Abigail Jeffery

     Abigail Jeffery was born on August 6, 1898, baptized on September 11, 1898.  She died on October 3, 1911 probably of pneumonia or meningitis - she was buried the following day at Holy Trinity Alma cemetery.
     Abilgail was the daughter of Spurgeon Jeffery and Dorcas Collicutt.  There is little known about Abigail, other than she was a child living with her parents, a brother and two sisters - they lived at the corner of Centerline Road and Klondike Road (today known as MacLellan Road) in Lauretta.  Amoung the papers found in her family's home, following the death of her sister Eva in 1982, was the hand-written short story below, likely a class assignment at Lauretta School.  The story was possibly told to her about her grandfather Stephen E. Jeffery who was a blacksmith down the Centerline Road less than a mile away in Alma - Stephen died two months after Abigail.  Abigail's uncle Albert was a blacksmith at Alma Corner and her uncle Robert was blacksmith in Elmsdale.

     Abigail was likely named after her grand aunt Abigail (Jeffery) Burns, sister of her grandfather Stephen E. Jeffery of Alma.  Aunt Abigail (1826-1913) lived in Sherbrooke, PEI.

     Spurgeon and Dorcas lost three children at a young age – Elizabeth died at 7 days old on June 9 1887 (first to be buried at Holy Trinity Alma Cemetery); and a daughter Hannah died at the age of 7 years old on May 1898.

The Kinch and Dunn Family

     Thanks to Stephen Dunn for sending me along more photos from their family collection!  These are amazing and value photos!

     Above: Honora, John Kinch and second wife Elizabeth on their 60th Wedding Anniversary taken on April 6, 1935 in either Saskatchewan or Alberta. (photo originally came from the Willie Dunbar Collection). The others in the photo are not known.

     The following information about John and Elizabeth comes from the PEI Register (http://www.islandregister.com/kinch.html) and posted by Lawrence Kinch, Tom O'Connor and Leonard Praught.

     JOHN³ KINCH  was born August 27, 1853 in Cascumpec, Lot #5, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and died March 07, 1943 in Coderre, Saskatchewan, Canada. He married (1) CATHERINE AHEARN Bef. 1875 in Alberton, Prince Edward Island, Canada, daughter of PETER AHEARN and SARAH MCINTYRE. She was born August 13, 1851 in Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and died Aft. July 29, 1875 in Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married (2) ELIZABETH O'BRIEN April 06, 1875 in St Simon & St Jude Church Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born Abt. 1853 in Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and died June 20, 1942 in Coderre, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Child of JOHN KINCH and CATHERINE AHEARN is:

i.MARTIN⁴ KINCH, b. July 27, 1875, Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Children of JOHN KINCH and ELIZABETH O'BRIEN are:

ii. MARTIN⁴ KINCH, b. July 24, 1876, Alma Lot #3, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. September 21, 1931; m. (2) THERESA WALSH, 1915; d. 1947.

iii. MARY ANN KINCH, b. December 04, 1876, Kildare, Lot #3, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. June 02, 1880, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

iv. LAWRENCE KINCH, b. February 23, 1879, Alma Lot #3, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. June 09, 1880, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

v. MARY ANN KINCH, b. February 14, 1881, Kildare, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. January 1958, Alberton, Prince Edward Island, Canada; m. AMBROSE M. CORCORAN, November 27, 1900, Sacred Heart Church, Alberton, Prince Edward Island, Canada; b. February 21, 1876, Portland, Maine, U.S.A.; d. December 26, 1951, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

vi. GEORGE KINCH, b. March 03, 1883, Alma Lot #3, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. January 23, 1958, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada; m. UNKNOWN DURHAM; d. Abt. 1954, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.

vii. JOHN HERMAN KINCH, b. June 26, 1885, Alma Lot #3, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. April 10, 1972, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; m. EULALIA B. CORCORAN, June 21, 1910, Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island, Canada; b. July 12, 1892, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. March 09, 1914, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

viii. WILLIAM BENNETT KINCH, b. August 23, 1887, Alma Lot #3, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. July 02, 1971, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada; m. JOSEPHINE M. SCULLY, January 14, 1913, Prince Edward Island; b. 1888; d. 1949, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.

ix. JAMES LEO KINCH, b. October 12, 1889, Alma Lot #3, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. November 28, 1973, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.; m. JENNIFER CLARK; b. May 20, 1893, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada.

x. MARY HANORA KINCH, b. August 23, 1892, Alma Lot #3, Prince Edward Island, Canada; d. September 14, 1982, St Joseph's Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; m. (1) HERBERT WILLIAM WALTER, January 14, 1913, Alberton, Prince Edward Island., Canada; b. May 14, 1889, Walter Falls, Ontario, Canada; d. June 13, 1952, At Home, Sundre, Alberta, Canada; m. (2) WALTER MELVIN SMALLEY, December 1974.

Above: Wilfred Dunn and Edna Kinch on their wedding day October 28th,1942.

Above: Edna ( Kinch ) Dunn.

Above: In the backyard of the Kinch-Dunn Farmstead in Alma.  Edna with her children Cecil and Velda.

Above: Stephen Kinch in WWII in Germany in 1944 or 1945.

Above: Stephen Kinch.

     Wilbert Jeffery tells the story of when they use to walk out to Alma Corner, from Lauretta, they would cut back across the fields by Frank Kinchs and come out by Wilfred and Edna's place.  They'd often go in to visit.  He recalls two large oval photographs in the house - he said Edna's mother, Tessy (wife of Martin), would always tell them, "that is brother Amos and that is brother Camilas".