Abbreviations used
Date May 21 1894
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
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.
The death occurred Thursday last at the advanced age of 94 years of Mary ROBERTS widow of John J. ROBERTS. The deceased was a d/o late David MERRITT and an aunt of T. Grey MERRITT. Her grandfather, a Loyalist whose grave may be seen in the old burying ground, lived to be 93 years of age. The deceased leaves a family of six children, two sons, John ROBERTS and Robert ROBERTS and four daughters.