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Obituaries & funerals, 1891

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Death of a Cricketer

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, February 27.—E. Barratt, the well-known Surrey cricketer, is dead. [Barratt, who played for Surrey as a professional, was born April 21, 1844. He bowled very…

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Death of an M.P.

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, March 1.—The death, is announced of Mr. George Kynock, member of the House of Commoms for Aston Manor, of Staffordshire. He was head of…

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Obituary. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

Mr. George Kynoch, member of the House of Commons for Aston Manor, is dead…

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Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondents.) Death of a Cricketer. London, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

Barratt, the well-known Surrey cricketer, is dead. [E. Barratt was born 1845, and played for Surrey as a professional. He was in his prime when the first…

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Reported Death of Sir Joseph Bazalgette. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1891 · page 5

The death is announced of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the eminent engineer, and the designer of the north side of the Thames embankment…

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The Centenary of the Death of John Wesley. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1891 · page 5

In the various Wesleyan churches throughout the district interesting services were conducted yesterday by the Revs. W. H. George and Joseph Bryant in connection with the centenary of the death of John…

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Death of Mrs. J. T. Toohey

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 March 1891 · page 8

A LARGE and numerous circle of people of every' class will hear to-day with feelings of intense regret of the death of Mrs. J. T. Toohey wife of Mr. John T. Toohey which…

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Funeral

The Australian Star · Friday 6 March 1891 · page 5

LAMBTON, Friday.-- Yesterday witnessed a most solemn appearance in Elder-street on the occasion of the funeral of John Doyle. The Australian Holy Catholic Guild, St…

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The Late Mrs. Toohey

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 5

THE great attendance of the clergy and laity at the obsequies of the late Mrs. John Toohey testified to the affectionate regard in which the amiable and generous-hearted…

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Obituary

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 12

LONDON, March. 1.—The death ia announced of Mr. George Kynoch, member of the House of Oommoms for Aston Manor, of Staffordshire. He was head of…

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Death of Mrs. John Toohey

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 15

MRS. John Toohey died on Wednesday at Burwood. A Requiem will take place at St. Mary's Cathedral at 10 thiB (Friday) morning, and the funeral will leave St. Mary's for Rookwood at 2.30…

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Death of Mrs. Bianconi. the Widow of Bianconi of the Mail Coaches

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 March 1891 · page 7

The Irish press records the death, on the 16th January, of Mrs. Branconi ([?]e Haye[?]), of Long field, Cashel, county Tipperary. The daceased lady, whose father was one of the we[?]lthiest…

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Death of a Prominent Fenian

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, March 7.—The death is announced of John Walsh, who was a prominent member of the Fenian party…

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Sudden Death of a Boy

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 6

At the Prince Alfred Hospital, on Saturday night, a boy named Thomas Brown died suddenly. The boy was usually of delicate health, and about noon on Saturday he began vomiting. His…

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Obituary. London, March 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 7

The death is announced of John Walsh, who was a prominent member of the Fenian party…

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Death of a Fenian. London, March 8

The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1891 · page 5

Edward Welsh, the Fenian, who was released from prison some years ago on the grouting of an amnesty to political prisoners, and who left for America, has died in the…

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Death of a Fenian

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--Edward Welsh, the Fenian, who was released from prison some time ago, has died in America…

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The Death of a Banker

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 4

LONDON, March 9.—A Coroner's inquiry was held into the cause of the death of Mr. Robert Antrobus, junior partner in the well known banking firm of Messrs. Coutts…

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Peculiar Death of a Woman

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 4

Caroline Blaydes, 35, a married woman, died at the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday morning. She recently resided at No. 4 Agnerterrace, Edinborough road, Marrickville and…

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The Death of a London Banker. London, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1891 · page 5

An inquest was held touching the death of Mr. Robert Antrobus, a junior partner in the firm of Messrs. Coutts and Co., bankers, No. 59 the Strand, who was…

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