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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1879

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The Funeral

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 1

GIBBS, SHALLARD, AND CO., PRINTERS, 108 PITT STREET, SYDNEY…

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Our Supplement. The Pet's Funeral

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 6

THE death of any household pet is, perhaps, one of the earliest real trials of childhood. To cherish a deep affection for a dog, or a cat, or a bird, is the lot of almost every child; and it is really a sore grievance, and sets even thoughtless…

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Scientific, &c. The Death of the Moon

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 128

Although speculative theories respecting a "plurality of worlds," and the vital, intellectual, and religious possibitities it might involve, have long ceased to be regarded as a legitimate province of astronomical science, the physical…

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Death of John Thomas Smith

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1879 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Mr. John Thomas Smith died this morning. He succumbed to a general break up of the system and internal disease. The late Mr. Smith was a native of…

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The Late Mr. J. T. Smith

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1879 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The funeral of the late John Thomas Smith is to take place this afternoon, and will probably be the largest ever seen in the colony. There are a large number of…

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Obituary. Mr. James Mullins

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 18

The news of the death of this esteemed gentlemen on January 22 was received by the community with great regret, and the immense attendance at his funeral, which took place on the 23rd, testified to the genet al…

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The Execution and Funeral of a Canine Thief

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 5

The Equescurriculum is the name of Mr. Coup's new circus in Fourteenth-street, just opposite the Academy of Music, where last evening many spectators were amused by many things, among others…

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Death of Mr. J. G. Raphael

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1879 · page 2

ONE of the most estimable citizens of Sydney has gone to his last account. Mr. Joseph G. Raphael, well known for his connection with philanthropic institution and his unbounded charity, died at his…

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News by the Suez Mail. Death of the Princess Alice

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1879 · page 3

The tolling of the bell of St. Paul's Cathedral announced an event of mournful interest. The 14th of December is a memorable day in the annals of the Royal family. Seventeen years ago…

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Death of an Old Resident

Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1879 · page 2

GOULBURN, Wednesday.—Mrs. Zachariah Hawkins, a resident of the Goulburn district for forty-eight years, and widow of Alderman Hawkins, died on Monday evening at her residence,…

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Death of an Eminent Irish Jesuit

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 6

The Jesuit; Society suffered a severe loss by the death, in Dublin, 10th November, of one of their ablest theologians, the Rev. Father Edmund J. O'Reilly. The deceased…

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Death of Mr. J. G. Raphael

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 13

ONE of the most estimable citizens of Sydney has gone to his last account. Mr. Joseph Gr. Raphael, well known for his connection with philanthropic institutions and his unbounded charity, died at his…

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English and Foreign Extracts. Death of the Princess Alice

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 27

The tolling of the bell of St. Paul's Cathedral announced an event of mournful interest. The 14th of December is a memorable day in the annals of the Royal family. Seventeen years ago…

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America. Death of the Oldest Priest in the United States

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 7

The American Catholic papers announce the death and funeral of the Rev. F. Nicho-las Dominic Young, O.P., " the Apostle of Ohio and the oldest priest in the United…

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Death of Cantain Bennett

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1879 · page 2

COCKTOWN, Monday.—Captain Bennett, late in the employ of the Queensland Lands Department, died suddenly from apoplexy yesterday…

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Death of the Rev. Mr. Chapman

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1879 · page 2

WEST MAITLAND, Monday.—The Rev. Robert Chapman expired at St. Mary's parsonage at a quarter past 7 o'clock. He has been ill for some time, and had obtained twelve months' leave of…

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The late Mr. W. Barker

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 249

Mr. William Barker, solicitor, of Hunter-street, Sydney who died at his residence, Bondi, on Friday morning, the 24th of January, was a colonist of nearly forty years standing. He was a native of Ireland, and came…

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A Funeral Farewell

Sydney Punch · Saturday 15 February 1879 · page 1

UNDER the heading of "Funerals," the following curious advertisement appears in the columns of the Sydney Homing Herald:--FUNERALS. THE FRIENDS of Mr. EDWARD TINSLEY are invited to attend a MEETING,…

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Death of an Old Thespian

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1879 · page 2

Mr. Mark Last King, who died in Melbourne last Friday morning, and who, up to the time of his death, had been for years a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, was well known in Sydney…

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