Records With Access Point "Gravestones"
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Another view of the tombstone of Perter Emberley
Item - 1968
P17\182
This is the same tombstone seen in P17-67. The tombstone is in the Catholic cemetery in Boiestown NB. This recent tombstone marks the site of the grave of Peter Emberley who became a legend after his death in the lumber woods in 1880 at the age of 17 years. The folksong “Peter Emberley”, written by John Calhoun of Boiestown, has become a popular Miramichi folksong.