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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1877

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1877 · page 4

SARAH MARIA CLAYDON, born at Dublin, Ireland, January 13, 1829, died at Ulladulla, New South Wales, December 23, 1876, daughter of John an Mary Faulks,…

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Death of Cardinal Antonelli

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 January 1877 · page 4

Cardinal Antonelli, Pontifical Secretary of State, died at the Vatican on November 5, at five o'clock, in the seventy-first year of his age. For some years the Cardinal…

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Death of Archbishop Polding

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1877 · page 2

The Venorable Archbishop Voiding died this morning, at 7 o'clock, at his residence, Victoria-street, Darlinghurst, in the eighty-third year of his age. He passed a restless night, but breathed…

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Funeral of Archbishop Folding

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 23 March 1877 · page 3

Very early yesterday morning people commenced to assemble at St. Mary's, and long before 10 o'clock, the hour appointed for the commencement of the funeral rites, the large building was entirely…

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The Late Mrs. Caroline Chisholm

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1877 · page 4

The London telegram of Monday announces the death of Mrs. Caroline Chisholm. Many colonists will recollect this lady as having taken an active part in…

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Death of Mr. James Osborne

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 April 1877 · page 2

Never except by the tidings of the shooting of the Duke of Edinburgh has such a shuck been occasioned to the feelings of every person in this district as was the ease on Wednesday afternoon…

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Death of Mr. James Osborne

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 17 April 1877 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon, the City Coroner held an inquiry at the Union Club, respecting the death of Mr. James Osborne, who died in his bedroom at the club from the effects of a pistol…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 24 April 1877 · page 4

Lord George Gordon; Major W. F. Davis, Madras, M.S.A.; Lyon, D.C.S.; Hon.; R. Hely Hutchinson; the Dowager Viscount Mountmorres: Lady Gambier; the…

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The Late Mr. George Smith's Last Discoveries

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1877 · page 4

The London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian writes:—The main portion of the Babylonian antiquities just received at the British Museum as the result of the last…

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Death of the Hon. John Fairfax, M.L.C.

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 June 1877 · page 2

It is our melancholy duty to announce that the Hon. John Fairfax, the senior proprietor of this journal, died at his residence at about 3 o'clock this morning, after a somowhat lengthened illness…

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Death of the Hon. John Fairfax, M.L.C.

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1877 · page 2

IT is our melancholy duty to announce that the Hon. John Fairfax, the senior proprietor of this journal, died at his residence at about 3 o'clock this morning, after a…

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Death of Mrs. Deane

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1877 · page 2

Our Shellharbour correspondent writes:—" On Wednesday last Mrs. Deane, long and favourably known in thin township, departed this life,…

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Local Intelligence. Obituary Notice

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1877 · page 2

IT is with sincere regret that we announce the death of another old and highly respected resident of our district, Mr. Michael Connelly, of Terragong, Jamberoo. The…

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Obituary Notice

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1877 · page 2

WE have to-day to record a death of which, unlike many which it falls to our lot to notice, cannot be said it was either unexpected or melancholy; but rather, since…

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The Late Mr. James Mackey Gray, of Gerringong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 13 July 1877 · page 2

We have to-day to record a death of which, unlike many which it falls to our lot to notice, cannot be said it was either unexpected or melancholy; but rather, since men must die, that it was…

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Obituary. London, July 30

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1877 · page 3

The Right Hon. George Ward Hunt, First Lord of the admiralty, and one of the members representing Northampton in the House of Commons, is dead…

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Obituary

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 17 August 1877 · page 2

Major-General Robert Newport Tinley, Sir Jamsetjee joejecbhoy…

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Funeral of the Late M. Thiers. London, September 6

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1877 · page 3

Madame Thiers, claiming to arrange the funeral cortege of her late husband, wished the presence of the Senate and Deputies. The Government, however, would not…

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Obituary. London, October 2

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1877 · page 3

The Right Rev. David Moriarty, D.D., Roman Catholic Bishop of Kerry, died of paralysis…

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Death of the Last Representative of Claverhouse

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 November 1877 · page 4

Miss Graham, of Duntrune, a lady well-known and greatly respected, and who is remarkable for her historical connection as well as for her great age—having…

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