Abbreviations used
Date December 13 1851
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper New Brunswick Courier
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. Ricibucto (Kent Co.) 29th Nov., Thomas ATKINSON, age 97,native of Durham. Came to Nova Scotia with his parents in1767 and was the oldest inhabitant of Kent Co.