Abbreviations used
Date October 12 1860
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Religious Intelligencer
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.
Poem (see original) - A tribute of sympathy by J. Redfern, Saint John, 5th Oct. presented to George BURNS, Baptist Minister and Sarah, his wife of Upham (Kings Co.) on the loss of all five of their last remaining children by putrid sore throat.: date of death, age, Charlotte Jane BURNS,15th Aug., 8 years 10 mos.; Thomas D. BURNS, 25th Aug.,11 years 8 mos.; Harriet M. BURNS, 7th Sept., 15 years 8 mos.; Richard W. BURNS, 11th Sept., 19 years 2 mos.; Joshua B. BURNS, 17th Sept., 13 years 9 mos.