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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1870

31 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2

The Death of Lord Derby

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 January 1870 · page 3

The death of Lord Derby took place on October 23. The Right Hon, Edward Geoffrey Stanley, Earl of Derby, K.G, &c., was born March 29,1799, at Knowsley Park, Lancashire,…

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Death of a Female Miser

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 January 1870 · page 3

On Tuesday, Oct. 26, an inquest was held in Brixton, respecting tbe circumstances attending the death of Mrs. Eliza Chapman, a widow, aged about 65. Mrs. Eleanor Pinn deposed…

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Death of Old Colonists. (From the [?] Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1870 · page 4

Another of the early Border pioneers has departed this life. Mr. James Maiden, so well known as the founder of the town of Moama, died in the Bendigo hospital on the 29th December,…

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The Bushranger. Chapter Xviii. Death of the Bushranger

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1870 · page 5

"And oh! not wholly lost the heart Where that undying love hath part." —Mrs. Heman[?]'s "Brigand's Wife." With early dawn, Thomas Barret started on…

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The Late Mr. Peabody

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1870 · page 4

Her Majesty's turret-ship Monarch, Captain John Commerell, V.C., C.B., will sail from Spithead for America with the remains of the late Mr. Peabody on the morning of the 9th…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1870 · page 2

Lord Crawford, Countess of Fife, Duchess d'Aumale, Duchess de Coigup (?), Lord Boston, Mr. D Williams, M.P, ex-secretary Stanton, the Bishop of Manchester, M. de Langle and…

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Death of Mr. Robert C. Gladstone

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1870 · page 4

The Hampden Guardian (Victoria) of Tuesday, 8th March, gives the following particulars of the lamentable accident by whick Mr. Robt. C. Gladstone, a cousin of the Premier of…

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Mr. Peabody's Funeral in America

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1870 · page 4

The United States Government have taken very active measures to give a fitting reception to the remains of Mr. George Peabody. A Boston despatch, dated Jan. 7, states that on that…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1870 · page 2

Baron Nathaniel Rothschild, the Bishops of Chichester and Kilmore, Count de Montalembert, Mr. Francis Barkley, M.P. for Bristol, General Lister, Sir Henry Light, and Sir Henry…

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Sudden Death of Mr. Alexander Falls

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1870 · page 2

It is with very deep sorrow and regret that we have to announce that last evening, about eight o'clock, Mr. Alexander Falls, the proprietor of the Maitland Mercury,…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, May 3, 1870. the Lamented Death of Mr. Falls

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1870 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon one of the largest funeral processions we have ever seen in Maitland followed the remains of Mr. Alexander Falls, the late proprietor of the Maitland Mercury, to his…

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Death of Thunderbolt. Gallant Conduct of Constable Walker. (From the Armidate Express of Saturday, 28th May.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1870 · page 2

Wo have great pleasure in being able to state that that pest of the Northern districts for many years, Frederick Ward, alias Thunderbolt, has at last been got rid of, through the combined…

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Death of Thunderbolt

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1870 · page 5

Although we have already republished a full account of the gallant conduct of constable Walker, in pursuing the bushranger Thunderbolt alone, and in attempting to capture him,…

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A Geelong Romance. Sale and Death of an Infant.—loss of a Fortune. (From the Correspondent of the Melbourne Herald.) Geelong, 2nd June

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 June 1870 · page 4

Melbourne and Ballarat having contributed their items of sensationalism, it was not to be supposed that the " Pivot" wouldibe content to remain " quiet," and " make no sign " of…

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Death of Mr. Archibald Rodgers. (From the Newcastle Chronicle.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1870 · page 4

It is with deep regret we have to record the death of onr esteemed friend and citizen, Mr. Archibald Rodgers, of the Newcastle Foundry, Blane-street, which mournful event took place…

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Synod of Eastern Australia. the Death of the Rev. Allan M'intyre

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1870 · page 2

The Presbytery of Maitland met on Wednesday, the 8th instant, at Raymond Terrace. The meeting was opened and closed with prayer. There were present the Rev. J. M'Culloch…

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The Woman in the Iron Cage; Or, the Love Potion. Chapter Xiv. in Whtch Captain Paulin Declares That an Ancient Abbey May Be Made to Serve As a Fortress Ans a Funeral Pile

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1870 · page 5

Across the centre of a plain with rice-fields —which the strong wind then blowing hollowed and silvered over like the waves—spreading every way as far as the eye could reach, was…

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The Death of Uncle Job

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1870 · page 3

"What's the matter, Sue?' said my father. —'He's been talking about that girl fit to break any one's heart,' she said, with tears in her eyes; 'I never thought he could be so fond…

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Obituary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1870 · page 2

Sir James Clark, physician to the, Queen; Lord Arthur Clinton, son of the Duke of Newcastle; Professor Syme, Prince Jerome Bonaparte, Sir Archibald Bogle,the Marquis of…

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Death of the Rev. W. Purves

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1870 · page 2

It is with feelings of the deepest regret that we learn of the melancholy death of the Rev. William Purves, while on the voyage to England in the ship Patriarch. As yet there are…

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