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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1925

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Obituary. Mrs Elizabeth Strachan

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 14

Mrs. Elizabeth Strachan died at Riverstone on Wednesday, at the age of 83 years. The interment will take place in the Catholic cemetery, Riverstone, at 3 p.m. this…

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Obituary William H. S. Gates

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 14

William Henry Smith Gates, who for the past few years has been on Mr. Moore Mitchell's orchard at Maroota, died with shocking suddenness on Tuesday. He was…

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Obituary. Mrs. Annie Swenson

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 August 1925 · page 14

Mrs. Annie Swenson, wife of Mr, Alfred Swenson, of Maraylya, passed away at Windsor Hospital on Monday, at the age of 62 years. The cause of death was acute…

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Obituary. Alexander Campbell

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 2

Mr. Alexander Campbell, who died suddenly on Saturday last at his late home "Pomarie," 12 Consett-street, Dulwich Hill, was, an uncle of Mr. Frank Campbell editor…

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Death of Mr. J. T. Huxley

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 August 1925 · page 12

Mr. James Thomas Huxley, of High-street, Penrith, died in Sydney Hospital on Tuesday, at the age of 76 years. Deceased had been ailing intermittently for some…

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Death of a Pioneer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 7

The death has occurred of Mr. Edward Merrick, at the residence of his son (John) at Martindale, Denman, at the age of 92 years. He was one of the old pioneers of…

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Obituary. George Paul

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 3

An inmate of the Home for Infirm, George Paul, a comparative stranger in the district, died at that institution on Monday last, at the age of 75 years. He…

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Obituary. Lorna Isabel Brown

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 September 1925 · page 14

The sympathy of their large circle of friends will go out to Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Brown, of Wilberforce, in the death of their little daughter, Lorna Isabel…

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Obituary. Mrs Florence Ring

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 14

Mrs. Florence J. King, wife of Mr. James Ring, died at a hospital, in Wilioughby on August 30. The deceased, with lived at. Wilioughby, and was only 33 years of age,…

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Obituary. Irwin Smith

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 4

Mr. Irwin Smith, who died in St. Kevin's private hospital, Croydon, on Saturday last, was a brother of Mr. John H. Smith, of the "Golden West," Wilberforce. The late…

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Obituary. Robert Roberts

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 3

There died at Liverpool Hospital on Wednesday, 16th September, Robert Roberts. He was the seventh, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Roberts, of Pitt Town Road…

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Well-known Jockey Death of Harry Curtis Fatal Fall at Ellalong Races

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 5

As a result of a fall from a horse at the Ellalong races on September 19, Harry Curtis, one of the best known jockeys in the north, and a native of…

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The Late Mr. G. T. Clarke

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 8

We take from the "Daily Examiner" (Grafton) the following account of the death and burial of the late Mr. Clarke: — fin tragically sudden circumstances the death occurred of Mr. G. T. Clarke,…

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Death of a Pioneer the Late George Gavin

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 2

The death has occurred of one of the State's sterling old pioneers, Mr. George Gavin, who passed away at Orange last week at the ripe age of 86 years. He was…

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Obituary. Mrs Clara Simpson

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 October 1925 · page 12

The death took place at her late home, "Sunnyside," Freeman's Reach, on Friday last, of Mrs. Clara Simpson, widow of the late James Simpson, at the age of 67 years…

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Obituary. Mrs. Ernest Gillespie

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 3

Mrs. Mary Josephine Gillespie, wife of Mr. Ernest Gillespie, of Pitt Town, passed away at Lewisham Hospital on Tuesday, after months of acute suffering. All that was…

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Obituary. Mrs. John Stephens

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 November 1925 · page 14

Mrs. John Stephens, an old identity of the Hawkesbury district, but who had been living in Sydney for the past few years, died there on the 23rd October, and the…

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Obituary James Bligh Johnston

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 4

The death took place on Saturday morning last of one of the best known and highly respected residents of the district, Mr. James Bligh Johnston. He was 75 years…

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Obituary the Late J. B. Johnston

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 November 1925 · page 8

We briefly chronicled in our last issue the death of one of the Hawkesbury's most prominent and most respected citizens. Mr. James Bligh Johnston passed away…

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Obituary Vera M. Burton

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 3

Vera Mabel Burton, the 17 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Burton, of Newtown, Windsor, died at her parents residence on Monday. The little one was…

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