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Mary MEIZNER (1868 - 1942)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Miss J. DRINKWATER Margaret Louisa DRINKWATER (1889 - 1972) Emily DRINKWATER (1891 - ) Charles William DRINKWATER (1893 - 1966) Richard John DRINKWATER (1895 - 1984) Alice Elizabeth DRINKWATER (1897 - 1986) Frederick Alla DRINKWATER (1898 - 1982) Ellen Maud DRINKWATER (1900 - 1974) Hilda Mary DRINKWATER (1904 - ) Agnes Beatrice DRINKWATER (1907 - 1992)	Mary MEIZNER (1868 - 1942) + Robert William DRINKWATER (1850 - 1934)	Carl Ludwig MEIZNER (1834 - 1909)	Gottfried MEIZNER
			Anna Christina WERNICKE
		Ernestina (Christina) JAHN (1837 - 1936)

b. 1868 at Bowen, Queensland, Australia

m. 1885 Robert William DRINKWATER (1850 - 1934) at Queensland, Australia

d. 1942 at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia aged 74

Near Relatives of Mary MEIZNER (1868 - 1942)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Gottfried MEIZNER
Grandmother	Anna Christina WERNICKE
Father	Carl Ludwig MEIZNER	1834	Brandenburg, Germany	1909	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	75
Mother	Ernestina (Christina) JAHN	1837	Neuendorf, Brandenberg, Germany	1936	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	99
Self	Mary MEIZNER	1868	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1942	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	74
Husband	Robert William DRINKWATER	1850	Cley, Norfolk, England	1934	Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	84
Daughter	Miss J. DRINKWATER
Daughter	Margaret Louisa DRINKWATER	1889	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1972	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	83
Daughter	Emily DRINKWATER	1891	Queensland, Australia
Son	Charles William DRINKWATER	1893	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1966	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	73
Son	Richard John DRINKWATER	1895	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1984	Queensland, Australia	89
Daughter	Alice Elizabeth DRINKWATER	1897	Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1986	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	89
Son	Frederick Alla DRINKWATER	1898	Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1982	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	84
Daughter	Ellen Maud DRINKWATER	1900	Queensland, Australia	1974	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	74
Daughter	Hilda Mary DRINKWATER	1904	Queensland, Australia
Daughter	Agnes Beatrice DRINKWATER	1907	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1992	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	85
Brother	Gustav (Theodor) Carl MEIZNER	1860	Prussia	1862	At sea - on the "La Rochelle"	2
Brother	Carl (Charles) Ludwig MEIZNER	1862	Germany	1921	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	59
Sister	Annie MEIZNER	1865	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1933	Queensland, Australia	68
Brother	Gustave MEIZNER	1866	Queensland, Australia	1867	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1
Brother	Frederick MEIZNER	1873	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1962	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	89
Sister	Emily MEIZNER	1875	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1946	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	71
Sister	Louisa Augusta Louisa MEIZNER	1878	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1958	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	80
Sister	Christina (Elvina) MEIZNER	1882	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1971	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	89
Son in Law	William PIDGEON	1868	Ireland	1914	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	46
Son in Law	Arthur Roland CHAUNTER	1892	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1958	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	66
Son in Law	Robert James GRAHAM
Daughter in Law	Celia Fredericka HINSCHEN	1900	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1927	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	27
Son in Law	Thomas Henry STAFFORD	1887	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1963	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	76
Daughter in Law	Grace Catherine Ann ROWE	1913	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	2000	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	87
Son in Law	Edmund Thomas Walter SIMPSON	1885	Nebo, Queensland, Australia	1964	Collinsville, Queensland, Australia	79
Son in Law	Joseph ROGERS
Son in Law	John Chisholm MORRIS	1902	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1972	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	70
Nephew	Henry Gustav (MENZIES) MEIZNER	1884	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1930	Queensland, Australia	46
Nephew	John Charles MEIZNER	1889	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1946	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	57
Niece	Elizabeth Annie DARWEN	1884	Queensland, Australia	1945	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	61
Nephew	Albert Charles (Sonny) DARWEN	1885	Queensland, Australia	1955	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	70
Niece	Alice Mary DARWEN	1887	Queensland, Australia	1968	Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia	81
Nephew	Arthur James DARWEN	1889	Queensland, Australia	1949	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	60
Nephew	John Henry DARWEN	1891	Queensland, Australia	1968	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	77
