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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1903

94 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 5

Obituary

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 2
Also in Western Champion

We regret to report the death in Cowra Hospital of a very old identity in this district in the person of Mr Brill Hayes. Deceased had been suffering for some…

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The Funeral. an Imposing Cortege

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 2

The funeral of the late Charles Beattie took place on Friday afternoon and was attended by between three and four hundred persons representing all…

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Obituary. William Ashworth

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 5

We are sorry to record the death of one of Condobolin's oldest residents, in the person of Mr. William Ashworth, which took place on Monday evening…

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Obituary

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 11 September 1903 · page 3

It is with regret that I have to announce the death of Mrs Boyd. sen., who passed away on Wednesday evening in the Parkes Hospital. The deceased was…

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Obituary

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 2
Also in Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder, Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder

MRS. THOMAS DODD (known to Grenfell people from her infancy as Miss Ethel Thomson) died at midnight on Saturday last, the sad event casting a gloom over the town, and evoking the…

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Obituary Poems

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 September 1903 · page 2

Obituary poems, in some instances, go very close to hair raising, and no wonder sensitive readers of newspapers grind their teeth when…

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The late Mrs. J. B. Campbell

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 3

Mr. Justice Walker granted probate on Friday last in respect of the will of the late Mrs. Jessie Blackwood Campbell, widow, of Jerula, near Cowra, who died…

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Death of Mrs. H. Maloney

Western Champion · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 11

A correspondent writes: —With very deep sorrow and regret I have to record the death of a well-known and highly respected Trundle resident—…

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Obituary

Western Champion · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 11

The death of Mr S. J. Butler, of Tichbourne, (briefly referred to in our last issue) which occurred on Thursday the 24th ult., has created a deep…

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Obituary

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 2

The announcement of the death of "Mr. Alfred Taylor Horsfall, came as a shock to the residents of Canowindra and deceased's many intimate friends. "Alf"…

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Obituary

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 3

The death is announced of Mr S. J. Butler, who was teaching some time ago at the Central school. Mr Butler leaves, a widow and eight children to mourn his…

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A Greek Funeral

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1903 · page 4

"ONE thing sure to shock the tourist is a Greek funeral," said a recently returned traveller. It is a spectacle which most persons of…

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Obituary

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 2

THE death of Mrs. John Butler Wood (which took place at Picton, on Tuesday,) reduces the circle of pioneer colonists—alas, now rapidly dwindling—who did so much to make Australia…

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Obituary

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1903 · page 2
Also in Canowindra Star and Eugowra News

OUR readers will regret to learn of the death of Mr Frank Kearns, sen., father of the Messrs George, Edward, and Rowley Kearns, of West…

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Obituary

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 2

It Is with much regret that the death of Mr Robert Brown of Morongla is recorded For some time back he had resided in Cowra and was recently…

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Varieties, a Curious Funeral

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 31 October 1903 · page 2

A GIPSY funeral held in an [?] village shows how [?] the tribes still [?] to [?] customs. The [?] was [?]…

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