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MALTBY, THOMAS (1818-1900)

MALTBY, THOMAS, carpenter and undertaker; b. Newcastle, 1818, s/o Thomas Baker Maltby and Margaret Kerton; m. 1st, 1838, Mary Morgan, a native of Belfast, Ireland, and 2nd, 1854, Margaret Anderson Keymes, d/o William Keymes and h/w Catherine, of Newcastle; d. there, 14 Mar 1900.

Thomas Maltby learned the trade of carpenter and joiner from his father and was hired as a ship carpenter by Joseph Russell in 1841. Two years later he established his own carpentry business in Newcastle. Meanwhile, he began doing undertaking work, the largest part of which was the building of wooden coffins. A point of pride with him was that he had built the casket in which "King Julian, chief of the Micmac Indians," was buried in 1868. From the 1880s onward his undertaking service was prominently advertised in the Union Advocate. In 1888, as elsewhere noted, he and his son Richard L. Maltby were in partnership.

Maltby was a warden of St Andrew's Anglican Church. Six children were born of his marriage to Mary Morgan, most of whom died young, and five of his marriage to Margaret A. Keymes. The latter included Richard L. Maltby and Hiram B. Maltby, an undertaker in Campbellton.

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[b] Biog. Review NB [m] Gleaner 13 Nov 1838; official records [d] Advocate 21 Mar 1900 / Advocate 3 Jun 1885 (ad); Leader 6 Jul 1956


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