Murray Harbour Collection

: Post Office in Murray Harbour II; The Murray Harbour Post Office in 1946. At this time, it was located in the home of Everett and Muriel Robertson, and Rollie White was the Post Master. You can see Everett's boat shop to the right of the house.

: Prowse- Advertisement; An ad for Prowse and Sons, when it was run by Albert P. Prowse.

: Prowse- Birthday!; A birthday party at Gerald Prowse's house. From back left are: Sammy Prowse, Ruth Stewart, Jean Fraser, Vivia Prowse, Shirley Harris, Sadie White, Connie Jordan and Arnett Stewart. In the second row are: Bryon White, Margie Cahoon, June White, Evie Jordan, Valda Harris and Erma Bell. In the front row: Jackie Picketts, Ray Inman Herring, and Hilton Herring.

: Prowse- Cecil Prowse; Cecil Prowse was born on January 1st, 1882, to Isaac Ryder Prowse and Elizabeth Marfleet Ford Beck, and grew up in Murray Harbour. Isaac Prowse was the nephew of Senator Samuel Prowse, so Cecil would be a grand-nephew. Cecil passed his Class 1 teachers examination in 1899, and married in BC. He died in 1966.

: Prowse- Fred Prowse's House; The house built on the point (sort of behind Prowse and Sons) in Murray Harbour for Fred Prowse. "Fred" is likely William Frederick, son of Albert Prowse and grandson of Senator Prowse. Fred married Pearl Hobbs, and they had one son, Perkins, who moved out west to start an airline.

: Prowse- Hotel; Isaac R. Prowse's Hotel in Murray Harbour. The Hotel also housed the post office for a time, and Isaac's harness making business. Isaac was Senator Prowse's nephew and Cecil's father, and he died in 1918. The building is now a private dwelling.

: Prowse- Hotel II; Mr. Isaac Ryder Prowse and likely his second wife, Louisa Jane Beck, with the mysterious "Etta". Isaac and Louisa married around 1900, and Isaac's first wife, Elizabeth Marfleet Ford Beck (Louisa's sister) died in 1890.

: Prowse- Mrs. William H.; Mrs. William H. Prowse was born Ms. Ada Fraser in Pictou Nova Scotia. They married in 1885, and had two boys who remained out west after their parents came back to PEI.

: Prowse- Properties; An early photo of the Prowse properties in Murray Harbour; on the left is the Second Empire style house Senator Samuel Prowse had built around 1875; In the centre is the home the Prowse family lived in before the construction of the large house (this small home is no longer there); and on the right is Prowse and Sons, the general store Samuel built in the village. The roof of the store was later raised into a peak, giving it the appearance we're familiar with today.

: Prowse- The Prowse House; A close up early photo of the house Samuel Prowse built. Later photos show a piece added on to the house, and the paint job in this photo is "Victorian" with its dark trim highlighting the details of the house.

: Prowse- William H. Prowse House; William H. Prowse was a son of Senator Prowse, and left Murray Harbour as a young man to live in Alberta and Manitoba. He came back later in about 1913, and became a partner in Prowse and Sons with his brother Albert Perkins Prowse. He had this home built in Murray Harbour, but it was destroyed in a fire shortly after the end of WWI. Ray Brooks, who is one of the local participants in Dutch Thompson's Island Voices interviews, later owned the property.

: S.D. Hugh's Store; Silas D. Hugh's Store in 1946. It was built in 1939, on the same site where Butler's Clover Farm sits today.

Island Narratives Program