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Summerside
c1870's
Thomas Carter
1832-1906
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Summerside
c1870's
Caroline (Siteman) Carter
1835-1910
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Thomas Carter and his wife Caroline (my great-grandparents) lived in
Summerside around 1870. Thomas carried on a herring
business on
Woods Island , exporting as much
as over 8000 barrels of herring to
the Baltic. He operated a ship yard
at Summerside, employing a
large number
of men.
Ships from
160 to 180 tons were launched
yearly from this ship yard and
also started a
first-time dory
building business there.
By 1886, he had sold 135 dories,
reported to be equal to any American dory.
He
established
a
lobster
cannery in 1888 at
Wood's Island,
also had a General Store,
a hotel & a large sheep farm.
Contributed by Audrey M. Conner
(January 2005)
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Page Revised by Craig Peterman (Wednesday February 20, 2013)
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