Richard John DRINKWATER (1895

Richard John DRINKWATER (1895 - 1984)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Richard John DRINKWATER (1895 - 1984)	Robert William DRINKWATER (1850 - 1934)



		Mary MEIZNER (1868 - 1942)	Carl Ludwig MEIZNER (1834 - 1909)	Gottfried MEIZNER
				Anna Christina WERNICKE
			Ernestina (Christina) JAHN (1837 - 1936)

b. 1895 at Bowen, Queensland, Australia

d. 1984 at Queensland, Australia aged 89

Near Relatives of Richard John DRINKWATER (1895 - 1984)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Carl Ludwig MEIZNER	1834	Brandenburg, Germany	1909	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	75
Grandmother	Ernestina (Christina) JAHN	1837	Neuendorf, Brandenberg, Germany	1936	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	99

Father	Robert William DRINKWATER	1850	Cley, Norfolk, England	1934	Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	84
Mother	Mary MEIZNER	1868	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1942	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	74

Self	Richard John DRINKWATER	1895	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1984	Queensland, Australia	89

Sister	Miss J. DRINKWATER
Sister	Margaret Louisa DRINKWATER	1889	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1972	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	83
Sister	Emily DRINKWATER	1891	Queensland, Australia
Brother	Charles William DRINKWATER	1893	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1966	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	73
Sister	Alice Elizabeth DRINKWATER	1897	Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1986	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	89
Brother	Frederick Alla DRINKWATER	1898	Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1982	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	84
Sister	Ellen Maud DRINKWATER	1900	Queensland, Australia	1974	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	74
Sister	Hilda Mary DRINKWATER	1904	Queensland, Australia
Sister	Agnes Beatrice DRINKWATER	1907	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1992	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	85

Uncle	Gustav (Theodor) Carl MEIZNER	1860	Prussia	1862	At sea - on the "La Rochelle"	2
Uncle	Carl (Charles) Ludwig MEIZNER	1862	Germany	1921	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	59
Aunt	Christina GUSTAVSON	1863	Norway	1945	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	82
Aunt	Annie MEIZNER	1865	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1933	Queensland, Australia	68
Uncle	Albert DARWEN	1859	Walton, Lancashire, England	1896	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	37
Uncle	John Charles GALL	1875	Innerleithan, Scotland	1964	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	89
Uncle	Gustave MEIZNER	1866	Queensland, Australia	1867	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1
Uncle	Frederick MEIZNER	1873	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1962	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	89
Aunt	Margaret "Daisy" CAMPBELL	1873	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1959	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	86
Aunt	Emily MEIZNER	1875	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1946	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	71
Uncle	John Henry HINSCHEN	1871	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1926	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	55
Aunt	Louisa Augusta Louisa MEIZNER	1878	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1958	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	80
Uncle	Charles Rudolph MOHR			1927	Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Uncle	George James DAYES	1880	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1930	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	50
Aunt	Christina (Elvina) MEIZNER	1882	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1971	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	89
Uncle	Peter James ALLISON
Uncle	Robert George BOYD	1865	'Havilah Station', Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1929	Collinsville, Queensland, Australia	64
Uncle	Septimus Horatio DYNE	1863	Deptford, Kent, England	1921	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	58
Uncle	James William CAMERON			1965	Bowen, Queensland, Australia

