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Child's Full Name William Morshead
Birth Date 7 November 1830
Place of Birth North River
Baptismal Date 8 September 1832
Officiating Clergy L.C Jenkins
Father's Name John Morshead
Mother's Name Catherine Cummins
Church Name St. Paul's
Church Location Charlottetown
Record Book Number 2
Record Book Page 64

The Islander January 1856 - On the 31st inst., by the Rev. Allan Fraser, Mr. William Morshead, of Lot 10, to Margaret McLean, of the Brea, Lot 9.

It is possible that William was the William Moreshead b. PEI working in Moncton in the 1881 census. His daughter Jane, age 24 and son James, age 10, could be the two children living with his parents.

There were two entries for William Moreshead in the 1891 census.

William, born 1831, was living in Lot 8 with his widowed mother Catherine and one son, James. Catherine, age 88, was born in Newfoundland.

William, born 1827, was living with his brother Edward in Lot 10. He gave his parents' birthplaces as England and Newfoundland.

The Islander – Aug 7, 1863
Married.
By the same on the 13th of July, at the residence of Mr. John Moreshade, senr., Lot 10, Mr. William Moreshade, of Big Settlement, Lot 9, to Mrs. Sophia Jane Cornish, of Lot 11.