"The Saint Croix Courier Journey Through Time" A Collection of Amusing and
Informative News and Opinions from Past Issues
Issue 2 of 6 A New Century Begins: 1886-1905
(Written by permission of the Saint Croix Courier. Transcribed by and converted to HTML by Charlene Beney.)
('Inst'-means present month
'Ult'-means late month)
Vital records, births, marriages and deaths.
Jan. 28, 1886
Died: At. St. George, on the 27th inst., Hugh Deware, aged 79 years.
Feb. 18, 1886
Died: At. St. George, on the 12th inst., Ruth Steen, aged 64 years.
Feb. 25, 1886
Died: At. St. George, on the 11th inst., Mrs. George Steen, relict of the late George Steen, aged 83 years.
April 1, 1886
Died: At. St. George on the 24th ult., James Defley, aged 52 years and 6 months.
April 29,1886
Died: At. St. George , NB, April 2, 1886, Addie Levitt [Leavitt], aged 3 years, 11 months.
Dec. 2,1886
Died: In Calais, ME, Nov. 19th, Mr. John L. Clinch, formerly of St. George, NB, aged 85 years and 4 mos.
Jan. 13,1887
Died: At St. George, on Jan. 8th, 1887, James Dillman, aged 6 years.
Jan. 27,1887
Died: At St. George, on the 21st., January, 1887, Mathilda, wife of Joseph McCormick, aged 58 years, leaving a husband, 5 sons and 3 daughters to mourn her loss.
March 29, 1889
Died: On the 17th inst., at St. George, James Brown, aged 59 years.
April 4, 1889
Died: On Friday night last, Mr. Angus Burgess, 36 years, keeper of Point Midje Light, and twelve year old son, drowned. Leaves a wife and six small children. [more details in paper]
April 11, 1889
Died: At. St. George, on Monday, Mr. James Lee, 51 years of age. [more details in paper]
At St. George, on the 5th inst., Mr. Alfred Teed. [more details in paper]
Sept. 26, 1889
Died: At. St. George, on the 19th. Inst., suddenly, Maude, youngest daughter of Levi Young, much regretted by her family and numerous friends.
Jan. 2, 1890
Died: In St. George, Dec. 24, Ann, wife of Robert Armstrong, aged 69 years.
Aug. 21, 1890
Died: In St. George, NB, Aug. 12, Cornelia B. Chambers, aged 18 years, six months.
Jan. 29, 1891
Died: At. Mascarene, Dec. 24th., Cornelius McNichol, aged 57 years and seven months.
June 11, 1891
Died: At Second Falls, St. George, May 23, of consumption, Cora May Purdy, second daughter of Oliver Purdy, aged 17 years, 11 months.
Nov. 19: 1891
Died: At. St. George, N.B., Nov. 12, after a lingering illness, William J. Crory, age 49 years.
March 17, 1892
Died: At. St. George, Mar. 3, James Hall, aged 69.
Sept. 1, 1892
Died: At. St. George, July 3, Lizzie Mann, aged 102 years.
Nov. 24, 1892
Died: At L'Etete, on Nov. 2nd., Eliza wife of James McLean, aged 52 years, and on Nov. 5th, their grandson, Charley Parks, aged 1 year and 6 months.
Jan. 26, 1893
Died: At Bonny River, Jan. 23, John Orr, aged 37 years, 3 months.
Feb. 23, 1893
Died: At. St. George, on Wednesday, 8th. Inst., L. W. Young, aged 81 years.
Aug. 16, 1894
Died: At. St. George, August 6, Isabella White, aged 94 years and 6 months, relict of the late Thomas White.
Dec. 20, 1894
Died: At. St. George, Dec. 10, Howard Curran, aged 93 years and 5 months.
At. St. George, Dec. 3, after a lingering illness, William Doyle, aged 24 years.
June 6, 1895
Died: At St. George, May 21, John Sutton, infant son of J. Sutton and Helen J. Clark.
March 12, 1896
Died: At. St. George, Feb. 26, after a lingering illness, E. Bruce McKenzie, aged 25 years.
Oct. 22, 1896
Died: At Piskehegan, Oct. 21st, Nancy Corning, aged 85 years.
Dec. 16, 1897
Died: At. St. George, Dec. 6, Owen Frederick Bogue, aged 39 years and 11 months.
March 31, 1898
Died: At. St. George, Nov. 27th, Martha Keating, aged 94 years, leaving a husband and six children to mourn their loss.
Jan. 12, 1899
Died: At. St. George, Jan. 7th, Pearl, aged 6 months, child of Mr. And Mrs. Harry Bradshaw.