Nephew	William DARWEN	1893	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1974	New South Wales, Australia	81
Niece	Ethel May DARWEN	1895	Queensland, Australia	1896	Queensland, Australia	1
Niece	Winnifred DARWEN	1901	Queensland, Australia	1901	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	James Frederick MEIZNER	1897	Queensland, Australia	1935	Queensland, Australia	38
Niece	Daisy Mary Margaret MEIZNER	1900	Queensland, Australia	1966	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	66
Niece	Lillian Jane MEIZNER	1904	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Elsie Violey May MEIZNER	1907	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	2012	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	105
Niece	Jessie Myrtle MEIZNER	1909	Queensland, Australia	1990	Tamworth, NSW, Australia	81
Niece	Florence Lila MEIZNER	1912	Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Stan HINSCHEN
Nephew	Edward Charles HINSCHEN	1897	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1955	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	58
Nephew	Richard John HINSCHEN	1898	Queensland, Australia	1953	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	55
Niece	Margaret Ellen HINSCHEN	1900	Queensland, Australia	1953	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	53
Nephew	Frederick Ernest HINSCHEN	1903	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1953	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	50
Nephew	Arthur Quentin HINSCHEN	1904	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1944	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	40
Nephew	Walter Henry HINSCHEN	1906	Strathdickie, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1954	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	48
Nephew	Norman Cecil HINSCHEN	1908	Queensland, Australia	1979	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	71
Niece	Ethel Rowena HINSCHEN	1910	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	2000	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	90
Nephew	Harold Vincent HINSCHEN	1914	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1953	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	39
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Annie Christina MOHR	1897	Queensland, Australia	1897	Queesnland, Australia	0
Nephew	Frederick Charles MOHR	1900	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Florence Louisa MOHR	1902	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1987	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	85
Nephew	William James DAYES	1906	Queensland, Australia	1982	Queensland, Australia	76
Nephew	George James DAYES	1907	Queensland, Australia	1949	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	42
Nephew	Walter James DAYES	1908	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Louis (Lewis) James DAYES	1909	Forsayth, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Frederick James DAYES	1911	Mt Carbine, Queensland, Australia	1974	Queensland, Australia	63
Nephew	Arthur James DAYES	1913	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Francis (Frank) James DAYES	1914	Einasleigh, Queensland, Australia	1984	Dalby, Queensland, Australia	70
Nephew	Alfred James DAYES	1918	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Norman James DAYES	1919	Queensland, Australia
Niece	Elizabeth Julia MEIZNER	1901	Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Richard William MEIZNER	1903	Queensland, Australia	1981	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	78
Nephew	James Edward BOYD	1905	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1953	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	48
Niece	Mary Agnes BOYD	1908	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	abt 1995	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	87
Nephew	Harry Gottfried DYNE	1913	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1998	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	85
Nephew	Victor Charles DYNE	1917	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1917	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	Leslie David DYNE	1918	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	2005	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	87
Nephew	David DYNE	1921	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1921	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	0
Sister in Law	Christina GUSTAVSON	1863	Norway	1945	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	82
Brother in Law	Albert DARWEN	1859	Walton, Lancashire, England	1896	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	37
Brother in Law	John Charles GALL	1875	Innerleithan, Scotland	1964	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	89
Sister in Law	Margaret "Daisy" CAMPBELL	1873	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1959	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	86
Brother in Law	John Henry HINSCHEN	1871	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1926	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	55
Brother in Law	Charles Rudolph MOHR			1927	Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	George James DAYES	1880	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1930	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	50
Brother in Law	Peter James ALLISON
Brother in Law	Robert George BOYD	1865	'Havilah Station', Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1929	Collinsville, Queensland, Australia	64
Brother in Law	Septimus Horatio DYNE	1863	Deptford, Kent, England	1921	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	58
Brother in Law	James William CAMERON			1965	Bowen, Queensland, Australia

