Abbreviations used
Date April 25 1872
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.
The 'Antigonish Casket' says: We record this week the death of the oldest man in the County, perhaps in the Province. Born in 1765 in Moldart, Scotland, John McNEIL with his wife and family came to America in 1802 and having lived for some time in Newfoundland, he removed latterly to Upper South River in this county, where he died on 26th Feb.