This historical sketch of the Frame family has been prepared in response to repeated requests by interested members of the family. It does not attempt to trace all the descendants of Matthew Frame, who came from the north of Ireland to Nova Scotia in 1766; that would be too great a task as many of his descendants are scattered far and wide over and beyond the continent to which he came.
It has been prepared with particular reference to that branch of the family to which the writer belongs. Because of this it may appear to give disproportionate prominence to certain families and individuals. It should be remembered, however, that desirable information was not easily available, resulting in the partial incompleteness of the sketch. To remedy this, it is hoped that any with more detailed knowledge will take the liberty adding to or amending this in order that a more complete family history may be compiled.
In the preparation of the earlier part of this sketch the writer has been indebted greatly to a paper prepared over thirty years ago by Miss Christina Ross Frame, entitled "Matthew Frame of Castlefinn, Donegal, Ireland and his descendants in America". The article "Murdochs of Killie Gordon, Ireland" has been condensed from that paper and has a place in the family history.
It may seem that many of the wives and mothers, briefly mentioned, have received scant recognition, yet this cannot detract from the excellence of their worth nor the fruits of their abundant labors. The potent influence of "the hand that rocks the cradle" has permeated every branch of the family tree.
THE FRAMES, according to family tradition, are of English stock and originally from the County of Essex, England.
Early in the 17th century a member of the family settled in the north of Ireland. We have no definite account of his descendants until the time of Matthew Frame, son of Archibald Frame and his second wife, Mary Crowe.
One little story-told by Matthew Frame to his granddaughter, Elizabeth throws a flashlight on the character of a Frame who lived in the troubled years of the latter part of the 17th century. "During the siege of Londonderry in 1689 the Frame of that time eluded the besiegers and many times made his way through the lines carrying sacks of cheese and pease to-the starving garrison."
0.0 ARCHIBALD FRAME, farmer, of Castlefinn, was twice married and Matthew Frame left older half-brothers on the farm when he came to Nova Scotia in 1766. Archibald Frame's second wife was Mary Crowe and their only child was the writer's great grandfather, Matthew Frame. Mary Crowe Frame had a life interest in the farm and remained with her stepsons. Archibald Frame died when his son, Matthew, was a child.
1.0 MATTHEW FRAME was born at Castlefinn, Ireland in 1748. He died at Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia in 1830. He came to Nova Scotia in December 1766 with the family of John Murdoch who were friends of his mother. They removed to their -farm at Horton, near Windsor in 1767. In 1772 he married Elizabeth, the only daughter of John Murdoch. She died in 1820. Her only brother was the Rev. James Murdoch who had arrived in Nova Scotia early in 1766. Matthew Frame and his wife lived on the Murdoch property. After some time, due to carelessness regarding the deed, the property passed out of the Murdochs' hands. Matthew Frame rented a farm nearby and removed the large household there. The Frames remained at Horton until after Mr. and Mrs. John Murdoch died. They then removed to Middle Stewiacke where they rented a mill and lumber areas. They remained there until their removal to Shubenacadie where their son, Samuel, had purchased from a Mr. Wardrope an extensive property of one thousand acres. He deeded a part of this property to his father who later conveyed it to his son, John.
Matthew and Elizabeth Murdoch Frame had a family of five sons and three daughters, namely, Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Joseph, Margaret, Murdoch, Archibald and John.
1.1 SAMUEL I born 1773, purchased the property at Shubenacadie owned and occupied by him and his descendants since 1796. He has been described as tall and upright in appearance, strong in his moral and religious convictions and of unquestioned integrity of character. He' was a hardy pioneer and by unceasing toil and intelligent planning cleared land, developed the farm and supported a large family. In 1823 he erected the dwelling house which is still in good condition and occupied by his great great grandson.
His first wife was Margaret Wardrope who died in 1812 leaving no surviving children. The following year he married Jean MacDonald. (She was a sister of Cameron MacDonald whose home was in Upper Gays River and who was, for many years, a highly respected elder in the Presbyterian Church at Gays River. Another brother, Murdoch, lived on his farm not far -from Gays River Corner.) From this marriage there was a family of four sons and seven daughters, namely, Elizabeth, Mary, John, Margaret, Effie, Samuel, Jane, Alexander, Matthew, Katherine, Sarah Ann. He died in 1855, age eighty-two years.
1.2 ELIZABETH, born 1775. Married Daniel McHeffey. There were three children, namely, Margaret, Richard and Elizabeth. Margaret married James Bentley.
1.5 JOSEPH, born 1779. Lived in Halifax and Dartmouth. His first wife was Mary Wiswell; his second wife, Sophia Wolfe. Their children were Mary, who married a Mr. Clark, Matthew, John, Elizabeth, Samuel, Henry, Archibald, who died in 1,834, age 20. He died in 1856.
1.6 MURDOCH born 1784, died in 1841. He settled on the property he had purchased in the Stewiacke Valley. Married Isabel Wilson in 1807. They had a family of seven -boys and two girls, namely, Matthew, born 1808, died in infancy; Robert, born 1810, married Mary Creelman; John, born 1812, married Elizabeth Miller; Samuel, born 1814, married Hannah Whidden; James, born 1.818, married Eleanor Graham; Ann, born 1821, married Oran Dolbear; Elizabeth, born 1824 married Simeon Whidden; Matthew, born 1827, married Martha Creelman; Andrew born , married Lucy M. Gould.
1.7 ARCHIBALD, born 1786, died in 1826, unmarried.
1.8 JOHN, born 1788, lived as did his parents on a part of the original property and in time became its owner. In June 1819 he married Janet Sutherland. He died in 1859. They had a family of four girls and five boys, namely, Elizabeth Murdoch, Christiana, Margaret, John Murdoch, James, Archibald, William Ross, Mary Jane and Joseph.
The writer of this looking back more than three score years and ten has a distinct recollection of "Aunt Jenny" and her keen, penetrating questions, aided by daughter Margaret, which were a bit embarrassing to the youthful mind. If the call was on Monday she would ask " were you to Church on Sabbath?" If the reply was in the affirmative it would be followed by "What was the minister's text?" Notwithstanding failure here, he and those with him would be given a "piece" well laden with homemade jam. And then, if in season, permission might be given to gather from the ground any apples that had fallen from "the sweet apple tree".
Hereafter in this sketch we will deal only with the descendants of Samuel and John, sons of Matthew and Elizabeth Murdoch Frame, who possessed the original property, which at this writing is owned and worked by their descendants of the same name.
And first we shall record the names of the family of Samuel I and information available concerning each of them and their descendants, taking them in order of birth. Following this there will be the family of John, son of Matthew and Elizabeth Murdoch Frame, and their descendants.
