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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1926

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Obituary Alexander Gough

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 May 1926 · page 3

Mr. Alexander Gough, of Baker—street, Windsor, died on Tuesday night and was buried on Wednesday afternoon in St. Matthew's Church of England cemetery. He…

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Obituary. Mrs. J. L. Brown

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 4

The death took place on Sunday, 23rd May, of Mrs. Willielmina Elizabeth Brown, wife of Mr. James L. Brown, of Ebenezer, at the age of 71 years. Deceased had been…

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Obituary Mrs. R. K. Stevens

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 June 1926 · page 4

The death of Mrs. R. K. Stevens, of Hornsby, took place, on May 28. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hulbert, of Ourimbah, but who…

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Obituary Eric Robbins

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 14

The late Eric Robbins, who died at Riverstone on 1st June, was a returned soldier and a boot repairer by trade. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robbins, both…

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Obituary Mr. Smith T. Greenwell

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 5

Mr. Smith Thomas Greenwell, who died at his home at Killara, on Friday last, at the age of 83, was identified with the early history of the State. In the early fifties he…

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Old-time Runner Passes Death of Frank Hewitt

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 June 1926 · page 8

There died at Sydney on the 3rd of June, 1926, aged 81 years, the old-time pedestrian, Frank Scurry Hewitt. Although he was a great runner, he was not the equal of Jack…

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Obituary. James Dunstan

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 July 1926 · page 14

A painfully sudden death occurred ia Richmond on Monday. Mr. James Dunstan was engaged ploughing for Mr. Albert Price when he dropped dead. He had not been…

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Obituary Donald Henry Farlow

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 14

It is with sincere regret that we chronicle the death of Donald Henry Farlow, the four-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Farlow, of Toxana-street, Richmond…

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Archie Meston's Meeting with Thunderbolt Told by the Late Mr. A. Meston

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 7

THE amount of fiction written concerning the bushranger Thunderbolt, probably exceeds that devoted to any other of Australia's outlaws. White's account is brief…

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Another Pioneer Gone Death of Mr. Joseph Craft

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 July 1926 · page 2

Still the band grows smaller of able and determined pioneers who opened up and set on its way to prosperity this countryside (says Hornsby "Advocate"). The district…

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Death at 93 Hawkesbury Nonagenarian the Late Mrs. Curl

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 3

ANOTHER link with the past has been snapped by the death of that fine old lady, Mrs. Jane Curl, which took place on Friday evening last at the great age of 93…

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Obituary Thomas Sidney Greentree

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 July 1926 · page 14

The death occurred at Sydney Hospital on the 7th instant of Thomas Sidney Greentree, a son of the late Henry and Maria Greentree. Deseased, who was 56 years of…

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Obituary Mrs. Catherine Fleming

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 4

The death occurred on Wednesday, 14th instant, of Mrs. Catherine Fleming, relict of the late John Fleming, of Central Macdonald. Mrs.'Fleming, well on in years,…

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Obituary Mr. P. J. Sheridan

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 July 1926 · page 3

The death of Mr. P. J. Sheridan, officer in charge of the justice branch of the Attorney—General's Department, Sydney, took place on Friday last on board the Kanowna…

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Obituary Mrs. Margaret Jane Jones

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 August 1926 · page 3

The death of Mrs. Margaret Jane Jones, wife of Mr. Albert Alexander (Wal.) Jones, of 55 Chandos-street, Ashfield, removes another well-known Hawkesbury native from…

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Obituary Mrs. W. H. Eather

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 August 1926 · page 3

Mrs. Hilda Mary Bather, who had been a patient in the Waterfall Sanatorium for some little time, passed away on Friday last at the age of 33 years. Deceased's maiden…

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The Late Mrs. M. A. Mobbs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 12

The bad old days of Sydney, in the forties are recalled by the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Mobbs, who died at Carlingford, on 8th August, in her 95th year…

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The Late Mr. H. V.McKAY and Protection (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 3

Sir,—It is said that a Scotchman cannot see a joke. Personally, I think this is a libel on Scotchmen. Of course it may be said that I may be slightly prejudiced on this…

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Obituary Mrs. Catherine Cross

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 3

After an illness of short duration, Mrs. Catherine Cross, wife of Mr. Eli James Cross, passed away at Lower Wilberforce on Saturday afternoon, at the young age of…

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Obituary Mrs. Hannah Rutter

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 12

Mrs. Hannah Rutter, of Catherine-street, Windsor, passed away on Tuesday night, 24th instant, at the age of 66 years. Born at Clarendon the deceased was married to…

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