Events in Mary MEIZNER (1868 - 1942)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1868		Mary MEIZNER was born	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1885	17	Married Robert William DRINKWATER (aged 35)	Queensland, Australia	Note 2	52
1889	21	Birth of daughter Margaret Louisa DRINKWATER	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
1891	23	Birth of daughter Emily DRINKWATER	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	52
1893	25	Birth of son Charles William DRINKWATER	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 5	52
1895	27	Birth of son Richard John DRINKWATER	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52
1897	29	Birth of daughter Alice Elizabeth DRINKWATER	Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	Burial
1898	30	Birth of son Frederick Alla DRINKWATER	Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	Note 7	52
1900	32	Birth of daughter Ellen Maud DRINKWATER	Queensland, Australia	Note 8	52
1904	36	Birth of daughter Hilda Mary DRINKWATER	Queensland, Australia	Note 9	52
1907	39	Birth of daughter Agnes Beatrice DRINKWATER	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	Note 10	52
1909	41	Death of father Carl Ludwig MEIZNER (aged 75)	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 11	52, 60
1934	66	Death of husband Robert William DRINKWATER (aged 84)	Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	Note 12	60
1936	68	Death of mother Ernestina (Christina) JAHN (aged 99)	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 13	52
1942	74	Mary MEIZNER died	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Burial record
1942	74	Burial	Proserpine General Cemetery	Note 14	90

Note 1: Burial record Name: Mary Meisner Birth Date: 6 Mar 1868 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1868 Registration Place: Queensland , Australia Father: Carl Meisner Mother: Ernestina Ian Page Number: 10097 Registration Number: 000051

Note 2: Name: Mary Meizner Spouse Name: Robert William Drinkwater Marriage Date: 16 Dec 1885 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1885 Registration Number: 000066 Page Number: 10099

Note 3: Burial Name: Margaret Louisa Drinkwater Birth Date: 28 Feb 1889 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1889 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Robert William Drinkwater Mother: Mary Meizner Page Number: 4065 Registration Number: 000307

Note 4: Name: Emily Maria Drinkwater Birth Date: 3 Dec 1891 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1891 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Robert Drinkwater Mother: Mary Meizner Page Number: 7055 Registration Number: 000402

Note 5: Burial Name: Charles William Drinkwater Birth Date: 4 Sep 1893 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1893 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Robert William Drinkwater Mother: Mary Meizner Page Number: 7055 Registration Number: 000484

Note 6: Burial Name: Richard John Drinkwater Birth Date: 16 Jun 1895 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1895 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Robert William Drinkwater Mother: Mary Meizner Page Number: 7056 Registration Number: 000458

Note 7: Burial Name: Frederick Alla Drinkwater Birth Date: 17 Oct 1898 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1898 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Robert William Drinkwater Mother: Mary Meizner Page Number: 7055 Registration Number: 000506

Note 8: Burial Name: Ellen Maud Drinkwater Birth Date: 22 Jan 1900 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1900 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Robert William Drinkwater Mother: Mary Meizner Page Number: 7055 Registration Number: 000422

Note 9: Name: Hilda Mary Drinkwater Birth Date: 12 Apr 1904 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1904 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Robert William Drinkwater Mother: Mary Meizner Page Number: 7055 Registration Number: 000356

Note 10: Burial record Name: Agnes Beatrice Drinkwater Birth Date: 8 Apr 1907 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1907 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Robert William Drinkwater Mother: Mary Meizner Page Number: 7054 Registration Number: 000380

