Abbreviations used
Date October 12 1855
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Religious Intelligencer
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
d. Cape Tormentine (West. Co.) 26th July, Richard DOBSON, age 87, born in Town of Thirsk, Yorkshire, England. Came to this Province with his parents at age 4, one of the first who settled Botsford parish. His house was always the home for the minister going to and from P.E.I. Farmer, father of 12 children, 120 grandchildren, 91 great grandchildren.