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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1900

2,172 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 109

The Late Mr. J. I. Flanagan

The Catholic Press · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 11

In the death of Mr. John W. Flanagan, not only Catholics, of which body he was a grand representative, but the whole community loses one of those men whose like is…

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The Late Mr. Patrick Freehill. A Distinguished Citizen

The Catholic Press · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 11

Mr. Patrick Frechill, the lather of Mr. F. B. Freehill (Consul for Spain), died on Saturday, at the age of 82. He had been ill only for a few days. He passed…

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The Late Mr. C. V. P. B. Dalley

The Catholic Press · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 12

The remains of the late Mr. C. V. P. B, Dailey, which were sent out from England by the desire of his relatives for interment beside his late father, the Right Hon, W. B…

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Death of Lady Margaret Howard

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 6

The death of Lady Margaret Howard, sister of the Duke of Norfolk, is deeply deplored by all who are intimate with the deceased lady's unbounded benevolence. In the charitable distribution of her…

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Swaziland. Death of the Queen

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 5

LONDON, January 5, 3.36 p.m.—The Queen of Swaziland is dead. The late King's brother, Necoco, is terrorising the natives, whom he is freely massacring…

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Funeral of the Rev. S. Wilkinson

The Methodist · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 2

Amongst many sad processions at Rookwood Cemetery on the 26th ult., one which had especial distinction was the funeral escort of the late Rev…

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Death of Sir J. Pag[?]t

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 15

LONDON, January 1.—The death is announced of Sir James Paget, Bart., F.R.S., ex-President of the Royal College of Surgeons, in his 86th year…

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Death of the Rev. Samuel Wilkinson

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 38
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

The veteran Wesleyan minister, Samuel Wilkinson, a pioneer clergyman of Australia, and the Wesleyan chaplain to the military and naval forces in New South Wales, died at his late…

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Obituary. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 9

The death is announced of the Hon. John Foster Vesey Fitzgerald, formerly Colonial Secretary of Victoria, aged 81…

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Obituary. A Morning Thought

The Methodist · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 5

What if some morning, when the stars were paling And the dawn whitened, and the east was clear,…

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Obituary. Mr. Patrick Larkin

The Catholic Press · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 13

Another respected and regretted member of ther St. Benedict's branch of the A.H.C. Guild (the late Mr. Patrick Larkin) died at the ago of[?]. on the first day of the New…

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Death of Mr. J. F. V. Fitzgerald

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 4

LONDON, January 5.—The death is announced of the Hon. John Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald, formerly Colonial Secretary of Victoria, aged 81.(The late Hon. John Foster Vesey Fitzgerald—…

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Death of the Hon. J. Martin, M.L.C.

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 38

The Hon. James Martin, M.L.C., died at his residence, Gawler, on the 27th ultimo, in his 79th year. The veteran colonist had been unwell for some weeks past with…

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Obituary. the Late Charles Vincent Patrick Bede Dalley

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 18

IT is but a few weeks since the sad news was cabled here of the death in the heyday of his youth of Charles Vincent Patrick Bede (youngest son of the late Right Hon. W. B. Dalley, P.C., QC.)…

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Death Of- a Famous Aeronaut

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--Mr. Henry Tracey Cox- well, the famous aeronaut, has died at the ago of 70. Mr. Coxwell was the grandson of a clergyman,…

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Swaziland. Death of the Queen

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 6

LONDON, January 5, 3.36 p.m.—The Queen of Swaziland is dead. The late King's brother, Necoco, is terrorising the natives, whom he is freely massacring…

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Obituary. London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1900 · page 7

The death is announced of Mr. Henry Coxwell, the aeronaut. It is over 50 years since Mr. Coxwell made his first balloon ascent. His first balloon was the…

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Funeral of the Late Mr. Varley

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mr. Will lam Varley, of Ashtonville, Rockwood, who had been a resident of the colony for 48 years, took place on Saturday afternoon. The body was interred in…

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Death of Mr. W. Varley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 3

Another old resident of the colony in the person of Mr. William Varley, son., of Ashtonville, Rookwood, passed away last week. The funeral, which took place on Saturday afternoon, was largely…

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