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Note: (Research):Charles, James and Richard McMillan appear on the 1881 Canadian census for Bloomfield, Prince Edward Island. Charles and James are married and have families and were living next to each other. Richard is living in the home of Charles. They are brothers. On the 1891 Canadian Census for Prince Co., Lot 5, again we have Charles' family, but his mother is now living there. Margaret is enumerated as Charles' mother, she is a widow, of Scotland, and she is 80 years old. The 1891 and 1901 census report shows that Charles is from Ontario.
"Prior to the erection of a church the people of this area were members of the Presbyterian congregation in Alberton. With the country in the early stages of development, and with primitive roads and means of transportation, it was no small undertaking for thesee people to travel so far each Sunday to attend divine worship, but difficulties did not keep them from the House of God.
About 1876 the people felt they could build a Church of their own and began to make plans for its erection. "On March 1, 1876 a committee met to consider the best way of getting material and to appoint officers."
Members of the area gave generously of their substance and their labor. The subscription list of July 4, 1882 contains the following names:
. . .Mr. Charles McMillan. . .Mr. James McMillan. . ." Source: Pp. 13-14, The History of the Presbyterian-United Church in Bloomfield, P.E.I., 1883-1969, by Ruth McAusland
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