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

Halloween Celebrations

Articles found at Trove indicate that, in yesteryear, Halloween was celebrated in several places areound our Lake. No evidence of Trick or Treating was unearthed!!!

1954 'IN BRIEF', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 13 October, p. 7. , viewed 26 Oct 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134092229

1949 'Halloween Party At Teralba', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 3 November, p. 4. , viewed 26 Oct 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134180687

1939 'WEST WALLSEND', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 4 November, p. 15. , viewed 26 Oct 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135452062

1952 'Women's News In Brief', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), 7 November, p. 5. , viewed 26 Oct 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133565081

1940 'HELPING WAR EFFORT', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 1 November, p. 5. , viewed 26 Oct 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167528808