pvc PETER DOYLE , Fourth Child of James Doyle and Margaret Lacey Peter was born Apr. 26, 1836. One of his baptismal sponsors was Catherine Doyle , probably the lady who sold the lease for Doylcs Point to his fatherjames. This was also the year that the Doylcs 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 1 larboron May 21 st, 1847. This ship left Ireland carrying 444 people fleeing the potato famine. Unfortunately, many of those aboard became infected with typhus fever, twenty-five died on the voyage to P.E.I , and at least another eight died after she reached harbor. The chief way of socializing in those days was [ visiting neighbors and talking for hours. Irish news would always be of interest [to the early Doylcs. - O ^ />c^ s?*1^ ^■Sie* » «• - .— As a boy Peter would have also seen sailing ships moving up and down the lillsborough River past the Point. By about 1850 he would have seen his first tcamer. Like the Doylcs who lived on the Point after him, he probably did omc waterfowl hunting, perhaps fashioning decoys out of mud and seaweed, and hunting with a muzzle-loader. The marsh seemed to play a big part in the ivcsof this family, providing food, banking for the house, and fertilizer for the lelds, as well as recreation. 37