1.1.1 ELIZABETH, born April 20, 1814. Married George Moore. There was a family.
1.1.2 MARY, born August 25, 1815. Unmarried. She made her home with her brother, Samuel, living to a ripe old age.
1.1.3 JOHN, born June 4, 1817. Died in infancy.
1.1.4 MARGARET, born August 5, 1819. Unmarried. Made her home with her brother, Alexander, and lived an active member of his large family. The writer of this has vivid memories of her busy life and deep interest in the family welfare and after seventy years and more recalls her none too gentle, though much needed, pre-meal and pre-bed ablutions administered to unappreciative and often times rebellious youngsters. In her later years she suffered ill health but retained her faculties until the close of her life in 1909.
1.1.5 EFFIE, born August 15, 1821, was a skilled dressmaker, unmarried. In her later years she lived in her own house near her sister Katherine's home. Died in 1910.
1.1.6 SAMUEL II, born August 20, 1823 and died December 13, 1890. He inherited a part of his father's property including the dwelling house erected in the year he was -born and which is still in good condition. The site of the first house on the property is nearby with surrounding apple trees still feebly living. He was a man of foresight and ambition but of a somewhat dominating disposition. He believed in work-hard work-on the part of others but was a bit hesitant in its personal application. On November 18, 1851 he married Ann Robertson, who was born March 13, 1827. She died November 20, 1915. They had a family of four boys and three girls, namely, Silas, Sarah Ann, Samuel, Alexander, Alice, Isabel, and Lewis.
1.1.6.1 SILAS, born October 25, 1852, was a capable machinest. He, with his brothers, operated a shingle mill on their premises. He afterwards worked at carpentry. He was kind of heart, fond of children, was unmarried, and died Sept. 4, 1931.
1.1.6.2 SARAH ANN, born July 15, 1854, married Alexander Annand of Upper Gays River and lived there for some years. They afterwards removed to the United States.
1.1.6.3 SAMUEL III, born July 17, 1856 and died October 6, 1936. He became the owner of the home and farm. On June 20, 1888 he married Katherine Elliott. They had a family of three, namely, Robie, Christie, and Alice.
1.1.6.3.1 ROBIE SAMUEL, born August 9, 1889. He remained on the farm and assisted his father in its operation. He married Annie Crous and they had a family of three boys and two girls, namely, Cecil Henry born July 23, 1914. Served overseas in World War II, married Marie McLean and have two children; Bessie Jane born June 19, 1915, married Carl John Driscoll and have two children; William Earl born June 15, 1917, married Letitia Ann Murray on Sept. 24, 1946. He owns the original farm and under his care is showing marked development; Katherine Bell-.born Sept. 4, 1919, married Raymond McLeod who served-overseas in World War II. They live in Antigonish and have one child; Lewis Samuel, born April 2, 1921. On June 10, 1946 he married Frances Ramsay.
1.1.6.3.2 CHRISTIE ANN. Attended Normal School in Truro; became a teacher, unmarried.
1.1.6.3.3 ALICE married William Oriechia. They have three children.
1.1.6.4 ALEXANDER, son of Samuel II, born August 30, 1858. He left home when young, going to the United States where he afterwards lived.
1.1.6.5 ALICE, daughter of Samuel II, born Sept. 8, 1860, married Fred Layton on April 5, 1883. He was interested in lumbering and milling. He carried on at this work for some years when they removed to Seattle, Washington, U. S. A. where he became engaged in real estate activities. There were no children.
1.1.6.6 ISABEL, born December 8, 1862, died June 3, 1,886, unmarried.
1.1.6.7 LEWIS, son of Samul II, born January 20, 1868. In early life he went to the United States and lived in Worcester, Mass. He married in May 1894.
1.1.7 JANE, daughter of Samuel I, married James McDonald of Halifax. They, made their home in that city. They had two children, Alan and jean.
1.1.7.1 ALAN trained for business, worked in Halifax for a time, married a Miss Tidmarsh, removed -to the United States, settled in a town in Mass., became somewhat prominent in state politics.
1.1.7.2 JEAN had musical talent and care was given to its development. Her summer vacations spent at the old home farm enlivened the younger generation of that day and are pleasantly remembered by some who have now grown old. She married Rev. George Albert Leck of Musquodoboit. He held several pastorates in the Maritime Synod of the Presbyterian Church. He was a vigorous preacher, a successful pastor and was held in high regard by his many friends. He died at a comparatively early age. His widow lives in Minneapolis, U. S. A. where her oldest son has his home. They had a family of three boys and three girls, namely:
1.1.7.2.1 DARCY is head of a construction company in Minneapolis and has been successful in his undertakings. He has other interests apart from the claims of business and has found time for the cultivation of his taste for music and painting in both of which he has become notably proficient. He is married and has two children, Paula Marie, a student at the University, and Darcy in High School.
1.1.7.2.2 NINA married Roland Hill of Onslow. They removed to California.
1.1.7.2.3 HELOISE took a course in stenography and followed secretarial work.
1.1.7.2.4 JEAN became ill and passed away in the early stage of young womanhood.
1.1.7.2.5 LAURIE enlisted in World War I and on the battle front made the supreme sacrifice.
1.1.7.2.6 BERT, a veteran of World War 11, served his country in different areas, received his discharge and is now busy in civilian life.
1.1.8 ALEXANDER, son of Samuel Frame I, born May 12, 1828 and died March 14, 1911. He owned a part of the original property and was an intelligent and progressive farmer. He read quite widely. Two papers he read and prized above others were weeklies, The Toronto Globe and the Farmers' Advocate. He was broad-minded and a capable provider. He did his utmost to give each member of the large family a good start in life. This required hard work and economy as money returns from a farm in those days were small and uncertain.
On January 1, 1863 he married Susanna Annand, daughter of David Annand of Upper Gays River. The date of her birth was June 5, 1842. She was a thrifty houswife, a devoted mother and an excellent housekeeper. The writer of this recalls her unceasing labors and often, after a busy day, when others had gone to rest, she would remain stitching with needle and thread, skillfully making new garments or repairing those damaged during the day. She wrought a good work and left an indelible impress upon every member of the home, each of whom has held a cherished memory of a wise and loving mother. She passed away at a comparatively early age-dying suddenly on January 20, 1898, aged fifty-five years.
They had a family of six sons and four daughters. These learned in the home, with other lessons taught by precept and example, the duty of labor, the value of education and strict integrity in relation to others. While there was much work to be done in the home and on the farm, where each was expected to do his full share, yet this, by parental decision, was not permitted to interfere with regular attendance at the small one-room school, known as Pine Grove School. The members of the family were Herbert, Laura, Joseph, David, Norman, George, Irene, Emma, Harry and Maude.
