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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1909

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Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 21 July 1909 · page 2

The death occurred at Reidsdale on Sunday afternoon last of Mr. Thomas Campbell at the ripe old age of 91 years. He was one of those hardy old pioneers who opened up…

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Funeral Stopped. Odd Revelations at Inquest

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 3

Strange evidence was given at the Inquest at the Bethnal Green Coroner's Court (says "Lloyd's Weekly News") on George Thompson, aged seventy-nine,…

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Death of Mr. S. Hordern

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 2

MR SAMUEL HORDERN died in Sydney on Friday afternoon after a lengthy illness. Mr. Hordern was the youngest son of the late Mr. Anthony…

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Local News. Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 2

THERE patted away on Friday night last at his residence at Colombo another of the old pioneers of the braid wood district in the person of Mr. Jas. McGrath. The deceased had for a lengthy period…

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Death of Mr. Samuel Hordera. a Great Australian Business Man

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 2

Mr. Samuel Hordern, principal of the firm of Anthony Hordern and Sons, Sydney, died shortly after 4 p m. on Friday at his residence, Darling Point…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 2

MR. THOMAS EVANS, of Tarago, died at the Goulburn Hospital on Tuesday, the cause of death being Bright's disease. Deceased, who was a widower, and who leaves no family, was a native…

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The Death of Mr. Jas McGrath

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 2

THE late Mr. Jas McGrath, whose death was reported in our last issue, was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and arrived in this district in June, 1866. He left five daughter, viz, Mrs. F…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 2

THE death occurred yesterday afternoon at her residence of Mrs. Byrne, wife of Mr. J. H. Byrne, of Nithedale, after a brief [?] She was 63 years of ago. The funeral of the deceased will take place to-morrow…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 2

As briefly announced in our last issue, the death occurred at her residence at Nithsdale on Tuesday afternoon last of Mrs. J. H. Byrne. The death was rather sudden. On the previous Saturday deceased…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 5

Two very old residents of Araluen passed away this week, viz, Mr. George Blundell, of Oakey Creek, who died on Tuesday, and Mrs. M. O'Heir, the mother-in-law of Mr. Michael Costelle, who…

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Death of Mr. Mark Southwell, Sen

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 2

ONE more link of the chain which connects us with the earlier settlers of the Queanbeyan district has been snapped. Amongst the most prominent of the men who settled…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 2

A VERY [?] on death occurred on Saturday night last, when Mrs. P. O'Heir, of Jambaicumbene, passed away. It appears that her son Patrick was in town on Saturday, and about 11 o'clock…

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Death of Mrs. T. Rutledge. and Yet Another Broken Link

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 2

ONLY a few days ago we chronicled the death of Mr. Mark Southwell an old identity of the district, at the advanced age of 91 years. This was not an exceptional case. The…

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Obituary. Catherine, Relict of Chas. Tozer Smith

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 September 1909 · page 2

AND still another! the death last night, at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Harry Lazarus, Macquoid-street, Queanbeyan, of the above lady, swells…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 September 1909 · page 2

MRS. RUTLEDGE relict of the late Mr. Thomas Rutledge of Carwoola, died on Thursday of last week at the advanced age of 88 years. She had been living for several years with some of her…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 2

THE death occurred on Tuesday morning last of Mr. John Currie, sour., at the age of 75 years. Deceased had been in indifferent health for some time past, but it was not thought that his end was so…

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Death of Mr. James Styles

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 October 1909 · page 2

ANOTHER old resident of Braidwood in the person of Mr. Jat. Styles departed this life on Sunday night last. Up to a few years linos be was a very active number of the community, carrying on his…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 2

The death occurred on Thursday afternoon last of Mr. John Kelly, bootmaker, of this town. He had been in a very feeble state for some time, and his end was not unexpected. He had been in…

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The Late Mr. J. O. Smith

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 2

The late Mr. John Ovenden Smith, who died at Mudmelong on Friday night, came from England in the early fifties and lived for a time with the late Mr. Buckland, of Braidwood. He then began…

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Obituary

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 October 1909 · page 2

MRS. JOHN HEAZLETT, a very old resident of Major's Creek, passed away very suddenly on Saturday Morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. T. Keyte, at the age of 71. She was apparently…

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