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Alexander McIntyre Fyfe (1832–1863)

FYFE. —Suddenly, of cholera, on board the Sea Horse Floating Hotel, in the harbour of Shanghai, China on the 3rd of July last aged 31 years, Mr. Alexander McIntyre Fyfe, eldest son of Mr. John Fyfe, engineer, Kent-street, Sydney, leaving a sorrowing family and numerous friends to bewail there loss.

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'Fyfe, Alexander McIntyre (1832–1863)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fyfe-alexander-mcintyre-13842/text24703, accessed 17 September 2024.

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Birth

16 May, 1832
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death

3 July, 1863 (aged 31)
Shanghai, China

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