1.1.8.1 HERBERT, born December 1, 1863. At an early age he accompanied his uncle, George Annand, to British -Columbia. After some time there he went to California to be with another uncle, John Annand. He took up land in the Sacramento Valley for cultivation but not long after he became ill with typhoid fever and died October 21, 1892. He was unmarried.
1.1.8.2 LAURA, born March 16, 1865. She attended Normal School in Truro and became a teacher and followed this profession for several years. On September 24, 1895 she married David H. Crowe of Onslow and lived there and in Truro for many years. She and her husband were deeply interested in anything pertaining to community welfare and took a worthy part in the church and its varied activities. At their home in Onslow there was always a welcome for the younger relatives while attending school in Truro or spending a happy holiday on the farm. They were invariably treated with kindness and consideration. After the death of her husband she went to Vancouver, B. C. and lived with her sister, Emma, until her death on October 23, 1937.
1.1.8.3 JOSEPH, born October 23, 1866. He attended Truro Normal School, Halifax Academy and one year at Dalhousie Medical College, Halifax. Thereafter he went to Boston where, after a period of work, he resumed his studies in medicine and graduated from Harvard Medical School. He interned at Boston City Hospital and in 1895 took up practice in Rockland, Massachusetts. He became one of the best known physicians and surgeons in that part of the state and was frequently consulted by well known physicians. He continued to practice for forty-six years and few men were better known or more highly respected. He was a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, Hatherly Medical Society, Assistant Medical Examiner of Plymouth County for many years and served on the Board of Health of Rockland for over thirty years. Anything that contributed to the welfare of the town received his hearty support. For many years he was a loyal and active member of the Unitarian Church of Rockland. He died May 23, 1941. On June 16, 1904 he married Bessie A. Turner, daughter of Charles G. and Harriet N. Turner of Rockland. She is endowed with fine qualities of head and heart and is exceedingly capable as seen in the effective way in which she could direct the affairs of a large household. In quietness lies her strength. She continues to make her home in Rockland. They had a family of five boys and two girls. They are Stanley, Frederick, Joseph, Helen, Edward, Robert, Marion.
1.1.8.3.1 STANLEY TURNER, the eldest in the family, was born May 22, 1906. He is a graduate of Harvard University and of Harvard Business School. As Director of Market Research he was employed for a time in Chicago but now is with the Schenley Distillers Corporation, New York. On January 30, 1930 he married Pauline F. Tyler. They have two children, Charles Dudley and Merilyn.
1.1.8.3.2 CHARLES FREDERICK, born June 9, 1907. He graduated at Massachusetts State College and thereafter was employed by the National Dairy Company of New Haven. He died April 17, 1933.
1.1.8.3.3 JOSEPH ANNAND, born January 17, 1912. He attended Wentworth Institute taking the electrical construction course. He graduated from that institution and accepted a position with the H. H. Arnold Co. of Rockland and continues with that firm up to the present. On January 2, 1941 he married Thelma 1. Douglas. They have two children, Jo Ann and Frederick Douglas.
1.1.8.3.4 HELEN ELIZABETH, born September 12, 1916. She is a graduate of Boston University. On January 29, 1939 she married Rev. Wilburn B. Miller, D.D. They have two children, Susanne Mitchell and Christopher Gore. Dr. Miller is minister of the First Parish Church (Unitarian) of Cambridge, Mass. The writer of this, in the spring of 1946, accompanied by his wife and daughter, had the privilege of being shown about the historic parish buildings by Dr. and Mrs. Miller, who were their genial host and hostess. There it seemed we were compassed about with a great cloud of witnesses speaking of the storied and sometimes stormy past, while at the same time giving assurance that the theological controversies of former days have been succeeded by the peace and calm that prevail today in the cultured atmosphere of Harvard Square.
1.1.8.3.5 EDWARD MINTON, born May 24, 1918. He graduated from Wentworth Institute having taken the course on Machine Construction and tool design. He is employed by Machinecraft, Inc. of Whitman, Mass. He married Alice Wilkes on November 15, 1941. They have two children, David Wilkes and Diane.
1.1.8.3.6 ROBERT ALEXANDER, born July 16, 1919. He is a graduate of Boston University. During the war he served for 44 months in the United States Coast Guard with ten months overseas duty. On one occasion the boat on which he served called at Halifax and thus gave his relatives there the pleasure of meeting him. He was honorably discharged from his war duties in February 1946. He is now employed by the Hancock Life Insurance Co. of Boston. On July 20, 1946 he married Marjorie Lang of Belfast, Maine.
1.1.8.3.7 MARION, born June 29, 1922, graduate of Chandler Secretarial School. She served twenty-four months in the Waves, U. S. Navy, during World War II and was honorably discharged February 1946. Since then she has been employe4 by the Rockland Savings. Bank. She makes her home with her mother.
1.1.8.4 DAVID ANNAND, born April 1, 1868. Studied at Pictou Academy; taught school for brief periods at South Maitland and Selma; entered Dalhousie University in autumn of 1891 and graduated B.A. in 1895; M.A. in 1897 and from the Presbyterian Theological College, Halifax in 1897. He afterwards spent a winter attending classes at the Free Church College, Edinburgh. He was ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church May 4, 1897 and settled in the pastoral charge of Wallace, N. S. Other pastorates held by him were Harbor Grace in Newfoundland; Lunenburg, Westville and Brookfield in Nova Scotia. He retired from the active ministry in 1935 and since has lived in Halifax. During his ministry he held responsible positions in the Church-was Secretary of the Maritime Conference of the United Church of Canada and served as President of that body in 1929. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from his Alma Mater in 1931. He has been Secretary of the Board of Governors of Pine Hill Divinity Hall since 1939 and gives considerable time to the duties of that office.
On June 14, 1899 he married Eliza Steele (Lizzie) Putnam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Putnam of Maitland, N. S. During the succeeding years she has been a faithful co-worker, a true homemaker, a wise counsellor and a devoted mother. Her cheerful disposition, her willing service and the love that binds have had an abiding influence for good upon each member of the home. Their family consists of three boys and one girl. They are Alfred, Harold, Gordon, and Elizabeth.
