Abbreviations used
Date February 16 1880
County Westmorland
Place Moncton
Newspaper The Times
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.
Windsor Mail - sad loss of the ship "D.R. Eaton" of Windsor, She left New York for Antwerp on Sept. 14th, 1878 and no tidings of her were ever received. The memorial tablet card bears the following: Sacred to the Memory of / Captain Harris H. SHAW / aged 34 years / Sarah A. SHAW / (his wife) aged 29 years / Daughter of the late W.B. SMITH and Annie SMITH / of St. John, N.B. / Ida May SHAW, / (their daughter) aged 5 years / Mate Edward SHAW / aged 42 years / Boatswain Henry A. SHAW / aged 21 years / Sons of David SHAW and Terrence SHAW of Falmouth