Neil and Jane had four sons while living in Lot 34. A daughter was born to them after they moved to Rollo Bay.

Children of Neil and Jane (Brown) Darroch

John B., b. 1866

Angus Alexander, b. 1868, m. 10 Oct., 1898 to Mary Eve McPhee. James A., b. 1869

Fred, b. 1871

Sarah, b. 1873

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DAVIES

John J. Davies came to Stanhope in 1900 when he purchased Point Pleasant Hotel from Donald MacMillan. He was a native of Pictou County, N .S. and was married to Helen Logan, also of Pictou. In early life he drove the stage coach from Halifax to Pictou in the days when stage coaching was the only means of travel. He came to Charlotte- town in the early 1800s, taking over the “Rankine House”, then the leading hotel in the city; it was situated at the corner of Pownal and Sydney Streets. In 1904 he ran the “Plaza House”, on Water Street, now the Lennox Nursing Home. Later he was proprietor of the Davies Hotel on Great George Street, now the Regent Hotel. From 1900 when he bought Point Pleasant he operated both hotels; in the summers he and his wife Helen ran the re—named “Cliff Hotel”, while his daughter- in-law looked after the Davies Hotel in town. Helen Davies Lowther, named for her grandmother, remembers the lovely summers at the Cliff Hotel as a little girl. Guests came from all over Canada and the United States and returned year after year; they became friends of the Davies’ rather than clients or customers. If any guests’ children had a birthday, Helen Davies would always bake a birthday cake and have a party. Helen drove to town on market days, Tuesday and Friday, with horse and wagon, to buy supplies for the hotel; it was a long drive, and a long day, from early morning till late afternoon, “but grandmother loved every minute of it” (Helen Lowther).

The Davies had a daughter Belle who died young, a son William and a son John James, who died (torpedoed) in World War I, and whose daughter, Helen Davies Lowther, lives in Charlottetown; we are indebted to her for information on Mr. and Mrs. Davies.

John J. Davies was a charter member of the Provincial Exhibition Association, and a director; and at the time of his death in 1926, its President. He was a noted judge of horses, both in the show ring and at the race track.

After his death on November 2, 1926, Mrs. Davies sold the Cliff Hotel to Harry Williams. (see the section on Stanhope Beach Lodge).

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