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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1906

142 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 8

Obituary

The Age · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

On Saturday morning lat, Mr. George Pollack, son of the late Mr. Robert Pollack, died after several months' illness from phthisis of the throat,. The deceased was a…

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Death of Vesuvius

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

Mr. J.T. COLLETT has sustained a severe loss in the death of his handsome trotting stallion Vesuvius. The animal took ill on Tuesday and…

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Death of a Chil[?]

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

ON Thursday of last week, Alfred Work (son of Mr. W. Work, of Camp Creek, near Captain's Flat), aged 11, died suddenly from…

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Death of a valuable Trotting Stallion

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

LAST Wednesday Mr. J. T. Collett sustained a heavy loss by the death of his trotting stallion, Vesuvius, which he had only recently…

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Death of John Shaw

The Age · Tuesday 9 January 1906 · page 2

THE death took place on Thursday of Mr. John Shaw, of Toongabbie, near Parramatta, at the age of 68 years. He was one of the oldest of Australian journalists, having…

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Death of Mrs. Sarah Meredith

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 2

ONE of the oldest residents of Queanbeyan Mrs. Sarah Meredith—died on Wednesday, at the advanced age of 79 years. The deceased came to this State…

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Obituary. Mrs. Sarah Meredith

The Age · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 3

WE regret to announce the death of a very old resident of Queanbeyan in the person of Mrs. Sarah Meredith, who passed away at her residence,…

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Local News. Death of Mrs. Eliza McIntosh

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

YESTERDAY (Monday) at the residence of her son, Mr. Walter McIntosh, Majura, the death occurred of Mrs. Eliza McIntosh at the age of 80 years and 8 months…

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Obituary. Mrs. Eliza Mcintosh, Ætat 80

The Age · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

IN the person of Mrs. Eliza McIntosh, who died at the residence of her son, Mr. Walter McIntosh, Majura, yesterday, Queanbeyan district has lost one of its oldest and most…

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The Late Mrs. Eliza McINTOSH

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 2

THE demise at Majura on Monday last of Mrs. Eliza McIntosh leaves another gap in the number at early pioneers of this district. The…

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Remarkable Funeral Rites

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

' One thing sure to shook the tourist is a Greak funeral,' said a recently-returned traveller. 'It is a spectacle which most person of convention-governed decency…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

A cable was received yesterday morning from New Zealand conveying the sad intelligence that Mr. Robert Hannaford, son of Mrs. Hannaford,…

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The Late Mr. Robert Hannaford

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 2

We have been permitted to read a letter received by Mrs. Hannaford from Mr. John Newdiek, Waihi, N.Z., giving particulars of her son’s (Robert) illness…

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Death of Mr Whitehead. Inventor of the Torpedo

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 4

Mr R. Whitehead inventor of the torpedo of that name died at his residence. Beckett House, Shrivenham, Berks, on 15th November, aged 82 years. He had…

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Local News. Death of Mrs. John Cullen

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 2

IT is with the deepest regret we (Cooma EXPRESS) have to record the death of Mrs. Cullen, which took place at the residence of her…

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Obituary

The Age · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 2

WE regret to announce the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Gambell, relict of the late Edward Gambell, which took place at Woodfield, Sutton road, on Wednesday last. The…

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Local News. Death of an old Resident

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 3

MARY JANE, wife of Mr. Edward Gamble, of Woodfield, Gundaroo-road, died early on Wednesday morning last. About ten days ago…

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Wedding Beside Coffin. Ceremony Follows Funeral

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 5

Charles B. Hudson and Florence E. Edwards were recently married at Providence, Rhods Island, beside the coffin containing the body of the bridegroom’s…

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Christmas Day Murder. a Family Quarrel. Death of a Guardsman

The Age · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 4

George Long, aged 20, of Princelet street, Spitalfields, was charged on 26th December at the Worship-street Police Court with the wilful murder of Private…

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Death of Botheration

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 2

The “Shoalhaven News,” in its report of the Nowra races, held last Wednesday, says:—The race for the Plate was responsible for the death of Mr. James…

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