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WRENCE PATRICK,

enth child ofjarnes Doyle and Margaret Iacey

wrence Patrick, later to be known as ‘LP.’ Doyle, was the seventh Doyle hild born at the Point. I could find no record of his baptism, but other uments confirm that he was indeed one of the twelve children of James yle and Margaret Iacey and was born in 1844. lawrence left the farm when e was about twenty. He learned the blacksmith trade, possibly in the West ' er am, or perhaps from his uncle Pierce Iacey in Charlottetown. Iawrence ' d a Lot 65 girl, Mary Ann Currie, on Feb.2, 1869. She was the daughter f John Currie and Elimbeth MacDougall. Witnesses at the wedding were illiam Doyle and Catherine Currie, siblings of the bride and groom.

By 1871 Iawrence had a home on Kent St. in Charlouetown and was rking as a blacksmith. Moses, his 21 year old brother, was living in ottetown and working as a painter. Anotherbrother, Peter, was operating tavern on Richmond Street at that time. The three brothers probably met gularly, perhaps at Peter’s tavern. The brothers and their wives probably eted with a mixture of hope and scepticism, the idea of P.E.1. joining nfederation in 1873. At least e Island’s railway debt was be- g assumed by the Government f Canada which should help .E.1.'s economy.

In 1885 Iawrence purchased propertyinSt. PetersBay, on the rth side of the bridge for one ousand and fifty dollars. There e spent most of his working life a blacksmith and wheelwright. He and his wife Mary Ann probably mme to . Peters about 1875, based on the fact that their first three children were ptized in Charlottetown.

I..P. had a hard life in many ways. He and Mary Ann had five boys but lost 0 tragically to scarlet fever. The following notice appeared in the newspaper slandArgus June 13, 1876.

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