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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1876

225 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 12

Death of a Waterloo Hero

Evening News · Saturday 26 August 1876 · page 4

Mr. John Balls, who has been living with his [?]-daughter, Mrs Joseph [?] of the Minjary, for the last fourteen years, expired [?]on the [?] instant He was 91 years of age…

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Germany. Death of an Illustrious Catholic

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 August 1876 · page 7

Josephine, Queen-Dowager of Sweden and Norway, died last week at the age of sixty-nine. The name of this illustrious lady must not be passed over in silence in a…

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The Death of the Ex-sultan

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 August 1876 · page 27

The English medical journals express doubts as to the real cause of the death of the ex-Sultan. The Lancet says— " It is stated that the official account of the death…

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Death of Mr. S. S. Goold

Evening News · Tuesday 29 August 1876 · page 2

Alderman Stephen Styles Goold, the member for the electorate of Mudgee, and an ex-mayor of Sydney, expired about half-past 8 o'clock last night, a his residence, Regent-street. The deceased gentleman…

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Awful Death of an American Actress

Evening News · Wednesday 30 August 1876 · page 3

The Chicago Tribune, of June 29, contains the following particulars of the death of Miss Louise Hawthorne, the well-known American actress :-" At an early hour yesterday morning, Miss Louise…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 September 1876 · page 7

THE REV. W. MILLS, NEWTOWN.—The sudden death of the Rev. W. Mills, of Newtown, has drawn forth the expression of sympathy from all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. He had endeared himself to a large…

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The Late Mr. J. M. Canty

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 September 1876 · page 17

A MEETING of the friends of the late Mr. J. M Canty was held on Tuesday evening in the large schoolroom of St. John's school, Free Church-street, West Maitland. The object of the…

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Obituary for the Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 September 1876 · page 5

Lieutenant J. Buckley, V.C.; Colonel Lawe; Colonel G. J. Mant; Captain C. H. Johnson; the Marquis of Conyngham; Sir Perey Burrell; Lieutenant-General Sir R. Walpole, K.C.B.; Sir H. H…

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The Funeral Train. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1876 · page 6

SIR,—It was my misfortune to-day to suffer a mortification without a parallel in my experience resulting from what I conceive is a p ece of neglect on the part of the railway authorities. I was engaged by one of the members of my…

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The Funeral Train. to the Editor of the Harald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 September 1876 · page 3

SIR,—Will you kindly allow me to correct the statement of the Rev. A. W. Webb which appears in this morning's issue of the HERALD. in reference to the funeral of the late Mrs. Hill, wherein he states "the mournful [?]ortege…

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Obituary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1876 · page 335

THE REV. W. MILLS, NEWTOWN.—The sudden death of the Bev. W. Mills, of Newtown, has drawn forth the expression of sympathy from all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. He had endeared himself to a large…

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Awful Death of an American Actress. I

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 September 1876 · page 27

The Chicago Tribune, of June 29, contains the following particulars of the death of Miss Louise Hawthorne, the well-known American actress— " At an early hour yesterday morning. Miss Louise…

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Funeral Train. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 September 1876 · page 6

SIR,—Permit me, in explanati n of the circumstances connected with my missing the funeral train to state that the [?]ost usual course with ministers is not to go to the house of the deceased, but to meet the funeral…

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Obituary

Evening News · Friday 15 September 1876 · page 3

Alexander Russell, editor of the Scotoman; Sir J. L Bardsley, physician, Manchester, aged 75; Hermann Oppenheim, Egyptian financier, by apoplexy; the Khedive's son-in-law, Prince Too…

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Death of Mr. Thomas Kite

Evening News · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 5

A very old resident of the Bathurst district died on Wednesday, namely, Mr Thomas Kite, of Kelso. Mr. Kite was amongst the first of those who crossed the Blue Mountains, and from one end of the Western…

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WALLERAWANG. Awfully Sudden Death of Mr. Harry Winter, Gold miner, of Mitchell's Creek

Evening News · Monday 18 September 1876 · page 3

ON Saturday, the 5th instant, Thomas H. Neale, Esq., R.M., the District Coroner, held an inquest on the body of Harry Winter, at his late residence at Blackman's Flat. Mudgee Road, a highly respectable jury of five gentlemen—Mr. W…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 27

Alexander Russell,editor of the Scotsman; Sir J. L. Bardsley, physician, Manchester, aged 75; Hermann Oppenheim, Egyptian financier, by apoplexy; the Khedive's son-in law, Prince Too…

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Death of Mr. Lowenthal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 407

The demise of Mr. Lowenthal, which, we regret to learn, took place at St. Leonard's on Thursday last, will leave a deep gap in the front tank of chess celebrities. Here Lowentbal was born in July, 1810, at Buda, Pesth, and…

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Italy. Sudden Death of Dr. Sartori

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 September 1876 · page 7

Professor Vincenzo Sartori, one of the surgeons to the pope, died on the 7th July of a stroke of apoplexy. He received all the rites of the Church, and a special…

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Funeral Reform

Evening News · Thursday 28 September 1876 · page 2

On the 30th June last, on the occasion of the funeral of Miss Edith Liddle, the third daughter of the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, when amongst the distinguished persons present was His Royal Bighness…

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