David Rogers

ROGERS, DAVID, merchant and shipbuilder; b. 15 November 1829 in Llanstephen, Carmarthen, Wiles, son of Joseph Rogers and Margaret James; m. first 20 March 1861 Annie Hester Gourlie, and they had five children, Arthur, Helen, Willie, Caroline, and Winnifred; in. secondly 17 June 1886 Rosina Gertrude Brine, and there were no children; Anglican; d. 22 October 1909 in Summerside. Rogers, a Conservative, was elected to the House of Assembly in the 1890 general election for 5th Prince. He was defeated in the general election of 1893. He served on Executive Council from 1890 to 1891. Rogers' family immigrated to the Island in 1831. He was educated at the local school in Freetown. At the age of 19, Rogers was employed with N. J. Brown in St. Eleanors. In 1851 he was employed for some time with William McEwen, and later at the mercantile and shipbuilding establishment of James C. Pope"'. In 1856 he established a business in Alberton, which was later operated by his brother Benjamin Rogers '. Circa 1858, Rogers became a partner with Pope, whom he bought out some years later. For the remainder of his commercial career, Rogers conducted his own business, which he carried out in a general store on Water Street in Summerside. Rogers was the first Mayor of Summerside, from the time of its incorporation in 1877, until 1883. Rogers was also the president of the Literary Society. David Rogers died 22 October 1909. Annie Rogers, the daughter of James A. Gourlie, was born in 1843 in New Brunswick and died in 1884. Rosina Rogers, the daughter of the Reverend R. T. Brine, was born ca. 1853 and died in 1931.