1.1.8.4.1 ALFRED PUTNAM, born in Wallace, N. S. November 26, 1900. Educated in schools at Lunenburg and Westville. He attended Pictou Academy and entered Dalhousie University in 1918 and graduated in 1921 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Shortly after graduation he went to Oklahoma to be with his uncle Harry, who was engaged in the petroleum industry there. In 1924 he joined the Cities Service organization as plant engineer in Ponca City, Oklahoma. In 1928 he became superintendent of the Petty's Island refinery in Camden, N.J. and ten years later was named assistant refining director for oil subsidiaries of Cities Service. In 1942 he was made Vice President and Chief Engineer. In this capacity he superintended the construction of the Lake Charles, Louisiana refinery. This is a huge manufacturing plant and with the adjoining butadiene plant (synthetic rubber) cost upwards of $l00,000,000. Its successful completion was considered an engineering feat of the first magnitude. In 1944 his services were requested by the Government authorities in Washington for the responsible position of Director of Refining for the Petroleum Administration for War. This position he held in Washington until after the close of the war when he returned to the Cities Service Corporation in New York. He was then advanced to the position of Vice President with supervision over the operations of eight refineries with a total capacity of 190,000 barrels a day. He is also in charge of the chemical, research and development activities of the Corporation. On October 11, 1923 he married Marjorie MacDonald of Pictou, Nova Scotia. Since 1928 they have made their home in Glen Rock, N. J. They have one son, John David (Jack) born July 29, 1924. He, when eighteen years of age and attending Norwich University, Vermont, joined the Air Force and, after training, proceeded overseas and remained until after the close of the war. He then returned to Norwich University to continue his engineering studies.
1.1.8.4.2 HAROLD ANNAND, born in Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, September 23, 1903. Educated in schools of Lunenburg, Westville and afterwards at Pictou Academy. He entered Dalhousie University in 1921 and graduated B.A. in 1924, and from Pine Hill Divinity Hall in 1928. He was ordained to the ministry of the United Church of Canada in June 1928 and was settled in the pastoral charge of Apohaqui-Norton, New Brunswick. He continued there until he was called to Trinity -United Church, New Glasgow, in November 1929. He concluded a successful pastorate there in October 1937 when he removed to Winnipeg, having been called to -the important charge of St. Stephen-Broadway United Church in that western city. There he has continued to exercise a successful ministry. At the time of this writing he is chairman of the Presbytery of Winnipeg.
On November 26, 1930 he married Vivian McKinney of Saint John, New Brunswick, and they have a family of two boys and two girls, namely, Donald, born Sept. 19, 1931; David, born December 15, 1933; Dorothy Elizabeth, born May 5, 1938, and Margaret Louise, born March 15, 1945.
1.1.8.4.3 GORDON FLEMMING, born in Lunenburg March 11, 1906. Educated there, in Westville and at Pictou Academy. He entered Dalhousie University in 1923 and graduated after a good scholastic record with the degree of B.A. in 1927. After two years employment with the Eastern Hat and Cap Co. of Truro he resumed his studies and was awarded, -by the National Research Council of Canada, a bursary in 1929, a studentship in 1930 and a fellowship in 1931. He received the degree of Master of Arts from Dalhousie University in 1930 and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1932 from McGill University, Montreal, where he had specialized in chemistry. He continued his scientific studies during the winter of 1932-33 at the Swiss Technical High School in Zurich, Switzerland. He joined the staff of the Imperial Oil Co. and spent three years with that company in Dartmouth, N. S. and in Sarnia, Ont. From there he went with Shawinigan Chemicals Ltd. for a short period when he removed in 1937 to Rochester, N. Y. to be with the Eastman Kodak Co. in their research department. He has continued -there up to the present and has lately been appointed a member of the Technical Staff. He is interested in the church life of the city and is a loyal supporter of the Presbyterian Church of which he is an elder.
On August 9, 1938 he married Alison Cunningham of Huntington, Quebec. They have three children, Marian born Sept. 21, 1940; Douglas Gordon born Sept. 3, 1942 and Bruce Alison born Sept. 4, 1945.
1.1.8.4.4 ELIZABETH GRAHAM, born in Lunenburg, N. S., August 14, 1908. Educated in the Westville schools and at Pictou Academy. She entered Dalhousie University in September 1925 and graduated B.A. in 1928. She continued her studies the following year at Dalhousie and received the degree of Master of Arts. She was then awarded the Banting Research Fellowship and continued at the same University specializing in biology. In 1930 she accepted the position of Instructor on the staff-of Smith College, Northampton, Mass. She was given leave of absence for 1935-36 which time was spent in study at University College, University of London, England. She returned to Smith College in 1937 as Assistant Professor and continued there until 1939 when she entered Yale University, being granted a bursary from Smith, for further study. In 1942 she received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Yale. The two following years were spent as Instructor in the Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. In 1944 she was appointed a Research Fellow in the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, to work in the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital. In 1946 she accepted the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, U. S. A.
1.1.8.5 NORMAN, born November 9, 1869. From his early days he gave evidence of a mechanical turn of mind. He exercised his ingenuity by constructing certain devices of a mechanical nature to run by water in a nearby stream. He joined the wood working establishment of John Logan at Shubenacadie and became proficient in his work. He went to the United States and settled in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. He married Emma Logan on September 14, 1898. She did not live long after marriage. On November 20, 1905 his second marriage took place. After some years this wife passed away leaving two children. He continued steadily at work until the time of retirement came. He is now relieved of active duties although busy with his well-tilled garden and comfortable home in Woonsocket. The two children are Allura and Kenneth.
1.1.8.5.1 ALLURA became a teacher in the city schools and afterwards worked in a business office. During the war years she married Ray Powell who was at the time training as an officer in the army. He went overseas and saw active service in the European area. Upon returning home at the war's end he accepted a position in a textile mill. She- and her husband live with her father.
1.1.8.5.2 KENNETH is experienced in house painting and interior decorating. He entered the naval service and faithfully served his country during the war in the Pacific area. His work, establishing communication centers, took him to many islands from the New Hebrides in the South to Japan in the North. He can tell an interesting storyof his experiences in that vast expanse of water and islands.
1.1.8.6 GEORGE ALEXANDER, born June 26, 1871. He remained on the home farm where by hard work and careful planning he has developed and extended his farming operations until his abundant labors and sound judgment have made him one of the most prosperous farmers in the countryside. He is interested in the Church and is an elder in the Shubenacadie United Church.
On December 24, 1901 he married Annie Ormond McMullin of Musquodoboit. Before marriage she was a successful teacher. Since then she has continued to live a very busy life. She has been careful and competent in the home in caring for a large family and, being well informed in all matters pertaining to farm life, has freely given of her best in aid of the various developments that have been brought about within and without the home.
They have had a family of five boys and five girls. They are Norma Elizabeth, Gladys Martha, Jean MacDonald, Herbert Alexander, William Davison, Josephine Edna, George Archibald, Francis Murdoch, Irving Haliburton, and Frieda Esson.
1.1.8.6.1 NORMA ELIZABETH, born October 24, 1902. Graduated from Dalhousie University in 1922 with the degree of B.A. Married Rev. Albert Barnes Simpson July 17, 1923. He was a graduate of Dalhousie and Pine Hill Divinity Hall and served in World War I. They went -to the Canadian Middle West and successfully ministered to congregations in Port Arthur, Shoal Lake and Winnipeg. His congregational work was interrupted when he became a chaplain in World War II. Since the end of the war he has been devoting his energies to the welfare of war veterans. They have four children, Allan, Jean, David and Carolyn.
