My Family Tree

MacARTHUR

"James MacArthur was born in Lot 11, son of William Macarthur from Scotland [Prince Edward Island] and his wife, Rebecca Pickering, who was of English descent. Mr. MacArthur [of Enmore River] married Elizabeth Ann Harkness, daughter of John Harkness [Lot 19] and they had the following children: Mary, Ethel, Bertha Bell, William Wallace, John Brewer, James Allan and Harry Roy.

Mr. MacArthur settled in Traveller's Rest and built his own home there.
Mary Ethel married Alfred Seaman of Moncton, N.B.; Bertha Bell married Bradford Yeo of Wilmot; John Brewer married Gertrude Lynch and they had one son, Kenneth. After his wife's death he moved to the U.S. and married there.

James Allan and Harry Roy moved to Saskatchewan and were married there; William Wallace never married - he lives in Mount Pleasant,

Mrs. Bertha Yeo remembers the weaving that the women did in olden days and this was used for their clothing. Some of the women were very fine seamstresses.

After a number of years spent in Traveller's Rest where Mr. MacArthur was engaged in fishing and farming, the family moved to a farm in Mount Pleasant. This property is now in possession of their grandson, Kenneth and his wife, Natalie, who is from London, England."

from History of Traveller's Rest PEI

1901 census
James Mcarthur 34
Elizabeth Mcarthur 39
Mary E Mcarthur 11
Bertha Mcarthur 10
Wallace Mcarthur 8
Brewer Mcarthur 6
James Mcarthur 4
H Mcarthur 11/12

 

According to Along the North Shore, James' dates were 1863-1946.