Abbreviations used
Date April 2 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.
Mrs. Margaret BOONE, who lives at St. Mary's Ferry, a short distance from St. Mary's end of the bridge, seems to have no desire to visit the city occasionally. Mrs. Boone, although living so handy and enjoying the best of health, has not been over to town for 22 years. Her husband died several years ago and she is the mother of 5 sons and 4 daughters, one of the latter being dead. Two sons live in Boston, one in British Clumbia and the other two live in St. Mary's. Two of the daughters also live in St. Mary's. Mrs. Boone is 65 years old. She does all her shopping in St. Mary's, attends church there, makes herself generally sociable with the naighbors and enjoys hersel immensely.