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

Obituaries & funerals, 1877

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

Death of the Archbishop of Sydney

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 4

It was with much regret that we learned yesterday that the Venerable Archbishop Polding departed this life at seven o'clock that morning. The deceased was…

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(From the Evening News.) the Funeral Orsequier

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 21 March 1877 · page 2

Shortly after five o'clock on Saturday afternoon the body was placed in its cellin and removed to the cathedral, the remains being followed by a aurator of pedestrians and carriages. On reaching the…

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Funeral of Archbishop Polding

The Burrowa News · Saturday 24 March 1877 · page 2

THIS day (Monday) there has taken place the funeral of the Venerable Archbishop Polding. His death has been regretted by religionsts of all denominations; and the large attendance at the…

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Death of Archbishop Folding

The Burrowa News · Saturday 24 March 1877 · page 4

The venerable Archbishop Polding died this morning, at 7 o'clock, at bis residence, Victoria-street, Darlinghuret, in the 83rd year of his age. He passed a restless night, but breathed his last…

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Mysterious Death of a Lady of the Emperor Maximilian's Court

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 7 April 1877 · page 7

THERE died at the House of the Good Shepherd on Wednesday evening, by her own hand, a woman whose past life was one of unusual sadness and mystery. From the…

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Death of Mr. John Cox, of Mangoplah. "And when he died the little children cried in the streets."

The Burrowa News · Saturday 14 April 1877 · page 4

"WE make no apology for placing the grandly applied text of a contemporary mourning notice of the death of Archbishop Polding, over this our record of the death of the Murrumbidgee…

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Death of the Once Famous Female Skipper

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 9 May 1877 · page 4

The other night, at her residence on Bridge-street, Brooklyn, Mrs. Mary Patton died of heart disease, aged forty-two. Her body, in charge of her son, was…

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The Late Mr. Richard Gorman

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 June 1877 · page 2

A MEETING was held at the Royal Hotel (Mr. Hart's) last Tuesday evening "to take into consideration the getting up of a concert in aid of the widow and family," of the late Mr. R…

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Death of Mr. William Trenery

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 16 June 1877 · page 4

DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM TRENERY.—This sad event took place at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday night. Mr. Trenery is known to most of our readers, having been a native of Goulburn and a resident…

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Death of the Hon. John Fairfax

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 20 June 1877 · page 2

MANY of our readers will learn with regret that the Hon. John Fairfax, senior proprietor of the Sydney Morning Herald, died on Saturday morning at Ghinnagulla. As the father of the Australian press…

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Death of Brigham Young. London, August 31

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 4 September 1877 · page 4

Telegraphic intelligence has just been received from Salt Lake City, by way of New York, that Brigham Young is dead. His health dining the past few months was such as to give rise to…

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Death of M. Thiers. London, September 4

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 8 September 1877 · page 3

THE eminent French partict and statesman, M. Thiers, died at Paris on Monday. His death arose from an attack of apoplexy. It is thought that the institution of proceedings against…

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Death of Mrs. H. S. Clarke

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 26 September 1877 · page 2

OUR readers will regret to hour of the death of Mrs. Clarke, aged forty-four, wife of Mr. H. S. Clarke, which took place at Woollahra last Saturday. Mr. Clarke left Goulburn…

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Death of Raphael Semmes

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 6

The death of Rapbael Semmes, formerly captain of the Alabama, was recently announced. His demise adds another to the list of death…

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Death of Mr. Columbus Fitzpatrick

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 November 1877 · page 4

It is with the most sincere regr[?]t that we have to announce the death of Thursday last of Mr. Columbus Fitz[?]trick of this town at the age of sixty-eight…

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Cable Intelligence. Reported Death of the Pope

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 November 1877 · page 3

ROME, November 6. -- Great uneasiness is felt at the Vatican in regard to the Rope's health. His Holiness never rises from his chair, and his weakness is general and increasing…

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Death of a Little Girl From a Kick by a Boy

The Burrowa News · Saturday 1 December 1877 · page 3

ON Monday last the Goulburn District Coroner held an inquest on the body of a little girl named Sarah McCulloch, who died some time after receiving injuries…

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Sudden Death of Mr. H. Vallance, Senior

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 11 December 1877 · page 2

ON Friday evening the townspeople were startled with the news that Mr. Hagh Valance senior, of Murrum[?] suddenly at his [?]the afternoon. Deceased was far…

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On the Death of a Mother

The Burrowa News · Saturday 29 December 1877 · page 2

THE following has been received by a lady in Burrowa, from the superioress of the Convent of Mercy, Goulburn, written on a very chaste mourning…

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