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Lawrence Keith Douglas

Keith is the only child of Percy and Agnes (Gillespie) Douglas, and was born on April 6, 1918. He married Thelma Myrtle Matthew, (b. 19 Sept., 1922), only child of Clayton and Myrtle (Crosby) Matthew of West Covehead. Keith worked on the family farm until 1962, when he sold 72 acres of land to Mrs. Erma MacLauchlan. He fished lobsters for several seasons, worked at the National Park, Dalvay and at the Stanhope Golf Course, and did carpenter work. Lester J. Szabo bought the house and farm buildings with three acres of land in June, 1973. Keith and Thelma, having bought the Robert

Storring property in 1972, moved to West Covehead with Keith’s mother, who continued to live with them until her death in 1976. Keith and Thelma have two daughters: —

Children of Keith and Thelma (Matthew) Douglas

1. Audrey Myrtle, b. 30 April, 1943, m. to Jack Merrill Mayhew (b. 2 Apr., 1937).

They have 2 sons, Stephen Jack (b. 4 Mar., 1963), and Dennis Trent (b. 7 Apr., 1964)

2. Linda Marjorie, b. 25 Jan., 1950, m. to Blair Rodd Garnhum, (b. 14 July, 1947).

ELLIS Robert Bruce Ellis was born at Donaldston, P.E.I., on June 19,

1918, the third son of Henry William (Harry) and Sylvia Amanda

(Foster) Ellis, youngest daughter of David and Amanda (MacGregor) Foster of Stanhope. (see Foster and MacGregor family histories). Bruce was educated in Donaldston, and worked on the family farm until a young man.

In the early fall of 1940 he joined the armed services, taking basic training at the Canadian Army Beach Grove Training Centre. In December, 1940 he and several of his friends decided they would prefer a life with the Canadian Navy. In joining the Navy he was called up for Basic Training in Charlotteown and Halifax in April, 1941; this continued until November, 1941. Bruce then went overseas on loan to the Royal Navy, landing at the Naval Base in Portsmouth, England, from where he was on patrol duty around the British Isles. In September, 1942 he was transferred to the Mediterranean Forces on convoy duty, minesweeping between Gilbraltar and Malta. While on duty on HMS Algerine on November 15, 1942, the minesweeper was torpedoed and sunk by an Italian submarine, the Ascianghi. Of the complement of 126 men on board the Algen'ne, 16 men were picked up and spent 16 days in hospital in Bougie, Africa. Of the 126 comple- ment, twelve men survived. The survivors were taken to Algiers, North Africa and boarded a ship for Portsmouth. England. Bruce

spent the next year patrolling around the British Isles, being stationed

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