Fourth Child of James Doyle and Margaret Lacey

Peter was born Apr. 26, 1836. One of his baptisrml sponsors was Catherine Doyle, probably the lady who sold the lase for Doyles Point to his fatherjamcs.

's was also the year that the Doyles moved to the Point. Peter, when he was eleven, may have heard older members of his family talking about a ship called the Lady Constable that came into Charlottetown rbor on MayZIst, 1847. This ship lefi Ireland carrying 444 people fleeing the tato famine. Unfortunately, many of those aboard became infected with hus fever, twenty-five died on the voyage to P.E.l. and at last another eight ied after she reached harbor. The chief way of socializing in those days was 'siting neighbors and talking for hours. Irish news would always be of interest

As a boy Peter would have also seen sailing ships moving up and down the illsborough River past the Point. By about 1850 he would have seen his first teamer. Like the Doyles who lived on the Point after him, he probably did me waterfowl hunting, perhaps fashioning decoys out of mud and sawced, nd hunting with a muzzle-loader. The marsh seemed to play a big part in the

lives ofthis family, providing food, banking for the house, and fertilizer for the fields. as well as recrmtion.

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