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

Obituaries & funerals, 1886

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Death of a Daughter of Burns

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 August 1886 · page 4

THE following letter appears in the Pall Mall Gazette of 5th June:—"It will surprise many, and may interest a few of your readers, to learn that there died at…

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A Royal Funeral

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 10 August 1886 · page 4

THE funeral of the late King of Bavaria seems to have been attended by a degree of pomp and magnificence in keeping with the eccentric monarch's style of living. The…

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Obituary

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 13 August 1886 · page 2

WE regret having to record the death of Miss Eliza Blay, daughter of Mrs. Blay, of the Crookwell Inn, which sad event took place in Goulburn at half-past seven…

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Death of Mr. John Conway

The Burrowa News · Friday 13 August 1886 · page 2

A MAGISTERIAL enquiry was held at the Hospital, Hay, on Saturday morning, at 11 o'clock, before Mr. J. E. Pearce, Coroner, touching the death of John…

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Suspicious Death of a Woman at Redfern

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 August 1886 · page 4

AT the South Sydney Morgue on Thursday morning the City Coroner resumed the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of a married woman named Elizabeth Blancho Kent, who…

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Death of Mr. Rees Jones

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 24 August 1886 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning the news was brought into town that Mr. Rees had Jones died at his residence Tæmas. The news of of death, although at all times heard with…

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Obituary

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 27 August 1886 · page 3

IT is our painful duty to chronicle the death of Mrs. Agnes Cansdell, wife of Mrs. G. E. Cansdell, of the firm of Cansdell Brothers, storekeepers,…

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Death of Mr. Hogg

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 August 1886 · page 2

Mr. James Hogg, owner of the limekilns, Marulan, and well-known in this district, died this morning. The deceased was, we believe, a grandson of the celebrated Scotch poet, James Hogg, more familiarly…

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Death of Mr. James Hogg

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 2 September 1886 · page 3

We regret to learn that Mr. James Hogg, died at his residence, Marulan, on Tuesday morning. Mr. Hogg was the owner of the Marulan lime works, and for some…

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Death of a Charitable Man

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 September 1886 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Walker died at his residence, Concord, on Thursday. He was a man of large fortune, and it is understand that he was one of the founders of the Bank of New South Wales. He delighted in…

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Obituary

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 September 1886 · page 2

IT is our painful duty to record the death of Mrs. Fahey, wife of Mr. Michael Fahey, a well-known and highly respected resident of Binda. The sad event took place…

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The Will of the Late Mr. Thomas Walker

The Burrowa News · Friday 17 September 1886 · page 2

THE following is an epitome of the will and codicil of the late Mr. Thomas Walker, of Yaralla, Concord, the will bearing date 26th August, 1873, and the…

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Death of Mr. Shepherd Smith

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 September 1886 · page 2
Also in The Burrowa News

MR. SHEPHERD SMITH, the well-known manager of the head office of the Bank of New South Wales, died on Monday. He had been ill since the beginning of May…

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Death of the Hon. J. Byrnes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 September 1886 · page 4

THE Hon. James Byrnes, who has been ailing for some time past, died in his residence, Macquarie-street, Parramatta, on Friday morning. He was 83 years of age. Mr. Byrnes represented…

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Death of Mr. Anthony Hordern

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 September 1886 · page 2

Mr. Samuel Hordern on Tuesday received a cable announcing the death. of Mr. Anthony Hordern, of the well-known firm of Messrs Anthony Hordern and Sons,…

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Death of Mr. Anthony Hordern. Melbourne

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 24 September 1886 · page 2

A telegram from Albany states that Mr. Anthoney Hordern, of Sydney, died on board the R.M.S. Carthage on the 16th from brain fever. He had sunstroke in…

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Death of a Notoricty

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 September 1886 · page 2

PETER CAMPBELL, the notorious ex-bush missionary, was killed by a train near Middle. Park station, near Melbourne, on Saturday evening. Deceased had a…

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Death of a Child in Its Mother's Arms

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 28 September 1886 · page 2

ON Saturday morning Mr. William Morton and his wife left their home at Narrangullen for the purpose of bringing their child, who was ill, to a doctor in Yass; and when at Bloomfield, eight…

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Obituary

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 October 1886 · page 2

IT is with feelings of sincere regret that we have heard of the death of the oldest son of Mr. F. Shepherd, of Wheeo and Kingsdale, which sad event occurred at…

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