Mr. Garrett was granted his operator's license for a general store on Feb. 6, 1857. Indications are that he did not open a store in Stanley Bridge until 1861. At this time he leased land along the shore on the east side of the road from Samuel Cunard and built a store close to the wharf. The 1876 Mercantile Agency Reference Book states that the Garrett store and business was valued at $5000.00 to $10,000.00 'with a good credit'. The import and export trade by vessel was quite successful. A disastrous fire (about 1890) destroyed his store. At this time Mr. and Mrs. Garrett moved to Charlottetown and sold their land holdings in Stanley. In 1895 the fam¬ ily moved to Murray River to reside with their daughter Mrs. GA . Hughes. Daniel Ross on Nov. 16, 1891 purchased 5 acres of land which Mr. Garrett had bought, July 12, 1867 from the original 100 acre William McKay farm. This was located on the south side of the highway. The Garrett building located next to the Squarebriggs store was purchased by Barbara Squarebriggs on April 23, 1892. This became part of the A.J. McLeod & Co. Funeral Business and was used as a storage room for the caskets. Another transfer of land was a plot of land which Mr. Garrett had purchased from Dougald Henry on May 14, 1870. On July 5. 1897, George Garrett sold this land to Thomas Hiscott , Sr. The last plot of land in the village was sold to A.J. McLeod on Feb. 20 1901. The house on this site was moved by Mr. McLeod closer to his store. HODGSON George R. Garrett and his brother-in-law, WILLIAM HODGSON - son of Jabez B.S. Hodgson , of the / Hope River area, became partners in the General store business. They also had an exporting/importing clientele, where shipowners transported the basic products of the area to various countries of the world. These families, due to their trading business, are known to have moved to various seaport villages, such as Murray Harbour and Malpeque . WILLIAM HODGSON [1838-1920] m. Barbara Ann Owen [1842-1923] of Malpeque . William was engaged in the mercantile business before moving to Stanley Bridge where William joined his brother-in-law in the store business. William and Barbara Ann Hodgson 's family included: 1. Hannah m. Nov. 21, 1856.......................... 2. Laura married and moved to California 3. Alice lived in the U.S . 4. Harry 5. Russell 6. Katherine In the 1881 Census the name of Angus Fraser is listed as part of this household. He was sup¬ posedly a labourer from Millvale . AN EARLY PIONEER THOMAS HISCOTT , of English ancestry, was born in St. John's, Newfoundland , in 1845. He was one of a family of six who were orphaned when very young. He was then taken by an aunt to live with her family. At the age of fourteen he had a strong desire to go to sea and without telling his aunt, he ran away and joined an English Man of War, which was in port in St. John's, Nfld. While with the Man of War he became a Sea Master . This expanded his duties to include the directing of the course of the vessel. 320