Abbreviations used
Date June 16 1875
County Charlotte
Place Saint Andrews
Newspaper St. Andrews Standard
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. Digdeguash (Charlotte Co.) 25th April, Mrs. Eleanor FLYNN, age 59, and her husband, Joshua FLYNN, 1st June, age 63. At the same place, 12th June, William FLYNN, his brother, age 68. About twenty minutes before his death, he quietly got up from his bed, unlocked his trunk, took out his grave clothes, which he kept in readiness for a number of years and then washed and dressed himself for burial. When the last enemy approached to close a long career of intense suffering, he exclaimed in ecstasiesof delight. 'Welocme death, I have long waited for thee!'