Note 11: Burial record Name: Carl Ludwig Meizner Death Date: 20 Feb 1909 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: Gottfried Meizner Mother's name: Anna Christina Wernicke Registration Year: 1909 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 000143 Page Number: 17679 Bowen Independent 25 Feb 1909 Mr Carl Meizner, of Bowen, who had been ailing for some time, succumbed somewhat suddenly to heart-failure on February 19 at the age of 74 (says the 'Times'). The late Mr Meizner had been a resident of Bowen for nearly 45 years, having arrived here in 1864. Mr Meizner, who would have been 75 years of age next April, has left a widow, who is now over 70. The descendants of the deceased pioneer are: — Seven children (five daughters and two sons) all married, 33 grandchildren; and three great-grand-children, the last mentioned being Mrs Thomas Barton's two children, and the infant son of Mr Alfred Darwen.

Note 12: Burial record Bowen Independent 9 May 1934 THE LATE ROBERT WILLIAM DRINKWATER. AN OLD PIONEER. The death of Robert William Drinkwater recently at the age of 83 years severed a connecting link with the early history of this district (says “Proserpine Guardian”). The late Mr. Drlnkwater was born at Cley, Norfolk, England on the 30th November, 1850. When he was 17 years of age he fancied a life at sea and went to sea, following that life, for 14 years. In those days the ships were practically all sailing vessels, and he was the bosun hand pn four different sailing ships, the discharges from which he treasured and kept the whole of his life., While engaged in this life he practically travelled the whole world, and helped in the repair of the Atlantic cable , when at sea. He joined an immigrant ship, the Al bany, a steam boat, and sailed for Aus tralia in 1881, there being 300 immi grants on the boat, including Mr. D. R. Thomas, of Lethebrook. He land ed at Cooktown, and there he joined a circus and remained with it for some time, he taking his part as the “clown” at times. He left the circus at Mackay and went to Bowen, where he opened a business barbering, oys ter saloon tobacconist and fruit. While in Bowen he always had his sport duck shooting, and he was a not ed champion with the gun. After a few years he left the business and then went to Croydon, gold mining for about two years. Then he went mar supial shooting with Mr. J. Edgerton, one of the old Bowenites. Mr. Drink water then came, to Kelsey Creek and selected a piece of land ,aud still followed marsupial. shooting until he had the misfortune to lose an eye, which compelled him to give up that vocation. Farming then engaged his attention and he grew tobacco for his first crop, afterwards growing cotton, and then went into the cane industry, which he carried on until failing health prevented him from following the heavy work attached to it. The late Mr. Drlnkwater was mar ried in 1885 in Bowen to Mary Meiz ner, a member of an old Bowen fam ily. He lived for 38 years at Kelsey Creek and well remembered the time when Mr. August Schumaker kept the first hotel in Proserpine. He was one of the oldest pioneers in the district. He left a wife, and a family of seven daughters and three sons to mourn their sad loss. The daughters are Mrs. A. Chauntler, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Harry Stafford. Mrs. Walter Simpson, Mrs, Joe Rogers, Mrs. ,T. Morris and Miss J. Drlnkwater. The sons are Messrs. Charlie, Dick and Fred Drlnkwater.

