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Illawarra · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1881

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The Late Mr. John Oxley Norton

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 January 1881 · page 4

Mr. Norton was a son of the late Hon. James Norton, M.L.C. His father was an attorney, and known as the "father of the profession," He was a member of the firm…

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Death of a Remarkable Frenchman

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 11 January 1881 · page 4

Louis Blanqui having died within the last few days, as announced by cablegram, the following remarks concerning him from Men of the Time will be interesting:—…

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Death of the Bearded Lady

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 January 1881 · page 4

A celebrated woman was buried nt Liverpool, a little village on tho shores of the Onondaga Lake, on September 12th. This was none other than the famous…

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Frightful Death of the King of Reporters

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 4 February 1881 · page 4

The sad news came from Paris of the death of W. Benton, the king of American reporters, who for seven or eight years past so M. E. Descliauin says in Le Figaro—…

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How Doctors Differ in Sydney. Death of a Woman and Child

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 17 May 1881 · page 2

On Tuesday last, at the meeting of the committee of the Benevolent Asylum, Mr. F. Abigail, M.L.A., one of the members, elicited in answer to a question which he put to Dr. Warren, the…

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District News. Shellharbour. Death of Mrs. Foster

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 20 May 1881 · page 2

I HAVE to record the death of Mrs. Foster who for many years has resided near Lake Illawarra. Deceased had been for a long time suffering from an internal malady…

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OBITUARY. London, May 31

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1881 · page 2

The death is announced of Mr. Henry peace…

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Small-pox.—spread of the Disease. Death of Edward Rout

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1881 · page 2

EDWARD ROUT, the carpenter, residing in Bellevue-street, Surly Hills, died about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, and his body has been buried by order of the…

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Lord Beaconsfield's Funeral

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1881 · page 4

THE funeral of the Earl of Beaconsfield solemnized on his own estate of Hughenden Manor, in the midst of the pleasant county of Buckinghamshire, with which he had an…

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Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 8 July 1881 · page 2

ON Thursday, 30th instant, another of th early settlers in the Illawarra district, the late Mr. George Buchanan passed over to the great majority. Mr. Buchanan was…

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Death of the Rev. Dr. Cumming. London, July 7

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 12 July 1881 · page 3

The death is announced of the Rev. John Cumming, D.D., minister of the Scotch Church, Crown Court, Convent Garden. He was the author of several…

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Death of Marshal Benedek

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1881 · page 4

THE death of a famous though not very fortunate warrior has recently boon announced. So numerous and so notable have been the actors on the stage from which he retired…

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District News. Shellharbour. Obituary

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 19 July 1881 · page 2

DEATH has again visited our community Mr. R. Wilson, whose health I referred to in the report of Mrs. Dunster's death, an being in a very critical state, has "gone to…

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Lines on the Death of Mrs. Joseph Dunster

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 29 July 1881 · page 2

SHE has gone to be with Jesus; Though willing to have stayed, She has gone to be with Jesus In realms of endless days…

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Obituary. John Black, Esq

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 2 August 1881 · page 2

A DECEASE as startling, it may be said, as any death that over occurred in Kiama, though less melancholy in some of its circumstances than other oases have been,…

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Obituary. John Black, Esq

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1881 · page 2

A DECEASE as startling, it may be said, as any death that over occurred in Kiama, though less melancholy in some of its circumstances than other cases have been,…

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Death of the Hon George Oakes

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 16 August 1881 · page 3

Within the last few weeks three of the veteran politicians of this colony have passed away. We allude to the late Messrs. T. W. Smart, E. C. Weekes, and George Oakes, each of whom held…

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Death of the Hon. George Oakes, M.l.c

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1881 · page 4

WE regret to have to chronicle the fact that the Hon, George Oakes, M.L.C., one of the best known and most respected of our colonists, met with an accident on…

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The Late Mr. John Black

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1881 · page 2

THE meeting called by the Mayor on the requisition of certain rate-payers for the purpose of considering the best means of doing honour to the memory of the late…

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The Late Mr. John Black

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 23 August 1881 · page 3

The meeting called by the Mayor on the requisition of certain ratepayers for the purpose of considering the best means of doing honour to the memory of the late Mr. John Black, took place…

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