Barbara, Benjamin, William and Betsy. They had been two years in Newfoundland before coming to P.E.I. and Baltic.

They had scarcely landed when tragedy entered their lives. One Sunday they left home to attend the Anglican Church in Burlington (St. Stephens). Two teen-aged boys were left home to keep house, one was their own son the other a young chap by the name of Warren, no doubt a relative of Mrs.

Champion. After their elders had departed, the boys went to the river and while on a raft were both tragically drowned. According to information

gathered from the late Otis Champion, this young Champion was the first person to be interred in the Peoples Cemetery, Malpeque.

The Champion name found in Spring Valley, Sea View, Malpeque and other parts of P.E.I. all had their origin from John and Barbara of “the

Baltic”.

CHAMPION

William Champion, born 1840, first son of John Champion and Bare bara Warren, married Annie Sudsbury. Their family were: William, un- married; John, “John Luck” married Isabel Evans; James, married Perilla Brooks; George, married Elizabeth Day; Benjamin, married Isabel Ludlow; Thomas, married Isabel Ferguson; Martha; Mary; Jane; Agnes.

William Champion owned land along the Baltic Creek, previously owned by Captain John Breen, which included lands to the Bernard property, and south to the John and David Clark property and extending to Baltic Road along the east side of the “Qt” Road. This land was divided among his sons George, Benjamin,.and Thomas.

Benjamin, married Isabel Ludlow, and owned land and lived south of his brother Thomas where Harry Wall now lives.

Their family were: Russell, married Lily Champion; Chester, married Rebecca Higgins; Ella, married Daniel Beairsto; Elizabeth, married ..... MacArthur; William, unmarried.

Thomas, married Isabel Ferguson and owned the property where Edith and William Burns now reside. Their family were: Frederick, married Elizabeth Duggan, parents of Wallace Champion and Janette Champion Bernard. George, James, Daniel, Erskine, Lulu, all unmarried. Letty,

married Archibald MacDonald, written elsewhere; Jane, married . . . .' . . Sinclair; Anne, married ....... Hutchison, living in‘California.

In 1919, Thomas traded properties with his brother James, who had returned from the USA. a widower and settled in Stanchel. He had three sons: Dr. J .B. Champion M.D.‘, Rev. Joshiah B. Champion, and Rev. J.

Benjamin Champion, these men never lived in Baltic.

In 1937 the MacKenzies sold the property to James A. and Thelma

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