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Obituaries & funerals, 1877

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Death of Mr. James Hannell

Evening News · Monday 1 January 1877 · page 2

We regret to have to record the death bt Mr. James Hannell, sen. J P., of Newcastle, which occurred at his residence, wickham, yesterday morning. Although the deceased gentleman had been suffering for…

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Coroner's Court. This Day. Death of an Infant

Evening News · Monday 1 January 1877 · page 3

An inquest was held by the City Coroner on Saturday morning at the Southern Cross Hotel, at the corner of [?] and Devonshire streets, touching the death of an infant[?] named Montague Wilkinson White…

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Obituary. London, December 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1877 · page 5

Sir Titus Salt,baronet, of Saltaire, a member of one of the largest manufacturing firms in England…

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Obituary

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1877 · page 15

MR. JAMES HANNELL, J.P.—Mr. James Hannell, of Newcastle, died at hie residence on the 31st ultimo. The deceased gentleman was a native of Sydney, where he was born in 1813. He was…

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Death of Cardinal Antonelli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1877 · page 7

Cardinal Antonelli Pontifical Secretary of State, died at the Vatican on November 5, at 6 o'clock, in the seventy-first year of his age. For some years the Cardinal has suffered severely from gout, and during the last few week[?]…

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Death of Two Veterans

Evening News · Thursday 11 January 1877 · page 3

Two veterans have just died. Richard Jones, a Waterloo" man, died at Dover on November 12, at the age of eighty-one. He served in the 1st bat-talion Rifle Brigade at Waterloo, and in many other…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1877 · page 9

MR. JAMES HANSELL, J.P.—Mr. James Hannell, of Newcastle, died at his residence on the 31st ultimo. The deceased gentleman was a native of Sydney, where he was born in 1813, He was…

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Death of an Old Colonist

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1877 · page 2

Captain Coffey, an old colonist, well known in [?] and commercial circles, died on the 9th in-[?] and been (says the Argus) a resident of Me[?] for nearly 27 years. The early years of his…

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Obituary

Sydney Punch · Saturday 13 January 1877 · page 6

From the Herald's obituary notice Mr. PUNCH learns that Sir Titus I Salt is now mustered amongst the Great Majority…

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The Death of Cardinal Antonelli

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1877 · page 12

THE greatest of the ecclesiastical statesmen of modern times—and at the same time, the most chivalrously devoted servant of the Vicegerent of God upon earth—has…

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America. the Australian Prisoners.—death of Mr. "William Foley

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1877 · page 8

The New Yor Herald announced the death of William Foley, an ex-Fenian convict, on the 3rd of November. The Herald says :—William Foley, the ex-Fenian convict, who…

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A Novel Funeral

Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1877 · page 2

A Navan correspondent writes to the Nation:—"A novel funeral took place in Navan recently. About two years ago, a man named Joseph Dillon, of [?] town, Navan, went out to America, where three [?] this…

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Death of a Border Custom House Officer

Evening News · Friday 19 January 1877 · page 3

The Wentworth correspondent of the Wilcannia Times writes on the 1st January:—" It is with feelings of deep regret that I record the death, at the age of 27, of Mr. Frank Duke, the late Victorian customs officer…

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Death of Two Veterans

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1877 · page 26

Two veterans have just died. Richard Jones, a "Waterloo man, died at Dover on November 12, at the age of eighty-one. He served in the 1st battalion Rifle Bri ade at Waterloo, and in many other…

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The Death of Nelson

Sydney Punch · Saturday 20 January 1877 · page 3

O'ER Nelson's seat, with smothered mirth opprest, Th' Assembly mourns a would-be leader's rest; Let's hope the orange will not sour be, Or go to rot beneath its own green tree!…

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Death of a Naval Veteran

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1877 · page 2

The Burrangong Argus states that Mr. John Anderson died on Friday, at the residence of Mr. Richard Pearson, Back Creek Road, near Voting. He reached the advanced age of 91 years. When a lad he sailed…

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Death of the Rev. P. F. O'Farrell

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 4

The Rev. Patrick F. O'Farrell, of St. Joseph's, Newtown, departed this life yesterday. The rev. gentleman, who was, we believe, educated at Lyndhurst, was about 35 years of age. Deceased was ordained about…

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Obituary. London, January 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1877 · page 5

Mr. [?]utton, Agent-General for Sout[?] Australia…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 February 1877 · page 9

George Dawson, the lectuier, aged 55; Sir John Esmonde, M.P. for Waterford, aged 50; Sir G. R. Turner, Knt, aged 87; the Right Rev. Dr. Whelan, Bishop of Bombay, aged 76; Alderman Bealey, aged…

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Fireside Readings. Lined on the Death of the Revd. P. F. O'FARRELL

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 February 1877 · page 19

Dead ! years of suffering are o'er, Ills of the flesh no longer pain; Evanlshed from the earthly shore Is one whose life was free from stain…

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