings. After

. The youngest of eight children, Peter McIntyre was early marked for the church. His parents had come to St John’s (Prince Edward) Island in 1790 as part of a large emigration from Highland Scotland

Harvey*, and sent Huntley to Prince Edward Island instead. On 9 October, prior to his departure from England, he was knighted. Five weeks later he arrived in the island colony, which was then

Island of St John (Prince Edward Island), in charge of an exploring party. So little appreciated were the distances and the obstacles of the terrain that the party had to be rescued after three days

Bornaskitaig, Scotland, and they had three daughters and three sons; d. 6 Dec. 1827 on Prince Edward Island. Angus Macaulay was related to the

, jp, and office holder; b. c. 1791 on Saint John’s (Prince Edward) Island, son of John MacDonald of West River and Margaret MacDonald of Glenaladale; m. at St Andrews

Presbyterian Church (1870), the best known of his several local churches, and in Charlottetown the Bank of Prince Edward Island (1867) and the Post Office (1871

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