March 23, 1899
Died: At St. George, March 15th, Peter McVicar, aged 73 years.
At St. George, March 15th, Mary Ann, relict of the late John Lynott, aged 87 years.
April 13, 1899
Died: At. St. George, March 25, Phoebe Hatt, aged 34 years.
Oct. 26, 1899
Died: At. St. George, Oct. 22, Josephine, daughter of Duncan and Josephine Campbell, aged 14 years, 9 mos.
Nov. 9, 1899
Died: At St. George, Oct. 31, Nancy, wife of Wm. Maxwell, aged 76 years.
At St. George, Oct. 29th, Sarah, aged 4 months, daughter of Wm. And Susan Sherwood.
Nov. 23, 1899
Died: At. St. George, Nov. 14, John A. Crovan, aged 24 years.
Dec. 7, 1899
Died: At. St. George, Dec. 4th, Lazerus Perry, aged 55 years.
Dec. 28, 1899
Died: At. St. George, Dec. 23rd, William Baxter, aged 84 years.
Jan. 18, 1900
Died: At St. George, Jan. 16th, Anna, wife of Thomas Coughlan, aged 82 years.
At St. George, January 13th, George Marks, aged 25 years.
At St. George, Jan. 14th, Alfred A. Wilcox, aged 62 years
April 19, 1900
Died: At Mascarene, April 16, Archibald Matthews, aged 59 years.
April 26, 1900
Died: At Bonny River, age 14, ? Moore, a lad drowned. [more details in paper]
May 3, 1900
Died: At St. George, April 30th, Ellen, wife of Martin Doyle, aged 81 years.
May 10, 1900
Died: At. St. George, May 4th, Frederick Hatt, aged 36 years.
At St. George, May 5th, Mandana A. Relict of the late Edward Russel, aged 70 years.
May 17, 1900
Died: At St. George, NB, May 13, Frederick McMaster, aged 43 years.
June 7, 1900
Died: At St. George, June 5th, Charlotte, relict of the late Alfred A. Wilcox, aged 56 years.
July 26, 1900
Died: At. St. George, July 23rd, Wm. Cunningham, aged 26 years.
Oct. 4, 1900
Died: At St. George, Sept. 29th, Helen M., aged 3 months, daughter of Rannie and Maggie O'Brien.
At. St. George, Sept. 28th, Eddie A., aged 3 years, 11 months, son of Henry and Annie Sherrard.
At St. George, Sept. 25th, Robert Tayte, aged 25 years.
Oct. 11, 1900
Died: At St. George, Oct. 6th, Percy, aged 2 mos,. child of Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Spinney.
Nov. 8, 1900
Died: At. Back Bay, Oct. 29th, Angus Cook, aged 43 years.
Nov. 22, 1900
Died: At St. George, Nov. 13, Andrew J. Maxwell, aged 49 years, leaving a wife and 3 children.
Nov. 29, 1900
Died: At. St. George, Nov. 23rd, George A. Carmichael, of Elmsville, aged 41 years.
Feb. 14, 1901
Died: At. St. George, Feb. 6, Charles Frederick McGee, aged 24 years, son of Gartley and Dorcas McGee.
March 28, 1901
Died: At. St. George, March 17th, Barbra, wife of Captain Henry McDougall, aged 63 years.
May 2, 1901
Died: At. St. George, April 29th, William Maxwell, aged 89 years.
July 13, 1901
Died: At. St. George, June 10th, Thomas Chambers, aged 67 years.
At. St. George, June 7th, Jane, relict of the late Avery Seeley, aged 82 years.
July 25, 1901
Married: At. St. Andrews, NB, on June 26th. By Rev. C. Currie, Israel Thorne, to Julia Gordon, both of St. George, NB.
Aug. 29, 1901
Died: At St. George, Aug. 22, Wilson Hamilton, aged 25 years, 6 months
Oct. 17, 1901
Died: At. St. George, Oct. 8th, Elizabeth Lidgate [Ludgate], widow of the late Hugh Lidgate, [Ludgate], aged 62 years, 8 months
Nov. 14, 1901
Died: At. St. George, Nov. 8th, Thomas Radley, aged 62 years, 9 months.
Dec. 26, 1901
Died: At Second Falls, St. George, Dec. 22nd, James Bowden, aged 68 years.
At Back Bay, St. George, Dec. 17th, M. H. Lasley, aged 19 years.
Jan. 9, 1902
Died: At. St. George, Jan. 1, Charles Johnson, aged 74 years.
Feb. 20, 1902
Died: At. Second Falls, St. George, Feb. 10th, James Keough, aged 57 years.
