All queries below have appeared in The Journal-Pioneer, Summerside, Prince Edward Island.

2009

Posted: December 16, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Who were Henry Parkman’s parents? Henry was born between 1796 and 1801 at Devon, England and immigrated to PEI. Were his parents Margaret (age 61) and John Parkman (age 70, Sawyer), found in the 1841 Census for Boutport St., Parish of Barnstaple, Devon and again in 1851, Margaret (71, born Pilton) and John (80, Sawyer, born Tawstock)? Contact: Mrs. Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Av., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb2@gmail.com

Posted: December 2, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Flora Sutherland (born 1823 near Stanley Bridge, PEI ) and her brother Donald. Flora married Alan McPhee in 1849 and moved to Ontario around 1873. They had ten children who were born on PEI, including George McPhee. Contact George’s granddaughter: Kay Krafft, 4250 Gayle Rd, Chester, Virginia, 23831 USA; email: malpeq31@cs.com

Posted: November 18, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Elizabeth Ross (about 1820, PEI - December 17, 1889), husband, John MacLeod (about 1818, Isle of Skye - July 11, 1885) of Lot 20, Graham’s Road, New London and their seven children (spouses): Murdoch (Catherine Morrison), William James (Miss DesBrisay), Barbara (John Parsons), Alexander Donald (Margaret MacLeod), Katharine? (Alexander MacDonald), Ann (Rufus Paugh) and Elizabeth. No relation to the MacLeod family at Murray Harbour, PEI. Contact: Don McLeod, 919th Street Kamloops, BC, V2B 3E1; email: thegardener-1@shaw.ca

Posted: October 22, 2009, CORNER BROOK; October 28, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Where were Michael Bailey’s parents from? When did they arrive in Newfoundland? Michael, born December 1830 in NL, the son of Marie Stone and Michael Bailey, had three siblings: Mary Ellen, Gertrude and Catherine. Michael Jr. immigrated to Lot 47, PEI and married Anne Hackeet, Red Pt., PEI (children: John and Michael). His second wife, Margaret MacDonald, was from Tracadie, PEI (children: Aeneas, Joseph, William and Mary Catherine). Contact: Wanda Bailey, PO Box 21, Souris, PEI, C0A 2B0; email: wanda.bailey@pei.sympatico.ca

Posted: October 21, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY #3: Seeking information on Catherine O'Driscoll (born about 1820, Ireland) who married Terence O'Brien about 1830-1833. They lived at Tignish, PEI and had at least one child, Cornelius O'Brien (Archbishop of Halifax). Also seeking information on Mary Driscoll (born about 1819, Ireland) who married Patrick Qulty in Tignish in 1839. Who were Mary’s parents? Contact: Catherine Fitzgerald, 53 Concannon Circle, Weymouth, MA 02188  USA; email: CTFitzgerald@comcast.net

Posted: October 7, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Where was Ann Gormley born? Ann, born about 1832, married Patrick Goodwin and lived in Lot 51, PEI. Contact: Harold Goodwin, 1106-1276 Maple Crossing Blvd.., Burlington, ON, L7S 2J9; email: hgoodwin2@cogeco.ca

Posted: September 23, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY #2: When was John Driscoll born (1823-1825, possibly Tignish, PEI), what was his mother’s maiden name, and where were his parents born (Cork, Ireland?)? John’s mother, Margaret, was a widow in the 1841 Census. His father, John Driscoll, died in 1832 at Charlottetown by falling off a ship’s mast. Did John have two sisters born in Ireland and two born in PEI? Contact: Catherine Fitzgerald, 53 Concannon Circle, Weymouth, MA 02188  USA; email: CTFitzgerald@comcast.net

Posted: September 9, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY #1: Seeking birth record for Judy Driskel (Driscoll) and record of marriage (about 1850-1853) to Michael Neil. Who were Judy’s parents? Who were Helen Driscoll’s parents? Helen married James Pendergast at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Indian River about 1840-1843. Both Judy and Helen were born and married in PEI, possibly Tignish. Contact: Catherine Fitzgerald, 53 Concannon Circle, Weymouth, MA 02188  USA; email: CTFitzgerald@comcast.net

Posted: August 25, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: John LeMessurier Hawkins, born in Guernsey, 1802, married Catherine Costin on April 11, 1835 in St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Charlottetown, PEI. They had five children: Eleanor, William, John, Teresa and Susan. Seeking information on these children. Contact: Sally Lomas, 1055 Dominion Ave., Midland, ON, L4R 4V7; email: salomas@sympatico.ca

Posted August 12, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Bridget Ryan, the subject of a c.1832 Dog Creek newspaper notice that relinquishes her husband from debt she incurs because she left his bed. Family stories reveal Bridget, a squire’s daughter of Bruff, Tipperary, and Michael Tracey, a stable boy, ran away to PEI. They reunited after 1832 and moved to Cape Breton, NS where their second and other children were born. Contact: Maria Heemskerk, 3221 Frechette St., Victoria, BC, V8P 4N8; email: mkerk@shaw.ca

Posted: July 29, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Rufina Campbell (1827-1908) who married John Nicholson, and their children:  Alexander, John, Evesistus, Charles, Samuel, Aneas, Lemuel, and Margaret. They lived in Souris, PEI and were members of St. Columba Parish. Baptism Sponsors: Evaristius Campbell, Angus and Teresa Campbell, Agnes McEachern (sp), Sarah McIntyre, and Charles, Catherine and Douglas Campbell. Contact: Dick Dewar, 1006 Bellreive Drive, Aiken, SC 29803 USA ; email: fastwalk1@gforcecable.com.

Posted: July 15, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information and photographs for Charlotte Barnett and her husband, John Culleton, and their family who lived at Lot 10, West Devon. They were mentioned in “Along the North Shore” by J. Clinton Morrison. Contact: Roger Culleton, Box 6, GRP 317, RR#3 Selkirk, MB, R1A 2A8; email: rogdc@mts.net

Posted: July 1, 2009, SUMMERSIDE; June 30, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; July 11, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Alphimia (Euphemia) McDougall (born NS) and her husband, Paul Thompson (born Scotland). Who were their parents? When and where were they born? Where were they buried? The 1881 Canada Census lists the couple and their children (all born in PEI): Paul (66), Alphimia (55), Alphin (male, 30), Isabella (19), Mary (16), Duncan ‘Henry’ (13) and Margaret (11). Contact: Fay Werbicki (nee Thompson), 257 Waterloo Crescent, Saskatoon, SK, S7H 4G4 ; email: artemis-aries@shaw.ca

Posted: May 20, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Mary Campbell, daughter of Ann (Nancy) Darrach and Captain Hector Campbell. Mary, born about 1843 at Crapaud/Nine Mile Creek area in PEI, was mentioned in her father’s will, dated March 13, 1873 (Island Register wills) along with her brother, John (born 1842). Whom did Mary marry? Contact Mary’s grandniece: Dorothy Gladish, 906 4th Street South West, High River, AB, T1V 1A7; email: jeanc@nucleus.com

Posted: May 6, 2009, SUMMERSIDE; May 6, 2009, GUYSBOROUGH; May 5, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; May 19, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY: Who were Mary Ann Campbell (c.1839, Lot 53, Cardigan Bay, PEI - 1928, Antigonish, NS) parents? In 1863, when Mary married Colin Macdonald of Georgeville, NS, her father was listed as John Campbell who delivered goods in the Antigonish area. Mary claimed to be a grandniece of Bishop MacEachern. Contact: Marie Terese Redican, 1139 Fairview Drive, Toms River, NJ 08753 USA; email: mcdonaldroots@yahoo.com

