Kippax, William Henry (known as Henry)

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Unique IDPE-002386SurnameKippaxGiven namesWilliam Henry known as HenryBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1898-1901Biographical noteBiographical details:
Son of Alderman William Kippax

NSW BDMs Registry: Death KIPPAX WILLIAM H 7788/1901 [parents] WILLIAM registered at SYDNEY

Death Notice: KIPPAX-July 12,1901, William Henry Kippax, eldest son of William Kippax, of Springwood, aged 45 (suddenly). [ref: SMH 16 July 1901 p1]

News articles: [ref: The Daily Telegraph 13 July 1901 p11]; [ref: SMH 13 July 1901]; [ref: The Australian Star 13 July 1901]; [ref: Evening News 16 July 1901 pp4&6]

DIED IN A FIT. Whilst walking along George-street shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a married man named Henry Kippax, lately residing in Humphrey-street, Botany, fell down in a fit. He was carried Into a shop, and efforts were made to bring him round, hut without success. In the meantime the Australian Ambulance Brigade were sent for, and upon the arrival of a litter the man was taken to the Sydney Hospital, where life was pronounced to be extinct. The body was then conveyed to the North Morgue, and an inquiry will be held this morning. The deceased, who was about 45 years of age, leaves a wife and four children. [ref: The Daily Telegraph 13 July 1901 p11]

In the case of the man Henry Kippax, who died in a fit in George-street on Friday afternoon, an inquest has been dispensed with, a post-mortem having disclosed the fact that death was due to natural causes. [ref: Evening News 15 July 1901 p4]

Details from contemporary sources:
1898 Appointment by Mayor - July [ref: 26/300/1442]
1899 Hours and position - July [ref: 26/309/1729]
1900 Illness - May [ref: 1900/1968]
1900 Increase granted - November [ref: 1900/3835]
1899 Ald Kippax re son working in basement of Markets - caught cold - request he be moved upstairs - March [ref: 26/306/614]
1900 Referred to - August [indexed as 2922/1900] [ref: 1900/2922]
1901 Death reported by CS - July [ref: 1901/1962]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-002394

Relationships

CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionCleaner [Corporation Assets and Stores Department]Labourer [department not identified]Night Watchman [department not identified]Sweeper [department not identified]Related itemsMemorandum - Mayor appointing various staff at Queen Victoria Market Building (QVB), 1898Memorandum: Mayor to TC. Sweepers, Jones and Miners at Q V Mkts to receive one week's notice from date.

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Kippax, William Henry (known as Henry)