Francis "Francois" Gallant

GALLANT, CAPTAIN FRANCIS "Francis" , merchant, trader, and cannery owner; b. 17 March 1841 in Nail Pond, son of Sylvain Gallant and Mary Gaudet; m. 24 October 1870 Katherine McKenna, and they had seven children, Edward, James, Ernest, Emily, Bertha, Mary, and Leo; Roman Catholic; d. 3 October 1905 in Tignish. Gallant, a Conservative, was elected 17 April 1875 in a by-election for 1st Prince. Captain Frank Gallant, as he was called, went to sea as a young man, rising to the rank of master mariner, having been captain of several schooners employed in the West Indies and Newfoundland trade. After 14 years on the sea, he engaged in the lobster-packing business in Tignish for some six years. He then went into the general merchandise business. In 1894 he became Tignish's postmaster and operated a small inn. Gallant died in Tignish on 3 October 1905.Katherine Gallant was the daughter of John Arnold McKenna of Ireland, later of Charlottetown, and Catherine Mahar. She died in Tignish on 2 June 1892. Frank Gallant's daughter Bertha married Aubin Edmond Arsenault*, Prince Edward Island Premier from 1917 to 1919.