Posted: April 22, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Where in England was John Mallet (Mallett) born? John immigrated to PEI as a shipwright. He married Maria Silliker of Bedeque, PEI, in 1826 at Charlottetown. Their children, born Badeque and/or Summerside (and spouses) were William, Daniel (Mary Cairns), Joseph (Benima Smith), Edward (Margaret Agnes Kenny) and at least two daughters (names unknown). Contact Edward’s great-granddaughter: Phyllis A. Dand, 7255 Union St., Burnaby, BC, V5A 1J1; email: rpdand@telus.net

Posted: April 8, 2009, SUMMERSIDE; April 11, 2009, AMHERST; April 22, 2009, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Looking for information on three Gunn families of South Granville, PEI (Lot 21), headed by McKenzie, William and Benjamin respectively.  They came over on Barque Ellen, departing Loch Laxford, Scotland, in May 1848, arriving in Pictou, NS. Contact: Skip Colcord, 322 Nichols Drive, Taunton, MA 02780 USA; email: hcolcord@aol.com

Posted: March 25, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: William Millington was buried at Church Scotland, Cape Traverse in 1965. Who arranged his funeral? Colin Love, Kenneth MacDonald, Bert Dickie, Frank and Eldon MacWilliams and John McKay were his bearers. Does anyone know these people? Contact William’s great niece: Amanda Wood, Queens Park Farm, West Felton, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 4HE, England, UK; email: amandawoodqpf@aol.com

Posted: March 11, 2009, SUMMERSIDE; March 20, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER
QUERY: Seeking information on John O’Brien who married Elizabeth Duffy in PEI. They had at least one daughter, Elizabeth Florence (1881), who first married Joseph Smith (producing seven children) and second married First World War Veteran, Edward Enoch Fader (1887, St. Margaret’s Bay, NS - 1934, Halifax, NS) (producing two children). Contact: Dolores Phinney, 4674 Hwy 209, Parrsboro RR #3, Cumberland County, NS, B0M 1S0; email: doloresphinney@hotmail.com

Posted: February 25, 2009, SUMMERSIDE; February 24, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; February 28, 2009, AMHERST
QUERY #3: The name of John Atwood appears on the 1880 map of Elmsdale, PEI. Can anyone provide further information on him and how he might be traced? He does not appear to be in any of the census records. Contact: John A. C. Wilson, PO Box 381, Alberton, PEI, C0B 1B0; phone: 1-902-853-3996; email: johnacwilson1@pei.sympatico.ca

Posted: February 11, 2009, SUMMERSIDE; February 10, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; February 14, 2009, AMHERST 
QUERY #2: Seeking information on Valentine Cannon who appears on the 1880 map of Elmsdale, PEI. His name and property (on Dock Road just before Union) is used to define the Elmsdale School District in 1888. His name is connected with Samuel Cannon in another source. He is not in the 1881 census. Contact: John A. C. Wilson, PO Box 381, Alberton, PEI, C0B 1B0; phone: 1-902-853-3996; email: johnacwilson1@pei.sympatico.ca

Posted: January 28, 2009, SUMMERSIDE; January 27, 2009, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; January 28, 2009, GUYSBOROUGH; January 31, 2009, AMHERST.
POSTED: QUERY #1: Seeking information on James Fraser who owned land at the Elmsdale, PEI corner according to the 1880 map of Elmsdale. He does not appear to be in the 1881 Census. Who was he? Contact: John A. C. Wilson, PO Box 381, Alberton, PEI, C0B 1B0; phone: 1-902-853-3996; email: johnacwilson1@pei.sympatico.ca

Posted: January 14, 2009, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Where were Mary Jane Green’s parents and siblings? Mary, born February 28, 1863 in PEI, married Orin Blanchard before 1884. They lived in Philipsburg, Quebec where she died in 1932. Contact: Kathy Blanchard, 2169 Cork Oak St., Sarasota, FL 34232 USA; email: kathynb@verizon.net

Posted: December 30, 2008, SUSSEX; December 31, 2008, SUMMERSIDE; January 3, 2009, MONCTON
QUERY: Edward Mountain (born 1797) married Catherine Brander (born March 9 1807) about 1828. Their daughter, Charlotte (born October 15, 1838), married David Johnson (of Long River, PEI area) in 1864 in Westmorland, NB. Edward and Catherine lived at Lot 4, Hills River. Seeking family stories, photos or people to share their genealogy. Contact: C. F. Moore, 135 Penrose Street, Sarnia, ON, N7T 4T9; phone: 1-519-344-1745; email: Cal_moore@sympatico.ca

Posted: December 17, 2008, SUMMERSIDE; December 23, 2008, SUSSEX; December 27, 2008, MONCTON
QUERY: Seeking information on John Nicholson (born c.1832, Scotland) and his wife, Maria Eliza (born 1835). What was her maiden name? Both probably died in PEI. Their children (all born PEI) were Margaret (1867), Charles Edward (1874, Kildare, Lot 3 - 1960, Westmorland Co., NB; married Elizabeth Queen Allen), William Alfred (1876, Res. Camilton - 1949, Westmorland Co.), Clarance Regina (1878, Res. Camilton, Dock Road) and Ada (1880). Contact: T Mckay, 53 Kellys Drive, Fredericton, NB, E3B 7R3; email: tmckay22@hotmail.com

Posted: December 3, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Mary McPhee (about 1816, PEI - June 19, 1903, PEI) who married James Clark Crosby (died June 1, 1883, PEI). Together, they had five children. Contact: Trey Higgens, 873 W. Lukas Ave., Palatine, IL 60067 USA; email: thiggens@ix.netcom.com

Posted: November 19, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Where did Hilda Malone originate? In “The MacKenzie’s History of Christmas Island Parish” by Archibald A. MacKenzie, it is recorded that Hilda Malone of PEI married Hugh Archie MacNeil, the son of Bertha Byrne and Roddie ‘Michiel’ Eachunn MacNeil of Benacadie Glen. Contact: Robert G. McNeil, rgmcneil@eastlink.ca

Posted: September 10, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking specific background of Auguste Peters of Lot 20 who married Sarah Murphy on July 17, 1872. Their children (born) listed in 1881 census were David (1865), Peter Theodore (June 14, 1873), Isaac (January 13, 1875), Isabella (March 19, 1878) and Sarah Catherine (November 22, 1879), all born in Springbrook, Queens. Peter Theodore and Isabella accounted for. Hope to hear from other descendants. Contact Jim Green, RR#2, Rocklin, NS, B0K 2A0; email: deejay@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: August 27, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Mary McLeod (born c.1851, PEI) who married Donald MacKenzie (born 1844, PEI). Some of their children were Annie, Katherine (Kate), William Grant and Effie. Donald died in c.1907 and Mary moved to Quincy, Norfolk City, MA USA. Who were Mary’s parents and siblings and was she buried with Donald in Hartsville Cemetery, PEI? Contact: Janice Racine Norris, 330 Brookline Avenue, Feldberg 868, Boston, MA 02215 USA; email: jnorris@bidmc.harvard.edu UPDATE: Mary’s parents were Ann Gillis and Malcolm McLeod.

