[Index]
Frederick MEIZNER (1873 - 1962)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
James Frederick MEIZNER (1897 - 1935)
Daisy Mary Margaret MEIZNER (1900 - 1966)
Lillian Jane MEIZNER (1904 - )
Elsie Violey May MEIZNER (1907 - 2012)
Jessie Myrtle MEIZNER (1909 - 1990)
Florence Lila MEIZNER (1912 - )
Frederick MEIZNER (1873 - 1962)

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Margaret "Daisy" CAMPBELL (1873 - 1959)
Carl Ludwig MEIZNER (1834 - 1909) Gottfried MEIZNER



Anna Christina WERNICKE



Ernestina (Christina) JAHN (1837 - 1936)












b. 1873 at Bowen, Queensland, Australia
m. 1895 Margaret "Daisy" CAMPBELL (1873 - 1959) at Queensland, Australia
d. 1962 at Newcastle, NSW, Australia aged 89
Near Relatives of Frederick MEIZNER (1873 - 1962)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Gottfried MEIZNER
Grandmother Anna Christina WERNICKE

Father in Law John CAMPBELL
Mother in Law Ann COSTELLO

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 Frederick MEIZNER 1873 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1962 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 89

Wife Margaret "Daisy" CAMPBELL 1873 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1959 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 86

Son James Frederick MEIZNER 1897 Queensland, Australia 1935 Queensland, Australia 38
Daughter Daisy Mary Margaret MEIZNER 1900 Queensland, Australia 1966 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 66
Daughter Lillian Jane MEIZNER 1904 Queensland, Australia
Daughter Elsie Violey May MEIZNER 1907 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 2012 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 105
Daughter Jessie Myrtle MEIZNER 1909 Queensland, Australia 1990 Tamworth, NSW, Australia 81
Daughter Florence Lila MEIZNER 1912 Bowen, Queensland, Australia

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
Sister Mary MEIZNER 1868 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1942 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 74
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

Daughter in Law Gladys Elizabeth GAYTON
Son in Law George Albert HEIDKE 1898 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia 1997 Newcastle, NSW, Australia 99
Son in Law Thomas John Herbert CROWDEY 1900 Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia 1969 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 69
Son in Law Ronald RAMSBOTHAM 1905 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1965 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 60
Son in Law Edward Albert MARSHALL 1902 1943 Thailand 41
Son in Law Colin Thompson SELLARS 1904 Ebagoola, Queensland, Australia 1965 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 61

Grandson Raymond Henry RAMSBOTHAM 1927 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1977 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 50

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
Niece Miss J. DRINKWATER
Niece Margaret Louisa DRINKWATER 1889 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1972 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 83
Niece Emily DRINKWATER 1891 Queensland, Australia
Nephew Charles William DRINKWATER 1893 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1966 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 73
Nephew Richard John DRINKWATER 1895 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1984 Queensland, Australia 89
Niece Alice Elizabeth DRINKWATER 1897 Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 1986 Mackay, Queensland, Australia 89
Nephew Frederick Alla DRINKWATER 1898 Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 1982 Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 84
Niece Ellen Maud DRINKWATER 1900 Queensland, Australia 1974 Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 74
Niece Hilda Mary DRINKWATER 1904 Queensland, Australia
Niece Agnes Beatrice DRINKWATER 1907 Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 1992 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 85
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
Brother in Law Robert William DRINKWATER 1850 Cley, Norfolk, England 1934 Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 84
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 Frederick MEIZNER (1873 - 1962)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1873 Frederick MEIZNER was born Bowen, Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
1895 22 Married Margaret "Daisy" CAMPBELL (aged 22) Queensland, Australia Note 2 52
1897 24 Birth of son James Frederick MEIZNER Queensland, Australia Note 3 52
1900 27 Birth of daughter Daisy Mary Margaret MEIZNER Queensland, Australia Note 4 52
1904 31 Birth of daughter Lillian Jane MEIZNER Queensland, Australia Note 5
1907 34 Birth of daughter Elsie Violey May MEIZNER Bowen, Queensland, Australia Note 6 52
1909 36 Birth of daughter Jessie Myrtle MEIZNER Queensland, Australia Note 7
1909 36 Death of father Carl Ludwig MEIZNER (aged 75) Bowen, Queensland, Australia Note 8 52, 60
1912 39 Birth of daughter Florence Lila MEIZNER Bowen, Queensland, Australia Ancestry trees
1935 62 Death of son James Frederick MEIZNER (aged 38) Queensland, Australia Note 9 52
1936 63 Death of mother Ernestina (Christina) JAHN (aged 99) Bowen, Queensland, Australia Note 10 52
1959 86 Death of wife Margaret "Daisy" CAMPBELL (aged 86) Bowen, Queensland, Australia Note 11 52
1962 89 Frederick MEIZNER died Newcastle, NSW, Australia Burial
1962 89 Burial Bowen General Cemetery Note 12 90
Note 1: Burial


