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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1877

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Obituary

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1877 · page 5

Sir Fairfax Moresby, Admiral of the Fleet, 90 ; Sir Augustus Clifford, Usher of the Black Rod, 88; Lady Pleasa[?]nce Smith, widow of the founder of the Linn[?]an Society, aged 102; the…

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Death of Mr. John Cox, of Man Goplah

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1877 · page 15

"And when he died the litt[?] children cried in the streets.'We make on apology for placing the grandly applied text of a contemperary's…

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Death of Mr. John Cox. of Mangoplah

Evening News · Tuesday 10 April 1877 · page 2

It is with genuine and deep regret that the intelligence was received in Wagga on Tuesday morning that for John Cox, of Mangoplah, had died suddenly that Express states that the deceased gentleman was in…

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Accidental Death of Mr James Osborne

Evening News · Wednesday 11 April 1877 · page 4

It is with much regret we announce the death, of Mr. James Osborne, which occurred to-day between 11 and 18 o'clock, at the Club. It appears that Mr. Osborne returned to bed last evening in his usual…

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Sad Death of a Young Woman

Evening News · Wednesday 11 April 1877 · page 4

A young woman named Minnie Scarville, alias Rogers, gave herself in custody at the Bathurst police station on Thursday sight last, simply, as she stated, because the was starving, and had no other place of…

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Death of General Changarnier

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 April 1877 · page 26

General Changarnier, the old veteran whose name will go down to posterity connected with his military successes in Algiers, died on the night of 15th Februry, of congestion of the brain, at the…

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Funeral of the Late John Cox, Mangoplah

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 April 1877 · page 16

IT was with deep regret that we had to record last week the death of this noble hoar[?] gentleman, the princely proprioter of Mangolplah. There was nothing left for us to add to the…

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Sodden Death of an Infant

Evening News · Tuesday 17 April 1877 · page 6

The City Coronet, this morning, held an inquest at the Gladstone Hotel, Miller's Point, on the body [?] a newly born infant. Mary Carey, of 15 Clyde-street a married woman, deposed that the deceased was the…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1877 · page 5

Lord George Gordon, Major W. F. Davis, Madras M. S. A.; Lyon, B.C.S.; Hon R. Hely Hutchinson; the Dowager Viscountess Mountmorres; the Hon. Mrs. Bathurst; Lady…

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Funeral of the Hon. E. COHEN. (From the Melbourne A[?].)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1877 · page 7

ON Sunday, the interment of the remains of the Hon. Edward Cohen took place at the Melbourne General Cemetery, in the presence of a numerous assemblage. The concourse which assemble to witness the last obsequies was…

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Death of Mr, James Osborne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 8

ON Wednesday, the 11th inst., the City Coroner held an inquest at the Union Club on the body of Mr. James Osborne. Henry Hill, anting secretary to the Union Club, deposed that deceased was aged between 30 and…

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Germany. Death of a Catholic Poetess

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 7

The death is announced, at Paderborn, of the well-known Catholic poetess, Louisa, Hensel, a sister of the painter (brother-in-law of the composer Mendelssohn Bartholdy), in…

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America. Colonel John O'mahony. Impressive Funeral Procession

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 7

The obsequies of Colonel John O'Mahony in New York, on the 13th Jan., were exceedingly solemn, and marked how deep is the feeling of Irish nationality and how strong…

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The Late Mr. P. P. Bliss. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 April 1877 · page 3

SIR,—With reference to the advertisement appearing in your paper on Saturday last (which has also been sent as a circular to the Sabbath-schools of the city), proposing to raise funds for the benefit of the orphan children of the lamented…

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Death of the Once Famous Female Skipper

Evening News · Monday 30 April 1877 · page 3

The other night, at her residence on Bridge-street, Brooklyn, Mrs. Mary Patton died of heart disease, aged forty-two. Her body, in charge of her son, was conveyed to Boston for burial. Mrs…

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The O'mahony Funeral

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 May 1877 · page 6

The O'Mahony funeral of yesterday was in its general features precisely similar to former "demonstrations" of the same kind, for a demonstration it was meant to be, and not a…

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Death of the Once Famous Female Skipper

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 May 1877 · page 27

The other night, at her residence on Bridgestreet, Brooklyn, Mrs. Mary Patton died of heart disease, aged forty-two. Her body, in charge of her son, was conveyed to Boston for burial. Mrs…

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English and Foreign Extracts. Death of Mr. George Odger

Evening News · Saturday 5 May 1877 · page 5

After a lingering illness Mr. George Odger, the well-known representative working man, died, on March 4. The deceased was a native of Plymouth, and was then in the fifty-seventh year of his age…

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Ireland. O'mahony's Funeral in Ireland the Demonstration in Cork

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 May 1877 · page 5

The people congregated in thousands along the streets, filled windows, doors, and steps. The sidewalks became impassable. The greatest crowd congregated on the South…

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Mortality in a London Convent. Death-rate of 97 Per Cent

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 May 1877 · page 6

Will men ever open their eyes? If they will read the following extract, which we take from the daily papers, they will doubtless, open them to the utmost extent by way of astonishment…

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