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About Our MABEY Branch

I am descended from a George Mabey, my ggg grandfather, who was born in 1756 in Dorsetshire, England, and died in 1848 in PEI at the age of 92. You will find my Mabey family tree by clicking above.

He was a United Empire Loyalist, and was adjutant to Shuttleworth’s Foresters. He and his wife, Mary Hamilton, arrived at Charlottetown, PEI, from Shelburne, N.S., in July 1784. Qualifying for a land grant, they settled at Bedeque, PEI with other loyalists. About 1800, the family moved back to Charlottetown. Their granddaughter, Maria Mabey, married Theophilus Curtis, and they were my mother’s maternal grandparents.

I am greatly indebted to Paul Mabey, who’s Mabey research has been posted on The Island Register website (www.islandregister.com/mabey)

The picture below shows a group of Mabey’s, Dawson’s and MacNeill’s. The young boy in the left front row, wearing a white shirt and looking away from the camera, is young Oscar Mabey, son of Albert & Ellen Mabey (nee MacNeill). There are, no doubt, other Mabey’s in the photo, but they have not as yet been identified.

IF YOU CAN HELP IDENTIFY THIS PHOTO, PLEASE CONTACT ME!

Linda@ourbegats.com

The writing on the back of the original (in italics) reads as follows:

Emma No. 1 (front row – far right)

Elmer No. 2 (front row – 2^nd from right)

Annie No. 3 (front row 3 3^rd from right)

Poor Aunt Maggie behind Emma (2^nd row far right)

Grandpa with the whiskers on doorstep

Grandma x with white apron (front row – far left)

Poor Aunt Eva next, that’s who you are called after

Esther & Oscar Mabey that was drowned in front of Aunt Eva in picture

I’m behind the door peeking through the crack you can’t see me

I believe these words were written by Cora MacNeill, and she sent the photo (which is printed on a post card) to her sister and my mother, Eva Ruby MacNeill. My mom couldn’t remember what the occasion was –however, the man on the right, standing in the doorway, might to be wearing a cleric’s collar, so possibly it was a christening or wedding.

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