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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1884

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Death of the Duke of Albany. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Albany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 May 1884 · page 5

The P. and O. Company's B.M.S. Parramatta, which, arrived to-day from Colombo, brings the following detailed account of the death of the Duke of Albany:—…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 11

LONDON, May 6.—The Dowager Empress of Austria is dead…

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Prince Leopold's Funeral

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 9

LONDON, April 5. -- The Duchess of Albany this morning visited the memorial chapel where the body of her husband was resting, and remained a short time alone with the dead. The funeral…

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Death of Madame Anna Bishop

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 880

The death of Madame Anna Bishop was recently announced in a telegram from New York. She was (says the Times) an English vocalist of world-wide celebrity in her day, though almost forgotten by the present generation…

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Death of Mr. Lawrence Drew

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 22

MR. Drew, of Merryton, Scotland, med a few weeks ago. The removal of such a representative man (says the Glasgow HERALD) creates a blank not readily filled. At the Glasgow show his horse Prince…

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Death of Mr. Montague Leavy

Evening News · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 4

Mr. Montague Levey, a very old resident of Sydney, died at his residence, Wynyard-square, last night, between 11 and 12 o'clock. Mr. Levey had not been in very robust health of late, and within the…

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The late Mr Montague Levey

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 May 1884 · page 1

Yesterday afternoon the mortal remains of the late Mr Montague Levey were interred at the Necropolis, Rookwood. The funeral cortege, which was nearly a quarter of a mile in length,…

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Death of Mr. W. R. Mortlock

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 May 1884 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Mr W. R. Mortlock, a very old colonist, prominent pastoralist, and who formerly represented the district of Flinders in Parliament, died on Saturday. He was rejected…

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Death of Midhat Pasha

Evening News · Tuesday 13 May 1884 · page 2

LONDON, May 12.—The death is announced, at the age of 62, of Midhat Pasha, formerly Turkish Grand Vizier…

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Reuter's Messages. Death of Midhat Pases

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1884 · page 5

London, May 12. -- The death is announced, at the age of 62, of Midhat Pasha, formerly Turkish Grand Vizier. Midhat Pasha was born at Constantinople, and…

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Death of Midhat Pasha. London, May 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 May 1884 · page 7

The death is announced, at the age of 62, of Midhat Pasha, formerly Turkish Grand Vizier…

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The Death of Prince Leopold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 May 1884 · page 5

The Mayor of Sydney has reciv[?]d the following letter Loin the Agent-General: -- "5, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, S.W., 4th April, 1884, Sir, -- I have the honour to acknowledge the…

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Death of an Old Inhabitant

Evening News · Thursday 15 May 1884 · page 3

Mr. Francis Cunninghame, the well-known printer of this city, died last night at his residence, the Poplars, Globe Point, aged 70. The deceased had been ailing for the past 18 months, and during the last…

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Death of Mr. V. W. Giblin

Evening News · Thursday 15 May 1884 · page 2

We regret to have to announce the death of Mr. Vincent Wanostrocht Giblin, the general manager of the Australian Joint Stook Bank in this city, who died at his residence at North Shore this morning…

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The Late Mr. V. W. Giblin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 May 1884 · page 5

We regret to have to announce the death of Mr. Vincent Wanostrocht Giblin, late manager of the Australian Joint Stock Bank in this city. The deceased gentleman, 16 years ago, was selected by the directors of the bank to fill this…

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Death of Mr Francis Cunninghams

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 May 1884 · page 1

Sydney has lost one of its oldest inhabitants in the person of Mr Francis Cunninghame, who died at his house, the Poplars, Glebe Point, after a long illness on Monday night. Mr Cunninghame has watched…

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Death of Mr. V. W. Giblin

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 May 1884 · page 1

We have to announce the death of Mr Vincent Wanestrecht Giblin, who died yesterday morning at 9 o'clock. The deceased has been for many years a prominent figure in commercial circles, his high…

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Death of a Centenarian

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 May 1884 · page 7

Hugh Featherstone, whose death at the age of 108 years and then months, was chronicled in our columns last week (says the San Francisco Monitor), was a native of the…

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Funeral of an Eccentric Female

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 May 1884 · page 30

RECENTLY the funeral of Mrs. Healy, an eccentric old woman well known in the neighbourhood of Finchley as the keeper of a fruit stall, took place at the Finchley cemetery. The deceased, who was said…

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Death of Mr. V. W. Giblin

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 May 1884 · page 15

WE regret to have to announce the death of Mr. Vincent Wanostrocht Giblin, the general manager of the Australian Joint Stock Bank in this city, who died at his rosidenoa at North Shore on Thursday…

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