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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1859

10 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

The Funeral Car of Napoleon I. Sent to France

The Yass Courier · Saturday 19 February 1859 · page 4

The funeral car of Napoleon arrived on Friday morning in Paris. General Sir J. Burgoyne, charged by the Queen of England to proceed with it to the Invalides, and…

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Death of the Hon. Robert Campbell, Esq

The Yass Courier · Saturday 2 April 1859 · page 2

IT is with much regret we record the death of the above-named gentleman, which took place at Duntroon, near Queanbeyan, on the morning of Wednesday last. Mr. Campbell…

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Local Intelligence. Funeral of the Late Honorable Robert Campbell, M.p

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1859 · page 3

THE funeral cortege of the late lamented Robert Campbell, Colonial Treasurer of the colony, left Duntroon on Monday last, on its way to Sydney, and reached Collector the same night. On the…

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Funeral of the Late Hon. Robert Campbell

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1859 · page 3

The last sad offices of Christian piety were paid yesterday to the remains of the late Hon. Robert Campbell; and certainly, if we may judge from the number of persons who attended the obsequies, never…

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Death of the Marquis of Waterford

The Yass Courier · Saturday 11 June 1859 · page 4

The Marquis of Waterford, whose nocturnal adventures some years ago rendered him somewhat famous, was hilled by a full from his horse while…

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Late Murderous Attack by Chinese. Death of the Victim

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 22 June 1859 · page 4

THE unfortunate man, McElligott, so brutally set upon by the Chinese, in his store, at Ironbark Gully, never rallied since his maimed arm was taken off on Sunday last, and…

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Poetry. Lines on the Death of the Late Mrs. Shaw. Who Was Accidentally Drowned at Tarlo, on the 28Th July, 1859

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Wednesday 3 August 1859 · page 4

But yesterday, and thou went here, The prized and lov'd one of us all; Next day, alas! upon thy bier Affection's tears did thickly fall;…

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Local Intelligence. Sudden Death of an Old Resident

The Yass Courier · Saturday 13 August 1859 · page 2

WE regret to have to announce the sudden death of Mr. Patrick Curran on the night of Tuesday last. The deceased had been for upwards of twenty years connected with this…

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Arrival of the English Mail Important News. Peace Proclaimed! Austria Again Defeated in a Great Battle. Ill-feeling Between Austria & Prussia. Death of the King of Sweeden. Death of the Queen of Portugal. Miscellaneous News. Adelaide, 5th Sept

The Yass Courier · Saturday 10 September 1859 · page 2

THE following is an outline of the more important intelligence brought by the mail steamer:-- The basis of a treaty of peace was…

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Local Intelligence. Death of the Rev. C. F. BRIGSTOCKE

The Yass Courier · Saturday 15 October 1859 · page 2

AFTER many months of suffering, the Rev. C. F. Brigstocke, incun[?]ent of St. Clement's Church, Yass, died at the Parsonage, on Tuesday night, the 11th…

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