Index of Obituaries

This page contains an index to obituaries from various newspapers. All of the obituaries are for people who are either members of a BURBURY family (or BURBERY or BURBERRY or whatever) or related to such a family in some way.

Note that I am uing the word "obituary" in the sense that I understand it, namly a short article appearing in the body of a newspaper that tells a bit about the life of the deceased. Other people -- but not I -- sometimes use the word to refer to the death notice that appears in the Births, Deaths and Marriages section of a newspaper. But as you can see, I call such things "death notices", not "obituaries".

Note that the current index is only a beginning, and I hope to make considerable additions to it as time and opportunity permits. If you have a copy of an obituary which you would like to have included here, please send me an e-mail message at to let me know, and I'd be happy to add it.


Index to Obituaries
Code ID Name YOB--YOD Source

KEN 01426 BOURNE, Frederick Chalmers (Sir) (1835--1926) The Times newspaper
WOL 08456 BRONAUGH, Anna (1873--1948) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
SUR 08403 BURBERRY, Clyde P. (1861--1938) From a clipping provided by Keith Burberry
SUR 08180 BURBERRY, David (1821--1903) From a clipping provided by Keith Burberry
SUR 10049 BURBERRY, Fred (1874--1946) From a transcript provided by Veronica Dilworth

SUR 06818 BURBERRY, John (1816--1889) From a clipping provided by Keith Burberry
SUR 08052 BURBERRY, Thomas (1835--1926) Data provided by Frances Hithe
WOL 03420 BURBERY, Elizabeth (1839--1927) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 10471 BURBERY, Lillian (1877--1970) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 10470 BURBERY, Thomas H. (1876--1951) The Seneca Courier-Tribune

WOL 03419 BURBERY, Thomas James (1841--1894) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 10469 BURBERY, William (1873--1956) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
SUR 08031 BURBERY, William Robert (1859--1934) Data provided by Michael Burbery
COV 00152 BURBURY, Alan Cecil (1894--1919) The Weekly Courier newspaper
COV 00113 BURBURY, Alfred William (1865--1944) The Mercury newspaper

COV 00673 BURBURY, Algar William (1901--1964) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00114 BURBURY, Arthur Henry (1860--1926) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00116 BURBURY, Charles (1861--1946) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00130 BURBURY, Douglas William (1885--1935) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00170 BURBURY, Francis Edward (1866--1955) The Examiner newspaper

COV 00118 BURBURY, Frederick (1861--1956) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00670 BURBURY, Geoffrey Charles (1903--1964) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00121 BURBURY, Gerald (1873--1934) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00105 BURBURY, Henry (1838--1930) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00675 BURBURY, John Vaughan (1903--1974) The Mercury newspaper

COV 00124 BURBURY, Leslie Douglas (1878--1952) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00136 BURBURY, Lewis Arthur (1889--1972) The Examiner newspaper
COV 00131 BURBURY, Malcolm Robert (1888--1947) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00132 BURBURY, Neil McKay (1897--1967) The Mercury newspaper
KEN 00089 BURBURY, Samuel Hawksley (1831--1911) The Times newspaper

COV 00386 BURBURY, Stanley Charles (Sir) (1909--1995) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00120 BURBURY, Sydney (1871--1938) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00058 BURBURY, Thomas (1809--1870) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00112 BURBURY, Thomas James (1858--1931) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00104 BURBURY, William (1836--1905) The Mercury newspaper

SUR 08223 BURSON, Orena (1890--1919) Data provided by Cathy Harris Marasco
COV 00352 CLARE, George W.B. (????--1944) The Examiner newspaper
COV 00672 DARLING, Gordon Joseph (1894--1959) The Mercury newspaper
COV 01297 EXTON, Charles Edward (1871--1934) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00107 EXTON, William (1826--1934) The Daily Telegraph newspaper

COV 01296 FISHER, Ethel Eliza (1869--1943) The Mercury newspaper
KEN 02311 FORBES, John R., FRCP (1912--2003) GKT Gazette
COV 02117 GEARD, Ashton Samuel (1897--1979) The Mercury newspaper
WOL 09688 GRIFFITHS, Ambrose (1864--1923) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 09689 GRIFFITHS, Archer (1867--1931) The Seneca Courier-Tribune

WOL 10525 GRIFFITHS, Clayton (1895--1940) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 10502 GRIFFITHS, Gertrude (1874--1951) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 10506 GRIFFITHS, Gilbert (1897--1980) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 03402 GRIFFITHS, Helena (1839--1904) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 03403 GRIFFITHS, John (1838--1918) The Seneca Courier-Tribune

WOL 03441 GRIFFITHS, Walter J. (1869--1944) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 10508 GRIFFITHS, Walter J., Jr (1907--1964) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 10514 HAY, Clarence (1885--1953) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 09687 HAY, Isabella (1860--1931) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
COV 00188 HEADLAM, Anthony Richard (1876--1949) The Mercury newspaper

COV 00399 HOAD, Lewis Alan (1934--1994) The Australian newspaper
COV 00411 HOOD, Kenneth Robin (1890--1944) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00150 HOOD, W. Percy (1862--1959) The Mercury newspaper
COV 02024 ISLES, Gertrude Christina (1895--1959) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00122 LESTER, Emily Gertrude (1875--1942) ???

COV 00667 LESTER, Eric William (1897--1974) The Mercury newspaper
COV 00143 LESTER, Jessie Louise (1897--1944) The Mercury newspaper
COV 02126 MUNNINGS, Ronald Keith (1920--1952) The Mercury newspaper
WOL 10527 NASH, Grace (d. 1943) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 10466 SHAY, Ena (1868--1915) The Seneca Courier-Tribune

WOL 10541 SHUMAKER, Dolores (1935--1993) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
SUR 08224 WEEKS, Seth B. (????--1917) Data provided by Cathy Harris Marasco
WOL 10511 WILEY, Derrold H. (1925--1956) The Seneca Courier-Tribune
WOL 10503 WILEY, Helen (1903--1941) The Seneca Courier-Tribune

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