March 27, 1902
Died: At Back Bay, St. George, March 22, Bertha Lasley, aged 15 years, 7 months.
At St. George, March 24th, Earl Stewart, aged 9 months, child of Walter and Mary Maxwell.
At St. George, N.B. March 10, of consumption, Cecil W. beloved child of Mr. And Mrs. Annias Wilcox, aged 1 year.
May 22, 1902
Died: At Bonny River, May 15th, Albert McLaine, aged 21 years.
Aug. 21, 1902
Died: At St. George, Matthew McKinney, leaving a wife and four children. [more details in paper]
Aug., 28, 1902
Died: At. St. George, Aug. 19th, Daniel Campbell, aged 35 years.
Sept. 18, 1902
Died; At Lepreaux, on the 5th inst., of heart failure, Susan North, widow of John L. Cameron, and daughter of the late Avram S. Wetmore, of St. George, in the 75th year of her age.
Oct. 16, 1902
Died: At St. George, Oct. 10, J. Kenneth McLeod, aged 68 years.
Jan. 1, 1903
Died: At. Frye's Island, Percy, only son of Mr. And Mrs. Henry Frye, on Sun. aft. [Dec. 29, 1902] Interment took place at St. George on Tuesday. [Dec. 31, 1903]
Mar. 5, 1903
Died: At. St. George, Feb. 27th, Robt. D. Jackson, aged 18 years.
March 26, 1903
Died: At. St. George, Mar. 23, Wallace, aged 2 yrs. 6 mos., son of Mr. & Mrs. H. Vaughan Dewar.
At St. George, Mar. 20, Jane, relict of the late John Mann.
April 30, 1903
Died:, At Caithness, St. George, April 22, Clement Grearson, aged 85 years.
At St. George, April 24th, Guy E., aged 5 months, son of Mr. And Mrs. Samuel Spinney.
May 21, 1903
Died: At. St. George, May 14, Margaret, relict of the late Captain James Sherrard, aged 64 years.
May 28, 1903
Died: At. St. George, May 21, Joanna, aged 89 years, 10 months, relict of the late A.J. Gillmor, Sr. and aunt of the late Senator Gillmor.
July 2, 1903
Died: At. Back Bay, June 25th, George Lasley, aged 83 years.
Aug. 13, 1903
Died: At Caithness, St. George, by drowning, by John Chambers, aged 20, George Philips, aged 15, Guy and Gilbert Henry, aged 19 and 20. [more details in paper]
Oct. 1, 1903
Born: At St. George, to Mr. & Mrs. Alex D. Heron, a son.
At St. George, to Mr. & Mrs. C. Hazen McGee, a daughter.
January 28, 1904
Born: At. St. George, Jan. 15th, to Mr. & Mrs. M. E. Baldwin, a daughter.
Feb. 11, 1904
Died: At Back Bay, Jan. 28th, Eliza J., wife of George Lasley, aged 28 years.
March 24, 1904
Born: At Back Bay, to Mr. & Mrs. David Leavitt, a daughter.,
At St. George, to Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Spinney, a son.
April 7, 1904
Born: At St. George, on April 5, to Mr. & Mrs. George A. Craig, a daughter.
Died: At Bonny River, April 3rd, Ethel, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Miles Gillmor, aged 14 years, 9 months.
April 21, 1904
Born: At St. George, April 11th, to Mr. And Mrs. W. J. Doyle, a son.
June 16, 1904
Born: At. St. George, June 12, to Mr. And Mrs. Fred Matheson, a son.
July 21, 1904
Born: At St. George, July 3rd., to Mr. & Mrs. John McLeod, a son.
At St. George, July 5th, to Mr. & Mrs. Jos. Meating, a daughter.
Oct. 27, 1904
Died: At Back Bay, St. George, Tuesday am [Oct. 26?] Ivory Cook, 12 years, son of Mrs. Angus Cook [more details in paper].
Mar. 23, 1905
Born: At Back Bay, to the wife of Wm. Mitchell, a son.
April 20, 1905
Born: At St. George, to the wife of Wm. Mersereau, a daughter.
At St. George, to the wife of John B. Spear, a daughter.
April 27, 1905
Born: At Bonny River, to the wife of Mayberry Cook, a son.
May 18, 1905
Died: At Lake Utopia, St. George, Robert Baldwin, son of John Baldwin, abt. 28 years, leaving father, several brothers, and sisters. [more details in paper]
June 15, 1905
Born: At St. Stephen, May 30th, to the wife of D. E. Justason, St. George, a daughter.
Dec. 21, 1905
Died: At St. George Robert J. Dodds, 38 years of age, survived by four children and wife, former Miss Annie McIntyre. [more details in paper]
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