Vincent Earl Duffy

1892 - 1974  (81 years)

• Name	Vincent Earl Duffy
  Birth	25 Nov 1892	Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Christening	10 Dec 1892	St. Malachy's Church, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 Jul 1974	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Burial	St. Malachy's Cemetery, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Person ID	I1217	The McIver Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

  Family	Annie Patricia McIver,   b. 17 Mar 1908, Newton, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 7 Aug 2000, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	1930	Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Children	1. Desmond Earl Duffy,   b. 1931, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 1932, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 1 year) + 2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Joseph St. Clair Duffy,   b. 10 May 1935, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 6 Jul 2012, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 77 years) + 5. Living   6. Living + 7. Living   8. Charles Peter Duffy,   b. 1942, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada d. 1954, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Age 12 years) + 9. Living + 10. Living + 11. Living   12. Living + 13. Living   14. Living
  Family ID	F875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2020

  
  

• Photos

  Photo - Mary Maud Gallant and Parnell McCarville's wedding Mary Maud Gallant and Parnell McCarville on their wedding day with attendants Earl Duffy and Kathleen Driscoll.

  
  

  Documents		Document - Earl Duffy Military Records - Canadian Expeditionary Forces Attestation Papers
  		Document - Earl Duffy Military Records - CEF Personnel Files

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone - Annie and Earl Duffy, with their son, Charles. Also shown on headstone is Beatrice Duffy, wife of Eugene Lionel McIver. Located at St. Malachy's Cemetery, Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

  
  

• Notes

  Dad’s (Earl Duffy) Bear Last fall when mom gave me the original prints of these pictures, she told me what she could remember about this time in dad’s life. She began by recalling a taunt that our neighbors, the Shreenan’s used on dad. Apparently, dad’s growth spurt was slow in arriving and they would advise, “Sue the government. They built the road too close to your ass”. That summer he was either sixteen or seventeen, he drank milk straight from the bucket and grew six inches. In 1915 he left home. He worked on the train and made his way to Prince George where he staked a claim in the forest. He built a cabin on the land. This meant he was then official owner of the claim. Mom thinks dad and Gerald Trainor (possibly the other man in the picture) were partners in this. A Chinese man who did the cooking also lived with dad. Black bears were a constant pest making it difficult to keep food. Dad killed a bear, took the cub home and trained it to stand on its hind legs and dance. He had a couple of dogs so he built a post to protect the bear. One day however, the dogs lured the bear from its perch and killed it. In 1917 dad was conscripted and left Prince George to travel to Halifax. He wanted to visit his mother before going overseas so left Halifax December 6, 1917, the day of the Halifax explosion. He was on the train in Amherst where they felt the impact and windows were broken, and dishes hurled from cupboards. He arrived on the island in the midst of a severe snowstorm and had to walk from Borden to Kinkora. Mom recalled that her dad went to Halifax to help clean up after the explosion. He stayed about a month. She remembers him bringing home pictures of dead bodies strewn about. Submitted by Genevieve Duffy Mullally, Daughter