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married, and Jean aged 23 was also single. The other sons were younger.

François Gauterot was one of the ancient inhabitants of Acadia who signed the Charnisay memorial of 1687, and he was doubtless one of the original settlers. The name Gauterot appears in the census of Port Royal in 1686, but in 1714 there seems to have been none of the name at that place. At Mines, however, there were several families named Gautereau and this is undoubtedly a new spelling of Gauterot. The name does not appear in the Annapolis oath of 1730, nor were there any of that name at Beausejour in 1752, Twelve families whose names were spelled Gotros were deported by Winslow from Mines in 1755. When the Loyalists came to this country in 1783 there was a man named Mathurin Gautro residing on the St. John river with his wife and six children. There are now more than fifty families in New Brunswick who spell their names Gauterot or Gautereau, nearly all of whom reside in the County of Westmorland.

I read your Chronological Notes in your acceptable Magazine with great interest, recalling as they do many incidents with which I am personally familiar, and it is a pleasure to me to contribute an occasional item.

In the month of March an anniversary occurs of quite a notable event which ought to interest the citizens of St. John very much. On the 17th of March, 1857, St. Patrick's Day, the first railway train was run out of St. John and the locomotive's whistle was heard for the first time, except for construction purposes. The train consisted of a number of open flat cars and started from Mill street, very near the present site