Fredericton's Old Burial Ground - Seann Chladh

Francis Beverly was born in Aberdeen Scotland on March 8, 1801. After working as a bank clerk in Scotland, he immigrated to the Miramichi, where he was teaching school at the time of the Great Fire of 1825. As his daughter Miss Jane later recalled: “vivid recollections of that fire were often related by him, who modestly forbore to parade the beautiful gold watch which was presented to him for heroic work during that trying time. ” All his long life he cherished that gold watch.  By 1827 Francis had made his way to Fredericton, where he opened a “Book and Fancy Stationary” store on the lower end of Queen (near St John Street). He later expanded his operations to include a book lending library, as well as binding and printing services. It was Francis Beverly who first printed the famous lithograph entitled “New Brunswick Fashionables!!!.” This illustration, attributed to the artist John Campbell (son of Sir Archibald Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswickat the time), gaily ...

James Willox [Wilcox] was a native of Aberdeen, Scotland. He came to Fredericton in about 1817, and two years later married Margaret King. James was a founding member of the Fredericton Society of Saint Andrew, and was one of the organising “stewards” for the Feast of Saint Andrew in 1828. He was also one of the founding members of St Paul’s Church, and served as a founding trustee.  James was a leather merchant and saddler in Fredericton. His business was located on Queen Street, across from the present-day Lord Beaverbrook Hotel, and the Willox family lived next door. He prospered, and in 1839 owned 25 acres on Maryland Hill, 200 acres in Hanwell Settlement, and 100 acres in the Parish of Woodstock in Carleton County. He also owned shares in the “splendid steamer"  New Brunswick , which plied the river St John between Fredericton and Saint John from 1839 to 1848.  By 1845, passengers wishing to travel by stagecoach to Boiestown or Newcastle could book their reservations...