Whcn they moved to the farm, James and Margaret had four children; Margaret, 7 yrs. old, Pierce (named after Margaret's father), 3 yrs. old, Catherine (named after Margaret's mother), 2 yrs. old, and Peter, an infant. These were followed by James in 1838, and Elizabeth in the year 1840. Like all Island children, they would amuse themselves picking daisies or black-eyed Susans for their mother, swimming in the river, and occasionally the boys fighting like hell with one another. In that year, the Doyles were probably paying rent to the holder of the lease, Catherine Doyle , widow of John the tailor, and owner of the farm until his death in 1833. The first home of James and Margaret was, no doubt, what later genera¬ tions called "the log house," later converted into a hen house and wood house. From a description by Margaret (Doyle) Campbell and Frank Doyle, the building was about twenty feet by thirty feet. It had four rooms, the roof having a square pitch. The first room ran two-thirds of the length of the building with a flu in the comer, about halfway along one outside wall. This was probably the original kitchen. A loft, accessible by a ladder, was above half of the house, with a small window to admit light. Three rooms were along the back and were probably used as bedrooms. The building had no foundation and was pinned together with wooden nails called "trenails". There also was evidence of plaster having been applied to the walls at one time. We can imagine the discussions that went on in this log house about who was going to sleep where and who took whose blanket! As many as twelve people slept in this small log house. In winter the house would be banked with seaweed and snow but would be very cold nevertheless. They seem to have been a very vigorous family, however, since no evidence was found of children dying during this generation. The following sketch of the Doyle cabin was done in the summer of 1992 by artist Marjorie Frizzellof Southport . Marjorie sketched the log house on the original site as it was described by members of the Doyle family. Note Cathedral, (begun in 1843), positioned where the present triple spires to the Bascilica now stand - to the immediate left of the group of three 22