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Obituaries & funerals, 1880

406 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 21

Death of Jules Fare

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1880 · page 2

LONDON, January 20, 5.40 p.m.—M. Jules Faire, the negotiator of the peace of Versailles, died to-day, aged 71 years. [Gabriel Claude Jules Favre, a French statesman…

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The Death of Miss Brown

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1880 · page 2

Intelligence was brought to town at an early hour yesterday morning (says the BRAIDWOOD DISPATCH of January 24) that Miss Brown, daughter of Mr. S. C. Brown, M.L.A., of Newtown, who had been…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1880 · page 7

MR. D. NICHOL.—This gentelman died on January 21. Mr. D. Nichol was late resident partner of the well-known firm of Cowan and Company. Mr. Nichol was the son of a Scottish farmer in Strathmore, and was the last of several…

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Obituary

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 15

BERNARD AUSTIN FREEHILL.—It is our very painful duty to chronicle the death of Mr. B. A. Freehill, which took place on Monday, the 26th instant, at the deceased gentleman's late residence,…

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Obituary. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 5

Mr. John Looke, member of Parliament for Southwark…

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Obituary. London, January 29

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 5

John Locke, member of Parliament for Southwark, is dead…

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Latest Telegrams. Sudden Death of a Solicitor

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 4

"WELLINGTON, Friday.—Mr. Richard Johnson, solicitor, of Wellington, died this morning while sitting in his chair. Mr. Johnson was well known in Sydney and the Western district, and…

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Death of an Aboriginal Child

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 2

About 3 o'clock this morning a female child, about five months old, daughter of Thomas Sims, a half-caste, and Jane Sims, an aboriginal, was found dead in the bush between Double Bay and Rose Bay, in…

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Death of a Newspaper Proprietress

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 3

Mrs. D. G. Jones, proprietress of the PASTOBAL TIMES—one of the most respectable country journals of New South Wales—died on Monday last. The deceased lady was the widow of the late Mr.D.G…

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Death of the Duke of Portland

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1880 · page 4

The fifth Dulse of Portland died in his year on Saturday, 6th December. The public know nothing more of him than that he had vast estates, was enormously wealthy, was extremely eccentric, and…

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Death of Mr. R. H. M. Forster

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1880 · page 2

It is with regret we announce the death of Mr. Robert Honry Mariner Forster, one of the oldest and most intelligent legal practitioners at the polios courts. For sometime past he has been confined…

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Death of the Racehorse Palmyra

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The racing filly Palmyra, the property of the Hon. James White, while exercising on the training ground at Flemington yesterday overreached herself and broke…

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The Death of the Rev. G. C. Bode

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1880 · page 2

With great regret we announce the death of the Rev. G. C. Rode, incumbent of St. Thomas's Church, St. Leonards. For five years Mr. Bode has worthily followed in the footsteps of the Rev. W. B. Clarke,…

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The Late Mr. R. H. M. Forster

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1880 · page 3

Mr. Robert Henry Muricer Forster, who died on last Monday, was born on January 11. 1818, on board the ship "Mariner," when within three days sail of Corfu, one of the Ionian Islands in the…

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OBITUARY. Inverell

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 15

Father Davis departed this life on Monday, the 2nd of February. The interment took place on Wednesday. The Bishop of Armidale and Revs. O'Connor and Kelly were present, and an immense…

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Obituary. London, Jan. 29

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 270

Mr. John Locke, member of Parliament for Southwark. LONDON, JAN. 31. The Marquis of Anglesey…

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Obituary. Mr. James Hobbs

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 17

Mr. James Hobbs, who died at his residence in Octavia-street, St. Kilda near Melbourne, on Thursday last, aged 88 years, may be said to have seen the birth of the seven great contres of civilization now…

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Coroner's Court. Suspicious Death of a Child

Evening News · Wednesday 11 February 1880 · page 3

The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday afternoon at the Benevolent Asylum, on Mary Jane, the infant daughter of Mary Nolan. From the evidence of Mrs. Eliza Etrio, the matron of the asylam, it appeared…

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Obituary

Evening News · Thursday 12 February 1880 · page 2

LONDON, February 10—M. Isaac Adolphe Cremieux, a vertorn French politician and lawyer, is dead. (The following is form "Mes of the Time"—…

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