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George Edward Goff

Male - 1979


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  1. 1.  George Edward Goff died 17 Jul 1979.

    Notes:

    !NAME:George Edward Goff - PER0257 WIF:Muriel Margaret Knight

    !DD:17 Jul 1979 - Daisy Agnew

    !NAME:Edward Fade Goff - Margaret Skelhorne of Woodville, PEIThe following is a letter to the editor by George Dewar, CM,
    MD, of O'Leary, PEI., nephew of Mrs. Edgerton Norton (Catherine
    Knox Dewar) of Brudenell.

    Editor:
    Recently the Goff house in Woodville Mills, has been in
    the news in a splendid article in your newspaper, and in a
    tour on tv. This has brought back some recollections which I
    would like to share with you.

    In the 1930's, while visiting my aunt, Mrs. Edgerton
    Norton, at Brudenell, we made a call on Mrs. Goff, who was a
    family relative, at her home on a Sunday afternoon. We were
    entertained with tea in the drawing room in proper English
    fashion. It was an occasion to remember.

    While attending Prince of Wales College, one of my fellows
    was Charles Goff of the same ilk, who was a notable student.
    Another fellow student of mine at PWC was Kathleen Duvar who
    later married Ralph Cameron, whom I will mention later.

    About 1950, there was a dispersal auction sale of the Goff
    property, and I acquired and have an 1882 Meecham Atlas for
    which I paid $50., and which is one of my prized posessions.
    My sister in law, Lois Dewar of New Perth, purchased the
    excellent dining room suite, which is an article of superior
    quality.

    A few years ago, Mrs. Patricia Galvin was my office nurse
    in the clinic in O'Leary. She was the daughter of Ralph
    Cameron of Guardian fame and Kathleen DUvar. Ralph was a
    press acquaintance of mine during my years in the
    legislature. Patricia was a direct descendant of John
    Hunter-Duvar, who settled at Hernewood on the Mill River in
    1857. Ralph's son, Ron, was instumental in preserving the
    Goff homestead, and Patricia and I had a number of
    conversations re the Goff home, and her ancestral realm on
    the Duvar estate where the Mill River Golf course is now
    situated.

    The lives of Islanders are very closely intertwined and
    the Goff house is an interesting example of the impact a
    pioneer family had on the social and economic future of many
    generations, including your correspondant.

    The Guardian, Page A7, Wednesday, September 6, 1995.

    George — Muriel Margaret Knight. Muriel (daughter of William Stenning Harding Knight and Laura Sophia Owen) was born 3 Nov 1897, Souris, , Prince Edward Island, Canada; died 27 Feb 1981. [Group Sheet]


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