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Date April 13 1881
County Northumberland
Place Newcastle
Newspaper Union Advocate
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. Grand Anse, 26th March, at residence of his son, Joseph POIRIER, Henry POIRIER, age 87. The deceased possessed his mental faculties unimpaired until the last and a few minutes before he died was relating incidents connected with the early history of the country. He resided in Grand Anse for over 60 years.