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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1862

11 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1862 · page 2

General Sir H. Douglas, Sir John Forde, M.D., Mr. Dunean, Mrs. M. Geofrey, De Saint Heilliare, and the King of Portugal…

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Extraordinary Case. Death of Mrs Chopin

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1862 · page 6

The Monaro Mercury of the 17th contains report of certain proceedings which had arisen from the Haddon death of Mrs. Chopin, the wife of Dr. Chopin, at Bombala, on tho 25th…

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Important News! Death of Prince Albert. (From the Second Edition of Thursday's Herald.) News Via Mauritius

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1862 · page 2

We have been favoured by W. M. Arnold, Esq, the Minister for Works, with the following telegram, just received from Melbourne. By barque Thomas Brown, which arrived this…

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The Death of Prince Albert

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1862 · page 3

How should the Prince die? With red spur deep in maddening charger's flank, Leading the ruth that cleaves the foeman's rank. And shouting, sometimes, famous battle cry?…

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Appalling Colliery Accident. Death of Two Hundred and Fifteen Persons

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 March 1862 · page 2

While all cheerful English households have been adding to their cheerfulness by heaping up the fires that make a pleasant contrast to the cold outside, a terrible tragedy has occurred in one of the great northern coal…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1862 · page 2

The Earl of Pembroke, Sir Thomas Wyse, Vice-Admiral Duff, Sir John West, Sir John Ki[?]caird, and W. B[?]andt…

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Reported Death of Dr. Livingstone. (From the Melbourne Argus, July 18.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 July 1862 · page 4

The vague report which appeared in our columns a few days since, to the effect that Dr. Livingstone, the famous African explorer, was dead, appears to be more or less founded on fact. The following particulars have reached…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1862 · page 2

Sir Allan M'Nab, Mr. Ricardo, M.P.,Lord Dungannon, Professor Trail, the Dean of Gloucester, and General Lord John Hay…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1862 · page 4

Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Edward Cecil, Earl of Harrington, Byron No.1, Viscount Ockham, Mr. Pearson, city solicitor; Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Dr. James Burns, and Mr. Neatby…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1862 · page 2

Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Edward Cecil, Earl of Harrington, Byron No.1, Viscount Ockham, Mr. Pearson, city solicitor; Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Dr. James Burns, and Mr. Neatby…

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Original Correspondence. Death of a Waterloo Hero.—reminiscences of Waterloo. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1862 · page 4

SIR.—In your issue of Thursday, the 2[?]th [?]t., appears a notice of the death of "Mr. Andrew White, formerly of that celebrated regiment the Scotel Greys," at the advanced age of 72…

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