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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1909

1,609 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 81

OBITUARY. Miss Madge Johnson

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 24

A fatal accident occurred at Katoomba on 13th inst., when Miss Madeline Marion, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Johnson, of "Te Whare," Hume-street, North…

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The Late Mr. Owen Redmond, Bellingen. An Estate of £7000 Unclaimed

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 24

An old pioneer of the Bellinger River, in the person of Mr. Owen Remond, passed away on January 1. He was a native of County Wexford, Ireland, and had almost…

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Death of Mr. John O'brien, Redfern

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 27

Few now survive of the multiple of devoted Irish Catholics attracted to Australia in the stirring days of "the fifties," but the important share which those sturdy…

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Queensland Notes. Brisbane. Death of Speaker Leahy

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 25

The news of the death of the Speaker, Mr. John Leahy, which occurred on "Wednesday nighty 20th inst., spread rapidly throughout the city. The sad event took place at his…

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Death of an Infant. Charge of Murder. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 8

An inquest was concluded yesterday at Geelong on the infant whose head was found under a copper at a house in Candover-street on January [?]. The remaining portions of the…

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Memorial to the Late Mr. T. E. Murphy. a Public Meeting to Be Held

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 24

Few men have succeeded in winning the affection of their fellow citizens to the Same extent as did the late Mr. T. E. Murphy, and there is a generally expressed desire…

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Death of a Famous Missionary. Father Janssen, Founder of the S.V. D.

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 January 1909 · page 19

As briefly announced in our last issue, cable news has been received by the Fathers of the Divine Word (who have charge of the Drummoyne parish) of the death of the…

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Death of Stock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 4

JAMBEROO.—A district dairy farmer lost several cows from an unknown cause. They were all in good condition, and it is supposed they died from eating some poisonous weed…

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Death of M. Coquelin. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 7

The death is announced of M. Benoit Constant Coquelin (Coquelin the elder), the great French actor, aged 67 years. Benoit Constant Coquelin was born at…

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A Big Funeral. 5000 Policemen Witness Comrade's Burial

Evening News · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—The policeman Tyler, who was shot while pursuing Jacob and Hefeld, the Russian, desperadoes, who stuck up the motor car at Tottenham, and seized a bag…

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Death of Captain Henry Webber. an Old Australian Commander

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 6

The friends of Captain Henry Webber, late of the R.M.S. Zealandia, will regret to hear of his sudden death, at the age of 65, the result of a paralytic stroke, which occurred at…

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Death of a Pastoralist

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 9

ARMIDALE. Saturday.—Mr. James L. Mitchell, of Invergowrie station, died this morning, aged 68. Mr. Mitchell had been a resident of this district for over 60 years…

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Death of an Old Policeman

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 5

Ex-Senior-sergeant John Kenny, formerly attached to the metropolitan police, died on Thursday night at his residence, in Rosser-strect, Balmain, at the age of 75 years. He…

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Death of Mr. W. J. Gunther

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 9

The Ven. Archdeacon Gunther, of Parramatta, received a cable this afternoon to the effect that his eldest son, Mr. W. J. Gunther, had died at Cornwall, England, of typhoid…

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The Tottenham Tragedy. Funeral of the Policeman

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 13

LONDON Thursday Afternoon. -- The policeman Tyler, who was shot while pursuing Jacob and Hefeld, the Russian desperadoes who stuck up the motor-car at…

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A Great Merchant. The Late Mr. R. D. Holt

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 5

The death of Mr. R. D. Holt will cause a great deal of sorrow to his innumerable friends, though it has been known for some time that he was stricken so sorely, as never…

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Death of Mr. W. J. Gunther

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 4

The Ven. Archdeacon Gunther of Psarramatta, received a cable message announcing the death of his eldest son, Mr. W. J. Gunther, at Cornwall, England, of typhoid…

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Death of an Old King's School Boy

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 31 January 1909 · page 1

The Ven. Archdeacon Gunther, of Parramatta, received a cable last, night to the effect that his eldest son, Mr. W. J. Gunther, had died at Cornwall, England, of typhoid…

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Late Mr. W. J. W. Gunther

The Australian Star · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 5

St. John's Church, Parramatta, where the Viear-General, the Ven. Archdeacon Gunther, father of the deceased gentleman, is incumbent, was draped yesterday; and at the…

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Death of John Hourigan. Maitland Doctor Arrested

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Dr. John Hamilton Foley (48), of New South Wales, was to-day arrested by Detectives Lonsdale and Britte, on a charge of having inflicted grievous bodily harm…

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