farm to George Shaw in 1976, as well as giving Lorne and Faye each a plot of land, the original farm became reduced to about 30 acres.

Children of Harry and Shirley (Campbell) Lawson

1. Lorne Campbell, b. 19 July, 1953, m. 20 Mar., 1976 to Maureen Gaudet (b. 6 Sept., 1954) dau. of Francis and Frances (Turner) Gaudet of Southport. No c.

2. Faye Shirley, b. 4 June, 1956, In. 30 Sept., 1978 to Douglas Raymond Smith

(b. 26 May, 1954), son of Raymond and Helen (Redmond) Smith of Shad Bay,

N.S. No.c.

Lorne Campbell, only son of Harry and Shirley Lawson, attended the new one - room school in Stanhope. He began to work in the summers when he was 14 years old, using his father’s tractor in helping to build the new Stanhope Golf Course. He graduated from Grade 12 at Charlottetown Rural High School in 1971, and in 1975 he graduated from U.P.E.I. with a Business Administration degree. Lorne married Maureen Gaudet of Southport in March, 1976. They moved from Ottawa to Edmonton, to P.E.I., and back to Ottawa, where Lorne works with the Federal Government.

Faye Shirley, only daughter of Harry and Shirley, also began her education in Stanhope School, and graduated from Grade 12 at Charlottetown Rural High School in 1974. She, like many other children in the community, sold newspapers to summer residents at the Point. She went on to further her education at Holland College and earned a secretarial certificate in 1976. She is employed by the P.E.I. Government. Faye married Douglas Smith in September, 1978. They lived in Charlottetown for two years, and in 1980 built a “Cape Cod Cottage” style home on the plot of land given to Faye by her parents; they have lived year - round in Stanhope since 1980. See Smith family history.

The Lawson family has one of the most intricate genealogies in Stanhope; we hope you have been able to follow the decendants of the first David Lawson, and we apologize for any inadvertant ommissions or inaccuracies. '

LEITCH

There were evidently two separate. Leitch families among the early settlers of Lot 34. Peter Leech, weaver from Perthshire, came on the Falmouth; he was possibly son to Pat: Leech Weaver Crieff baptized on June 10, 1750, and was probably married at the time of the voyage. He is shown on the 1790 map of Stanhope as having 200 acres of land to the south - east of Stanhope Cove, next to Neil Shaw’s, with a lease from Sir James Montgomery dated 15 May, 1787; he paid E 2.10.0 rent per annum. In the census of April, 1798 he was married with two sons and three daughters, but

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