1.1.8.6.1.1 ALLAN B., born November 1924. He is a candidate for the ministry of The United Church of Canada and has given good service in mission fields of the Church. During the war he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He spent months in training but did not reach the desired goal of service overseas. When relieved of military duties at the close of the war he resumed his studies at United Church College, Winnipeg.
1.1.8.6.1.2 JEAN, born in 1927 is attending college in Winnipeg.
1.1.8.6.1.3 DAVID, born in 1928 is attending high school in Winnipeg.
1.1.8.6.1.4 CAROLYN, born in 1930 is attending high school in Winnipeg.
1.1.8.6.2 GLADYS MARTHA, born April 21, 1904. Educated in the home school and at the County Academy. She decided upon nursing as an occupation and was accepted as a student nurse at St. john's Hospital, School of Nursing, Long Island City, New York, and graduated there in 1933. Following this she took a special course at Columbia University and later held a responsible position on the nursing staff of a hospital. During the war years her services were at the disposal of military authorities in the New York area. At the war's end she returned to private nursing.
1.1.8.6.3 JEAN MACDONALD, born October 14, 1905. Educated in the home school and at Pictou Academy. Like her sister she chose nursing as a sphere of work. She entered upon her training in the Rhode Island Hospital, School of Nursing, and graduated in 1928. She engaged in private nursing and except for brief interruptions has continued in this to the present.
1.1.8.6.4 HERBERT ALEXANDER, born March 4, 1907. Associated with his father on the home farm, he has by capable and intelligent labor aided in the development of the farm: the introduction of mechanical help, the replacement of buildings and the improvement of stock and poultry, all of which have resulted in liberal returns. On October 1, 1936 he married Doris Geldert of Cole Harbor who has since then cheerfully taken her full share of the many home duties requiring attention. They have one child, George.Douglas born July 18, 1937.
1.1.8.6.5 WILLIAM DAVISON, born October 15, 1908 and died October 20, 1908.
1.1.8.6.6 JOSEPHINE EDNA, born May 12, 1910. Trained for a teacher. She taught school for several years. On October 7, 1933 she married John MacIntosh Homans of Clam Harbor. He is a merchant and carries on an extensive business. They have had a family of four girls, namely, Margaret, born November 26, 1935, a bright and lovable child who died July 26, 1944, a drowning accident; Janet Marie, Gladys Bonnie, Heather Frame.
1.1.8.6.7 GEORGE ARCHIBALD, born August 4, 1911. Attended Dalhousie University and graduated in 1932 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. Continued his studies at the Nova Scotia Technical College and graduated there in 1936 having taken the course in Mining and Metallurgy. He accepted a position with the International Nickel Co. of Canada in Copper Cliff, Ontario, and has continued in the employ of that company to the present. He is now chief test engineer in the Concentrator department. On September 8, 1938 he married Madeline Awalt. They have two children, Donna Arlene and Marion Jean.
1.1.8.6.8 FRANCIS MURDOCH, born December 29, 1914. He owns the southern part of the original Frame property upon which the old dwelling house has been standing-for over a century. But now its days are numbered and soon it will be replaced by a new and modem one. This suggests that the owner will need a helpmeet and rumour says this lack will soon be remedied. He is a capable and hard-working farmer; a large milk and egg producer-indeed the place seems alive with cows -and chickens. Notwithstanding his manifold duties he takes time, at the proper season, to set the net and lure the wary salmon to his doom.
1.1.8.6.9 IRVING HALIBURTON, born September 8, 1916 and died December 17, 1916.
1.1.8.6.10 FRIEDA ESSON, born April 30, 1920. Educated in the home school and at Truro Academy. She decided -upon a business course and attended the Maritime Business College, Halifax. After graduation she accepted a position in Halifax and continued there until her marriage on November 2, 1940 to Carl Hiram Archibold who is employed with the Truro Electric' Commission. In order that her hand may not lose its cunning she continues at office work in Truro.
1.1.8.7 IRENE, born September 2, 1873. She took the training course for nurses in V. G. Hospital, Halifax and graduated in July 1897. She engaged in private nursing in Halifax for some months and in December 1899 became a nurse under the direction of th6 Victorian Order of Nurses. She has preserved the letter written in the name of the Queen, by the then Governor of Nova Scotia, Hon. M. B. Daly, admitting her as a nurse to the Order. She continued with the V.O.N. until shortly before her marriage in September 1900. In the sick room she was capable and tender and in the home diligent and efficient. The hospitality of the home was well known and many enjoyed the privilege of being entertained therein. She now resides in her own apartment on the same street as her married daughters e on either side. She is an adept at sewing and knitting, chiefly in support of the Red Cross and Church sales. On September 26, 1,900 she married H. W. Cameron, druggist and optician, of Halifax. He was a man of wide sympathies, kind and generous in his treatment of others, and abounded in good works, in the doing of which he found much pleasure. He was devoted to the Church in which he was an elder. He died July 19, 1938. They had three children, namely, Anna Helen, Hugh Donald and Marion Frame.
1.1.8.7.1 ANNA HELEN, born February 19, 1902. Educated in the city schools and in Dalhousie University from which she graduated with the degree of B.A. On June 19, 1929 she married Dr. V. 0. Mader. He practiced in Halifax and attained prominence as a surgeon At the outbreak of World War II he offered his services and went overseas remaining six years. There he rendered noteworthy service in hospitals in England and on the Continent. He specialized in plastic surgery and in it attained a high degree of efficiency. After his return home he resumed his practice in Halifax where he devotes much of his time and skill to the needs of war veterans. They have two children-Cecily, at school in Montreal, and Madeline at school in Halifax.
1.1.8.7.2 HUGH DONALD, born October 17, 1904. He is a graduate of Dalhousie University and also of the Nova Scotia Technical College from which he graduated in Mining and Metallurgy. Thereafter he accepted a position with the Dominion, Iron and Steel Corporation of Sydney, N.S. and went to the iron mines at Wabana, Bell Island, Newfoundland. He has continued there and has been Mine Manager of that important industry for some years. On September 5, 1936 he married Flora Stewart of Wabana. They have two children, Anna and William.
1.1.8.7.3 MARION FRAME, born October 14, 1909. Educated in the city schools and at Dalhousie University where she received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. She was for a time a successful teacher in the city schools. Since her marriage she has with busy hand and cultured mind kept the home fires burning and gives willing aid in port of worthy causes. On September 5, 1938 she married Gerald R. Buckley of Halifax. He is a graduate in Commerce of Dalhousie University and also took a course in Business and Economics at Harvard University. He now confines his activities to the overseeing of the Buckley line of drug stores of which he is manager.
