«Smith Buried
John son of James Smith of the City of Quebec, employed in the Custom House & of Mary his wife, aged nine weeks & three days died on the fifteenth and was buried on the sixteen of May of the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred & twenty
By me FJ Mountain - Deacon
Present James Smith Father Robt. Haddan».
La mention de l'employeur de cet enfant n'est pas fortuite; en effet, la Maison des douanes est le service qui génère le plus de revenus pour la colonie, ce qui confère un pouvoir certain à ceux qui y travaillent.
[Summary :
The church record for the burying of a young baby in Québec, Québec.]
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