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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1879

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The Late Mr. Richard Kenna and the Roman Catholic Church

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 July 1879 · page 4

As the act of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst, in refusing Christian burial to the late Mr. Richard Kenna, on account of the latter having two sons at…

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Horrible Death of a Stowaway

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 August 1879 · page 4

The body of a man, apparently about thirty years, rigid in death, was found in the hold of the steamship Canada, of the National Line, yesterday. When the…

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Funeral of the Prince Imperial

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 August 1879 · page 3

News from Cape Town on the 17th June says:— The principal event of the past week has been the reception of the remains of the Prince Imperial at Durban and Simon's Bay. At the former…

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Death of the Rev. John Graham

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1879 · page 2

A PRIVATE cablegram was received in Sydney on Thursday, notifying the death of the Rev. John Graham, for several years minister of Pitt-street Congregational…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1879 · page 2

IT falls to us on the present occasion to chronicle the death of a gentleman whose history through, no small number of years was identified with that of this district, and…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 14 October 1879 · page 2

IT is our painful duty to record the decease of another very old and respected resident of this district. Another link connecting the past with the present has been snapped asunder…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 11 November 1879 · page 2

MANY of our readers will undoubtedly hear with much concern of the death of Mr. Robert Barr, who expired on Sunday morning last at about half-past…

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