1.1.8.8 EMMA, born May 8, 1878. Studied at Truro Normal School and Dalhousie University. She became a teacher and taught in several schools in Nova Scotia. Afterwards she went to Western Canada and taught in Alberta for a short time then continued west to British Columbia and to Vancouver where for years she taught in the city schools. During these years she has freely given time, effort and above all herself in order to help others in time of need. This may not be recorded here but members of the family recognize her worth and work, knowing the richness of a life lived after this pattern. She is now retired from teaching and enjoying a measure of well-earned leisure, although moderately busy in support of varied activities of public welfare in Vancouver where she resides.
1.1.8.9 HARRY ALLEN, born December 4, 1881. He studied at Truro Academy and completed two years in Dalhousie University. Then on the advice and with the financial aid of his brother, Dr. Joseph, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and took the full course there, specializing in Mining and Metallurgy. He was a young man of good ability and had a fine scholastic record in the institutions where he studied. After graduation he spent some time in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, then went to Oklahoma and became associated with the National Products Co. of Pittsburg. He continued manager of this company for twenty years. In 1926 he organized the Frame Gasoline Co. with a plant at Cleveland, Oklahoma. He was well versed in the different phases of the petroleum industry and his death on August 1, 1939, in the midst -of his activities, at the age of fifty-nine, caused widespread regret.
On, May 26, 1917 he married May Nichols of Oklahoma and they made their home in Tulsa. She, since the death of her husband, has borne cheerfully a heavy responsibility in successfully carrying on the business left in her charge. They had a family of three, Eleanor, Elaine and Margaret.
1.1.8.9.1 ELEANOR, -born January 14, 1920. She graduated from college and prepared for secretarial work. She follows this line in a business office in Tulsa.
1.1.8.9.2 ELAINE, born July 21, 1921. She is a graduate of a college in Tulsa and, like her sister, took business training and is in office work.
1.1.8.9.3 MARGARET, born June 6, 1931 is busy with her high school work and the usual activities that accompany this period of life. During the summer of 1946 the family of four gave great pleasure to their relatives in Nova Scotia when they spent two weeks with them.
1.1.8.10 MAUDE MURDOCH, born March 17, 1886. She attended Truro Academy and Business College in Halifax. She engaged in office work in Halifax and later in Montreal. From there she went to Vancouver to be with her sister, Emma. She took up office work there and continued this employment until her marriage to Frank Parker McHeffey on June 3, 1914. He later became ill and for years has been an invalid. This placed upon the wife and mother a responsibility that called for unceasing toil, strict economy and courage of a high order enabling her to carry on and supply the needs of a young and growing family. They have three children, Helen, Kenneth, and Murray.
1.1.8.10.1 HELEN FRANCES, born February 20, 1916. She trained for a nurse and followed this profession until her marriage on January 28, 1941 to Eric Gustav Ericson. He died on July 28, 1946 leaving two children, Robert Douglas and Ronald Gordon.
1.1.8.10.2 KENNETH FRAME, born July 26, 1919. On November 11, 1940 he married Jacqueline Agnes Cruizier. He joined the army and after training went overseas and saw active service on the European front. 'He returned after the close of the war and has a position in the Okanagan region in B. C. where he resides with his family. They have one child, Lois Carolyn.
1.1.8.10.3 MURRAY PARKER, born March 3, 1921. He is a skilled aircraft mechanic. During the war years he was employed ferrying bombers across the Atlantic. He spent years at this and has long since lost count of the crossings he has made. He continues in the employ of the Aircraft Co. in Montreal, where he makes his home. On May 4, 1946 he married Joyce Kehoe.
1.1.9 KATHERINE, daughter of Samuel Frame 1, married James McHeffey, farmer, of Gays River. They had a family of six boys and two girls. The boys were Will, Walter, George, Murray, Arthur and Fred. They left home for "green pastures" in the United States and when their parents died the farm passed to others. The girls were Jane, who married Frank Parker of Shubenacadie, and later moved to Western Canada; Clara, the other girl, became ill and after years of suffering passed away.
1.1.10 MATTHEW, son of Samuel Frame I, and brother of Samuel II and Alexander, was born in April 1830. In early life he taught school for a time. In 1858 he opened a -general store at Gays River and for years carried on a successful business there. He also conducted the Post Office and was Postmaster for over fifty years. As a man he was quiet, reserved, shrewd and capable. He was not given to much speaking yet possessed the saving sense of humor. He was highly esteemed and his business record was above reproach. In the course of time he passed control of the business to his son, Frank, who possesses many of his father's characteristics.
In 1864 he married Mary Ann Blades Mackay who was born in 1840. She was attractive in appearance, gentle in manner and devoted to her home and family. Length of years was given to both and they passed away honored and respected in the community where their lives had been spent. He died March 30, 1916 and she on September l, 1918. They had a family of three boys and four girls, namely, Samuel, Edith, Annie, Frank, Mabel, Stanley and Jean.
1.1.10.1 SAMUEL R., born May 7, 1865. He was educated in the home school and took a business course in Halifax and since then has made his home in that city. He has been associated with several firms at different times as bookkeeper and has given faithful service wherever employed. He now lives in. retirement. He. married Charlotte Webber of Halifax. They had two children,:
1.1.10.1.1 HUGH CAMPBELL. He graduated from Dalhousie University with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Afterwards he took post-graduate studies and later accepted a University position in the State of Washington, U.S.A. A promising career was ended by his untimely death, accidental drowning, in the waters of that far Western Pacific state.
1.1.10.1.2 RITA CHISHOLM is a graduate of Dalhousie University. She took postgraduate studies in New York and afterwards married. Her husband, Dr. Dewey, has held a responsible educational position in New York where they and their family make their home.
1.1.10.2 EDITH, born April 23, 1866, married John Dowling of Gays River. His death July 31, 1896 resulted from an accident. They had a family of four girls and two boys. In 1900 the mother (Edith) left for Providence, Rhode Island, to enter a training, school for nurses. She graduated in 1903 and did private nursing until her marriage 'December 2, 1907 to Arthur Perley Follansbee of New Hampshire. He died June 11, 1921 leaving one son. The children are Daisy, Myrtle, Ola, William, Wade, Katherine and Arthur.
1.1.10.2.1 DAISY IRVING, -born 1884. Graduate nurse and a pioneer in Industrial Nursing in Massachusetts.
1.1.10.2.2 MYRTLE HOWARD, born 1885. Business College graduate. On December 7, 1912 she married Dr. Morgan Brewster Hodskins, a well known physician and authority on epilepsy. He became superintendent of a State Hospital for Epileptics. He is now retired. They live in Palmer, Mass. and have two-children.
