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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1887

87 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 5

Sketcher. Death Customs of the Indians. by "Stella Occidens."

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 January 1887 · page 2

We have observed the care with which the Otoe and Missouri Indians preserve the body from [?] touched by the earth: the Co. manches of Indian territory go to the…

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Death of the Jockey Skeham

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 January 1887 · page 2

The Jockey Skeham, injured at Randwick lost Monday, never recovered consciousness and died yesterday…

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Death of Justice Giblin of Tasmania

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 19 January 1887 · page 2

Justice Giblin, of Hobert, died [?] terday…

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The Death of Rev. J. Walkden Brown

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 February 1887 · page 3

The Rev. J. Walkden Brown, Wesleyen Minister of this city, died at Hobart, of paralysis…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 February 1887 · page 3

Mrs Henry Wood, the well-known authoress, is dead, aged 65…

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Death of a Noted Shorthorn Bull

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser

IILLS[?] 6TH DUKE the property of Mr A. A. Dangar, having accidentally racked his back, was destroyed at Baroona on 17th January last. He…

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The Late Mr. E. C. Close

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1887 · page 4

Our columns contain the announcement that Mr. E. C. Close died at North Shore, Sydney, on Saturday, at the age of sixty-two years. The name of Close is inseparably connected with the history of…

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Death of a Fijian Princess

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1887 · page 7

The Fiji Times of January 29 says:—News was received in town yesterday morning of the sudden and unexpected death at Bau, on the previous day, of Adi Adrietta Kuila, the eldest of the late King Cakobau's children. She had been unwell for…

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The Maitland Hospital and the late Mr. E. C. Close

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1887 · page 7

The following letter recently written by the late Mr. E. C. Close, and submitted to a meeting of the Committee of the Maitland Hospital on Tuesday last, will be read with interest by all friends of…

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New Zealand. Thursday. Death of Mr. Macandrew, M.H.R.

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 February 1887 · page 3

The Macandrew, oldest member of the House of Representatives, was thrown from his buggy yesterday, and died shortly afterwards from internal injuries…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 2 March 1887 · page 3

Cardinal Jacobini, Papal Secretary of state at Rome, is dead…

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Death of Mrs. Henry Wood

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1887 · page 3

Mrs.Henry Wood, the novelist, died at her residence, St.John's Wood Park, on Feb.10.She was born in Worcestershire in 1820, and was the eldest daughter of Mr.Thos.Price, the leading partner in…

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Funeral of the late Archbishop Vaughan

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1887 · page 3

The Herald's London correspondent, writing on February 11th, says:—Seldom has any member of the ancient Catholic family of Vaughan been laid to rest with less of "pomp and circumstance" than…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 March 1887 · page 3

F. J. Hormer, M.A., lecturer of mathematics at the Sydney University, is dead; and also J. Reilley, late professor at Lyndhurst College…

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Death of a Clerk of the Assembly

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 March 1887 · page 3

Mr. Vivian, second clerk's assistant to Assembly, died this morning, aged 52, after a short illness…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 April 1887 · page 2

Mr Charles Newdegate, late member of the House of Commons is dead…

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