{"id":1162,"date":"1876-04-25T14:40:00","date_gmt":"1876-04-25T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peipioneercemetery.com\/dev2\/o-henley-alexander\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T22:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T05:34:09","slug":"o-henley-alexander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peipioneercemetery.com\/staging\/o-henley-alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"O&#8217;Henley, Alexander (d. 1876)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;He was born in Prince Edward Island most likely the son of Donald <span data-scayt_word=\"O\u2019Henley\" data-scaytid=\"3\">O\u2019Henley<\/span> and Ann MacDonald, which was the only <span data-scayt_word=\"O\u2019Henley\" data-scaytid=\"4\">O\u2019Henley<\/span> household recorded at <span data-scayt_word=\"Naufrage\" data-scaytid=\"7\">Naufrage<\/span> at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <span data-scayt_word=\"O\u2019Henley\u2019s\" data-scaytid=\"10\">O\u2019Henley\u2019s<\/span> emigrated from South <span data-scayt_word=\"Uist\" data-scaytid=\"13\">Uist<\/span>, Scotland, to <span data-scayt_word=\"Naufrage\" data-scaytid=\"8\">Naufrage<\/span> presumably in the out migration of 750 &#8220;papists&#8221; from Scotland in 1802.&nbsp; As the name <span data-scayt_word=\"O\u2019Henley\" data-scaytid=\"9\">O\u2019Henley<\/span> suggests, the ethnic origin of the <span data-scayt_word=\"O\u2019Henley\u2019s\" data-scaytid=\"11\">O\u2019Henley\u2019s<\/span> is Irish. The <span data-scayt_word=\"O\u2019Henley\u2019s\" data-scaytid=\"12\">O\u2019Henley\u2019s<\/span> who emigrated from Ireland to South <span data-scayt_word=\"Uist\" data-scaytid=\"14\">Uist<\/span> established themselves there a few hundred years before the 1802 Scottish migration to P.E.I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandy <span data-scayt_word=\"O\u2019Henley\" data-scaytid=\"17\">O\u2019Henley<\/span> married Elizabeth MacDonald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. <span data-scayt_word=\"Vitalis\" data-scaytid=\"22\">Vitalis<\/span> (<span data-scayt_word=\"Fideles\" data-scaytid=\"23\">Fideles<\/span>?) MacDonald of Greenwich, P.E.I. Sandy and Elizabeth\u2019s first child John, born in 1849, provides a clue to the year they were married. Other children of Sandy and Elizabeth were: <span data-scayt_word=\"Barnaby\" data-scaytid=\"24\">Barnaby<\/span>, Ann, Maria, Flora Ellen, Francis John, Catherine, Sarah Ann. 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