^ J ^erry Family Edmund Perry b. Tignish , PEI , m. Beatrice Bernard , b. DeBIoise, PEL Edmund and Beatrice lived in Tignish where Edmund was a farmer. Edmund Perry and Beatrice Bernard had 20 children; Alfred Joseph ; Melvin Joseph ; Mary Ammie ; Ernest Joseph ; Ann Mary ; Rita Mary ; Lester Joseph ; Alcide Joseph; Algre Joseph; Leroy Joseph ; Orella Mary; Cecilia Mary , Gerald Joseph ; Arthur Joseph ; Frank Joseph ; Henry Joseph ; Evon d. at birth; Mary d. at birth; Milford d. at 2 years; Joseph d. at 3 years. Lester Joseph b. 21 Feb 1932, son of Ed¬ mund Perry and Bea ¬ trice Bernard, m. as her 2nd. husband 7 July 1978 Martha Elizabeth Cherpak Thomas, b. 18 Sept 1929, daughter of Mike Cherpak and Mary A. MacDonald , , NS. See Thomas history. Lester and Martha had no children. Lester worked for Marine At¬ lantic in Borden and does general carpentry work in the commu¬ nity. Martha was also a Marine Atlantic employee. They are retired in 1992. Martha was a member of the North Tryon Women's Institute. Sources: Lester Perry . jrfo o 1 e y Family The Pooley family was one of the first families to settle in North Tryon . Thomas Pooley b.c. 1789, Devonshire , England , d. 24 Nov 1870, bur. Peoples Cem., m. Mary, b.c. 1787, England , d. 25 Aug 1871, Lester and Martha Perry. Perry Collection . 277