Trove Tuesday - Killingworth Farewells

A perusal of family notices in the newspapers at Trove reveals several funeral notices for former Killingworth residents.

Some of these notices are goldmines of family history information.

1898 'Family Notices', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 10 May, p. 8. , viewed 10 Jan 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136501774

1905 'Family Notices', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 15 December, p. 6. , viewed 10 Jan 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136110651

1907 'Family Notices', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 12 October, p. 6. , viewed 10 Jan 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134700706

1921 'Family Notices', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 22 February, p. 6. , viewed 10 Jan 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140034393 'Family Notices', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 22 February, p. 6. , viewed 10 Jan 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140034393

1943 'Family Notices', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 29 July, p. 2. , viewed 10 Jan 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167630974

Trove Tuesday - Robert Samuel Kells

Trove is a wonderful source of genealogical information. The following few articles provide many facts from the life story of Robert Kells.

 Robert Samuel Kells' demise was announced in two short articles in a local newspaper on the same day in 1931.

1931 'MAN DROPS DEAD', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 17 June, p. 7. , viewed 18 Jun 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139624159

1931 'TO-DAY'S NEWS', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 17 June, p. 1. , viewed 18 Jun 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139623917

Several days later, after his funeral, a more lengthy obituary appeared in the same newspaper.

1931 'OBITUARY', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 22 June, p. 2. , viewed 18 Jun 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139636383

Further articles in the Trove Newspaper Collection give us more insights into Robert's life in the Lake Macquarie area..