Abbreviations used
Date August 16 1893
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Messenger and Visitor
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. Stewart S. HOYT s/o N. HOYT and Annie HOYT, was drowned by the upsetting of a boat in Courtenay Bay, St. John, N.B., Aug. 7, age 22 years. This young man was a member of the Leinster St. Baptist Church, having been baptized by Rev. J.A. Gordon some six years ago.