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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1889

17 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Death of Mrs. M. Coady

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 February 1889 · page 3

We print the following from a Cowra paper, as it refers to a lady who was wellknown in this district—before she married —as Miss Hart. "After suffering intensely…

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Poetry. the Death of Anthony

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 2 March 1889 · page 9

Can it fe Are you living, my queen I thought I had lost ydu forever; I was hurrying on to seek you O'er Acheron's dark river…

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ART & Literature a Mad Bohemian. the Tragio Story of the Live and Death of Gerard De Nerval

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 9 March 1889 · page 11

There are some writers of whom it may be said that they live only after death. Of such was Gerard de Nerval. Although belonging to the heroic generation of 1830, and having…

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Funeral March. (Chopin.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 20 April 1889 · page 9

Measured are the paces Set for her to walk, Passed, the row of faces, Spoken, all the talk…

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Death of an Old Resident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 27 April 1889 · page 3

We have also to record the demise of Mrs. Harriet Beard, Sen., mother of our well-known townsman. Mr. W. Beard, of George-street. This lady breathed her last about 6 a.m. on Saturday…

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The Late Mrs. Beard

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 May 1889 · page 3

On Sunday night last the Rev. T. S. Forsaith preached a very impressive sermon at the Congregational Church, touching upon the death of the late Mrs. Beard. The text was taken from 6th…

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Death of an Old Hawkesbury Native

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 3

Mr. John Richard Linsley, one of the members for Central Cumberland, died on Tuesday morning at his residence, Ermington Park, on the Parramatta River. Mr. Linsley only entered the Legislative Assembly at the last general…

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A Comic Performance of the Death of Desdemona

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 15 June 1889 · page 11

One day last week I met that veteran actor and playwright, Mr. Dion Boucicault, who has taken upon himself the worthy mission of instructing men and women in the craft of…

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The Late Mr. Andrew Mahon

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 27 July 1889 · page 3

We have received the following communication, which we gladly publish:—In consequences of a statement which appeared in a Sydney evening paper recently, concerning the death of Andrew Mahon, I…

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Obituary

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 September 1889 · page 5

The Rev. Father Butler died at his father's residence on Tuesday morning, after a long and painful illness. On Tuesday evening, Mr. Thomas Butler, who is a…

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Death of Mr. Richard Ooley

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 19 October 1889 · page 4

On Tuesday evening last, one of Windsor's oldest and most valued residents passed away to the "land of the shades and the shadows." The late Richard…

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Death of an old Richmond Resident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 26 October 1889 · page 4

All our oldest residents are slowly but surely passing away, and the latest on the death-roll is Mrs. Ducker, who died on Tuesday night at the advanced age of 89 years. Almost up to the day…

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The Late Mrs. Ducker

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 2 November 1889 · page 3

To-morrow (Sunday) the Rev. Mr. Caldwell will preach at the Wesleyan Church Richmond, at 3 o'clock, when reference will be made to the death of Mrs. Ducker. Respecting the deceased lady,…

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Death of Childe Harold

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 2 November 1889 · page 3

The well-known trotting sire, Childe Harold, died rather suddenly on Saturday morning last, and a post-mortem examination disclosed the fact that death resulted from the bursting of a…

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The Late Mrs. Ducker

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 3

On Sunday afternoon last there was a very good attendance at the Richmond Wesleyan Church, when the Rev. J. Caldwell, once of Windsor Circuit, and now President of the Wesleyan…

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Funeral of Mas Tebbutt

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon last, the funeral of Miss Victoria Tebbutt took place and notwithstanding that heavy rain fell during the day, there was a very large attendance. Miss Tebbutt died much…

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Funeral of Mrs. Johnston

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 December 1889 · page 6

Last Sunday a large number of residents of various parts of the district assembled at the funeral of the late Mrs Mary Johnston, who died on Friday last…

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