Article on Captain Patrick Mockler published in the St. Francis Xavier College "Xaverian" in December 1915. Patrick Mockler made a $10,000 donation to the Residence Fund for the purpose of building a new student residence building.
Photograph of "Mockler Hall," the new college student residence building, named after benefactor Patrick Mockler. The photo was taken shortly after completion in the fall of 1915.
House of Captain Patrick Mockler under construction circa 1900. This house is built on the hill overlooking Brule Point on land previously owned by his father, John Mockler.
Captain Patrick Mockler, born at River John in 1838, was the son of John and Eleanor Mockler of River John. He was the oldest son of thirteen children - ten of whom lived to adulthood. All five sons were master mariners who sailed the world.
An excerpt from the book, Ships, Shipbuilders and Seamen of Pictou County by James Cameron, regarding John Mockler and the Mockler family of River John, Pictou County
