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

Obituaries & funerals, 1889

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Death of a Supposed Miser

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 July 1889 · page 2

BRAIDWOOD, Monday.—A very old identity of the district named Murphy the miser, was found dead in a paddock this afternoon. He lived in a hut near the creek in the direst poverty. It is…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 27 July 1889 · page 4

THE friends of Mr. Godfrey, senior, of Goldsmith-street, will learn with regret of his death, which took place last evening. A short time ago the deceased contracted a cold, which…

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The Memorial Tablet of the Late Mr. Dalley. LONDON, Aug. 2

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 4

Mr. Boehm, the eminent sculptor, is executing the memorial tablet of the late Right Hon. W. B. Dalley, to be placed in St. Paul's Cathedral…

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Sad Death of Mrs. A. Davis

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 August 1889 · page 2

As mentioned in our last issue, Mrs. Davis wife of Mr. A. Davis of Boggy creek, near Yeumburra died under most sad circumstances at her residence on last Monday morning…

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Death of Mr. R. Craig

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 August 1889 · page 4

RESIDENTS of all parts of this district will learn with deep regret of the death of Mr. Robert Craig, undertaker and general agent, of Sloane-street. Some, weeks ago Mr. Craig was seriously…

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Funeral March. (Chopin.)

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 22 August 1889 · page 4

MEASURED are the paces Set for her to walk; Passed, the tows of faces, Spoken all the talk…

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Funeral of Mr. R. Craig

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 August 1889 · page 2

THE remains of Mr. R. Craig were interred yesterday afternoon in the Presbyterian cemetery. A large number of the general public attended in vehicles, and members of the…

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Obituary

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 August 1889 · page 2

IT has seldom been our duty to have to record three deaths in one issue, but that sad task falls to our lot to-day. The first death is that of Mr. Thomas Hannon, of Limestone Creek,…

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The Reported Death of Lady Tryon. LONDON, Aug. 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 August 1889 · page 2

Lady Tryon, the wife of Rear-Admiral Sir George Tryon, is not dead, as was reported. It is Mrs. Tryon, mother of Sir George Tryon, who has died…

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Death of a Centenarian—113 Years Old

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 August 1889 · page 4

YASS, Friday.—Mrs. Geo. Davis, of Gounyan, Yass, died last night, aged 113. She was sensible almost to the last moment. She had been 86 years in the colony, being the first white woman…

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Death of Mrs. George Davis, Senior

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 September 1889 · page 2

WE have had within the last fortnight to chronicle the deaths of several old residents whose respective ages had exceeded four score years, and on many previous occasions…

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Death of a Very Old Resident of the Colony

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 September 1889 · page 6

MR. JOHN BYRNES, a very old resident of the colony, died at his residence, Wood Park, Gunning, on last Sunday, at the ripe age of 96 years. Mr. Byrnes had been…

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The Late Mr. William Glasson

The Yass Courier · Friday 13 September 1889 · page 1

THE late Mr. William Glasson whose death took place on Friday, was born, (says the Bathurst Free Press) on the 16th April, 1811 at Tremearne, Beage, Cornwall, England, and…

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Terrible Death of a Child

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 September 1889 · page 2

A LITTLE boy was crushed to death by a steam roller at Darlinghurst on Monday. The No. 2 steam roller was rolling the metal at Womerah-avenue, when a child named George Clarke, 4…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 September 1889 · page 2

IT is our sad duty to chronicle the death of Miss Annie Kennedy, second daughter of Mr. D. Kennedy, of Clifford-street. The suddenness of her demise, together with the knowledge…

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Death of Wilkie Collins. LONDON, Sept. 23

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 September 1889 · page 4

Wilkie Collins, the celebrated novelist, is dead…

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Shocking Death of a Telegraph Operator

The Burrowa News · Friday 27 September 1889 · page 2

A SHOCKING death occurred at Horsham last week, which formed the subject of a coroner's inquest. A young man sained Ernest Frederick Reisenauer, senior…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 September 1889 · page 4

THE friends of Mr. Rose, formerly teacher of the Public school at Tirranna, will hoar with sincere regret of his death. No particulars of the sad event are to hand further than that it…

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Death of Mr. David Berry

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 September 1889 · page 4

One of the oldest colonists has passed away in the person of of Mr. David Berry, who died at his residence, Coolangatta, last, Monday night at half-past six o’clock Mr…

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Death of Mr. W. C. Bennett

The Burrowa News · Friday 4 October 1889 · page 2

WE regret to announce the death of Mr. W. C. Bennett, M.I.C.E, which took place at his residence, North Shore, on Sunday morning. The sad event was not…

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