John Murray Bliss

Entries found in Daniel F. Johnson’s New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics pertaining to John Murray Bliss.  This is such a fun database, thanks to the Province of New Brunswick Archives for making this database available on-line!

Transcriptions by Daniel F. Johnson.

Volume 5 Number 1736
Date August 27 1834
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The New Brunswick Royal Gazette

d. Hon. John MURRAY BLISS, Judge of H.M. Supreme Court last eve. 10 o’clock, age 63., native of Massachusetts. Came here in 1786. Offices: Soliciter General, Represented Co. York in General Assembly. In July 1816 elevated to the Bench and appointed Member of H.M. Council. see original.

Volume 3 Number 795
Date August 8 1826
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The New Brunswick Royal Gazette

d. Halifax, N.S., Sunday, Jean BLISS d/o Hon. John MURRAY BLISS, Esq., Judge of Supreme Court of N.B.

Volume 3 Number 841
Date October 3 1826
County York
Place Fredericton
Newspaper The New Brunswick Royal Gazette

d. Thursday morn. 21st inst., Sophia Isabella BLISS fourth d/o Hon. John MURRAY BLISS, Bellemont (Sunbury Co.) age 18.

Volume 74 Number 2322
Date March 7 1889
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe

George Pidgeon BLISS, the late Clerk of the House of Assembly was a great grandson of Hon. Daniel BLISS who died at Belmont (Sunbury Co.) 1806, a member of th Council from the organization of New Brunswick. Hon. John MURRAY BLISS, the grandfather of George BLISS, was appointed in 1811 Clerk of the House and in 1813 elected a member for York to fill a seat vacant by the death of Duncan McLEOD. Mr. BLISS held his seat in the House with the clerkship to the close of 1815. – J.W. Lawrence

Volume 81 Number 2158
Date December 2 1892
County Kings
Place Sussex
Newspaper Kings County Record

An Account of the Earliest Settlers – Rev. Charles P. BLISS, fourth rector of Sussex, was born at Fredericton on 25th day of July 1825. He was the son of George Pidgeon BLISS, late Receiver General of the Province and Sarah WETMORE, his wife. They had a large family which also included Rev. Donald M. BLISS, Westmorland; Thomas W. BLISS, formerly Registrar of Deeds for Kent Co. and George J. BLISS, late Clerk of the House of Assembly. Mr. BLISS graduated at King’s College, Fredericton, as B.A. in 1845 and proceeded to the degree of M.A. in 1849. In August 1848 he was ordained deacon by Bishop Medley at the Cathedral in Fredericton in which city he remained for awhile as assistant to His Lordship in the Church of St. Ann’s. He was admitted to the priesthood the following year. His first parish was that of Harvey and Hopwell in Albert Co. where he continued until 1853. His next parochial charge was in Springfield (Kings Co.) from which, in the winter of 1862, he came to Sussex. His first duty recorded in the Sussex register was a baptism on the 22nd March 1862; his last was also a baptism which took place March 19th, 1867. During his stay in Sussex he suffered considerable from throat trouble which seriously affected his voice. His increasing infirmities at last compelled his resignation and in the spring of 1867, he removed to Ottawa where he became private secretary to Hon. S.L. Tilley, C.B., Minister of Customs. This position he occupied until his death. He continued, however, to take ministerial duty and for the last two or three years before his death he was assistant priest at St. Alban’s Church, Ottawa. He died at his residence there Thursday 21st November 1872 in the 47th year of his age. Mr. BLISS was married at Trinity Church, St. John, N.B. Nov. 17th, 1849 by Bishop Medley to Dorothy Ann VAUGHAN only d/o Charles VAUGHAN, Esq., formerly of the Royal Navy and a late Comptroller of Customs in that city. He had six sons and one daughter. The second son, Rev. C.V.F. BLISS is a clergyman of the Church of England, a rural dean of the Diocese of Ontario. The third son, John MURRAY BLISS was one of the N.W.P. appointed in 1872. Mr. BLISS was a member of the Orange Order, being for three successive terms Provincial Grand Master for N.B.. He was also a freemason and one of the early members of Zion Lodge no. 21 and also for some time Grand Chaplain N.B.