From this point Annie is a mystery. She may be the Annie Doyle who narricd Simon Wooldridgc on July 12,1892 inTracadie. If so, she is buried at Corran Ban . She may also be one of a number of Annie Doyles buried in Charlottetown since that time, none of whom 1 could verify as being our Annie. OHN DOYLE , rwclft h child of James Doyle and Margaret Lacey was the youngest of the children of James Doyle and Margaret Lacey . Born 1856, John was seven when his father died. He lived on the farm with the family until the time his mother moved to town. John must have had some training in carpentry early in his life since he is listed as a carpenter at the age of twenty-three, while still living at home. This makes one think that old James, John's father, may well have been the James Doyle , carpenter, who came out from Dublin via Newfoundland on the ships the Concord and the Kitty. Pierce certainly did well as a carpenter, as did William. We can imagine that the boys got some early instruction on the farm in how to properly use a level and a plumb bob. When my mother ( Isabelle Daley ) lived on the "old place" there was a lot of old furniture, some of which was probably made by the Doyles . My aunt Margaret (Doyle) Campbell remembers two old cradles, one of which was made of cherry wood, which were discarded when her family moved to Charlottetown . John probably went to town to work occasionally while he was a young man, gaining both skill and some much needed money for the family. John would have witnessed the fire of 1866 and also probably gained some work because of it—a circumstance which would repeat itself later in his life. Sometime between 1881 and 1887, John moved to Charlottetown where he lived with his mother and sister Annie. The federal census of 1891 calls John a "house carpenter". He was destined to remain such throughout his life. William Shama , a grocer who lived near John, says "John worked for himself. He never worked for a contractor. You called him if you wanted a small job done." This is probably generally true, although Frank Doyle says that John worked occasionally for his nephew Leo Doyle , a Charlottetown contractor. A disastrous fire swept through St. John's Newfoundland on July 8th and 9th 1892, burning over half of the city. The business district and most of the homes of the middle class and poorer people were lost. A massive relief effort was mounted both on P.E.I , and other parts of Canada , and in the U.S. The need for carpenters was evident. John probably saw the opportunity both to help the people, and to gain employment. This probably accounts for his move ■here in late 1892 or early 1893. John may have met his future wife, Mary Flynn , on the boat to Newfound¬ land or sent for her after getting a job in St. John's. Mary was the daughter of John Flynn and Johanna Lamphicrc fromTracadic, P.E.I. She was probably the "domestic" listed as living in the home of Michael Trainor in the 1891 census. |Tt is also possible that John and Mary may have met when John was called to fix a couple of sticking doors or to install a lock in the home of Mr. Trainor . 55