Posted: August 13, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Who were James Thomas Fisher's parents? James was born February 18, 1877 on PEI and the baptismal record states Joseph Fisher (1843, PEI) and Mary McKearney (December 8, 1847, PEI) as his parents. Were they? Contact: Brian Thomas Fisher, 1002 Greene Blvd., Collegeville, PA 19426 USA; email: brian_fisher@merck.com

Posted: July 30, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Ellen McGuigan and Patrick McCarron who married October 1853 at St. Joseph Church, Kelly’s Cross, PEI. In the 1881 Canada Census, they lived at Lot 26, PEI. The couple and their children emigrated to Biddeford, ME, USA about 1885 where Patrick’s name became Peter and McCarron became McCarn. Contact: Denise Dommer, 3225 Alden Nash SE, Lowell, MI  49331 USA; email: bddommers@aol.com

Posted: July 16, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking the origins and descendants of Catherine McLeod and John McKay who married December 5, 1839 at New London. There children were Barbara (1840), Mary (1841), Diana (1842, married Duncan McEwen in 1870), Hugh (1845), John (1853), George (1856) and Alexander (1858). Contact: Mark E. Dixon, 757 Upper Gulph Road, Wayne, PA 19087 USA; email: dixon_mark@verizon.net

Posted: July 2, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Elizabeth and James Rogers of PEI. Are they the couple in the 1841 PEI Census as Roggers, belonging to the Church of Scotland? Their son, William James Rogers, was born about 1842. Contact: Cheryl E. Crowell, 1470 Eastern Avenue, Malden, MA 02148 USA; email: kinclimber@comcast.net

Posted: June 18, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Patrick Trainor who lived on Lot #67 and #27, Prince County, PEI. Patrick married Mary Kelly about 1858 and had six children: Patrick Kelly, Bernard, Thomas, Michel, Ann and Catherine. Contact John Trainor, 9295 RR#3 Old Ridge, NB, E3L 4X2; email: xcaper@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: May 21, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: What year is this? Mrs. Nell McPhee (nee Annie Cummings) of Goose River, daughter of Jane McKinnon, is 82 years old. Charles Gillis of St. Peter’s had died in a car accident the years before. Lawrence Gillis, son of Joe, lived in the McDonald family home located 1/2 mile from St. Peter’s Catholic Church. The McKinnon farm had been sold and the house and buildings torn down. Contact: Patricia H. Marfiak, (410) 956-9267; email: marfiaktp@erols.com (Original message: I have a question I've been asking for years with no success. I have a wonderful long letter, written originally to a relative in the early part of the 20th century, given to another who was that generation's family researcher, and then given to me (in 1982) as I play the same role now. Part of the date is missing (it has "March 12, but no year) and I would like to establish its date with facts given in the letter. All records for the family take place in Lots 41 and 42. The writer of the letter is Mrs. Nell McPhee, 82, nee Annie Cummings, Goose River. Her mother was Jane McKinnon. She mentions that Charles Gillis of St. Peter's was killed the year before she wrote the letter in a car accident. She  made a drawing of  the McDonald family home located 1/2 mile west of St. Peter's Catholic Church at St. Peter's and said it still existed and was occupied at the time she wrote by Lawrence Gillis, son of Joe Gillis. She also said that the McKinnon farm at Goose River had been sold and the old house and outbuildings torn down before she wrote.)

Posted: May 7, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY #4: Who were Donald Livingstone’s parents? Born in c.1821 in PEI, Donald married Ann Wheeler (of Murray Harbour and Murray River) at Nine Mile Creek. They had at least one child: Mary Livingstone. Contact: Mrs. Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Av., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: April 23, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY #3: Who were Henry Parkman’s parents? Henry married Sarah Avery and lived in Summerside and Charlottetown. Who were the parents of Rebecca Dyment and her husband, Hugh Cudmore? Contact: Mrs. Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Av., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: March 22, 2008, AMHERST; March 25, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; April 9, 2008, SUMMERSIDE; April 2008, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Seeking information on Jessie MacDonald, daughter of Catherine Manus and Allen MacDonald of NS. Jessie married Michael McIsaac, his second wife, on November 10, 1885, St. Anthony’s Church, Bloomfield, PEI. They had three children: Allen (1887), James (1889) and Alfred (1891).  Michael died in 1893. What happened to his family? Contact Michael’s great-niece: Dorothy Griffin-Farish, PO Box 104, Richmond, PEI, C0B 1Y0; email: dfarish@isn.net

Posted: March 28, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; March 26, 2008, SUMMERSIDE  
QUERY: Seeking information on Mary A. Gregory, daughter of Charlotte and Edward Gregory of Lot 44, PEI. Born about 1868, Mary went to Boston where she married Robert F. Smart and had two children: Margaret Josephine (1889) and Ida Estelle (1890). Mary last found in 1893 at Halifax, NS with brother, Charles Gregory. Contact: Debbi Langill, 13 Dane St. Peabody, MA 01960 USA; email: dindin514@yahoo.com

For website QUERY: Seeking information on Mary A. Gregory, daughter of Charlotte and Edward Gregory of Lot 44, PEI. Born about 1868, Mary went to Boston where she married Robert F. Smart and had two children: Margaret Josephine ‘Maggie’ (April 1889) and Ida Estelle (December 1890). Mary last found in October 1893 at Halifax, NS with her daughter, Maggie, and her brother, Charles Gregory. Did she leave Ida in PEI? What happened to Mary and Maggie? Contact: Debbi Langill, 13 Dane St. Peabody, MA 01960 USA; email: dindin514@yahoo.com

Posted: February 27, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY #2: Where and when did John Parkman and his wife, Mary Cudmore, die? Where were they buried? John was the son of Sarah Avery and Henry Parkman of PEI. Mary was the daughter of Rebecca Dyment and Hugh Cudmore. When did Rebecca and Hugh die and where were they buried? Contact: Mrs. Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Av., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: February 13, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY #1: Where and when did Sarah Avery and Henry Parkman die? Where were they buried? They settled in PEI in 1841 and lived in Summerside and Charlottetown with their children. Who were Henry’s parents? Contact: Mrs. Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Av., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: January 30, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Searching for genetic cousin's to join a Y-DNA surname study. We need descendants of David Clow Irving (born 1833, PEI) and/or William Wrightman Irving (born 1802, PEI). If you know of a living "direct line" male descendant, contact Kenny Hedgpeth, PO Box 6757, Altadena, CA 91003 USA; email: hdpth@earthlink.net


2008

Posted: October 14, 2008, SUSSEX; October 25, 2008, MONCTON; October 15, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Origine Belliveau and Bernard Sullivan (born Rogersville, NB). Togther, they had three daughters. Also seeking information on Bernard’s sister, Jeanetta, who married Lionel Gaudet of Moncton. Was Origine born in PEI? Contact Bernard’s niece: Lawrence Sullivan, 17 Westfall Drive, Okotoks AB, T1S 1V7; email: sullivl@telus.net

Posted: September 10, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking specific background of Auguste Peters of Lot 20 who married Sarah Murphy on July 17, 1872. Their children (born) listed in 1881 census were David (1865), Peter Theodore (June 14, 1873), Isaac (January 13, 1875), Isabella (March 19, 1878) and Sarah Catherine (November 22, 1879), all born in Springbrook, Queens. Peter Theodore and Isabella accounted for. Hope to hear from other descendants. Contact Jim Green, RR#2, Rocklin, NS, B0K 2A0; email: deejay@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: August 27, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Mary McLeod (born c.1851, PEI) who married Donald MacKenzie (born 1844, PEI). Some of their children were Annie, Katherine (Kate), William Grant and Effie. Donald died in c.1907 and Mary moved to Quincy, Norfolk City, MA USA. Who were Mary’s parents and siblings and was she buried with Donald in Hartsville Cemetery, PEI? Contact: Janice Racine Norris, 330 Brookline Avenue, Feldberg 868, Boston, MA 02215 USA; email: jnorris@bidmc.harvard.edu UPDATE: Mary’s parents were Ann Gillis and Malcolm McLeod.

