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Southern Highlands · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1895

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Death of Mrs. Mitchell

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 2

WE have to record the death of an old and respected resident of the district— Mrs. Edward Mitchell—which took place at Braemar, near Mittagong, on Saturday…

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The Funeral

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 2

The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon, and was largely attended, showing the very general respect and esteem in which the family are held by all classes of people far and near. In the lengthy…

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Death of Mr. C. Stokes

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 2

MANY a heart was grieved in Bowral on Saturday morning to hear that Mr. C. Stokes—a member of one of our town's most respected families—had died at…

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Obituary

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 20 February 1895 · page 2

WE regret to state that Miss Elizabeth Rowie-Wilson, aged 31 years, daughter of the late Hon. J. Bowie-Wilson, of Sydney, died at Mr. Pa[?]freyman's house, Oxley-street, Bowral, on Friday morning last…

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Attending One's Own Funeral

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 6

Two commercial travellers had scraped an acquaintance in a train. Both had told stories of experiences, when one asked, 'Did you ever attend your own funeral?'…

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Funeral Sermon

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 2

ON Sunday evening last, in the Primitive Methodist Church, the Rev. J. Penman preached a sermon with special reference to the life and death of the late Mr. Charles Stokes, who died of typhoid fever…

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Bowral Free Press Do as adversaries do in law: Strive'mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Saturday, March 16, 1895. Death of Sir Robert Duff. at Sutton Forest

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 2

His Excellency Sir Robert Duff, Governor of New South Wales, died at his country residence, " Hillview," Sutton Forest, at about 6 o'clock last evening…

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The Funeral

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 2

The funeral of the late Sir Robert Duff Governor of the colony, took place on Sunday. Before 1 o'clock crowds began to assemble in Macqunrie-street and along the…

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Death of the Governor

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 20 March 1895 · page 3
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HIS EXCELLENCY SIR ROBERT WILLIAM DUFF, P.C. G.C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of New South Wales, died at Government House, Sydney, on Friday evening at 11 minutes to 6, at…

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Obituary. Albert Edward Bennett, Aged 22

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 3

IN September last the subject of our present notice was engaged as coachman by Dr. A. B. Morgan at Cootamundra; and when the doctor returned to Bowral in…

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The Funeral

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 30 March 1895 · page 3

The funeral took place yesterday afternoon. The Rev. J. Penman conducted the service, holding first a short one at the parent's residence, during which the hymn,…

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The Late Mrs. Hindmarsh

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 April 1895 · page 3

We briefly chronicled in our last issue the death of a well and favourably known resident of this district in tho person of Mrs. Hindmarsh,…

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The Late Mrs. Oram

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 10 April 1895 · page 2

The remains of Mrs. Oram, wife of Rev J. Oram, of Stanmore, one of the fathers of he Wesleyan Church, and one of the oldest minister in the colony, were interred at…

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Bowral Free Press Do as adversaries do in law: Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Wednesday, May 1, 1895. Death of Mrs. Charles Loiterton

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 1 May 1895 · page 3

IT is our sorrowful duty in this issue to record the death of Mrs. Charles Loiterton, which sad event took place on Monday evening last, at her daughter's (Mrs. J. J…

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Death of a School Boy

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 2

IT is our painful duty to record the death of Wilfred Andrew Hinchcliff, a pupil at Mr. R. S. Mackenzie's Brahan Bank boy's private boarding school, which took…

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In Memoriam. The Late Mrs. Loiterton

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 15 May 1895 · page 3

ON Sunday evening the Rev. J. Penman, in the course of his sermon in the Primitive Methodist Church, touched upon the life and character of the late Mrs…

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Sad Death of a Little Girl

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 15 May 1895 · page 4

An inquest was held at the Berrima District Cottage Hospital on Tuesday (yesterday) afternoon, touching the death of Annie Davidson, aged nearly 7 years, who…

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Death of Mr. W. Moore

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 3

ONE of the oldest and most widely-known residents of Bowral was Mr. Wm. Moore, familiarly termed "old Billy Moore." Everybody knew him, and everybody will…

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Death of Jimmy

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 5 June 1895 · page 3

JAMES READ, familiarly known as "Black Jimmy," aged 70, died at the Cottage Hospital at half-past two yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. He had been three weeks in the hospital, suffering from acu[?]e…

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