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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1869

11 stories in Hunter Valley's papers

The Late Mr. Wisdom

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1869 · page 2

The notice of the lamented death of Mr. John Wisdom, of Morpeth, which appeared in Tuesday's Mercury, having, we are told, contained some errors, we have been favored by his friends…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Newcastle. Melan[?]holy and Fatal Accident at Shepherd's Hill. Death of Mr. Lewis Jones, Junr

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1869 · page 2

Quite a gloom was cast over the residents in Newcastle on Sunday evening, by the arrival of a messenger in the city, conveying the melancholy and thrilling information that Mr. Lewis…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1869 · page 4

Mr. Carleton, Joseph Hodgson, Marquis of Anglesea,, Marquis de Moustier Robert Kiely, Dr. Epps, Sir John Kingston James, Mrs. Bernard, Sir John Stone, Lady Murchison, Lord…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 May 1869 · page 3

Earl Wicklow, Lord Glasgow, Lord Leconfield, Lord Wynfoud, Earl Radnor. Money plentiful. Bank discount 4…

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Death of Mr. Plunkett

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1869 · page 2

Our readers will have been prepared, by the telegraphic announcement in our last issue, to see some account of the life and death of Mr. Plunkett in our present number We cannot…

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Funeral of the Late Hon. J. H. PLUNKETT. (From Monday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1869 · page 1

The funeral obsequies of the deceased gentleman took place on Saturday last, and were conducted in a manner consistent with his prominence as a citizen and the position he had…

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Death of an Aged Clergyman by Accident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1869 · page 4

An inquest was held on March 1 at the residence of the Rev. Canon Payne Smith, at Christ Church, Oxford, before the University coroner, Mr. F. Symonds, and a jury consisting of…

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The Late Mr. Urquhart

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 July 1869 · page 4

We have received from a resident in the neighbourhood of Narrabri a short tribute to the memory of the late Mr. Urquhart, whose untimely[?]death was recently reported. And we…

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The Late Outrage in Castle-reagh-street. Death of Mrs. Clarle—inquest on the Body. (From the Evening News of Thursday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 7 August 1869 · page 2

The inquest on the body of S[?]an Clarke who died this morning, at the Infirmary, from the results of injuries inflicted, was commenced this afternoon, before the City Coroner, at his office, Hyde Park. The following jury…

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Death of the Sleeping Wonder

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1869 · page 2

Miss Susan Caroline Godsey, the sleeping wonder, died at her mother's home, some eight miles from Hickman, Kentucky, on Wednesday, the 14th of July. At the time of her death…

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The Geelong's Mail. News to Nov 5. (Continued From Page 4.) Death of George Peabody

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 December 1869 · page 2

After an illness of several days' duration, this distinguished American citizen and Philanthropist, died last night, November 4, at half-past eleven o'clock, at 80, Euston-square, Pimlico…

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