PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

St. John’s, Newfoundland; Edward, who went to Northwest Canada in 1870; John, subject of this sketch; William, who re- sides on the old homestead, at Souris; James died young. The family are all members of the Catholic church and occupy respected po- sitions in the communities where they reside. James Mullally was, in I860, appointed a magistrate and served as such for the long period of thirty-five years.

John Mullally secured his education in the district schools of the neighborhood and was reared to the life of a farmer. When a young man he worked as a ship carpenter and contractor and afterwards he purchased the farm on which he now resides and sub- sequently removed to it and has since de- voted his attention to its cultivation. It is a splendid piece of land, is maintained in a high state of improvement, its general ap- pearance indicating the owner to be a man of excellent judgment and discrimination. Mr. Mullally also takes an interest in the affairs of the community and is now serv- ing as president of the Gowan Brae Cheese Factory.

Mr. Mullally married Miss Ellen Sinnot, a daughter of John Sinnot, who was born in 1825 at St. Peter's Harbour. Her pater- nal grandfather, Peter Sinnot, was a native of Cumminford, Ireland. Mrs. Mulally's brother, Rev Dr. Sinnot, is secretary of Monsignor Shabretta, papal delegate to Can- ada. To Mr. and Mrs. Mullally have been born the following children: George, at home; Maud, who received her literary' edu- cation at the convent at Souris and Prince of Wales College, and her business training in a commercial college in Boston, Massa- chusetts, was for three years engaged in teaching school here; Ella also received her education in Souris Convent; Agnes, A1-

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fred, Laura, Evelyn and Howard. In poli- tics Mr. Mulally is a Liberal and is now serv- ing as president of the Liberal Association of his district. In 1885 he was appointed a magistrate and is still serving as such. He is well known throughout his community and is highly esteemed by all.

RONALD J. MCKENZIE, who is numbered among the successful agriculturists of Lot 55, Kings county, was born on the farm on which he now resides and on which his fa- ther,John McKenzie, resided, in I834. It is a crown grant from George IV and comprises one hundred acres, John McKenzie lived on this farm during twenty years of his life and died here in 1852, at the age of fifty years. He was a native of the Isle of Skye. Scot- land, and came to Prince Edward Island in I824 with his father, Malcolm McKenzie, who settled at Dundas on the farm adjoining that now occupied by the subject. His wife was Catherine McDonald, who was one of a family of twenty-four brothers and sisters, children of Ronald and Christie (Nicholson) McDonald, of the Isle of Skye. The Mc- Donald family is widely scattered, many members of the family having gone to Aus- tralia and New Zealand, while a number are still in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and several of them the subject is still in correspond— ' ence with, one of these being Hugh McDon— ald, a wharf owner and steamboat agent at Uigg, Isle Skye, Scotland. In the early days of settlement in Prince Edward Island many strange experiences have been passed through and among these was one relating to the subject’s mother, who started from home to visit a neighbour nearly a mile away. There was only a blazed path through the