1.1.10.2.3 OLA GERTRUDE, born September 3, 1887. Graduate nurse, served with the U. S. Army Nurse Corps in -World War I. Later she became an instructor in hydro therapy in MacLean Hospital and in Boston University, now retired.
1.1.10.2.4 WILLIAM MATTHEW, born January 16, 1891. He was employed with the Canadian Pacific R.R. in engineering work. Enlisted in World War I in Signal CO and was cited for bravery. He married in England in 1919. They have two Children.
1.1.10.2.5 WADE HAMILTON, born February 15, 1893. Married January 5, 1920. He is a farmer in Duchess, Alberta. They have four children.
1.1.10.2.6 KATHERINE MACKAY, born August 7, 1895. She married Bernard Corcoran on August 17, 1917. They have one child. Lived in Bridgewater, Mass.
1.1.10.2.7 ARTHUR FRAME (FOLLANSBEE), born October 9, 1908. He graduated in Chemical Engineering from North Eastern University, Boston. He is married and has one child.
1.1.10.3 M. ANNIE, born August 25, 1869. Trained for a teacher and taught for several years. Then went to United States and trained for a nurse. She practiced this profession for a considerable period when she returned to Gays River and lived quietly there for some time. She became seriously ill and required constant care. She now resides in Truro, N. S.
1.1.10.4 FRANK, born December 5, 1873. In his early years he entered the business with his father and served as clerk for nine years. In 1895 he took over the business from his father and conducted it until 1946 when its control passed to others. At this time many of his nearby friends gathered together and expressed in a tangible way their warm appreciation of his honorable business career of sixty years among them. During these years he had held a prominent place in the life of the community and also in the Church where he serves as an elder. In 1898 he married Mary Ann Cook who was born October 23, 1875. They have four children, Owen, Albert, Bertha, Grace.
1.1.10.4.1 OWEN C., born December 8, 1899. He resides in Detroit where he is engaged in the automobile industry. In 1926 he married Lucy D. Wallace of Shubenacadie.
1.1.10.4.2 ALBERT F., born October 4, 1903. He lives at Gays River and carried on his work there. On February 14, 1928 he married Agnes H. Cottam of Debert, N. S.
1.1.10.4.3 BERTHA E., born March 29, 1910. She taught school for several years and until her marriage to Robert C. Miller of Elmsdale, where they reside.
1.1.10.4.4 M. GRACE, born April 13, 1915. She trained for secretarial work and is now employed with The Royal Bank of Canada in Halifax.
1.1.10.5 MABEL died in infancy.
1.1.10.6 STANLEY HOWARD, born January 30,1878. He decided upon engineering for his life's work. In preparation for this he studied at Dalhousie and McGill Universities. He found employment in Western Canada and for ten years was an engineer in railway construction work. Afterwards he was Assistant Engineer on the Canadian Pacific Railway's large irrigation scheme east of Calgary. In this work he spent ten years. He then went further west and was appointed Hydraulic Engineer on Water Power Investigation for the Province of British Columbia. He continues in this position to the present time.
On January 8, 1908 he married Annie Ethel Logan of Milford Station, N. S. She died May 30, 1935. On October 16, 1937 he married Laura Mary Archibold who was born in Truro, Nova Scotia on August 29, 1896. She, with her parents, in 1906 removed to Victoria, B. C. and since has resided there. In the autumn of 1944 the writer of this spent a pleasant day with them in their happy and comfortable home in the capital city of British Columbia.
1.1.10.7 JEAN HAMILTON, born May 12, 1882. She studied music and became quite proficient in this line as a teacher. During the illness of her sister Annie she gave the full limit of her strength in caring for her, with unselfish devotion.
In 1920 she married Frederick A. Settle of Woodlawn, near Dartmouth. He is a well known citizen and represents his district in the Municipal Council of Halifax !County. They both take an interest in community life and enjoy the quietness of their attractive home.
1.1.11 SARAH ANN, daughter of Samuel Frame I, died in infancy.
This brings to a close the sketch of the descendants of Samuel Frame I, son of Matthew Frame who came to Nova Scotia in 1766. It has been an attempt to record some data regarding the dead and living and the part they have taken, or are taking, in the great drama of life. It is not as complete as desired but little more could be done with the information available'
Following this is a sketch of John Frame and his descendants. He was a brother of Samuel I and with his father Matthew and his mother Elizabeth Murdoch, settled on a part of the original property.
1.8.1 ELIZABETH MURDOCH (ELIZA) was born at the homestead March 1820. She received her early education, apart from the home, in Halifax, at Truro Academy and the Normal School. In 1848 she began to teach school and for many years followed this profession-teaching in towns and country places in different parts of the Province. She understood the value of education and embraced every opportunity to inspire and help bright young people to worthy and successful careers in life. She had good literary ability and in 1864 published "Sketches of Nova Scotia in prose and verse". This was followed ten years later by "Twilight of Faith". She was a keen student of provincial history and an authority on the language and customs of the Micmac Indians. She contributed articles to papers and magazines. In recognition of her learning, she was an honorary member of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Her interest in religious work was shown throughout her entire life by organizing and teaching in Sunday Schools and by giving valued assistance in the organization of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society. She was, in many ways, a remarkable woman, endowed with fine natural gifts which were developed and freely employed for the benefit of others. She died November 17, 1904.
1.8.2 CHRISTIANA, born in 1822. She married Robert Leck of Middle Musquodoboit. She died at her home there in 1896.
1.8.3 MARGARET, born in 1824. Unmarried; lived with her brother, John, and died in 1890.
1.8.4 JOHN MURDOCH, born in 1827. Unmarried; lived on the old homestead. He was a hale, hearty good-natured man, well versed in family history and a lover of Burns' poems. He was a strong Church man and in politics an unbending Tory. He passed away when well beyond the four score milestone.
1.8.5 JAMES, born in 1829 and died in Boston in 1906 where he had carried on his business as a contractor and builder. He married Martha Clarke. They had a family of three boys and one girl, William, John Francklyn, Martha Lena, James Everett.
1.8.5.1 WILLIAM died in infancy.
1.8.5.2 JOHN FRANCKLYN, married Grace Abbott of New York. Two children.
1.8.5.3 MARTHA LENA, married D. W. McPherson. Two children.
1.8.5.4 JAMES EVERETT, graduated from Harvard University; studied theology and was ordained to the ministry; continued his studies in post-graduate work; received the degree of Doctor of Divinity. In recognition of his ability and scholarship, he was appointed to a professorship in Union Theological Seminary, New York, and held that position for many years. He is a distinguished scholar and is recognized as an authority in the interpretation of the New Testament. He has published several books which have been highly commended. He is now retired and lives in Princeton, N.J.