Posted: August 13, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Who were James Thomas Fisher's parents? James was born February 18, 1877 on PEI and the baptismal record states Joseph Fisher (1843, PEI) and Mary McKearney (December 8, 1847, PEI) as his parents. Were they? Contact: Brian Thomas Fisher, 1002 Greene Blvd., Collegeville, PA 19426 USA; email: brian_fisher@merck.com

Posted: July 30, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Ellen McGuigan and Patrick McCarron who married October 1853 at St. Joseph Church, Kelly’s Cross, PEI. In the 1881 Canada Census, they lived at Lot 26, PEI. The couple and their children emigrated to Biddeford, ME, USA about 1885 where Patrick’s name became Peter and McCarron became McCarn. Contact: Denise Dommer, 3225 Alden Nash SE, Lowell, MI  49331 USA; email: bddommers@aol.com

Posted: July 16, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking the origins and descendants of Catherine McLeod and John McKay who married December 5, 1839 at New London. There children were Barbara (1840), Mary (1841), Diana (1842, married Duncan McEwen in 1870), Hugh (1845), John (1853), George (1856) and Alexander (1858). Contact: Mark E. Dixon, 757 Upper Gulph Road, Wayne, PA 19087 USA; email: dixon_mark@verizon.net

Posted: July 2, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Elizabeth and James Rogers of PEI. Are they the couple in the 1841 PEI Census as Roggers, belonging to the Church of Scotland? Their son, William James Rogers, was born about 1842. Contact: Cheryl E. Crowell, 1470 Eastern Avenue, Malden, MA 02148 USA; email: kinclimber@comcast.net

Posted: June 18, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Patrick Trainor who lived on Lot #67 and #27, Prince County, PEI. Patrick married Mary Kelly about 1858 and had six children: Patrick Kelly, Bernard, Thomas, Michel, Ann and Catherine. Contact John Trainor, 9295 RR#3 Old Ridge, NB, E3L 4X2; email: xcaper@nbnet.nb.ca

Posted: May 21, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: What year is this? Mrs. Nell McPhee (nee Annie Cummings) of Goose River, daughter of Jane McKinnon, is 82 years old. Charles Gillis of St. Peter’s had died in a car accident the years before. Lawrence Gillis, son of Joe, lived in the McDonald family home located 1/2 mile from St. Peter’s Catholic Church. The McKinnon farm had been sold and the house and buildings torn down. Contact: Patricia H. Marfiak, (410) 956-9267; email: marfiaktp@erols.com

Posted: May 7, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Who were Donald Livingstone’s parents? Born in c.1821 in PEI, Donald married Ann Wheeler (of Murray Harbour and Murray River) at Nine Mile Creek. They had at least one child: Mary Livingstone. Contact: Mrs. Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Av., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: April 23, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Who were Henry Parkman’s parents? Henry married Sarah Avery and lived in Summerside and Charlottetown. Who were the parents of Rebecca Dyment and her husband, Hugh Cudmore? Contact: Mrs. Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Av., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: March 22, 2008, AMHERST; March 25, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; April 9, 2008, SUMMERSIDE; April 2008, GUYSBOROUGH
QUERY: Seeking information on Jessie MacDonald, daughter of Catherine Manus and Allen MacDonald of NS. Jessie married Michael McIsaac, his second wife, on November 10, 1885, St. Anthony’s Church, Bloomfield, PEI. They had three children: Allen (1887), James (1889) and Alfred (1891).  Michael died in 1893. What happened to his family? Contact Michael’s great-niece: Dorothy Griffin-Farish, PO Box 104, Richmond, PEI, C0B 1Y0; email: dfarish@isn.net

Posted: March 28, 2008, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER; March 26, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Mary A. Gregory, daughter of Charlotte and Edward Gregory of Lot 44, PEI. Born about 1868, Mary went to Boston where she married Robert F. Smart and had two children: Margaret Josephine ‘Maggie’ (April 1889) and Ida Estelle (December 1890). Mary last found in October 1893 at Halifax, NS with her daughter, Maggie, and her brother, Charles Gregory. Did she leave Ida in PEI? What happened to Mary and Maggie? Contact: Debbi Langill, 13 Dane St. Peabody, MA 01960 USA; email: dindin514@yahoo.com

Posted: February 27, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY #2: Where and when did John Parkman and his wife, Mary Cudmore, die? Where were they buried? John was the son of Sarah Avery and Henry Parkman of PEI. Mary was the daughter of Rebecca Dyment and Hugh Cudmore. When did Rebecca and Hugh die and where were they buried? Contact: Mrs. Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Av., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: February 13, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY #1: Where and when did Sarah Avery and Henry Parkman die? Where were they buried? They settled in PEI in 1841 and lived in Summerside and Charlottetown with their children. Who were Henry’s parents? Contact: Mrs. Kay Parkman Lamb, 129 N Kingston Av., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: January 30, 2008, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Searching for genetic cousin's to join a Y-DNA surname study. We need descendants of David Clow Irving (born 1833, PEI) and/or William Wrightman Irving (born 1802, PEI). If you know of a living "direct line" male descendant, contact Kenny Hedgpeth, PO Box 6757, Altadena, CA 91003 USA; email: hdpth@earthlink.net


2007

Posted: December 19, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking descendants of Elizabeth Ross and John MacLeod of Graham’s Road, New London who had seven children: Murdoch (married Catherine Morrison), William (Miss DesBrisay), Barbara (John Parsons), Alexander (Margaret MacLeod), Kate (Alexander MacDonald), Annie (Rufus Paugh) and Libba. Contact: Stafford MacSwain, 790 Appin Road, Bonshaw, PEI, C0A 1C0; email: smacswain@pei.sympatico.ca

Posted: December 5, 2007; SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on John M. Gillis (1842, Browns Creek, Heatherdale, lot 59 - 1904) who married Margaret MacLeod (1852, Heatherdale) in 1875. The family, with eight children, apparently lived on Whim Road, lot 59, and then emigrated to Boston in 1888. Contact: Wilmer Fawcett, 2127 King Edward Ave. W., Vancouver, BC, V6L 1T2; email: fawcettw@shaw.ca

Posted: November 21, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking descendants of Catherine Morrison and John MacDonald of Lot 64, Little Sands, PEI. Their children, Donald, Sarah, Angus and Margaret Ann were born in Cape Breton, while Dougald was born in PEI in 1840. Is Brian MacDonald of Point Prim a descendant? Contact: Marilyn Tusher, 2557 Midvale Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90064 USA; email: mltusher@att.net

Posted: November 7, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on John Jean Richard’s descendants. John (born c.1867, Summerside) married Marie Rose Allain from Tignesh. Their son, Joseph, was born in 1890. Contact Joseph’s grandson: Daniel Richards, 263 Beacon St, Andover, MA 01810, USA; email: danieljrichards@verizon.net

Posted: October 24, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information and photos on the Curtis, Molyneaux, Moore, Hooper and Younker family descendants. Visit the website () to view family photos and old postcards of churches and township. Contact: Adrienne Richards, "Thackwood", Wakapuaka, RD1 Nelson, 7071 New Zealand; email: adrienne.richards@gmail.com

