Jim Doyle , or "Big Jim" as he was known locally, lived as a farmer in Mermaid and later a hotel keeper in Charlottctown. His picture shows a man with a neatly trimmed beard, balding head, somewhat bulbous nose and broad shoulders seated beside his standing wife in a local photographer's studio. My mother, Isabclle Doyle remembers him walking around the farm about 1920. At that time he had a grey beard and walked with a walking stick. He would have been eighty years old. Harry Wood remembers one time he and Jim Doyle went to Charlottetown to the trial of "one of the Ings boys". When the trial was over Harry andjim went to a restaurant for something to eat. After they had eaten, the waitress asked Jim if he would like dessert. Jim replied" No, the hell with dessert, just bring me a piece of apple pic* Jim and Margaret moved to town about 1914, having lived on the farm for thirty-eight years. Jim was seventy-six at that time. They lived at a variety of addresses, (200 Sydney St ., and 200 Kent St ., among them) where they managed rooming houses or 'hotels" and at least one livery stable. Jim died on February 26,1922. He resided at immediately prior to his death. The following year John Doyle , son of Jim, purchased the farm in Mermaid , on which he was living, from his mother, Margaret A. Doyle , for $600. Margaret is remembered as being a rather stern person. My grandmother, ( Mrs. John Doyle ), one time attended an auction with her and, after a successful bid (15 cents) on a small tabic, "Nanny" was about to pay for it when her mother-in-law grabbed the money and collected the item. The children remember that when their grandmother came to visit they had to "mind their manners" to an extreme extent. Margaret was a schoolteacher at one time, possibly in Lot 6 5. She may not have liked the business which might account for her stern demeanor with children. She died at the home of her daughter Gertrude, Mrs. J.B. Hughes , on June 18, 1943. The following obituary appeared in the Guardian June 24, 1943. The death occurred on Friday June 18th, at the home of her daughter Mrs. James Hughes with whom she resided for some time, of Mrs. James Doyle after a lengthy illness. The late Mrs. Doyle was bom at , the daughter of the late Roderick and Mary Hogan and removed to this city about thirty years ago. Possessed of a pleasing and friendly disposition, the late Mrs. Doyle enjoyed a large circle of friends who will learn with regret of her passing. The late Mrs. Doyle was a member of the third order of St . Francis for a number of years. She leaves to mourn her passing two daughters, Mrs. J.B. Hughes and Sister Mary Kathleen , Superior of St . Joseph's Hospital Victoria , B.C. and four sons Joseph on the old homestead, William, , John and Leo of this city. Also surviving are two brothers Richard and Thomas in the United States. 62