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Marriages:  The Acadian Recorder reports these in a limited manner, but they originate throughout the Province.  Often the dates found in this section and the Deaths section contain two references of inst. (or instant) and ult. (or ultimo).  These refer to the month in which the date occured. Inst. or instant means the date is in the current month. Ult. or ultimo means the date given is in the previous month.

Deaths:  Again these originate throughout the Province, and sometimes are International.

Ship News:  The news typically lists ship arrivals and departures, usually by giving ship name, master, and home port or last port sailed from.  Sometimes there are also passengers lists, information of wrecks etc which are reported under this section as well. If you see the symbol  "&.c" in the texts,  this was the old form of "etc".

Estate Notices:  These were advertisements placed when someone died announcing that claims against and owed to the estate had to be settled within a certain time period.  This section is a compliment to the Deaths section as an additional source. This section will be done once every few months. Since they often ran the same ad for 2 years, the list usually stays the same for a long period of time.  Sources here are not only the name of the deceased, but also those who administered the estate, usually other family members.  The complete text is not done.  This is just a list containing estate owner, administrator(s) and the date the original notice was placed (if available).

Advertisers:  Again this section is a list of names, with type of business and location if available.  Real estate sales will also
appear in this section, whether private or public/sherrif auction.  This section and the next are not being included yet, but will be eventually added in.

Snips and Clips:  Interesting odds and ends.

Married

• None reported

DEATHS

• None reported.

SHIP NEWS - Port of Halifax

Tuesday Jan. 7
Sailed ship Victory for Liverpool England.  Passengers - Col. Bouverie 3d Batt., 60th Regt.; Major and Mrs Couper; James Fraser Esq.; Messrs Goldsmith and Smith; Capt. Gauntlet; Capt. Hannah; &c.

Wednesday Jan. 8
arr. sch. Good Intent,  Smilie  from New Providence.

Thursday Jan. 9
arr. brig Shannon,  Rude  48 hours from Antigonish in Ballest. Capt. R. reports that on the 17th ult. in a severe gale of wind from N.N.W., the brig Hibernia of this port, belonging to Mr. Robert N. Henry, went ashore in Little River (near Antigonish) and bilged: - Also the ship Mary, belonging to Mr. Combridge of Prince Edward Island, with a cargo of lumber bound to Bristol, England, was stranded in the same gale near Antigonish. Vessel lost - A Mrs. Stewart of Charlotte Town, passenger in the Mary, was drowned.
The sch. Waltham from the Bay Chaleur arr. Trinidad 26th November last.
The brig Freetown, Archibald, sailed from New Providence for R. Island and New York 5th ult.
The schooner P[___]-be-Civil,  Ealy, arrived at New Providence from Jamaica 2d ult. with a part of the 5th W. India Regt.
The Am. sch. Rolla from Norfolk for St. Domingo was wrecked on Heneagra[?] - the master and the crew have arrived at New Providence.

© 2000  Susan Burns