Name: Frederick Meisner
Birth Date: 28 Dec 1873
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1874
Registration Place: Queensland , Australia
Father: Carl Meisner
Mother: Ernestina Jan
Page Number: 10097
Registration Number: 000014
Note 2: Burial

Margaret Campbell
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Margaret Campbell
Spouse Name: Frederick Meizner
Marriage Date: 10 Jan 1895
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1895
Registration Number: 000081
Page Number: 3818
Note 3: Name: James Frederick Meizner
Birth Date: 1 Oct 1897
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1897
Registration Place: Queensland , Australia
Father: Frederick Meizner
Mother: Margaret Campbell
Page Number: 17679
Registration Number: 000491
Note 4: Name: Daisy Meizner
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1900
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1900
Registration Place: Queensland , Australia
Father: Frederick Meizner
Mother: Margaret Campbell
Page Number: 17679
Registration Number: 000440
Note 5: Name: Lillian Jane Meizner
Birth Date: 26 Jun 1904
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1904
Registration Place: Queensland , Australia
Father: Frederick Meizner
Mother: Margaret Campbell
Page Number: 17679
Registration Number: 000377
Note 6: Name: Elsie Violet May Meizner
Birth Date: 26 May 1907
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1907
Registration Place: Queensland, Australia
Father: Frederick Meizner
Mother: Margaret Campbell
Page Number: 17679
Registration Number: 000405
Note 7: Name: Jessie Myrtle Meizner
Birth Date: 29 Aug 1909
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1909
Registration Place: Queensland , Australia
Father: Frederick Meizner
Mother: Margaret Campbell
Page Number: 17679
Registration Number: 000456
Note 8: 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 9: Name: James Frederick Meizner
Death Date: 02 Aug 1935
Death Place: Queensland
Father's name: Frederick
Mother's name: Margaret Campbell
Registration Year: 1935
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Number: 003788
Page Number: 1279
Note 10: 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 11: Name: Margaret Meizner
Death Date: 05 Apr 1959
Death Place: Queensland
Father's name: John Campbell
Mother's name: Ann Costello
Registration Year: 1959
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Number: 001431
Page Number: 1737
Note 12: Frederick Meizner
Birth 28 Dec 1873
Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Death 12 Aug 1962 (aged 88)
Newcastle, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Bowen General Cemetery
Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Plot SHEET 3 14.14.03, Grave 2592
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: Name: Frederick Meisner
Birth Date: 28 Dec 1873
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1874
Registration Place: Queensland , Australia
Father: Carl Meisner
Mother: Ernestina Jan
Page Number: 10097
Registration Number: 000014
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Margaret Campbell
in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Margaret Campbell
Spouse Name: Frederick Meizner
Marriage Date: 10 Jan 1895
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1895
Registration Number: 000081
Page Number: 3818
90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com
- Reference = (Burial)
- Notes: Frederick Meizner
Birth 28 Dec 1873
Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Death 12 Aug 1962 (aged 88)
Newcastle, Newcastle City, New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Bowen General Cemetery
Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Plot SHEET 3 14.14.03, Grave 2592