Marilyn had been transcribing county death schedules from New Brunswick, and discovered that:
- Sarah died in 1891, she was a 67-year-old housekeeper, and cause of death was “worn out,” length of illness, 2 months.
- Then there’s Margaret, she died in 1888, she was 92 years old, cause of death “old age,” length of illness, “1 week”
- Phoebe, on the other hand, was only 88 when she died in 1888. She too, died of “old age,” but she had it “several years.”
- William died in 1888, at 84, of “old age,” but he had it “not long.”
- Mrs. Seeley, age 91, died in 1888 of old age, she only had it “one day.”
Previously published in RootsWeb Review:
17 January 2007, Vol. 10, No. 3.
