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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1880

51 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 3

Death of a Child from Starvation

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 14

On Tuesday, Oct. 28, an adjourned inquest was held by Mr. H. Hawkes, the borough coroner, at his Court, Moor-street, Birmingham, into the circumstances attending the…

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Shocking Death of a Young Lady

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 8

Considerable excitement has been caused in Warrington by the terrible death of Miss Legge, daughter of the manager in one of the largest ironworks in the town. For some…

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Funeral of tbe Late Mr. R. S. Parkes. (From yesterday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1880 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mr. Robert Sydney Parkes, eldest son of the Hon. the Premier, Sir Henry Parkes, K.C.M.G., took place on Saturday last, at Faulconbridge, Blue…

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Suez Mail Extracts. Death of a Famous Publisher

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1880 · page 8

Mr. John Blackwood, of Edinburgh, who was for the greater part of his life the head of the great historical publishing house which still bears the name of his father, its founder,…

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Death of an Old Native of the Colony. (Illawarra Mercury, Jan. 13.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 14

On Thursday last a lady, who probably was the oldest native in the Australian colonies, died at Appin, having reached the full age of four score years. She was born at Kissing…

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The Late Mr. D. Nichol

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1880 · page 1

As will be seen from our obituary column, we have to-day to chronicle the death of an old and much-respected citizen, Mr. D. Nichol, late resident…

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Death of a Priest

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1880 · page 1

WE regret to have to record the demisc of the Rev. John Davis, Roman Catholic Clergyman, Inveroll, which took place at his residence, here, early on Monday…

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Death of a child from Cholroform

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1880 · page 2

AN enquiry into the cause of the death at Robort Kidd, who died in the Brisbane Hospital on Friday, while undergoing at operation, was commenced on Saturday,…

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The Late Mr. John Henry Challis

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1880 · page 3

ONE of our cable messages to-day announces the death of Mr. John Henry Challis, an old resident of Sydney, and the fact that he has bequeathed to the Sydney University the…

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A Zulu's Account of the Death of the Prince Imperial

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1880 · page 1

THE Western Morning News has received from an army officer the following interesting particulars of the prince Imperial's death derived from Zulus. He…

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Death of Old Fisherman's Owner

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1880 · page 3

The following information will doubtless be read with much interest by our sporting readers:— Mr. Thos. Parr died in Berkshire, England,…

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Death of Mr. W. Kingston

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1880 · page 2

One by one the old residents of the town are fading from our sight. Within the past few days, death has claimed another occupant for the cypress-shaded…

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The Late Mrs. M. E.

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1880 · page 2

MANY of our readers were acquainted with the above estimable lady, a notice of whose death appears in the morning's Argus, and they will be grieved to hear…

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Death of an Old Resident and Pioneer of the Clarence. (From the Clarence and Richmond Examiner.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1880 · page 14

On the 17th instant, as our obituary notice of last issue intimated, Henry Gillett, son., died at his residence, the Coldstream, having attained the age of fourscore years…

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The Funeral of a Distinguished Maori

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 April 1880 · page 7

The Thames Advertiser of Friday, March 26, has the following respecting the funeral of the chief, Hoterene Taipari:—" At two o'clock, the hour appointed for the…

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Baptism at a Funeral

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1880 · page 12

New Haven, Conn., Feb. 26.—On Tuesday morning last Mrs. Jennie Renfrew died in her room in the third story of a house on Broadway. The doctor who was with her…

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Death of Mr. J. L. Brown

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1880 · page 2

Last November we had to report on an entertainment given in hohor of Mr. Joseph Lyng Brown, on his retirement from the Librarianship of the Mechanica'…

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The late Mr. J. L. Brown. [Second Notice.]

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1880 · page 1

LIMITED space intervened to c[?]tail our notice in a late issue of the life of him whose name heads this column. It has been already remarked, though it were…

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The late Mr. J. L. Brown and the S.A.D. Club

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1880 · page 2

THE Sectetary of the Singleton Amateur Dramatic Club has handed to us the subjoined notes on the performance given on the 29th ult. They were…

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Mail Extracts. Death of Boyton, the Swimmer

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 May 1880 · page 3

Paul Boyton has gone over to the majority —at any rate, that is the report which reaches us from the other side of the Atlantic. The performer with the mysterious " rubber…

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