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Date 29 janvier 1887
Comté Saint John
Lieu Saint John
Journal The Daily Telegraph
Le langage employé dans les textes est tel qu’il a été transcrit par Daniel F. Johnson à partir des entrées dans les journaux originaux.
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua NICKERSON of Shag Harbor, N.S., aged respectively 87 and 83, live with their only son, Theodore NICKERSON and across the street directly opposite lives his only son, Charles NICKERSON who has an only son named Adelbert NICKERSON. This lad takes a meal daily with his grandfather, and grandmother and great grandfather and two great grandmothers, as Mrs. Theodore Nickerson's mother is living with them, age 84. As the six sit around the table their united ages are 377 and the lad is only 12 years. Only a few yards from their doors is his great-great uncle, Nehemiah NICKERSON, age 83, living with his only son who has an only daughter and only child. - 'Cape Sable Advertiser'