Abbreviations used
Date October 18 1866
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Christian Visitor
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. 30th ult., from injuries received from a fall from ship "Whitehall", John BEST, age 48, native of Crosshaven, County Cork, Ireland and resident of St. John for 18 years; left widow.