Abbreviations used
Date November 23 1892
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Messenger and Visitor
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. At her home, Amherst, N.S., Nov. 5, Elizabeth Atkinson PURDY w/o Amos PURDY, postmaster, age 61. Early in life Sister Purdy gave her heart to Christ and joined the Baptist Church of Maccan. Upon removing to Amherst some 16 years ago, she united with the church at that place.