«Nairne buried
On the twenty sixth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, was deposited in the burying ground in the city of Quebec the body of the late Thomas Nairne [souligné] Esqr, Captain in His Majesty's Forty Ninth Regiment of Foot, aged twenty six years, (who was killed in the battle of Chrystler's farm on the eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, removed from the Township of Williamsburg, in the Province of Upper Canada by license of the Bishop of the diocese
Erie? Bowen John Davidson».
Noter que la translation du corps se fait un peu moins de deux mois après son inhumation en Ontario; ce fils va ainsi rejoindre les corps des autres membres de sa famille dans le cimetière Mount Hermon dont celui de son père, le lieutenant-colonel John Nairne, premier seigneur de Murray Bay.
Pour mémoire, cette bataille a eu lieu le 11 novembre 1813 et certains y font référence comme de la bataille qui a sauvé le Canada.
[Summary :
The church record for the burying of a soldier in Québec, Québec.]
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