Posted: October 10, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Where was John Ryan born and who were his parents? John, born about 1842 in PEI, married Mary McAdam. Their children were Mary, Carolyn, Warren Joseph, Alphonso and Wilbert. John’s father was born in Ireland and his mother, Mary, was born in PEI. Contact: Janet Lyman, c/o James Lyman 86 Howland Street, Marlborough, MA 01752 USA; email: squash1909@comcast.net

Posted: September 26, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: What happen to George Mabey (born 1833, PEI) and his wife Martha Gass? Their daughter Mary Stukely Mabey (1859, PEI - 1934, Oregon) was an orphan according to family lore. Mary's siblings were Sarah (1855, PEI - 1941) and Mary Jane (born 1857, PEI). Contact: Patrick L. Burke, 926 Deanna Dr., Brea, CA 92821 USA; e-mail: plburke@pacbell.net

Posted: September 12, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Effie McLeod and James Nicholson of Scotland who married October 8, 1857 (Presbyterian). They may have lived at Rona and Woods Island. Where did they originate in Scotland and who were their parents? Contact: Joan Smith, 112 Providence St., Millville, MA 01529 USA; email: Joan485228@aol.com

Posted: August 21, 2007, SUSSEX; August 25, 2007, MONCTON; August 29, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Who were Alexander Campbell’s parents? Were they Ann ‘Nancy’ McLean and Donald Campbell? Alexander was born in c.1811 at Cape Traverse, PEI and died in 1888, age 90, at Upper Cape, Botsford, NB (registered in Westmorland County, NB). He married Sarah Margaret McKay (probably born in NB). Their eldest son, Archibald, was born c.1846 in NB. Contact: Cal Moore, 135 Penrose Street, Sarnia, ON N7T 4T9; email: cal_moore@sympatico.ca
Death Notice: Chigecto Post of Sackville, April 26, 1888: 2374  d. At his residence Upper Cape, Botsford (West. Co.) morn. 16th inst., Alexander Campbell, ship  builder, 90th year. Deceased was born at Cape  Traverse, P.E.I. and settled here when quite young. He leaves three daughters. His remains were interred in the R.C. cemetery on Emigrant Road.  (in Melrose)

Posted: August 1, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY:  Who were John O'Ronaghan's parents and siblings? John (1839-1912) moved from Ireland to PEI with his parents in 1841. He married Bridget Askin in 1862, lived in Kinkora, and had 13 children. He was a farmer, justice of the peace and racetrack owner. Contact: E. Ranahan, 1322 Chudleigh, Sarnia, ON N7S 2M9; email: eran2@sympatico.ca

Posted: July 18, 2007, SUMMESIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Malcolm MacDonald who married Miss McKenzie and Miss McSwain in Lorne Valley, King Co. in the 1850's. Contact: Steve McDonald, 12515 145th St. E., Puyallup, WA  98374 USA; email: macdnme@msn.com

Posted: July 3, 2007, SUSSEX; July 4, 2007, SUMMERSIDE; July 7, 2007, MONCTON
QUERY: Who were Albert Judson Oliver’s parents? Were they Mary Copp and Elisha Oliver? Albert was born c.1844 in New Brunswick or Prince Edward Island. Contact: Frances Gibson, 41130 Fox Run Road, Apt 408, Novi, MI 48377-4811 USA; email: fragib@msn.com

Posted: June 20, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Seeking information on Louisa Crossman. Louisa was born c.1844 at Bedeque, PEI. She married John James Moore from North Sydney, Cape Breton and had a son, Henry Arthur (Harry) Moore in 1875, North Sydney. Contact: Arlene Ragan, Box 155, Whycocomagh, NS  B0E 3M0; email: arlene-capebreton@hotmail.com

Posted: June 6, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Where in Ireland did Thomas Hagan Sr. originate? When did he died? Where was he buried? Thomas, born c.1786 in Ireland, married Bridget Brennan. Their children were Andrew (1814), Francis (1819), Thomas James (1826) and Patrick (1831). Did Bridget die in Ireland? The Hagans arrived at Kelly’s Cross, PEI in the 1840's. Contact: Patrick Hagan: 15244 Victoria Av., White Rock, BC V4B 1G6; email: pathagan@telus.net
Patrick’s Family History Database on RootsWeb:  http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pat_hagan&id=I174

Posted: May 23, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: When did Sarah Avery and Henry Parkman die and where were they buried. The couple and their children arrived in PEI in 1842. Henry was a sawyer. They lived in Summerside, Charlottetown and possibly New Glasgow (NS). Contact: Mrs. Kathleen Parkham Lamb, 129 N Kingston Av., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: May 9, 2007, SUMMERSIDE; May 12, 2007, AMHERST
QUERY: Seeking information on Allan MacFarlane, born c.1819 in Scotland, and wife, Sophia Rogers, born c.1821 in NS. Their children (1871 Census) were Annie, Jessie, Catherine, Sarah, Elias, Hannah, Mary Helen, David, Flora, George and Robertina. Is Allan the brother of John MacFarlane (1827, Scotland - 1908 Pictou Island)? Contact: Allan D. Gagnon, 27 Brook Lane, West Haven, CT 06516-7034 USA; email: agagnon@snet.net 

Posted: April 25, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Looking for living descendants of Andrew MacFarlane (1855, Pictou Island, NS - September 6, 1943) and wife, Flora MacPherson (1863, PEI - 1931). There children were Margaret, Mary Catherine, Annie and John Robert. Willing to share information on family lines. Contact: Allan D. Gagnon, 27 Brook Lane, West Haven, CT 06516-7034 USA; email: agagnon@snet.net 

Posted: March 28, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Who were Jane Buchanan’s parents? Born c.1796 in Scotland, Jane married George Wheeler in October 1820 at Lot 49. She died October 6, 1864 at Murray River, PEI. Was her mother widow Ann Buchanan who lived at Lot 49 in 1848? Contact: Mrs. Kathleen Parkham Lamb, 129 N Kingston Av., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: March 14, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: Who were Donald Livingstone’s parents? Donald (c.1821, PEI - January 29, 1901, Lot 63, Murray River) married Ann Wheeler on July 20, 1841at Nine Mile Creek. Contact: Mrs. Kathleen Parkham Lamb, 129 N Kingston Av., Rockwood, TN 37854 USA; email: kathleenlamb1@comcast.net

Posted: February 29, 2007, SUMMERSIDE
QUERY: What happened to Roderick McLeod? Roderick, born May 1863 in Lot 67, was the son of Isabella Nicholson and Donald McLeod. He moved to Boston and/or New York. According to newspaper reports, he became Vice President of Whitney Glass Works. Contact: Brian Cox, 4238 Stadelbauer Dr., Beamsville, ON L0R 1B8; email: bbcox@sympatico.ca

Posted: February 14, 2007, Journal-Pioneer; March 4, 2007, HALIFAX
QUERY: Who are Edward McGuigan and Mary McKearney’s parents? They married in St. Paul’s Church (?), Sturgeon and in lived on Lot 61, St. Mary’s Road in 1911. Their children were Florence, James, Patrick Vincent and Ann Mae. After 1911, the family moved to NS, where Mary was killed by a car in Trenton. Edward returned to PEI and remarried. Contact Barb Campbell, 64 Oakland Street, Waterville, Maine 04901 USA; email: bluenoser100@hotmail.com

Posted: January 31, 2007, Journal-Pioneer; February , 2007, WESTERN STAR
QUERY: Seeking information on Patrick Dermody. Patrick (born 1860, Newfoundland) married Susan Finlay (born 1852) in 1895 in PEI. Contact: Wilma Marche, General Delivery, Robinsons, NL; or email: wilma.marche@nf.sympatico.ca

