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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1884

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The late Mr. A. Macdonald, M.P.

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1884 · page 1

The ceremony of unveiling a statue to the late Mr Alexander Macdonald, M.P., took place at Durham recently, Mr Thomas Burt, M.P, performing the ceremony in the presence of an immense crowd of…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 February 1884 · page 9

LONDON, January 27.—The death is announced, at the age of 72, of th e Right Hon. Fran cis Hugh George Seymour, Marquis of Hertford…

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Sudden Death of a Child

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1884 · page 5

It was reported to the city coroner yesterday that a child about three months old, named Edward M'Keon, son of Joseph M'Keon, Mort-street, Balmain, had been found dead in its bed. It appears that at…

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Obituary. the Late Hon. John Blaxland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 February 1884 · page 16

THE death is announced of a very old colonist, the Hon. John Blaxland, who for many years was engasred in morcantile pursuits, and by that means was enabled to retire from business and live…

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Death of the Hon. J. G. Francis. Melbourne, Jan. 25

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1884 · page 207

The Hon. J. G. Francis, who has been ailing for a long time past, died at Queenscliff to-day. He was 65 years of age, and had occupied for many years a very important place in the politics of the colony. He was…

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Masonic Funeral

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1884 · page 3

The Freemasons of Sydney, holding allegiance to the Grand Lodge of New South Wales, turned out in force yesterday (Sunday) to pay the last sad offices of respect to the memory of Bro, Richard Chandler,…

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Death of Lady Deas-Thomson

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1884 · page 3

Yesterday Lady Deas-Thomson, the relict of the late Sir Edward Deas-Thomson, died at her residence, Burham. The deceased lady was 77 years of age, and the second daughter of Sir Richard Bourke, formerly Governor of the colony…

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Death of M. Rouher

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 5

Paris, February 4.--The death is announced in his 70th year of M. Eugene Rouher, the well known Bonapartist statesman…

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Death of Wendell Phillips

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 5

London, February 4.--The death is announced of Wendell Phillips, from pectoris angina…

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Death of Wendell Phillips

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 5
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New York, February 3.--Wendell Phillips, the American orator, died to-day, aged 73. He took a prominent part for many years in advocating the abolition of slavery in the United…

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Death of Wendell Phillips

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 5

New York, February 3.--Wendell Phillips, the American orator, died to-day, aged 73. He took a prominent part for many years in advocating the abolition of slavery in the United…

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Death of M. Rouher

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 5

Paris. February 4.--The death is announced in his 70th year of M. Eugene Rouher, the well known Bonapartist statesman…

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Death of M. Rouher

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 5

London, February 4.--M. Rouher, the French statesman, died in Paris yesterday from paralysis, and will be buried on Thursday…

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Death of Wendell Phillips

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 5

London, February 4.--The death is announced of Wendell Phillips, from pectoris angina…

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Death of M. Rouher

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 5

London, February 4.--M. Rouher, the French statesman, died in Paris yesterday, from paralysis, and will be buried on Thursday…

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Death of M. Eugene Rouher

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 2

PARIS, February 4.—The death of M. Eugene Rouher, a well-known Bonapartist statesman, is announced. He was in his 70th year…

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Death of W. S. Hayward

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 2

LONDON, February 4.—The death is announced of Mr. W. S. Hayward, the well-known novelist…

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Death of M. Eugene Rouher. Paris, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 7

The death of M. Eugene Rouher, a well-known Bonapartist statesman, is announced. He was in his 70th year…

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Death of Wendell Phillips. New York, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1884 · page 7

Wendell Phillips died to-day, aged 73. Mr. Phillips took a prominent part for many years in advocating the abolition of slavery in the United States…

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