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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1887

87 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 5

Death of an old Pressman

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 April 1887 · page 7

Many persons—and especially those connected with the Press and with the Imperial service in these colonies as far back as the old Legislative Council—will learn with regret of the death of Mr…

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MELBOURNE. Tuesday. OBITUARY

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 April 1887 · page 2

Mr. S. W, M'Gowan, Deputy postmaster General, died last night, after a brief illness. He only returned from England on Saturday week, after t[?]…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 April 1887 · page 2

Mr W. Abigail, brother of [?] Minister for Minos, who for number [?] years took an active interest in p[?] died to-day…

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Funeral of the Largest Man

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 April 1887 · page 4

SOME thousands of persons visited Princess-end, Tipton, England, on January 28, to witness the funral of Mr. Sammuel Murfitt, who was recently…

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Death of a Clergyman

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 18 May 1887 · page 2

The Rev. Livingstone Mossop, Congregational minister at Leichhardt, died yesterday…

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The Late Mr. Clinton. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1887 · page 3

SIR,—In your issue of the 17th a letter appears from W. M. Christian, referring to a local in your Saturday's issue. In commenting on it, he deems it prudent to make mention of some remarks made…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 May 1887 · page 3

Mr John Wright, principal of the training school in Fort-street, died yesterday, at the age of 65…

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Death of Mr. Newdegate

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1887 · page 14

We (European Mail) regret to announce the death of the Right Hon. C. N. Newdegate, which occurred at Arbury Hall, his scat in Warwickshire, on April 10. The deceased gentleman had for some…

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Obituary

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 June 1887 · page 2

Mr John J. Teece, barrister, died last evening after a few days' illness. He was rising member of the bar, having [?] great credit for his conduct of the notor[?]…

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Sudden Death of a Mayor

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 June 1887 · page 2

Mr Nicholas Weeks, Mayor of Manly Beach, and the Secretary of the Grand Lodge of N.S.W. Free Masons, was taken suddenly ill on board a steamer,…

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Reported Death of Lady Stuart

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 June 1887 · page 2

It is stated, with respect to the reported death of Lady Stuart (widow of Sir A.Stuart) that no message confirming the recent press telegram has been…

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Funeral of the German Commander

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1887 · page 6

The funeral of Captain von Rcichenbach, of the Imperial German corvette Olga, who died very suddenly just before the vessel entered the port on Thursday last, took place on Saturday afternoon…

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Death of Mr. D. F. Mackay, Senr

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 2

WE regret to have to announce in this issue the decease of Mr Duncan Forbes Mackay, S[?]r., a prominent and influential resident of thin district, who expired at his residence,…

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Death of the Master in Equity. (Thursday's Echo.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1887 · page 12

We regret to learn that Mr. Arthur Todd Holroyd, late Master in Equity, died at his residence, Sherwood Scrub, near Parramatta, at 9 o'clock last night. The deceased gentleman, who was 80 years…

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Death of an Old Morpeth Resident

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 June 1887 · page 5

Mr. W. F. Jaques, of Runnymede, Moore Park, telegraphed us yesterday as follows:—"My father, Mr. Charles Edmund Jaques, for over thirty years resident at Morpeth, and well known in your…

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Melbourne. Death of Major Ind

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 3

Major Ind, Commander of the Victorian Permanent Artillery, died last night after a short illness…

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Death of a Champion Smuggler

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 17

By the recent death, at an advanced ago, of Alexander M'Rac, who had resided for many years in the remote Alpine districts of Mouar, in the heights of the parish of Lochalsh, the veteran and…

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Death of Grant the Novelist

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 16

Mr. James Grant, the novelist, died on 5th inst., at the age of sixty-five. When ten years old Grant accompanied his father, who was in command of a detachment of troops, to Newfoundland, where he…

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Peculiar Death of a Child. (From the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 21

An inquest was initiated by the City Coroner at the South Sydney Morgue on Tuesday afternoon regarding the death of a child named Ethel Brown, who died at No 1, Botany-street, under…

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