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

Obituaries & funerals, 1895

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Death of Sir. R. Duff. [Abridged from our contemporaries.]

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 3

HIS Excellency, Sir Robert William Duff, P.C, G.C.M.G., Governor and Commander in Chief of New South Wales, died at Government House on Friday evening at eleven minutes to 6 o’clock…

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Obituary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 March 1895 · page 2

THE Chester Courant (England) of February 13 contains a long account of tie death and funeral of Mr. James Salmon, J.P., only brother of Mr. J. B. Salmon, of this city. The Courant says that the…

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The Funeral

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 2

The remains were interred in the Waverly Cemetary on Sunday. The procession and ceremonial at the funeral were unequalled in the colony for solemnity and…

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Death of Sir Robert Duff

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 2

As announced in an Extraordinary from this office on Friday evening, Sir Robert Duff died at Government House at 11 minutes to 6 o'clock on Friday…

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Death of the Rev. Father Idelphonsus

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 March 1895 · page 3

THE Rev. Father Idelphonsus C.P., of St. Brigid's Marrickville, died at any early hour on Wednesday morning. For the past twelve months the deceased had suffered from…

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Death of Mr. F. Want. London, March 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 March 1895 · page 6

The death is announced of Mr. Frederick Want, formerly of Sydney, and brother of the Hon. J. H. Want, Attorney-General of New South Wales. Mr. F. Want died at Torritet, in Switzerland…

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The Death of Stephen Cole

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 3

In the inquest concerning the death of Stephen Cole, chimney-sweep, whose body was found in a house in Railway Crescent, South Melbourne, in a decomposed state, an…

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Death of John L. Sullivan. London, March 25

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 March 1895 · page 2

John L. Sullivan, the pugilist, has died suddenly at Boston from heart disease…

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Death of Mrs. Abraham Cohen

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 2

THE sudden, death of Mrs. Abraham Cohen on Sunday morning caused widespread regret and the deepest sympathy was expressed for those who had been left behind to mourn her loss. Since her…

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An Australian's Will. the Late Mr. W. R. Piddington M.l.c. a Peculiar Story

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 March 1895 · page 4

A CURIOUS story was told in one of the Queen's bench courts on February 16, before Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams, in the case of Rockett v. Manning…

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Death of Father Kennedy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 April 1895 · page 2

THE Right Rev. Dr. Lauigan received o wire last evening informing him of the death of his nephew, Rev. Father Richard Kennedy, parish priest of Temora. No particulars are to hand as to the cause…

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Roman Catholic. Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1895 · page 2

ON Monday evening a telegram was received by the Right Rev. Dr. Lanigan containing the sad news that his nephew, the Rev. Father Richard Kennedy, parish priest at…

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Death of Father Kennedy

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 April 1895 · page 2

WE understand that the illness of Rev. Father Kennedy, who died at Temora on Monday, was very brief. It appears that he felt very unwell on Sunday, and abstained from celebrating mass. The illness…

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Obituary Notices

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 April 1895 · page 2

IN our last issue we stated that Mr. Vicq of Bookham was opt expected to live, and on Tuesday afternoon Mr. Vicq breathed his last. The deceased was well known in this district…

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Wesleyan. the Funeral of Mrs. Oram

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 April 1895 · page 2

At Rockwood cemetery, on Friday, were interred the remains of Mrs. Oram, wife of Rev. J. Oram, of Stanmore, one of the fathers of the Wesleyan Church and one of the oldest…

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Obituary

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 10 April 1895 · page 2

ON Monday evening, 1st instant, a telegram was received by the Right Rev. Dr. Lanigan containing the sad news that his nephew, the Rev. Father Richard…

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Death of an Old Resident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1895 · page 3

MRS. SOUTH, wife of Mr. J. South of Gundary died yesterday morning after a few days' illness. Deceased was about eighty, and was an old resident of this district,. Her husband,…

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Sadden Death of Mr. P. Fitzgibbons

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 April 1895 · page 6

ONE of the oldest identities of Young, Mr. P. Fitzgibbons, came to a sudden end on Monday. Various rumours are in course of circulation as to the cause of his death, but nothing definite can be…

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Death of Mr. Luke Gulson

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 April 1895 · page 4

AN Albury telegram of Tuesday says:—Mr. Luke Gulson, a pioneer resident, died to-day, after a lingering illness. The deceased established a pottery business here 20 years ago, and had filled…

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Obituary

Goulburn Herald · Friday 12 April 1895 · page 2

MR EDWARD CONVOY, younger brother of Mr. P. Confcy of Kenmore Hotel, and formerly licensee of the Straithaird Arms on the Taralga road, and recently proprietor of…

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