Posted: January 31, 2007, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were Elizabeth Stewart’s parents and siblings? Elizabeth, born c.1782, first married Angus MacAulay (born c.1783, Pinette Queens, PEI). Angus drowned in Charlottetown Harbour c.1810 and Elizabeth second married Charles Stewart c.1811. They lived in Belfast area of PEI. Contact: Barbara D. Tarr, 2 Loma Dr., Gloucester, MA 01930-3123 USA; email: daintydot1@verizon.net

Posted: January 31, 2007, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking information on Malcolm A. McLeod and his siblings. Malcolm was born between 1871 and 1881 in PEI. He had at least one brother, Murdoch. Their parents came from Scotland in the early 1800's. Contact: Richard M. McLeod, 2720 Elm St., Butte, MT 59701 USA or James E. McLeod, 4727 31st St South, Arlington, VA 22206 USA; email: jejmcleod@gmail.com

Posted: January 31, 2007, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Are Thomas L. and Robert Frizzell/Frizzle related? Thomas was born in 1810, Belfast, Ireland and died November 7, 1867 at Summerfield, PEI. Robert was born 1802 in Ireland and died November 6, 1867 at Cornwall, PEI. Contact: Doug Frizzell, 35726 Abelia St., Murrieta, California, USA; email: dafcpa@comcast.net

Posted: January 31, 2007, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Were Donald and Peter Ferguson brothers? Donald (1780-1863) married Ann Margaret Marquis (1795-1861) and had a son, Finley (1820-1907). Peter (c1769-1869) married Catherine McPhail (born 1790) and had a daughter, Flora (1819-1907), who married Finley, the son of Donald. Peter arrived in PEI in 1810 from Ulva, Isle of Mull. When did Donald arrive? Are Donald, Peter and their wives buried in Argyle Peoples Cemetery or Crapaud Peoples Cemetery? Contact: Don Ferguson, 74 Seabrooke Dr., Kanata, ON. K2L 2K5; email: Don.Ferguson@pwgsc.gc.ca

Posted: January 31, 2007, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Which ship brought Michael Moran to Canada. Michael left Ireland in the early 1800's and settled in Lot 54, PEI. Contact: Douglas J. Moran, 248 CR 4798, Springtown, TX 76082 USA; email: bigbas10plus@earthlink.net

Posted: January 31, 2007, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were Donald McRae’s parents? Donald, born c.1840 in PEI, married Mary Handrahan c.1860. They had four sons: Leo Joseph, Donald, Martin and Alexander. The Catholic family lived at Charlottetown in 1881. Contact: Kristen McRae, 76 Euston Rd., Apt. 12, Brighton, MA  02135 USA; email: kmcrae612@hotmail.com

Posted: January 31, 2007, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking information on Amelia (born 1848) and John (born 1835) Johnston and their six children (all born in/around Summerside): Alonzo Robert (1869), Harry (1873), Ellen (1876), Hubert (1877) and two more. In 1880, they (including John’s brother, Andrew, born 1842) lived in Rockford, Iowa. Contact: Joanne Johnston, 1520 Alexandra St., Regina, Saskatchewan  S4T 4N9; email: jjohnston@sasktel.net

Posted: January 14, 2007, HALIFAX; January 31, 2007, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking information on Aubrey E. Oxner who was born at Mahone Bay, NS, married Lena and died at Hazel Brook, PEI in 1962. What was Lena’s maiden name? Were there obituaries and where were they buried? Contact: Elizabeth Burbidge, 186 Highbury School Road, Kentville, NS B4N 4K1; phone: 902-678-5634; email: 5burbs@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted January 17, 2007, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who was Mary Campbell’s husband? Mary, born c.1844, was the eldest daughter of Anne (Nancy) Darrach and Captain Hector Campbell who lived in or near Crapaud, Queen’s County, PEI. Mary was named in her father’s will, dated March 12, 1873, Crapaud. Contact: Dorothy J. Gladish, 906 4th St. S.W. High River, AB T1V 1A7; email:  jeanc@nucleus.com

Posted: January 3, 2007, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Looking for official death and/or burial records for David Walker who died April 15, 1844, and his first wife, Margaret Hetherington, who died June 27, 1824. Are they buried with other Walker family members in North Bedeque, PEI? Contact: David Walker, 1972 Yorks Corners Rd., Edwards, ON K0A 1V0; email: dawalker@magma.ca


2006

Posted: December 20, 2006, Journal-Pioneer; December 20, 2006, LUNENBURG & BRIDGEWATER, NS; December 23, 2006, AMHERST, NS
QUERY: Who was David Leahy’s mother? David was born in December 1859, possibly at Charlottetown, the son of John Leahy of Limerick, Ireland and his first wife. John married his second wife, Ellen Doyle, in October 1863 at Charlottetown. David married Martini Rogers of NS in c.1883. Contact: Bill Leahy, 1018 E Julie Drive, Tempe, AZ 85283 USA; email: bill_leahy@hotmail.com

Posted: December 6, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were Owen Dougherty’s parents? Owen was born c.1830 in Ireland and died March 18, 1909 in PEI. He married Sarah Flynn on November 22, 1853 in PEI. Their children were Catherine, Patrick, Bernard, Francis, Michael, John, Peter, Joseph, Maryann and Margaret. Contact: Lisa Krieger, 7670 Steese Hwy, Fairbanks, Alaska 99712 USA; email: lisa3294@hotmail.com

Posted: November 22, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were Donald McLeod’s parents? Donald, born c.1819 in Scotland; married Isabella Nicholson in January c.1847. The family raised ten kids and lived in Rose Valley, Lot 67. Donald died January 30, 1893. Contact: Brian Cox: 4238 Stadelbauer Dr., Beamsville ON  L0R 1B8; email: bbcox@sympatico.ca

Posted: November 22, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who are the living descendants of Mary Ann Hughes and Bernard Callaghan? Mary and Bernard married on July 2, 1856/57 at St. Joachim's Church, Vernon River, PEI and had nine children. Contact Bernard’s great-grandson: William Bernard Glendinning, PO Box 44, South Bristol, Maine 04568 USA; email: digart@tidewater.net

Posted: November 22, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were John Bertram's parents? John was born c.1813; died in 1890 at Hunter River, PEI. John married Mary Campbell and they had 13 children. Contact: Elinor Hinds (nee Bertram), #101-3020 Allenby Way, Vernon BC, V1T 8L4; email: ehinds@shaw.ca

Posted: November 22, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were Captain Fidelle Deagle’s (Daigle) parents? Fidelle married Harriet Haley (Hailey); children, all born at Rollo Bay, PEI: Adeline (1865), Elizabeth Ann (born September 22 1860) and Edmond (born 1868). In 1872, Fidelle was washed overboard from Schooner “Willie”. Contact Fidelle’s great-granddaughter: Betty Donovan 33 Birch Rd Natick Ma 01760 USA; email: oldmounty@comcast.net

Posted: November 22, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking information on Patrick Cantwell who married Catherine Price. They lived at Souris, PEI during the mid-1800s. Interested in tracing ancestors back to Kilkenny Ireland. Contact: Andy Hennessey, 66 Callbeck Cres., Charlottetown, PE  C1A 8T7; email: ahennessey@islandtelecom.com