Cousin	Henry Gustav (MENZIES) MEIZNER	1884	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1930	Queensland, Australia	46
Cousin	John Charles MEIZNER	1889	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1946	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	57
Cousin	Elizabeth Annie DARWEN	1884	Queensland, Australia	1945	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	61
Cousin	Albert Charles (Sonny) DARWEN	1885	Queensland, Australia	1955	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	Alice Mary DARWEN	1887	Queensland, Australia	1968	Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia	81
Cousin	Arthur James DARWEN	1889	Queensland, Australia	1949	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	60
Cousin	John Henry DARWEN	1891	Queensland, Australia	1968	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	77
Cousin	William DARWEN	1893	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1974	New South Wales, Australia	81
Cousin	Ethel May DARWEN	1895	Queensland, Australia	1896	Queensland, Australia	1
Cousin	Winnifred DARWEN	1901	Queensland, Australia	1901	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	James Frederick MEIZNER	1897	Queensland, Australia	1935	Queensland, Australia	38
Cousin	Daisy Mary Margaret MEIZNER	1900	Queensland, Australia	1966	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	66
Cousin	Lillian Jane MEIZNER	1904	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Elsie Violey May MEIZNER	1907	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	2012	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	105
Cousin	Jessie Myrtle MEIZNER	1909	Queensland, Australia	1990	Tamworth, NSW, Australia	81
Cousin	Florence Lila MEIZNER	1912	Bowen, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Stan HINSCHEN
Cousin	Edward Charles HINSCHEN	1897	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1955	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	58
Cousin	Richard John HINSCHEN	1898	Queensland, Australia	1953	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	55
Cousin	Margaret Ellen HINSCHEN	1900	Queensland, Australia	1953	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	53
Cousin	Frederick Ernest HINSCHEN	1903	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1953	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	50
Cousin	Arthur Quentin HINSCHEN	1904	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1944	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	40
Cousin	Walter Henry HINSCHEN	1906	Strathdickie, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1954	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	48
Cousin	Norman Cecil HINSCHEN	1908	Queensland, Australia	1979	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	71
Cousin	Ethel Rowena HINSCHEN	1910	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	2000	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	90
Cousin	Harold Vincent HINSCHEN	1914	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1953	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	39
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Annie Christina MOHR	1897	Queensland, Australia	1897	Queesnland, Australia	0
Cousin	Frederick Charles MOHR	1900	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Florence Louisa MOHR	1902	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1987	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia	85
Cousin	William James DAYES	1906	Queensland, Australia	1982	Queensland, Australia	76
Cousin	George James DAYES	1907	Queensland, Australia	1949	Mareeba, Queensland, Australia	42
Cousin	Walter James DAYES	1908	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Louis (Lewis) James DAYES	1909	Forsayth, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Frederick James DAYES	1911	Mt Carbine, Queensland, Australia	1974	Queensland, Australia	63
Cousin	Arthur James DAYES	1913	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Francis (Frank) James DAYES	1914	Einasleigh, Queensland, Australia	1984	Dalby, Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	Alfred James DAYES	1918	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Norman James DAYES	1919	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Elizabeth Julia MEIZNER	1901	Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Richard William MEIZNER	1903	Queensland, Australia	1981	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	78
Cousin	James Edward BOYD	1905	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1953	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	48
Cousin	Mary Agnes BOYD	1908	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	abt 1995	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	87
Cousin	Harry Gottfried DYNE	1913	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1998	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	85
Cousin	Victor Charles DYNE	1917	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1917	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Leslie David DYNE	1918	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	2005	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	87
Cousin	David DYNE	1921	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1921	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Robert George (Mick) BOYD	1892	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1969	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	77
Cousin	Cecilia Agnes BOYD	1894	Queensland, Australia	1923	Queensland, Australia	29

Brother in Law	William PIDGEON	1868	Ireland	1914	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	46
Brother in Law	Arthur Roland CHAUNTER	1892	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1958	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	66
Brother in Law	Robert James GRAHAM
Sister in Law	Celia Fredericka HINSCHEN	1900	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	1927	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	27
Brother in Law	Thomas Henry STAFFORD	1887	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1963	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	76
Sister in Law	Grace Catherine Ann ROWE	1913	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	2000	Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	87
Brother in Law	Edmund Thomas Walter SIMPSON	1885	Nebo, Queensland, Australia	1964	Collinsville, Queensland, Australia	79
Brother in Law	Joseph ROGERS
Brother in Law	John Chisholm MORRIS	1902	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1972	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	70

Events in Richard John DRINKWATER (1895 - 1984)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1895		Richard John DRINKWATER was born	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 1	52
1934	39	Death of father Robert William DRINKWATER (aged 84)	Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	60
1942	47	Death of mother Mary MEIZNER (aged 74)	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	Burial record
1984	89	Richard John DRINKWATER died	Queensland, Australia	Burial
1984	89	Burial	Proserpine General Cemetery	Note 3	90

Note 1: 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 2: 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 3: Richard John “Dick” Drinkwater
Birth 16 Jun 1895
Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Death 28 Nov 1984 (aged 89)
Queensland, Australia
Burial
Proserpine Lawn Cemetery
Proserpine, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Plot Lawn Section L-A2, Plot 93 - Lawn LHS, Section 2, Row 2

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: 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

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

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Richard John “Dick” Drinkwater
Birth 16 Jun 1895
Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Death 28 Nov 1984 (aged 89)
Queensland, Australia
Burial
Proserpine Lawn Cemetery
Proserpine, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Plot Lawn Section L-A2, Plot 93 - Lawn LHS, Section 2, Row 2

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