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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1899

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Funeral of Mrs White

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 2

An old and highly respected resident of Tharwa Mrs Mary (relict of the late John White, of Tharwa), passed away at her sister's residence (Mrs Harris, of…

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Another Dreadful Tragedy. Three People Shot. Death of One of the Victims

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 3

ANOTHER dreadful tragedy, the result of an ungovernable temper and jealousy has token place at Fig-street, Ultimo, and causing the death of a…

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Obituary

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 2

MR. MAURICE SHEEHAN, for fifty years a highly respected resident of this district, died on Tuesday evening at his residence, Huskingtown, aged seventy-seven. He…

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Obituary

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 2

It is my melancholy duty to have to chronicle two deaths which occurred on Friday last, the first being that of the infant child of Mr. E. Keys, our much…

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Obituary

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 3

ON Sunday last Mr. John O'Brien, nearly 50 years a resident of the district, and formerly a farmer at Gininderra, died at his residence, Pound Hill, on Sunday at an…

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Death of Another Old Resident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 October 1899 · page 2

ON Friday afternoon, at the venerable age of 88 years died at his daughter's residence, in Queanbeyan, Mr. John Gregory, who may be regarded as one of the…

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Death of Mr Gregory

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 October 1899 · page 2

Another of Queanbeyan's pionears passed away on Friday afternoon. This war John Gregory, who died at the residence of his son George. Deceased was 88 years of age, 59…

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Sudden Death of Mr. G. L. Nairn

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 October 1899 · page 3

MR. GEORGE LOCKHART NAIRN, formerly a Presbyterian clergyman, but more recently a canvasser in the employ of the Equitable Life Assurance Society dropped…

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Death of Inspector Brennan

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 October 1899 · page 2

INSPECTOR BRENNAN, the oldest police-officer in the colony, died at Yass at eight o'clock on Sunday night. He had been, in ill health for some months, and had applied…

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Death of Inspector Brennan

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 November 1899 · page 2

Inspector Brennan, the oldest police officer in the colony, died at Yass at eight o'clock on Sunday night. He had been in illheatlh for some months, and had applied for six…

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Funeral of Inspector Brennan

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 2

THE funeral of Inspector Brennan took place at Yass on Thursday, when an immense concourse of people was present. The volunteers, proceed by the band, the…

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Death of Frank Herring

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 November 1899 · page 2

FRANK HERRING, the young man who was accidentally shot at Tempe boatshed on Sunday afternoon last, died at the Marrickville Cottage Hospital, to which institution…

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Sudden Death of Mrs. LARMER

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1899 · page 2

The townspeople were inexpressibly shocked on Saturday evening between seven and eight o’clock, when it was announced that Mrs. James Larmer, an old and highly…

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Death of Mrs. Larmer

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 November 1899 · page 2

The early pioneers of the district, or those who are left of them, are passing away one after another, like obliterated land marks, leaving a dimrecollection of them and of their hardy, toilsome…

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Local News. Death of Mr. Jas. M'Namara

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 November 1899 · page 2

AN invitation to attend the funeral obsequies yesterday of a well known, popular, and esteemed young man--James, youngest son of Mr. John M'Namara of London…

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A Cow's Funeral Which Cost £20,000

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 1

It is told of the Egyptians that "they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass." And there still remain to-day insignificant portions…

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Death of Mr. William Price

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 November 1899 · page 2

LAST Saturday Mr. William Price, for many years identified with the firm of Bull, Price, and Co., and at one time a frequent visitor to this town, died at his residence…

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Death of Dante

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 2

The death, under pathetic circumstances, of Dante the Great, is one that has caused great sorrow to N.S.W. He was undoubtedly the greatest that ever visited Australia of…

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Obituary

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 3

A NOTIFICATION appears below of the funeral obsequies of a lady of no ordinary history and character. Mrs. McKeahnie was one of the earliest settlers in the…

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Death of an Octogenarian

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 2

WORD was received by Mr. Coroner Downing last night from Senior Constable Canning of Captain's Flat to the effect that Mr. John Casey had reported the death of…

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