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- My mother, Mary Genevieve McIver was the third youngest child of Theodore (TA) McIver and Adella Johnson, born on May 19, 1909 in Kinkora P.E.I. She lived in Kinkora until her father retired and they moved to Summerside, where her mother ran a boarding house. It was there that she met my father Mark Hagan from Kelly’s Cross. During their five-year courtship, my father had left the Island due to problems with Asthma. After settling in Toronto, he sent for my mother, where they were married at St. Basil Church in 1942. My sister Diane was born on August 20, 1943 and I came along on August 6, 1946. When I was around 2 years old, they returned to the Island, where my father worked as a barber in Charlottetown until his death on March 19, 1958.
In 1959, my mother married James McGuigan. He was also from Kinkora and the stepson of M.J. McIver. With that marriage I inherited 3 stepbrothers Mark, Len, and Desi and a stepsister Niona. Desi and I were just 6 weeks apart in age, so it was like having a twin brother. Mom and Jim lived in Charlottetown until around 1963 when they moved back to Toronto. At the time, Diane was living in Toronto and I was finishing my last year of school at Notre Dame Convent in Charlottetown. My mother followed in her mother’s footsteps and ran a boarding house both in Charlottetown and Toronto. She passed away in Toronto on March 25, 1975 and was brought back to Kinkora to be buried beside my father.
My mother had a great sense of humor and enjoyed people. I remember while living in Charlottetown, every Sunday night Al and Mary would come in from the country to visit. We would always make the lunch before they arrived, so that no one would miss mom’s favorite TV show Bonanza, as she would not want them to leave without having a snack.
Also a story my mom shared with me was, before she was married she went to Boston to work, cooking for nuns at a convent. When she arrived she asked “What time is morning Mass?” They replied “Oh, we are not Catholic Nuns”. As the story goes she told them she could not stay. That good Catholic upbringing.
Submitted by Gail (Hagan) Gallant
- Like my mother, I also met my husband Blair when he came to board are our home in Charlottetown. Blair moved to Toronto and then I followed him a few months later.
When my parents lived in Toronto. My Dad worked at Manningpool. He cut hair for the Soldier's going overseas. My Dad, Mark Hagan, was a very friendly, outgoing and was well liked. He belonged to the Benevolent Irish Society (B.I.S.) and the Holy Name Society. He died March 19, 1958.
After my Mother moved to Toronto, she worked as a cook in a Nursing Home. One day coming home she fell asleep on the street car and went to the end of the line. After that she decided that the job wasn't for her. We looked for a suitable place and she took in boarders again.
My mother had been in a Montreal hospital. While there she met a nurse from P.E.I. After my mother left the hospital, she stayed with this nurse. My mom never saw this nurse again until I graduated from Grade 12 at Notre Dame Academy. Her daughter Elaine was a classmate and was one of my friends. She lived in Souris, P.E.I.
Submitted by Diane (Hagan) Gallant
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1909 - 1975 (65 years)
