GENERAL STORE

Reuben and Rebecca Tuplin emigrated from Tavistock, Devon, England and settled on a farm in Prince Edward Island. Two of their

sons were Reuben and James.

Reuben set himself up in the store business, which included the general store, warehouse and Carriage shop at Margate Corner, where Mr.

Gene Crane now lives.

His brother James, at 29 years of age learned the carriage building trade from his brother, Reuben, and then settled in New Annan as a Car-

riage Builder.

How long Reuben remained in Margate is not known, but as ment— ioned elsewhere, we would suppose it would be after the railway went through Kensington, that he moved his buildings and set up in business in Kensington and did a thriving business there. Reuben died in 1874.

A clipping from a newspaper says that “on his death, a special train to accommodate the public, came from Summerside to his funeral, which

was attended by one thousand people.”

STORES

A small grocery store was owned by Ira Woodside, and located in his father’s yard.

The small corner store was a gathering place for many and loved especially by the school children, who might have a penny to spend.

There were other stores and canteens over the years. We shall not try to mention them as there were quite a few and some owners’ names

might be omitted.

At time of printing there are no stores or canteens in operation in Margate.

SHOEMAKERS

A few Cobblers, who made boots and had shops of their own in Margate in earlier years were: Mr. George Mayhew, Mr. George Hamilton and a resident, who lived on what is now the Edwin Brown property.

TANNERY

Mr. George Mayhew (mentioned elsewhere) operated a tannery on the Creek Road behind the Wm. Pound Carriage Shops. As well as tan- ning hides, he was a cobbler and made boots. Some of his boots were ex- ported on the vessels that called at the wharf (mentioned elsewhere).

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