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- !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.
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- 1979
, d. 27 Feb 1981 (Age 83 years)