Note 13: Burial record Christina Meizner in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Christina Meizner Death Date: 22 Nov 1936 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: Jan Registration Year: 1936 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 003725 Page Number: 1279 Bowen Independent 27 November 1936 OBITUARY. NORTH QUEENSLAND'S OLDEST RESIDENT. The passing of Mrs. Christina Meiz ner on Sunday last at the age of 98 years, removed from our midst one who has lived in the Bowen district since the year after its first settle ment, and who was without doubt North Queensland's oldest resident. The late Mrs. Meissner was born in Poland on Christmas Eve 1838 and after her marriage to Carl Meizuer. came to Australia in the sailing ship Lar-a-Shelli, landing at Bowen in Bowen in 1802. The township then consisted of one building, the Customs House, and a number of tents. Liquor was sold, but before being consumed it had to be tasted by the Pidice,- one of whom was father of the late Alex. Lloyd, of Invorooua. The couple trav elled to Strathmore Station by bullock team the same year, when that station was in its foundation stage soon after being taken up by the late Edward Cunningham. They had then one child, and during the voyage out an other was born, which died at sea. The couple later worked at Havilah Station, which was also in its embryo stage. Then about sixty years ago they returned to Bowen, where Carl Meizner and his eldest son selected land on the Upper Don and grew maize, which they tanked for better prices. Mrs. Meizner, like all the true pioneer women, kept the home fires burning by running a dairy with others of the growing family and sup plied the town with milk, twelve to fifteen cows being milked daily. They raised a family of thirteen children and their descendants today include 55 grandchildren, 90 great-grandchildren and 33 great-great-grandchildren. For over thirty years this fine couple lived and worked their property on the Don, retiring about 20 years ago. Carl Meiz ner passed away only a year later, and since then "Grannie.” as the old lady was affectionately known, had resided at the old home, showing that, the hard pioneering life bred stayers by retaining all her faculties and watch ing her years multiply until the cen tury mark was in sight. Full of ener gy until her short illness during last year she proved her enduring qualit ies when a fall resulted in a broken arm. She bravely bore, the pain for four days until a neighbour obtained medical aid, and did not make a sound during (be painful treatment of the Injured member, which was swollen to several times its normal size. This ordeal, however, took its toll and but for its harmful effects she would have reached her hundredth birthday, an age she greatly hoped to achieve. A more perfect example of the finest type of the nation’s pioneers could not be found to excel her in the good qualities of unbounded energy, endurance and cheerfulness in the face of adversity. She fought the battle of life with a smile through many chequered years and leaves the example of her indom itable spirit for the coming generations to ponder on. She will be long remem bered by all who knew her, and their sympathy goes out to her surviving son, Mr. Fred Meizner and four daughters, Mrs. Drinkwater (Kelsey Creek), Mrs B. Hiuschen (Proserpine) Mrs. G. Dayes (Mareeba) and Mrs. C. Cameron (Bowen). The funeral left the residence of Mrs. M. Newman at 5 p.m. on Monday, Rev. T. H. Pren tis performing the last sad rites at the graveside. Following is a list of the wreaths re ceived ;—May, Arthur and family; Emily and family; Julia and Maurice; Mrs. Budge and family; Mrs. M. Whit ton and Baby: Mr. and Mrs. B. Christofferson; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Darwen and family; Mr. and Mrs. W. O’Donoghue; Mr. and Mrs. W. Jinks: Mr. and Mrs. G. Mallet and family; Christina and family; Mr. and Mrs. Menkens and family: Mrs. E. W. & Jack Ashworth; Charlie and Dorrie Mohr; Albert and Sophia and Jim; Mrs W. H. Darwen and family; Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Miller and Baby; R. Miller & Co.

Note 14: Mary Meizner Drinkwater Birth 6 Mar 1868 Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia Death 8 Nov 1942 (aged 74) Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia Burial Proserpine General Cemetery Proserpine, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia Plot Memorial Section, OP-5, Grave 677 - Monumental Middle Section B

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Name: Mary Meizner Spouse Name: Robert William Drinkwater Marriage Date: 16 Dec 1885 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1885 Registration Number: 000066 Page Number: 10099

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Name: Mary Meisner Birth Date: 6 Mar 1868 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1868 Registration Place: Queensland , Australia Father: Carl Meisner Mother: Ernestina Ian Page Number: 10097 Registration Number: 000051

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Mary Meizner Drinkwater Birth 6 Mar 1868 Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia Death 8 Nov 1942 (aged 74) Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia Burial Proserpine General Cemetery Proserpine, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia Plot Memorial Section, OP-5, Grave 677 - Monumental Middle Section B

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