From this point Annie is a mystery. She may be the Annie Doyle who 'ed Simon Wooldridge onJuly 12, 1892 in Tracadie. Ifso, she is buried at orran Ban. She may also be one of a number of Annie Doylcs buried in harlottetown since that time, none of whom i could verify as being ourAnnie.

OHN DOYLE, child of James Doyle and Margaret Iacey ohn was the youngest of the children ofJames Doyle and Margret Iacey. Born 1856, John was seven when his father died. He lived on the farm with the ' y until the time his mother moved to town. John must have had some ' ' g in carpentry early in his life since he is listed as a carpenter at the age f twenty-three, while still living at home. This makes one think that old James, hn’s father, may well have been the James Doyle, carpenter, who came out m Dublin via Newfoundland on the ships the Concord and the Kitty. Pierce ' did well as a carpenter, as didWilliam. We can imagine that the boys t some early instruction on the farm in how to properly use a level and a lumb bob. When my mother (Isabelle Daley) lived on the ‘old place' there a lot of old furniture, some of which was probably made by the Doylcs. My unt Margaret (Doyle) Campbell remembers two old cradles, one of which was e of cherry wood, which were discarded when her family moved to ottetown. John probably went to town to work occasionally while he was a young , gaining both skill and some much needed money for the family. John uld have witnessed the fire of 1866 and also probably gained some work ause of it—a circumstance which would repeat itself later in his life.

Sometime between 1881 and 1887, John moved to Charlottetown where lived with his motherand sisterAnnie. The federal census of 1891 callsJohn ‘house arpenter' . He was destined to remain such throughout his life. iiliam Shama, a grocer who lived anohn, says “John worked for himself. e never worked for a contractor. You called him if you wanted a small job ne.’ This is probably generally true, although Frank Doyle says that John rked occasionally for his nephew Leo Doyle, a Charlottetown contractor.

A disastrous fire swept through St.John's Newfoundland on July 8th and 1892, burning over halfof the city. The business district and most of the mes of the middle class and poorer people were lost. A massive relief effort mounted both on P.E.I. and other parts of Canada, and in the US. The need r carpenters was evident. John probably saw the opportunity both to help e people, and to pin employment. This probably accounts for his move ere in late 1892 or early 1895.

John may have met his future wife, Mary Flynn, on the boat to Newfound- d or sent for her after getting a job in St.John's. Mary was the daughter of hn Flynn andJohanna lamphiere from Traadie, P.E.l. She was probably the domestic” listed as living in the home of Michael Trainer in the 1891 census. is also possible that John and Mary may have met when John was called to a couple of sticking doors or to install a lock in the home of Mr. Trainor.

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