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William DARWEN (1893 - 1974)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Ethel May DARWEN (1913 - 1974)
William Harold DARWEN (1915 - 1988)
 William DARWEN (1893 - 1974)

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Harriet OSBORNE
 Albert DARWEN (1859 - 1896) James DARWEN (1835 - 1875) James DARWEN
Ellizabeth PORTER
Elizabeth Hume TAYLOR (1835 - 1901) Thomas TAYLOR
Nancy HUME
Annie MEIZNER (1865 - 1933) Carl Ludwig MEIZNER (1834 - 1909) Gottfried MEIZNER
Anna Christina WERNICKE
Ernestina (Christina) JAHN (1837 - 1936)



b. 1893 at Bowen, Queensland, Australia
m. 1912 Harriet OSBORNE at Queensland, Australia
d. 1974 at New South Wales, Australia aged 81
Near Relatives of William DARWEN (1893 - 1974)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather James DARWEN 1835 Chorley, Lancashire, England 1875 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 40
Grandmother Elizabeth Hume TAYLOR 1835 Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire, England 1901 Dunwich, Redlands, Queensland, Australia 66
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 Albert DARWEN 1859 Walton, Lancashire, England 1896 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 37
Step Father John Charles GALL 1875 Innerleithan, Scotland 1964 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 89
Mother Annie MEIZNER 1865 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1933 Queensland, Australia 68

Self William DARWEN 1893 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1974 New South Wales, Australia 81

Wife Harriet OSBORNE

Daughter Ethel May DARWEN 1913 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1974 Gosford, NSW, Australia 61
Son William Harold DARWEN 1915 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1988 Sydney, NSW, Australia 73

Sister Elizabeth Annie DARWEN 1884 Queensland, Australia 1945 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 61
Brother Albert Charles (Sonny) DARWEN 1885 Queensland, Australia 1955 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 70
Sister Alice Mary DARWEN 1887 Queensland, Australia 1968 Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia 81
Brother Arthur James DARWEN 1889 Queensland, Australia 1949 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 60
Brother John Henry DARWEN 1891 Queensland, Australia 1968 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 77
Sister Ethel May DARWEN 1895 Queensland, Australia 1896 Queensland, Australia 1
Half Sister Winnifred DARWEN 1901 Queensland, Australia 1901 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 0

Son in Law Thomas James HOGAN 1911 Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1944 Papua New Guinea 33
Daughter in Law Doreen May JOHNSON

