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A page from Elizabeth Innes journal indicating her midwife practice in Saint John, New Brunswick
Object number: Innes-pg-midwifery
Gallery: 8
Object Name: journal
Title: A page from Elizabeth Innes journal indicating her midwife practice in Saint John, New Brunswick
Date: c. 1859
Dimension: 34 x 20 cm
Credit Line: Elizabeth Innes fonds
Notes: Elizabeth Innes ([1786]-1867) was the daughter of John Innes Sr. ([1746]-1841), and his wife Elizabeth ([1765]-1850). Elizabeth lived in Portland, New Brunswick and practised as a midwife, assisting 168 women in their confinement and as many as 157 women during childbirth in Saint John.

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