Abbreviations used
Date April 18 1889
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper The Daily Sun
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.
We report the sudden death of William McNEIL, age 81, of Chocolate Cove, Deer Island (Charlotte Co.) which occurred Friday eve. last. Mr. McNeill had gone to the barn to feed his stock for the night and, not returning as soon as expected, his son Edwin McNEIL went to see what had detained him. Entering the barn he found the lifeless body of his father.