Olive Yeo-Berry 
     
    
   
   
    
     1938-1948 
     
    
   
   
    
     Olive Yeo-Berry was born in Knutsford, 
     
     P.E.I. February 21, 1917 at the home of 
     
     her parents, John and Lilla Yeo. She 
     
     met William R. Berry, who returned 
     
     home to the Island with his family, Mr. 
     
     and Mrs. Leon Berry from New Jersey, 
     
     U.S. during the depression because work 
     
     was scarce. William and Olive were 
     
     married in 1938. They had three children 
     
     John, Carol and Allen. For a while, the 
     
    
   
   
    
     young couple lived in the Meggison 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     house (Annie’s family home) in 
     
     Forestview, P.E.I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     However, before she was married, Olive, with a little coaxing from her stepmother, Hannah Yeo, 
     
     - one of the 13 founding members - joined the Knutsford Women’s Institute in 1934 and 
     
     remained a member until 1941, when she and William moved to New Jersey. William knew 
     
     early on that farming wasn’t for him, so he joined the Canadian Air Forces to provide for his 
     
     family, and later William moved to back to New Jersey with Olive and his three young children. 
     
     William transferred to United States Air Force because he was an American. William and Olive 
     
    
   
   
    
     resided in New Jersey until they passed away. Olive sadly passed away in 2011. 
     
    
   
   
    
     During her time as a member of the K WI, Olive served as the secretary/treasurer in 1936, and 
     
     1938. She was chosen to be a delegate of her branch to attend an annual convention in 
     
     Charlottetown. Traveling to the capital was not something Olive did every day. It was a big deal, 
     
    
   
   
    
     an event and honour. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Every two years a Women’s Institute Annual Convention would take place in Charlottetown. 
     
     Delegates from each branch would attend. Miss Olive Yeo (secretary/treasurer) represented the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Knutsford, Institute in 1938. Mrs. Thomas Silliker (Vera) a delegate of Mount Royal branch, 
     
    
   
   
    
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