He married Jean Loomis and they have three children. One of them, Sutherland, became assistant Professor of Mathematics in Brown University, Providence. Later he accepted the appointment as head of the Mathematics Department, Michigan State College. He is married and has two children.
James Frame, after the death of his first wife, married his cousin, Ann Campbell Gay.
1.8.6 ARCHIBALD, born 1831, and died in 1909. He taught school for some years and then went into business and conducted a general store in Selma, Hants Co. He held several public offices in the community and became a member of the Provincial Parliament. He was a man of good ability, a great reader and possessed a retentive memory. The last twelve years of his life were spent in Halifax after he had been appointed to the Government position of Inspector of Weights and Measures.
His first wife was Emma Elizabeth Smith. She died in 1884. There were four children, Christina Ross, John, George Smith, Joseph Fulton. His second wife was Lavinia A. Cochrane of Maitland. She died in 1895 leaving one son, Arthur.
1.8.6.1 CHRISTINA ROSS, born 1860. She became a teacher and for a considerable period taught in the home school. She possessed excellent qualities of head and heart and had a large circle of, friends who appreciated her worth and work. The good results of her years as teacher in the School for the Blind in Halifax were many and praiseworthy. She had exceptional literary taste and became a writer of distinction. Her well-stored mind was a reservoir of local history. Many articles and stories from her pen were printed in papers and magazines. She now lives in Victoria, B. C.
1.8.6.2 JOHN, born in 1862 died in infancy.
1.8.6.3 GEORGE SMITH, born 1863 was in business with his father for years. He later removed to California and married Inga Hazelhurst in 1897. He died some years ago leaving five children.
1.8.6.4 JOSEPH FULTON, born December 26, 1866. As a boy there was in him the spirit of adventure. When fourteen years of age he sailed with a Maitland Captain to European ports. Mishap followed as the captain became ill and a new skipper took his place. The ship was wrecked on the Shetland Islands and those on board barely escaped with their lives. Eventually the youthful traveller arrived home. He resumed his studies, attended Pictou Academy and Dalhousie Law School from which he graduated in 1890. He practiced law in Halifax for a time, then, representing an Exploration Company, he went to Nome, Alaska, during the gold rush years. He finally settled in Regina, Saskatchewan, and attained prominence in the legal profession, becoming one of the leading lawyers of the province. He died very suddenly on December 25, 1922.
In August 1902 he married Margaret Thompson of Oxford, N. S. They had one child, Margaret Josephine Geraldine, who was born June 2, 1903. She was artistic in her tastes, studied painting in European centers and has attained distinction in her work. She is married and lives in Ottawa.
1.8.6.5 ARTHUR McNUTT COCHRANE, born May 1, 1889. Educated at Halifax Academy and Dalhousie Law School from which he graduated in 1909. He practiced for a time in Stellarton, N. S. and afterwards went to Western Canada. He enlisted in World War 1. Was in Halifax in 1917 and injured in the great explosion. After the war he went to California, practiced his profession there and died when comparatively young.
1.8.7 WILLIAM ROSS, born in 1834. Educated at the Presbyterian College, N. S. and the Theological College in Edinburgh. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Halifax in 1861. In 1862 he was ordained and inducted into the pastoral charge of Summerside, Prince Edward Island. In 1871 he accepted a call to Mount Steward, P. E. I. Owing to ill health he resigned his charge in 1886. He removed to Charlottetown and became editor of the "Island Guardian". He died in 1888. His wife was Anne Hazard, widow of Rev. A. Lochead. She died in 1897. They had no children.
1.8.8 MARY JANE, born in 1838. She taught school for a short time, and then kept house for her brother, William, in Summerside. She married John Rendle of Summerside and died in 1868 ten days after her twin son and daughter were born. They were Edward John and Thirza Jane.
1.8.8.1 EDWARD JOHN, became a Methodist minister in British Columbia and was for a number of years a missionary to the Indians on the Pacific Coast. He married Alice Abbott of Prince Edward Island. They had four children, John, Jennie, Blanche, Mary.
1.8.8.2 THIRZA JANE (Jennie) resided in Charlottetown.
1.8.9 JOSEPH, born in 1839 and died in 1864. He was a clever and ambitious young man and gave promise of a life of great usefulness. His early death was a deep family sorrow. He died at Boston while an undergraduate of Harvard Medical College.
MURDOCHS OF KILLIE GORDON, IRELAND
Condensed from a paper prepared by
CHRISTIANA ROSS FRAME
Elizabeth Murdoch, wife of Matthew Frame, was born in 1738. She was the daughter of John Murdoch, a well-to-do flax grower of Killie Gordon, Ireland. Her only brother, Rev. James Murdoch, was one of the first Presbyterian Ministers in Canada. He was a graduate of Edinburgh University and was ordained by the Presbytery of Newtown Limivaddy. He sailed from Ireland in 1766 with the intention of ministering to the Indians in Nova Scotia. There was no opening for this work so he set to work gathering together the Presbyterian and Congregationalist families. He purchased from Malachy Salter, M.P.P. forty acres on the Grand Pre with an upland farm and mountain wood lots attached. Half of this property was for his father, John Murdoch, who with his wife, mother and daughter, together with much household goods, arrived at Halifax in December .1766. Matthew Frame, their prospective son-in-law, came with them. In 1767 the Murdochs, including John Murdoch, his mother, Mrs. Ann Murdoch, his wife Margaret Dryden Murdoch, their daughter Elizabeth, and Matthew Frame settled on half of the property but failed to get the deed, an oversight for which they paid dearly afterwards. The Murdochs repaired and occupied an Acadian house on the farm The Rev. James Murdoch had a fine two-story house built which has been occupied until within recent years. On the farm were the grassy depressions where the massacred New England soldiers and their leader, Captain Noble, had been buried twenty years before. In 1771 Rev. James Murdoch married Abigail Salter, daughter of Malachy Salter, M.P.P.
Mrs. Ann Murdoch, mother of John Murdoch, died at Horton in 1778. Margaret Dryden Murdoch died at Horton in 1790. Her husband, John Murdoch, survived her only fifteen days. Both were aged seventy-two. Rev. James Murdoch was drowned in the Musquodoboit River in 1799. He was fifty-five years of age and had been thirty-three years in the ministry. He left a widow and ten children. Four of his six sons died in early manhood. One was an officer in the British Navy. Beamish Murdoch, lawyer and historian, was a grandson of the minister. He was the author of Murdoch's History of Nova Scotia. Susanna Murdoch, eldest daughter of Rev. James and Abigail Salter, married William Duffus. Many of their descendants reside in Halifax.