Abbreviations used
Date August 1 1885
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.
The paragraph that Wm WELLS of Bayfield (West. Co.) is about 90 years of age and the oldest man in the parish, has brought out another correspondent who states that Nath. HENNESSY of the Emigrant Road is 97 and quite hale and vigorous; Mr. Adam SCOTT of Murray Road in 93 and still enjoys the use of his faculties; Adam AMOS of Murray Road is 94 years old. - 'Post'