MacEWEN
HELEN ANN (1828 - Apr. 4, 1913) daughter of Benjamin and Mary Ramsay McEwen,
Campbellton Road m. ARTHUR McEWEN d. Apr. 28, 1904, son of James and Mary Coffin
McEwen, of St. Peters. In the early 1850's, Arthur moved a house from the Campbellton Road
to Stanley Bridge and located it across from the present hall. The last owners were Stanley and
Pansy Coles. The house burned in 1960. Arthur is classed as being a "night watchman" in the
1881 Census.
Their daughter, Miss Helen as she was called by those who knew her, made a living through
seamstress and millinery work. She travelled to different homes to make clothes for the family
members, as well as working with the A.J. McLeod & Co. store dressmaking business.
1. Thomas J.B. (1851 -Aug. 7, 1854)
2. Herbert Edward (1864 - April 10, 1893) - a school teacher
3. Mary Louise (Feb. 21, 1865 - Feb. 6, 1913) m. Capt. William A. Miller
{see Rattenbury Rd.}
4. A. Helen b. Jan. 20, 1867 buried in Yarmouth, NS about 1934
5. Benjamin Arthur (Jan. 24, 1869 - 9 mo.)
6. Lucy Matilda (1870 - Feb. 25, 1878)
Herbert E. MacEwen purchased a lot of land from Dougald Henry and his wife for the sum of
$80.00 on March 17, 1886. Herbert was a teacher in New London School. It would appear that
he had cleared the title for the lot of land on which the home was placed - one-sixth of an acre -
located across the road from the present hall. The agreement of sale was signed before LP. for
Queen's County, Dr. R.D. McNeill and Daniel Ross.
-History of Stanley Bridge