The Ryerson Index to death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers

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For “Residence” 1974 of John Albert Stiller

STILLER | John Albert | Death notice | 29APR1974 | Death | 73 | late of Matraville | Sydney Morning Herald | 30APR1974

Residence at death. The NSW death index row 3594/1974 gives only district code 001, so this is the only place evidence for the end of his life.

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For “Died” 4 SEP 1975 of Philip Kidd

Philip KIDD | DEAT | 04SEP1975 | 84 | late of Mosman

Ryerson Index row (gen ryerson --surname Kidd --given Philip --state NSW), columns Name | Event | Date | Age | Place. Age 84 gives a birth about 1891, consistent with a 1915 marriage; the birth date on his record is ABT 1891 from this age only.

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For “Born” ABT 1868 of John August Grenenger

John August GRENENGER | DEAT | 19DEC1955 | 87 | late of South Strathfield

Birth year derived from the age in the death notice.

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For “Died” 19 DEC 1955 of John August Grenenger

John August GRENENGER | DEAT | 19DEC1955 | 87 | late of South Strathfield

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For “Died” 30 JAN 1946 of Margaret Sullivan

Margaret GRENENGER | DEAT | 30JAN1946 | 77 | at Croydon

Second Ryerson row: 31JAN1946, late of South Strathfield. Birth c.1869 derived from the age.

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For “Died” 12 NOV 1911 of Wenzel Grenenger

Wenzel GRENENGER | DEAT | 12NOV1911 | 78 | late of Burwood

Birth c.1833 derived from the age. The Braidwood/Burwood Grenengers descend from him. CORRECTION (2026-09-07): the Wenzel Grenenger writing home from Masumba Wa Nkasi and Deda, Central Angoniland, British Central Africa in 1903-06 was NOT this man's son but his nephew - the Braidwood Dispatch of 10 March 1944 has him educated at Braidwood public school and staying in South Africa after the Boer War, and James Ernest Grenenger's 1918 obituary says 'another son is in South Africa'. The Braidwood Dispatch of 8 December 1950 reports the death of 'Mr. W. A. Grenenger, of Nyassaland'. Wenzel's own son Wenzel Edward B (#82915) died an infant in March 1874.

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For “Died” 26 JUN 1879 of Harriet Mary Finch

Harriet Mary Greenwood GRENENGER | DEAT | 26JUN1879 | 34 | late of Enfield Tannery

Ryerson row; the 1873 birth index gives her as 'HARRIET MARY G'. Birth c.1845 derived from the age.

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For “Died” 8 NOV 1969 of Charles Foggon

Charles FOGGON | DEAT | 08NOV1969 | 89

Ryerson index (three rows, same date). Birth c.1880 derived from the age.

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For “Died” 3 NOV 1957 of Edith May Dodkins

Edith May FOGGON | DEAT | 03NOV1957 | 71 | late of Stanmore

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For “Died” 19 JUL 1933 of Jane Sarah Finch

Jane Sarah GRENENGER | DEAT | 19JUL1933 | 79 | at Burwood

Birth c.1854 derived from the age.

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For “Died” 2 MAR 1859 of Mary Cook

Mary SAVILLE | DEAT | 02MAR1859 | 50 | at Lansdowne, Manning River

The Ryerson Index row, quoted in its column order: name, notice type, date, age, locality. Ryerson indexes Australian newspaper death, funeral, probate and obituary NOTICES; the row is the index entry, not the notice text. The date matches the Lansdowne plaque ('HIS WIFE MARY / DIED 2 3 1859') and the cemetery transcription exactly, and the locality names the place of death, which no source read before this one gave. The age of 50 gives a birth about 1809. Quality 2: a newspaper notice is a report of the death, not the registration of it, and the informant is unknown.

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For “Died” 3 NOV 1927 of Julia Collins

Julia SULLIVAN | DEAT | 03NOV1927 | 81 | at Willoughby

Ryerson Index row: surname, notice type, date, age and place as printed in the newspaper notice. The age of 81 is the index's reading of "in her 82nd year".

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For “Buried” 1859 of Mary Cook

Mary SAVILLE | DEAT | 02MAR1859 | 50 | at Lansdowne, Manning River

Cited on the burial as well, because the notice locates the death at Lansdowne, which is where she was buried; the two together are why the burial and the death now carry the same place.

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For “Died” 15 NOV 1960 of Edith May Sullivan

Edith May SULLIVAN | DEAT | 15NOV1960 | late of Enfield

Ryerson Index row: surname, notice type, date and the place as printed in the newspaper notice. Same name in full, same year and the family's own suburb as the NSW registration in the Burwood district, so the two rows are one woman and the day of death is taken from here. Ryerson gives no age, so no birth year is entered.

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For “Residence” 1960 of Edith May Sullivan

Edith May SULLIVAN | DEAT | 15NOV1960 | late of Enfield

Ryerson Index row. "Late of" in a death notice is the residence, not the place of death, which is why this is a residence and the death event carries no place.