Abbreviations used
Date August 16 1854
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The Head Quarters
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. Tuesday 8th inst., Portland parish (St. John) nine hours after the decease of his wife, Samuel SHANKS, native of County Down, Ireland.