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Hunter Valley · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1903

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French Funeral Fashions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 3
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

A most painful custom at Freuch timerals is the posting at the exit door of the church wherein the ceremony takes place, of the male head of the deceasod person's family,…

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Death of an Old Resident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 February 1903 · page 4

Mr Walter Horne, and old resident of Singleton, died on Wednesday night at his residence, form a comp lcation of all[?] from which he had sufferd for some time…

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Death of Mrs Cadell

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 March 1903 · page 2

It is with regret that we record the death of Mrs Cadel!, of Gayndah, which took place on Sunday. D[?]sed was a sister of Mr C. H. Dight, M. P. of Pelerine…

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An Old Man's Death. Father of 24 Children

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 March 1903 · page 4

AN old man named T. H. Wells, working as a miner at Shannon Vale,in the Glen [?] district, sustained fatal injuriesthrough a cart he was…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 3

John Henry Shorthouse, Author of a well-known religious novel John Inglesamt…

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Death of Mr R. Rouse

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 5

MR RICHARD ROUSE, of Guntawang, Mayor of Gulgong, died on Monday after a short illness. The deceased, who was G8 yeara of age, was a native…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 3

The death is announced of Colonel George Francis Robert Henderson, who was employed on an official history of the war in South Africa. The Times describes his death as an almost…

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Obituary MRS D. FRASER

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

After a lingering illness Mrs Donald Fraser passed over to the silent majority on Friday evening last, at the reidence of her husband at…

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Death of a Pressman

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 3

Mr. A. G. Horton, one of the proprietors of the New Zealand Herald, died this morning…

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Death of Mr. William Munro

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 4

ON Monday morning last at an early hour. Mr. William Munro, one of the oldest residents of Merriwa, passed away. For the past year or more he…

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Sir Charles Gaven Duffy. Imposing Funeral Procession. Dublin in Morning. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 2

THE remains of the late Sir Charles Gavan Duffy were yesterday interred with great state in Glasneria Cemetery, Dublin, close to the last…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 3

The death is announced of the Rev. George Granville Bradley, D.D., Dean of the Order of the Bath, and formerly Dean of Westminister, aged eight-one years…

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Death of an Old Colonist. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 3

A PRAVATE cable announces the death of Mr H. Groth, its founder of the well-known off and colour merchants' establishment in George-street. The…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1903 · page 3

Mr. "W. S. Caine, member of the House of Commons for Camborne Division of Cornwall, and a noted temperance leader…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 3

The death is announced of Mr, Charles Godfrey Leland, the author of Hans Breitmann's ballads, aged 78 years…

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Obituary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 3

The death is announced of the Very Rev. Frederic William Farrar, D.D., F.R.S., Dean of Canterbury, aged 71 years…

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Death of a Venerable Pioneer. Passing of Mr. Michael Scobie

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

Gradually those sturdy pioneers of the State are passing from our midst after lengthened periods of hard toil, perseverance, and industry, the latest to join the great majority being Mr. Michael Scobie,…

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Death of the Michael Score

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 March 1903 · page 2

MR Michael Scebie, who celebrated his centenary, last October, die his reference, "The Gardens," [?] near Maitland, on Tuesday…

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Death of Mr M. Scobie

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 3

The death occurred at an early hour on Tuesday morning, at his residence "The Gardens," Oakhampton, of Mr Michael Scobie, who celebrated…

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