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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1937

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Obituary Mrs. Bridget McCARTHY

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 1

Mrs. Bridget McCarthy died in Wellington on December 27th last, at the age of 78 years. She was buried in the Catholic portion of…

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Death of Mr. Gittings

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

On Saturday last, news came through of the death, in Sydney, of Alfred Gittings, aged 75. For many years, the late Mr. Gittings was a stock…

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Obituary Elizabeth Grace Moore

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 6

A particularly sad death occurred on Saturday, December 26, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Morris, of "Garthowen,"…

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Obituary John Louis Judd

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 10

The following is reprinted from a Nhill (Victoria) paper, the subject of the reference being a brother of Mrs. H. Stockings, of "Warrawong,"…

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Obituary H. E. Beasley

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

Henry Edwin Beasley passed away at Dubbo District Hospital yesterday, at the age of 77 years. Deceased was born at Windsor, was a single man and…

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Obituary Ernest Albert Brain

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

The death occurred at Warren on Wednesday of last week of Ernest Albert Brain, eldest son of Mr. F. W. Brain, of Coonabarabran…

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Tragedy Recalled Breelong Blacks Horror Death of Mrs. Lee

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 5

The death on Monday of Mrs. Elsie Lee, wife of Mr. Percy Lee, of 9 Irvine-street, Kingsford, Sydney, recalls the…

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Coonamble Tragedy Fatal Fall From Stairs Death of C.P.S.

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 6

Mr. Francis Michael Brassll 47, C.P.S., and Crown Lands Agent at Coonamble, met his death in an unusual way on Saturday. At about…

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Obituary Ellen E. Sutton

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 1

Mrs. Ellen Elizabeth Sutton, wife of Mr. John Sutton, of 210 Fitzroy Street, Dubbo, died suddenly in a private hospital yesterday morning. Mrs. Sutton,…

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Obituary Mrs. Jane Bullman

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 2

The death took place at the Wellington District Hospital, on Thursday night last of Mrs. Jane Bullman, at the age of 56 years. The…

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Obituary William Clyne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 3

William Clyne, an old-age pensioner and a single man, died in the Dubbo District "Hospital last night, after an illness of 16 days. As far as is known,…

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Death of Infant

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 4

Sincere sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. "Paddy" Law, of "Cherrynvdod," Curban, in the death of their four-weeks-old daughter,…

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Obituary Jack Stuart

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 3

A well-known district aborigine, Jack Stuart, died, on Wednesday in the District Hospital, alter a short illness. Deceased was born at Molong, sixty…

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Obituary Mrs. Margaret Woodlock

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 8

Another old wa[?] resident, Mrs. Margaret Woodlock, relict of the late Mr. John Woodlock, has died at her home, "Reedy Corner," Warren,…

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Obituary Mr. Edward Frederick Dutfield

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 2

Our Stuart Town correspondent writes as follows:— Quite a gloom was cast over our town and district on Tuesday at…

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Obituary Mary Margaret Stephens

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 2

The death took place in the District Hospital yesterday, after a short illness, of Mary Margaret Stephens, the two-year-old daughter…

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Death of Laborer Found in the Murray River Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

With a gaping wound in his left breast the body of Jack McCarthy, aged 60 years, a laborer, was taken from the Murray River on the…

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Obituary J. M. Dunne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 4

John Morris Dunne, well-known resident of the Cobar district, where he lived for 45 years, died at Dubbo yesterday. The late Mr. Dunne was the…

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Death of Infant

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 5

Sincere sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Gaynon, of 'Springvale,' Gilgandra, on the death of their two-days-old daughter Marie…

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Obituary Miss Marchant

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 21 January 1937 · page 5

After an extended illness, the death occurred on Sunday morning last, at the residence of her parents, of Miss Laura Isabel Marchant,…

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