Abbreviations used
Date March 21 1896
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The Gleaner
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.
Solomon CORBETT died last night at the residence of his brother, Edward CORBETT, Forest Hill. He was 67 years old and leaves two sons and one daughter. One of his sons, Fred CORBETT, lives with his uncle on Forest Hill and the other, Walter CORBETT, is a resident of Boston. The daughter, Miss Minnie CORBETT, is a nurse in the lunatic asylum, Fairville (St. John). Deceased was for many years a resident of this city and owned and occupied the farm on the first cross road between Maryland Hill and College Road, now known as the Broderick farm. He was a carpenter by trade and quite an effeciant millwright, having served in the capacity in Morrison's mill for a long time. He moved to Boston with his family 18 years ago and came to Fredericton last winter. Heart failure was the cause of death.