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The Pringle family is the "royal family" of Summerside, Prince Edward Island.


About the family[]

The social e-light of Summerside, the Pringles either accept someone, who was integrated into the town's activities, or they did not, and that person was completely ignored.

"They are as smooth as cream and as slippery as butter."
—a saying about the Pringle family[src]

They most certainly would be polite if you were not accepted... but they could make things unpleasant. However, there were some good traits with them. Laughter, tears, ridiculousness, irrepressible, irreplaceable, grumpy and funny -- such are what makes up a good family. The Pringles had each of these.

Members[]

Members by birth

  • Mrs. Campbell (nee Pringle) — great-grandmother of Elizabeth Grayson and owner of The Evergreens
  • Abraham Pringle — brother of Myrom Pringle, father of Ellen and Sarah, a sea captain and unofficial head of the Pringle family
  • Adam Pringle — Summerside High School student
  • Cora Pringle — a relative of Ellen and Sarah Pringle and Summerside High School student
  • Dan Pringle — husband of Janetta Bird who ate a hat his wife gave him
  • Eleanor Pringle — supposedly a love interest of Jim Wilcox
  • Ellen Pringle — daughter of Abraham Pringle and sister of Sarah who lives at Maplehurst
  • Frank Pringle — his wife got up a tea in aid of a church project
  • Fred Pringle — Summerside High School student
  • George Pringle — an employer of Miss Kinsey who paid for and engraved her headstone
  • Hardy Pringle — father of Myra Pringle and uncle of Jen who organized a dance and did not invite Anne Shirley
  • Harley Pringle — friend of Peter MacTabb who had to wheel him down the Main Street for an election bet
  • Hattie Pringle — Summerside High School student
  • Herb Pringle — a jolly man who made everyone laugh
  • Homer Pringle — Summerside High School student
  • Hugh Pringle — friend of Cyrus Taylor who plays checkers with him
  • James Pringle — father of Jen Pringle who looks like a college professor but is ignorant and stupid
  • Jen Pringle — daughter of James Pringle, cousin of Myra Pringle, wife of Lewis Stedman, and student of Anne Shirley at Summerside High School
  • Joan Pringle — friend of Hazel Marr who had to cancel a fancy dress party due to her uncle's death.
  • Mary Ann Pringle — sister of Mrs. Russel Pringle and cousin/sister-in-law of Russel Pringle who was hated by her sister
  • Millie Pringle — daughter of Stephen Pringle and Summerside High School student
  • Milly Pringle — friend of Valentine Courtaloe and a good dancer who died very young
  • Morton Pringle — invited Anne Shirley to supper
  • Myra Pringle — daughter of Hardy Pringle, cousin of Jen, and Summerside High School student
  • Myrom Pringle — brother of Abraham Pringle who was a sea captain and supposed cannibal
  • Nathan Pringle — believed that his wife was trying to poison him
  • Parker Pringle — lets his dog sit at the dinner table with a chair and napkin of his own
  • Roberta Pringle — spent two weeks in bed from shock when her Uncle Cromwell dropped dead in the middle of her wedding
  • Russel Pringle — husband/cousin of Mrs. Russel Pringle and brother-in-law/cousin of Mary Ann Pringle
  • Mrs. Russel Pringle (nee Pringle) — sister of Mary Ann Pringle and wife/cousin of Russel Pringle who hated her sister
  • Sarah Pringle — daughter of Abraham Pringle, sister of Ellen, and owner of Maplehurst who bosses the entire Pringle clan.
  • Sid Pringle — Summerside High School student
  • Stephen Pringle — husband of Mrs. Stephen Pringle and father of Millie
  • Tom Pringle — his wife boarded principals of Summerside High School for many years
  • Mrs. Taylor (nee Pringle) — mother of Cyrus Taylor

Members by marriage

  • Janetta Pringle (nee Bird) — wife of Dan Pringle who died without asking her husband
  • Mrs. Frank Pringle — wife of Frank Pringle who got up a tea in aid of a church project
  • Mrs. James Pringle — wife of James Pringle and mother of Jen who is very clever
  • Mrs. Myrom Pringle — wife of Myrom Pringle, who threw a glass of water in her face
  • Mrs. Nathan Pringle — wife of Nathan Pringle who believed that his wife was trying to poison him
  • Mrs. Stephen Pringle — wife of Stephen Pringle and mother of Millie who is also known as the Widow Pringle
  • Mrs. Tom Pringle — wife of Tom Pringle who boarded Summerside High School principals for years

Other members

  • Alice Pringle — organized a Walking party and did not invite Anne Shirley.
  • Carry Pringle — organized a party and invited Anne Shirley and Katherine Brooke.
  • Meta Pringle — a mouse dropped out of the flowers on her hat during the mass.

Related

  • Joan Pringle's uncle — died in spring 1889.
  • Ellen and Sarah Pringle's third cousin — applied for principalship at Summerside High School.

Related families[]

  • Bird family
  • Campbell family
  • Card family
  • Taylor family

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