Posted: November 22, 2006, Journal-Pioneer; December 3, 2006, HALIFAX
QUERY: Seeking descendants of Frederick and Pearl Knight. Fred, born 1886, PEI, son of Rev. Matthew Richey Knight. Lived in Halifax, Toronto (1926) and Alberta. Pearl was widowed and married Mr. W. L. Smith. They lived at Port Coquitlam, BC. Contact Information: Barbara Capron via Diana Lynn Tibert: tibert@ns.sympatico.ca

Posted: November 22, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were Mrs. Margaret Gormley's parents? Margaret was born May 11, 1851, possibly in PEI. Who were John Gormley's parents? John was born May 15, 1851 in PEI. Who were Lizzie (Elizabeth) Mae Gormley's parents? Lizzie was born June 16, 1897. Contact: Bev Wohlford, 239 Chestnut Avenue, Kamloops, BC  V2B 1L4; email: clayburn2@shaw.ca

Posted: November 22, 2006, Journal-Pioneer - email address not working. Reader wrote to say so. Placed query on PEI list, Nov 23, 2006
QUERY: Seeking information on William McWilliam (born May 7, 1839, PEI; died September 22, 1901) and his wife, Rachel Boulter. Were William’s parents James (1817 - 1861) and Mary Sharpe? Was James’ father also James who married Margaret Leard? And was his father David who came from Caithness, Scotland? Contact: Joanne McWilliams, 725 Bowes Rd., Apt. E3, Lowell, MI 49331 USA; email: jomacw@hotmail.com

Posted: November 22, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Is Kate McNeill from the family of John and Elizabeth McNeill who are listed in the 1881 PEI Census, Lot 4? Kate married William Marsh in Millbury, Massechusetts on May 3, 1884. Contact: Wilma Marsh, 1020 W Marion Avenue #50, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 USA; email: tobermory@access4less.net

Posted: November 22, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were Francis Hugh McKenna's parents? Francis was born 1828 in Ireland and died November 1893 (?), PEI.  He married Anne (McKeever) McIvor on September 18, 1856 at St. Joseph's parish, Kelly's Cross, PEI. Together, they had 12 children. Contact: Margaret McKenna: twaromt@juno.com

November 8, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: What was Cora Waughan's mother’s maiden name? Cora born c.1883, daughter of Annie and James Noah Waughan (born c.1848) of Charlottetown. Who were their parents? Cora moved to Massachusetts around 1900 and married Percy Leroy Cleveland. Some of Cora’s siblings were Florence, James, Katie and George. Contact: Marilyn Cleveland, 651 South Main St., Brewer, Maine, USA, 04412; email: mccleveland@netzero.com

Posted: October 25, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Looking for stories and memories for Fanny Elizabeth Bears, born January 2, 1878, PEI. Does anyone remember meeting or talking with her or her family? Contact Fanny’s granddaughter: Leslie Robbins, 6200 Flotilla Dr. Unit 275, Holmes Beach, FL 34217-1416 USA; email: mimirobbins2002@yahoo.com

Posted: October 11, 2006, Journal-Pioneer; October 3, 2006, SUSSEX; October 7, 2006, MONCTON
QUERY: James R. McLean of Miramichi area (or Kent County) married Annie C. MacPherson of PEI in 1861 at Richibucto. They had three children before separating. Annie and the children returned to PEI. Annie and two children, Hugh M. and Marion, moved to Massachusetts between 1872 and 1875. Who is and what happened to the third child? Contact: George F. Sanborn Jr., 15 Leslie Crescent #9, Charlottetown, PE  C1C 1P7; or email: SeorasOg@eastlink.ca

Posted: September 27, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking information on Alexander Marshall Sr. (born 1766 at Scotland). Alexander married Jane Brown (daughter of Jean Jamieson and Lawrence Brown) in January 1799 in Canada; son, Alexander Jr. (born 1805; married Christy Ann Stewart; son, Albert Dewar Marshall (born 1878, PEI). Contact: Charlotte Marshall-Potts, 8338 Stansbury Street, San Diego, CA  91977 USA; email: Mtgrossmt@aol.com

Posted: September 13, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who was Roderick Matheson's parents? Roderick, born March 1851/54, PEI; married Sarah MacLeod in 1874; died 1918. Children listed in 1901 Charlottetown Census (name misspelled Mateshon): James, Thomas, Margaret, Bella, John, Ella, Kate, Frank and Lewis. Charlottetown Census, 1881, Isabella, widow, age 70, living with family. Contact Roderick’s great grandson: Malcolm Matheson, 107 Lanark St., Oromocto, NB  E2V 1C5; email: sweephard@hotmail.com

Posted: August 30, 2006, Journal-Pioneer, PEI; August 29, 2006, Kings County Record, NB; September 2, 2006, Times & Transcript, NB.
QUERY: Who are the parents of James Gillespie? James, born c.1784 at PEI; moved to NB in c.1805; died 1874 at Blackville, Northumberland County, NB. Contact: Ellen Astle, 412 Roywood Cr., Newmarket ON  L3Y 1A5; email: epwastle@sympatico.ca

Posted: August 2, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking information on Alexander Marshall Sr. (born 1766 at Scotland). Alexander married Jane Brown (daughter of Jean Jamieson and Lawrence Brown) in January 1799 in Canada; son, Alexander Jr. (born 1805; married Christy Ann Stewart; son, Albert Dewar Marshall (born 1878, PEI). Contact: Charlotte Marshall-Potts, 8338 Stansbury Street, San Diego, CA  91977 USA; email: Mtgrossmt@aol.com

Posted: August 2, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who was Roderick Matheson's parents? Roderick, born March 1851/54, PEI; married Sarah MacLeod in 1874; died 1918. Children listed in 1901 Charlottetown Census (name misspelled Mateshon): James, Thomas, Margaret, Bella, John, Ella, Kate, Frank and Lewis. Charlottetown Census, 1881, Isabella, widow, age 70, living with family. Contact Roderick’s great-grandson: Malcolm Matheson, 107 Lanark St., Oromocto, NB  E2V 1C5; email: sweephard@hotmail.com

Posted: August 2, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Looking for stories and memories for Fanny Elizabeth Bears, born January 2, 1878, PEI. Does anyone remember meeting or talking with her or her family? Contact Fanny’s granddaughter: Leslie Robbins, 6200 Flotilla Dr. Unit 275, Holmes Beach, FL 34217-1416 USA; email: mimirobbins2002@yahoo.com

Posted: August 2, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: What was Cora Waughan's mother’s maiden name? Cora born c.1883, daughter of Annie and James Noah Waughan (born c.1848) of Charlottetown. Who were their parents? Cora moved to Massachusetts around 1900 and married Percy Leroy Cleveland. Some of Cora’s siblings were Florence, James, Katie and George. Contact: Marilyn Cleveland, 651 South Main St., Brewer, Maine 04412 USA; email: mccleveland@netzero.com

Posted: August 2, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were Donald McLeod’s parents? Donald, born c.1819 in Scotland; married Isabella Nicholson in January c.1847. The family raised ten kids and lived in Rose Valley, Lot 67. Donald died January 30, 1893. Contact: Brian Cox: 4238 Stadelbauer Dr., Beamsville ON  L0R 1B8; email: bbcox@sympatico.ca

Posted: August 2, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who are the living descendants of Mary Ann Hughes and Bernard Callaghan? Mary and Bernard married on July 2, 1856/57 at St. Joachim's Church, Vernon River, PEI and had nine children. Contact Bernard’s great-grandson: William Bernard Glendinning, PO Box 44, South Bristol, Maine 04568 USA; email: digart@tidewater.net

