Abbreviations used
Date April 28 1870
County Charlotte
Place Saint Stephen
Newspaper Saint Croix Courier
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.
There are now living on one continuous road around Oak Bay (Charlotte Co.) twelve men whose united ages are 940 years, 9 of them average 80 years each. The names of those varying from 78 to 84 are: John HOPPS, Benjamin RIDEOUT, Jacob YOUNG, William BENSON, John KELTIE, John COTTRELL, Isaac GARCELON, Michael YOUNG and Martin HOPPS. Seven of these, who are all over 80 years of age, reside within the bounds of eight farms of 100 acres each, lying side by side.