18. Emilie Arsenault Blacquiere 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1937, Emily left the Island for New York City where her sister Corinne was living. There 
     
     she first found employment as a housemaid in a Jewish family and then as a waitress in a restaurant. 
     
     She loved New York but she had to leave after 15 months. This was during the years of the 
     
     Depression and it was not easy for a Canadian to obtain a working visa. After a brief stay in 
     
     Montreal, she came back to the Island and eventually met Leo Blacquiere, son of Moise Blacquiere 
     
     and Philoméne Gallant of Summerside. Leo soon had to leave the Island as he joined the army the 
     
     year the Second World War started. Emily went to meet him in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where they 
     
     were married on 27 April 1940. 
     
    
   
   
    
     After the war, they settled in Summerside where Leo was employed in the provincial civil 
     
     service as Registrar of Deeds for Prince County. At the end of the 1950's, Emily returned to the 
     
     work force as a saleswoman in the children's wear department of Holman's of P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A jovial person, Emily adores listening to music and is a fine story-teller. Her stories and 
     
     anecdotes about the people of Maximeville are always well appreciated. She is also a very caring 
     
     person alway present in time of need. When a relative or a friend is hospitalized, or when there is 
     
     death in the family, you can always depend on Emily's comforting visits. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Like her mother, Emily is very talented with her hands, excelling in crocheting, knitting, 
     
     quilting and hooking mats. Her work has won her many prizes in handicraft exhibitions in 
     
     Summerside and in Abram's Village. 
     
    

    
     Emily has earned a reputation as a fine Bridge player and enjoys playing Duplicate Bridge. 
     
     Like her husband Leo, she enjoys entertaining, particularly when it involves playing cards. For 
     
     many years now, they have been spending their summers in a camper-trailer at the Moonlight 
     
     Campground in Cape Egmont enjoying the open air and their many neighbours. Lately, Emily has 
     
     become very much interested in birds and loves to feed them. 
     
    

    
     Children: 
     
    
   
   
    
     1) Elizabeth (Betty) (30 August 1941) married James Campbell on 10 October 1964 (divorced). 
     
     Children: 
     
    
   
   
    
     a) James (18 September 1965). Address: Clinton, P.E.I. 
     
     b) Gordon (22 November 1968). Address: Vancouver, B.C. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Betty married Donald Pickering on 24 September 1988. Donald has two daughters from his first 
     
     marriage: Paula (24 August 1976), Coreen (7 November 1977). Address: Clinton, P.E.I 
     
    
   
   
    
     2) David (8 November 1946) married Sandra Meleskie on 8 July 1972. Children: twins Robert and 
     
     Thomas (25 September 1973). Address: Welland, Ontario. 
     
    
   
   
    
     3) Ronald (28 July 1952). Died in a car accident 25 September 1970. 
     
    
   
   
    
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