Abbreviations used
Date March 4 1878
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Telegraph
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. Shannon Settlement (Queens Co.) 24th ult., Ruth W. JONES, age 9 years 3 mos.; 26th, Edith Maud JONES, age 2 years 4 mos.; Merritt A. JONES, age 7 years 9 mos. - all of diphtheria - children of John A. JONES and Nancy M. JONES. ('Carleton Sentinel please copy)