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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1939

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Obituary Brian Anderson Moore

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 9

SUSTAINING serious head injuries when he accidentally fell into a silo pit 22 feet deep at Castlereagh on December 26, Brian Anderson Moore, four years old son…

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Sudden Death of Mr. Kenneth Reynolds Collapsed in Surf

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 4

A LARGE army of friends throughout the Hawkesbury were deeply shocked on Tuesday last to hear of the sudden death on the previous day, in unusually sad…

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Obituary Mr. Roland James Moulds

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

SUSTAINING a sunstroke as the result of the terrific heat that was' experienced on Wednesday, Mr. Roland James Moulds, aged 50, a well-known local resident…

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Obituary Mr. John. Edward Alcorn

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 3

THERE passed away at Gloucester House Hospital, Sydney, on Sunday last, after a very short illness, Mr. John Edward Alcorn, aged 78 years. Very well known…

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Obituary Mrs. Mary Ann Brennan

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

THE death occurred in the Haweskbury District Hospital last Sunday of Mrs. Mary Ann Brennan, aged 59 years. The deceased, who resided at Newtown, Windsor…

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Obituary Mr. John William Morgan

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 11

THERE passed away in the Hawkesbury District Hospital last Saturday evening a well-known resident of the district in the person of Mr. John William Morgan, aged…

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Obituary Mr. Henry Packer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 3

THE death occurred in the Hawkesbury District Hospital on Tuesday of Mr. Henry Packer, aged 71 years, an old and respected resident of Kurrajong…

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Obituary Mr. Henry Francis Davison

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 March 1939 · page 12

WITH the passing on Wednesday of last week of Mr. Henry Francis Davison, of Ebenezer, yet another of the old identities of the Hawkesbury district has passed to…

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Obituary Henry Daniel Steele

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 March 1939 · page 3

THE whole Hawkesbury district, in which he was so widely known and esteemed, heard with profound regret of the passing of Mr. Henry Daniel Steele, of Freeman's…

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Obituary Mr. John Thomas Clarke

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 March 1939 · page 3

THERE passed away at the Home of Peace Private Hospital, Petersham, last Friday a well-known district identity in the person of Mr. John Thomas Clarke, of…

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Obituary Mrs. Mary Ann Bailey

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 4

THE death occurred on Tuesday of this week of Mrs. Mary Ann Bailey aged 85 years, one of the oldest and most highly respected identities of the Hawkesbury…

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Natural Causes Death of Late R. J. Moulds Magisterial Inquiry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 6

THAT the death of Rowland James Moulds, who died at the Hawkesbury District Hospital on January 11, was caused by heat apoplexy, accelerated by exposure to…

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Obituary Mrs. Olive Lydia Bowd

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 14 April 1939 · page 3

AFTER a very short illness the death occurred in the Hawkesbury District Hospital on Good Friday afternoon of Mrs. Olive Lydia Bowd, aged 46 years, wife of Mr…

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An Appreciation Late Mrs. Maria Ann Turnbull

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 4

With the passing away of Mrs. M. A. Turnbull, of "Karoola," Wilberforce, in her 89th year, on April 11, another link with the romantic past of the Hawkesbury District…

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Obituary Mrs. Maria Ann Turnbull

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 April 1939 · page 4

AS briefly announced in our last issue, there passed away on Tuesday evening of last week at Wilberforce, one of the oldest and most highly-esteemed identities…

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Obituary Mrs. Harriet Gosper

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 28 April 1939 · page 4

THE death occurred in the Penrith District Hospital last Friday of Mrs. Harriet Gosper, aged 79 years, who some lew years ago was a widely-known and highly…

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Pioneer Passes Late Mr. Samuel Cox

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 May 1939 · page 3

AT regular intervals in our chronicling of district happenings it falls to our sad lot to record the passing of one or another of that fast-diminishing band of sturdy old…

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Obituary Mrs. Bertha Amelia Dubbelde

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 12

ONE of the finest and most widely-loved personalities of the district generally, and the Oakville area in particular, has been lost to us in the passing, at the home of a…

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Obituary Gordon Raymond Hunt

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 3

RESIDENTS of Windsor learned with regret early on Saturday morning last of the sudden death, under tragic circumstances, of Raymond Gordon Hunt, aged 16 years…

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Obituary Mrs. Edith Alice Beecroft

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 4

THERE passed to her rest on Saturday last, after a full and useful life, in which she earned a general district regard such as is the privilege of only a minority to…

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