Syc LA WHENCE PATRICK , Seventh child of James Doyle and Margaret Lacey Lawrence Patrick , later to be known as " L.P ." Doyle, was the seventh Doyle child born at the Point. I could find no record of his baptism, but other documents confirm that he was indeed one of the twelve children of James Doyle and Margaret Lacey and was born in 1844. Lawrence left the farm when he was about twenty. He learned the blacksmith trade, possibly in the West River area, or perhaps from his uncle Pierce Lacey in Charlottetown . Lawrence married a Lot 6 5 giri, Mary Ann Currie , on Feb.2, 1869. She was the daughter of John Currie and Elizabeth MacDougall . Witnesses at the wedding were William Doyle and Catherine Currie , siblings of the bride and groom. By 1871 Lawrence had a home on Kent St . in Charlottetown and was working as a blacksmith. Moses, his 21 year old brother, was living in Charlottetown and working as a painter. Another brother, Peter, was operating a tavern on at that time. The three brothers probably met regularly, perhaps at Peter's tavern. The brothers and their wives probably greeted with a mixture of hope and scepticism, the idea of P.E.I , joining Confederation in 1873. At least the Island's railway debt was be¬ ing assumed by the Government of Canada which should help p. E.I .'s economy. In 1885 Lawrence purchased a property in St. Peters Bay , on the north side of the bridge for one 'thousand and fifty dollars. There he spent most of his working life as a blacksmith and wheelwright. He and his wife Mary Ann probably came to St. Peters about 1875, based on the fact that their first three children were baptized in Charlottetown . L.P . had a hard life in many ways. He and Mary Ann had five boys but lost two tragically to scarlet fever. The following notice appeared in the newspaper Island Argus June 13, 1876. AC