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Family Names of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
- Family Tree Database -
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 1897 - 1904 (6 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Benedict "Ben" Shannahan was born 1 Oct 1897, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland; died Jan 1904, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland. Other Events:
- Baptism: 11 Nov 1897, Holy Trinity RC Parish, Ferryland, Newfoundland
Notes:
Died:
"A dispatch in yesterday's News from Ferryland states that Ben, the little three year son of Mr. Richard COSTELLO, was drowned at Caplin Bay on Sunday morning. With his Brother Dick, aged six, he was playing on the ice above the gut bridge and fell into the water. Being missed after a time friends started to search for them, and Dick was found in the landwash insensible. After a time he was brought back to life, but no sign of Ben's body has yet been found though neighbors are using every effort to discover the little fellow's remains."
The newspaper got the ages reversed.Ben (Shannahan) Costello (Dick's half brother) was actually six years old in January of 1904, and Dick was three years old at the time of this tragedy. No death record was found for Ben in the Newfoundland Vital Statistics, suggesting that his body was probably never recovered.
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