Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Obituaries & funerals, all years

Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1841

16 stories in Sydney's papers

Sudden Death of James Wheble, Esq., of Woodley

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 4 February 1841 · page 4

Events which show the instability of human things must of necessity form a leading feature in every public record. A more striking or more affecting instance of this is not often registered than…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Poetry. on the Death of an Infant Sister

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1841 · page 4

[?]p,Mary dear, the autumn winds are breathing A gentle hymn to built thy quiot rest; and round thy tomb, in moundful beauty wreathing, The herbage creeps, in freshing verdure drest…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Funeral of Napolron

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 15 April 1841 · page 2

PARIS, TUESDAY, ONE O'CLOCK.—The funeral procession has just terminated, and the remains of the Emperor have reached the Invalides. There will still be two hours of mass and requiem, but the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Funeral of Napoleon.—grand Requiem

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 27 April 1841 · page 4

The programme of the grand ceremonies of the day had announced that Messieurs the Peers and Deputies, &c., were expected to be in their places in the interior of the Invalides by eleven o'clock,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Funeral Procession of Bringing Napoleon's Remains From the Steam-boat on the Seine, at Courbevoie, to the Invalides. Passage Up the Seine

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1841 · page 2

The entire population of Cherbourg and its neighbourhood, when it was known that the Salle Poule had arrived, flacked into the port, to witness the ceremony of transferring the remains of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Death of the Venerable Archdeacon Hutchins

The Sydney Herald · Monday 21 June 1841 · page 2

"IN the midst of life we are in death!"— The whole town was shocked on Eriday morning at learning that the Venerable the Archdeacon Hutchins was no more!…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Englesh Extracts. the Late Mr. J. C. Parker of Kingston

The Sydney Herald · Saturday 3 July 1841 · page 4

UPON-HULL.—This gentleman established the Dispensary, the Rockingham, (the first liberal paper circulated in his native town) also the Botanic Garden, of which he was many years…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Death of Jonathan

The Temperance Advocate and Australasian Commercial and Agricultural Intelligencer · Wednesday 21 July 1841 · page 6

Skilled in the language of the eye, the Syrian soon perceived that Dion wished to speak with him, and shaking off the crowd of flatterers, he beckoned him to approach. "We are alone…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Death of the Earl of Rosse. "The Light of Other Days."

The Australian · Saturday 31 July 1841 · page 3

The remains of the venerable and beloved Earl o Rosse arrived in Parsonstown on Wednesday evening, at five o'clock, and were conveyed on the following morning, at eight o'clock, to the family vault,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Potery. a Soldier's Funeral

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1841 · page 4

[?]is the furneral drum and the measured tread On the quiet of evening stealing, Tis the appalling note that tells of the dead, And strkes on the bosom of feeling…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Death of the High Sheriff of New South Wales

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 13 October 1841 · page 3

It is our painful duty to announce to the public the death of our esteemed and respected High Sheriff, Thomas Macquoid, Esq., who put a period to his existence yesterday morning about…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Death of the Queen of Hanover

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 28 October 1841 · page 2

HANOVER, JUNE 29.—The Queen of Hanover died to-day. The Hanover Gazette, with a black border, contains the following notice: "It has pleased the Disposer of all human…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

English News. Death of the Queen of Hanover

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 1 November 1841 · page 2

HANOVER, JUNE 29.—The Queen of Hanover died to-day. The Hanover Gazette, with a black border, contains the following notice. "It has pleased the. Disposer of all human…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Conclusion of the Inquiry Into the Circumstances Attending the Death of a Number of Natives on the Murray

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 9 November 1841 · page 2

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22.—The wounded and captured Murray man, and interpreter from neighbouring tribes, were present. Mr. Moorhouse and Mr. Teichelmann attended…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Funeral of the Late Sir Francis Forbes

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1841 · page 2

Yesterday, the remains of the late lamented SIR FRANCIS FORBES were interred.—His Honor the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Burton,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Select Poetry. a Soldier's Funeral

Sydney Free Press · Thursday 18 November 1841 · page 4

TIS the funeral drum and the measured tread On the quiet of evening stealing, Tis the appalling note that tells of the dead, And strikes on the bosom of feeling…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →