Abbreviations used
Date January 3 1870
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Morning News
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. Friday 31st ult., of scarlet fever, Bessie Hope youngest d/o Capt. Thomas and Annie Leonard PIKE, R.N., age 8 years 5 mos. Also 2nd inst., Charles Edwin PIKE, age 4 years 4 mos., youngest s/o same. Funeral Monday from their residence St. James St. (St. John) 2 o'clock.