Posted: August 2, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were John Bertram's parents? John was born c.1813; died in 1890 at Hunter River, PEI. John married Mary Campbell and they had 13 children. Contact: Elinor Hinds (nee Bertram), #101-3020 Allenby Way, Vernon BC, V1T 8L4; email: ehinds@shaw.ca

Posted: August 2, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were Captain Fidelle Deagle’s (Daigle) parents? Fidelle married Harriet Haley (Hailey); children, all born at Rollo Bay, PEI: Adeline (1865), Elizabeth Ann (born September 22 1860) and Edmond (born 1868). In 1872, Fidelle was washed overboard from Schooner “Willie”. Contact Fidelle’s great-granddaughter: Betty Donovan 33 Birch Rd Natick, MA 01760 USA; email: oldmounty@comcast.net

Posted: August 2, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking information on Patrick Cantwell who married Catherine Price. They lived at Souris, PEI during the mid-1800s. Interested in tracing ancestors back to Kilkenny Ireland. Contact: Andy Hennessey, 66 Callbeck Cres. Charlottetown, PE  C1A 8T7; email: ahennessey@islandtelecom.com

Posted: July 19, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking information on James Gordon MacKay (McKay). James, born c.1867; married Mary Elizabeth Harding, born c.1867; lived in New London area; three sons, John Louis, Allan and Ralph. Contact: Cathy Kuch (John’s granddaughter), 91 Bigham Crescent, Etobicoke, ON  M9C 5C5; email: kuchs@rogers.com

Posted: July 5, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking information on Kenneth Matheson, wife Ann Ross and their son, Kenneth (born c.1840 PEI or Scotland) of Lot 49. Kenneth married Rebecca Elizabeth Jenkins in 1862; children: George (1864), Marjorie (1865), Mary Jane (1866), John (1867), Rebecca Elizabeth (1873), Ellen (1879). Contact: Trena Heater, 1020 Shewell Court, Kingston, ON  K7P 2R8; or email: amheater@cogeco.ca

Posted: June 21, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were Agnes McIntyre's parents? Agnes born c.1825; died c.1872; married John Robert Milligan in 1854; children, Alonzo, Mary Ellen, John Robert and Francis James, all baptized Catholic at Indian River and Summerside, PEI. Contact: Joy French, 785 New Lake Road, Cranbrook, BC V1C 6V5; or email: joysgenea@shaw.ca


Posted: June 7, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who was Matilda Gillis’ parents? Matilda born July 5, 1855; died December 7, 1920; married Daniel W. Morrison on October 5,1878; seven children; lived Northam, Bedeque, Darnley, PEI. Contact: Emily Morrison, 90 Hillside Dr., Summerside PEI, C1N 6K3; or email: rjmorrison@pei.eastlink.ca
Photo Included: Matilda (nee Gillis) Morrison


Posted: May 24, 2006, Journal-Pioneer (also May 16, Bridgewater and Lunenburg)
QUERY: Seeking information on Peter Robert (Roubier), born c.1754, French Protestant. Sent to Saint Johns Island in 1778; married Catherine Lonchel at Charlottetown, PEI, July 9, 1781. Moved to Westmorland County, NB c.1810. Is he connected to Lunenburg, NS or the Huguenots from New Jersey? Contact: Frederick B. Roberts, PO Box 143, Joggins, NS, B0L 1A0

Posted: May 10, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who was Kenneth (Joseph) MacKenzie’s parents? Kenneth of PEI married Margaret Pickering (daughter of Alexander Pickering); wedding announced Royal Gazette June 29, 1839; children: Alexander, William (born 1844), Kenneth Jr. (born 1855), Robert (born 1852), John, Jane (born 1842), Mary Ann and Margaret (born 1850). Contact great granddaughter of Kenneth Jr.: Brenda Titsing, #16 Radisson Court S.E. Medicine Hat, Alberta T1B 2X5; or email: btitsing@telusplanet.net

Posted: Journal-Pioneer, April 19, 2006 (also April 26, Lunenburg and Bridgewater)
QUERY: Who were the parents of Sarah Dunbar McKay? Sarah, born c.1835 in Nova Scotia; married Daniel Forbes (of Lot 48, PEI) on June 8, 1859. She died 1889, Lot 64, Murray Harbour, PEI. Contact: Catherine Fryer, 1299 Lidgate Court, Victoria, BC  V8Z 7E3; or email: nomdeplume@shaw.ca

Posted: April 12, 2006 (also, May 29, 2006, Lunenburg and Bridgewater)
QUERY: Looking for adoption records for Nathaniel, born 1866, son of unmarried Sophia Conrad (born 1844; daughter of Barbara and Benjamin Conrad of Lunenburg, NS) and Nathaniel MacLaren (born 1844, Brudenell, PEI). Adopted by Ann (Sophia’s sister) and Louis/Lewis Randall of Sturgeon, PEI. Contact: Lynn Quillen, PO Box 1205, Charlestown, RI  USA; or email: lsquillen@cox.net

Posted: March 29, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking parents and siblings of Angus McLeod ‘Angus of the Hill’, from Lot 57/58, Point Prim Road. Supposably born in PEI, 1809; married Ann (Nancy) Martin, daughter of Margaret Gillis and William Martin, 1840; ten children, including Angus, Belle, William, Bessie and Mary Ann. Contact: Janice Brockman, 59 Mill Street, North Easton, MA 02356 USA; or email: brocky33@comcast.net

Posted: March 15, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking information on Moses Graham, born in Scotland 1750; married Mary Ann Adams Vincent; children: Moses Jr., John and Donald (married Miss Adams, PEI). Fought during the Revolutionary War and granted land in PEI, but never settled it. Moses Graham Jr. claimed it. Contact: Beryl Graham, 62 - 65 Glamis Rd., Cambridge, ON  N1R 6W4; or email: b.d.graham@sympatico.ca

Posted: March 1, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Seeking information on the children Hector ‘Piper’ Mac/McNeil and his first wife, Sarah MacKinnon: Donald of Cape Travers; Rory of Georgetown; and Malcom who drowned off the coast of PEI. Who is Hugh Archie MacNeil who married Hilda Malone of PEI? Contact: Robert G. McNeil, 3 Valence Street, Howie Centre, NS, B1L 1G5; or email: rgmcneil@syd.eastlink.ca

Posted: February 15, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: Who were Daniel J. McMillian’s parents. Daniel was born June 10, 1852 in PEI. He married Mary MacKinnon, had nine children (Duncan, Margaret, John, Kate, Mary, DanielFlorence by 1881) and lived at Charlottetown. Contact: Denise Reynolds: 25 Gale Ave., Haverhill, MA 01830 USA; or email: livenbgood@comcast.net

Posted: Journal-Pioneer, February 1, 2006
QUERY: Looking for Mary A. Gregory, born c.1868, PEI. Mary had two daughters in Boston, Massachusetts, Margaret J. Smart (born 1889) and Ida E. Smart (born 1890), both baptized 1893 in PEI. Contact: Debra Langill, 13 Dane Street, Peabody Massachusetts  01960 USA; or email: dindin514@yahoo.com

Posted: January 18, 2006, Journal-Pioneer
QUERY: When did Catherine McLeod die? Did she have siblings? Catherine born c.1825, Scotland; moved to PEI with parents c.1845. She married Roderick McKenzie (died 1897, old Tyme Valley Cemetery). In 1911, lived with son, Malcolm, at Victoria West. Contact: Donna White: Hwy 366 RR#4, Amherst, NS  B4H 3Y2; or email: shellfish@ns.sympatico.ca and