Section I: The Five Mile House Burying Ground and family histories of those interred -- Page 3: The Pioneers -- Page 4: The Five Mile House Burying Ground -- Page 5: Old Marshfield Cemetery -- Page 8: The Fergussons of Craggan Farm and New Inn Fergussons -- Blair Atholl Parish -- Page 9: Coming to Marshfield -- Small Pox story proves timely -- Settling on Craggan Farm -- Section II: A few other early settlers -- Page 103: Somerset cottage -- Page 112: The Honourable Robert Poore Haythorne -- Section III: The diary of David Ross (1836-1887) excerpts -- Section IV: Writings of Walter Bannerman Robertson -- Page 149: Marshfield as I remember from 1860 -- Page 158: A letter regarding the McLaughlan family -- Section V: Transportation: river, roads and railway -- Section VI: Agriculture and farm life -- Page 169: Early farming, potatoes, farm life, livestock, exhibitions, fur farming, land value -- Page 177: Provincial exhibition 1896, poem by William Irving Thompson -- Section VII: Tributes and churches -- Page 181: Lest we forget -- Page 182: For King and country -- Page 183: St. Columba Presbyterian church -- Page 187: Marshfield Community Cemetery -- Page 188: The St. Peter's road Baptist Church -- Page 190: The Baptist Church camp -- Page 191: The Wesleyan Methodist Church of this area -- Page 195: Central United Church, Dunstaffnage -- Page 199: Politicians of Marshfield and area -- Page 202: John Bradford MacCallum, artist/painter -- Page 203: Kent Stetson, playwright/director/educator -- Section VIII: Institutions and organizations -- Page 207: Marshfield school -- Page 207: Marshfield School -- Page 215: Marshfield Hall -- Page 218: Farmers' Institute of Marshfield -- Page 220: Girl Guides, Brownies and Rangers -- Page 235: Boy Scouts, Cubs and Beavers -- Page 240: Dunstaffnage - Marshfield 4-H Club -- Section IX: Tales and items of interest -- Page 247: Digging a cellar -- Page 248: Hockey night in Marshfield: "The Marshfield Maple Leafs" & "Sandy's Ramblers" -- Page 252: The big hill -- Page 253: The last bear in Marshfield -- Page 256: Ice cakes for refrigeration -- Page 257: An apparition walked and wept at Binstead House -- Page 260: The post office -- Beginning of rural delivery -- Page 261: Sandy's Restaurant and Drive-in Theatre -- Page 264: Henry Tuenter -- Page 265: Recollections of the country store -- Page 268: Buried treasure in Marshfield -- Page 269: In closing -- Section X: Properties and people -- Page 274: Longworth to Fobes (N1) -- Page 276: Miller to Lewis & Jewell (N2) -- Page 277: McFarlane to Ballem (N3) -- Page 278: Ferguson to Munn (N4) -- Page 281: Newport Cottage to Woodmere (N5) -- Page 282: Westacott to MacIsaac (N6) -- Page 283: McLaughlin to Malletdale Farms & others (N7) -- Page 286: Springbrook Farm (N8) -- Page 287: Hillside Farm (N9) -- Page 288: Stewart to MacBeth (N10) -- Page 290: Linden Acres Farm (N11) -- Page 292: Stewart to Lewis (N12) -- Page 293: Stewart to Creamer & others (N13) -- Page 293: Ferguson to Rhynes (N14) -- Page 294: Ferguson to Saunders (N15) -- Page 295: Rosetta Farm - Property (S1) -- Page 297: The Five Mile House (S2) -- Page 298: Stewart to Carr & others (S3) -- Page 298: Tulloch Farm - property (S4) -- Page 301: Melrose Farm (S5) -- Page 302: Craggan Farm (S6) -- Page 303: Saint Cuthberts (S7) -- Page 305: Goose Pond Farm & Haythorne Estate plus others (S8, S9, S10) -- Page 309: MacDonald to Jenkins (S11) -- Page 311: Rosevale Farm (S12) -- Page 312: Ferguson to Scott & Beau View Farms (S13 & S14) -- Page 314: MacLean to Boswall (S15) -- Page 316: McGregor to Dennis & Others (S16) -- Page 317: Photographs of early holmes -- Section XI: Maps of Marshfield and area.
Metadata
Model
Book
Contributors
Editor: Carmody-MacDonald, Velma
Contributor: Marshfield Pioneer Cemetery Trust Fund Committee
Publisher
Marshfield Pioneer Cemetery Trust Fund Committee
Place Published (Jurisdiction)
Prince Edward Island
Place Published
Charlottetown, P.E.I
Date Issued
2001
Mode of Issuance
monographic
Resource Type
Book
Form
print
Language
English
Genre
local histories
biography
Table of Contents
Note
Marshfield Pioneer Cemetery Trust Fund Committee ; editor, Velma Carmody-MacDonald.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Sponsored by: Marshfield Women's Institute, P.E.I.; Department of Education, Heritage and Culture Division; Government of Canada, Provincial Millenium Program; Government of Canada, Federal Millenium Project; local sponsors.
Subject (Topical)
History
Frontier and pioneer life
Subject (Geographic)
Prince Edward Island
Marshfield (P.E.I.)
Subject (Name)
Five Mile House Burying Ground (Marshfield, P.E.I.)
Dewey Classification
971.7/4
ISBN
0968808107
Rights
In Copyright
Member of