Aunt Alice DARWEN 1856 Bolton, Lancashire, England 1889 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 33
Uncle John BARR 1838 Nottinghamshire, England 1913 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 75
Aunt Margaret Ann DARWEN 1861 England 1863 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 2
Uncle Edward DARWEN 1864 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1912 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 48
Aunt Sarah Elizabeth WOODWARD 1865 Newbury, Berkshire, England 1929 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 64
Uncle James DARWEN 1867 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1906 Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia 39
Aunt Ellizabeth Ann DARWEN 1870 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1950 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 80
Uncle George (E. A.) SPENCER England 1907 Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Uncle William Henry DARWEN 1872 1931 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 59
Aunt Caroline CHRISTOFFERSON 1877 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1946 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 69
Uncle John (Jack) DARWEN 1874 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1954 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 80
Aunt Ellen Mary CORNFORD 1881 Kent, England 1934 Home Hill, Queensland, Australia 53
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
Uncle Gustave MEIZNER 1866 Queensland, Australia 1867 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1
Aunt Mary MEIZNER 1868 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1942 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 74
Uncle Robert William DRINKWATER 1850 Cley, Norfolk, England 1934 Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 84
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 Edie DARWEN
Cousin Wilfred DARWEN
Cousin Allan Edward DARWEN 1893 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1926 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 33
Cousin Son SPENCER bef 1950
Cousin Minnie Ann DARWEN 1892 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1899 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 7
Cousin William Howard SPENCER 1898 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1981 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 83
Cousin Amy Elizabeth SPENCER 1902 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1998 Sydney, NSW, Australia 96
Cousin Martha Hannah SPENCER 1907 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1994 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 87
Cousin Granville Beatty SPENCER 1911 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1998 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 87
Cousin Daughter 4 DARWEN
Cousin Jim DARWEN
Cousin Mildred Doris DARWEN 1898 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1974 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 76
Cousin Victor DARWEN 1900 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1957 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 57
Cousin Ronald "Curry" DARWEN 1902 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1950 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 48
Cousin Madge DARWEN 1904 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1987 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 83
Cousin Douglas James DARWEN 1906 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1988 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 82
Cousin Mabel DARWEN 1907 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1997 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 90
Cousin Claude Leslie DARWEN 1909 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1994 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 85
Cousin Marjorie DARWEN 1911 Queensland, Australia 1987 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 76
Cousin Henry William DARWEN 1913 Queensland, Australia 1994 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 81
Cousin Irene May DARWEN 1915 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1988 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 73
Cousin Ivy Caroline DARWEN 1917 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1917 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 0
Cousin Roy Edward DARWEN 1918 Queensland, Australia 1993 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 75
Cousin Walter Robert (Bob) DARWEN 1921 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 2003 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 82
Cousin Enid DARWEN 1923 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 2007 Point Clare, Central Coast, NSW, Australia 84
Cousin Henry Gordon DARWEN 1967 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Arthur James DARWEN 1900 Queensland, Australia 1979 Queensland, Australia 79
Cousin Ethel May DARWEN 1901 Queensland, Australia 1971 Queensland, Australia 70
Cousin John Thomas DARWEN 1902 Queensland, Australia 1988 Queensland, Australia 86
Cousin William John (Robert) DARWEN 1904 Queensland, Australia 1921 Queensland, Australia 17
Cousin Amelia Jane DARWEN 1906 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Daisy Eveline DARWEN 1908 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Dorothy Beatrice DARWEN 1910 Queensland, Australia 1969 Queensland, Australia 59
Cousin Mabel Isabella DARWEN 1911 Queensland, Australia 1914 Queensland, Australia 3
Cousin Albert Edward DARWEN 1914 Queensland, Australia 1984 Queensland, Australia 70
Cousin Frederick Alexander DARWEN 1915 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Cynthia Jean DARWEN 1918 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 Miss J. DRINKWATER
Cousin Margaret Louisa DRINKWATER 1889 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1972 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 83
Cousin Emily DRINKWATER 1891 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Charles William DRINKWATER 1893 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1966 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 73
Cousin Richard John DRINKWATER 1895 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1984 Queensland, Australia 89
Cousin Alice Elizabeth DRINKWATER 1897 Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 1986 Mackay, Queensland, Australia 89
Cousin Frederick Alla DRINKWATER 1898 Kelsey Creek, Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 1982 Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 84
Cousin Ellen Maud DRINKWATER 1900 Queensland, Australia 1974 Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 74
Cousin Hilda Mary DRINKWATER 1904 Queensland, Australia
Cousin Agnes Beatrice DRINKWATER 1907 Proserpine, Queensland, Australia 1992 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 85
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

Nephew Frederick Thomas BARTON 1904 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 1960 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 56
Nephew Leslie George BARTON 1907 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 1980 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 73
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased

Brother in Law Thomas Henry BARTON 1878 Queensland, Australia 1959 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 81
Sister in Law Sophia Caroline Margaret HILDEBRANDT 1899 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1970 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 71
Sister in Law Ellen Alexandra (Nellie) RITCHIE 1888 Queensland, Australia 1915 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 27
Brother in Law William MEIN
Sister in Law Gertrude May HARDING 1890 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1976 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 86
Sister in Law Minnie Alice CHRISTOFFERSON 1893 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 1974 Bowen, Queensland, Australia 81
Events in William DARWEN (1893 - 1974)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1893 William DARWEN was born Bowen, Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
1896 3 Death of father Albert DARWEN (aged 37) Bowen, Queensland, Australia Note 2 60
1912 19 Married Harriet OSBORNE Queensland, Australia Note 3 52
1913 20 Birth of daughter Ethel May DARWEN Bowen, Queensland, Australia Burial info
1914 21 Military Service Bowen, Queensland, Australia Note 4
1915 22 Birth of son William Harold DARWEN Bowen, Queensland, Australia Burial info
1933 40 Death of mother Annie MEIZNER (aged 68) Queensland, Australia Note 5 52, 60
1939 46 Military Service Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia Note 6
1964 71 Death of step father John Charles GALL (aged 89) Bowen, Queensland, Australia Burial record
1974 81 William DARWEN died New South Wales, Australia Burial info
1974 81 Death of daughter Ethel May DARWEN (aged 61) Gosford, NSW, Australia
1974 81 Burial Jilliby Cemetery, Central Coast, NSW Note 7 90
Note 1: Name: William Darwen
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1893
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1893
Registration Place: Queensland, Australia
Father: Albert Darwen
Mother: Annie Miezner
Page Number: 6097
Registration Number: 000448

Bowen - Military records
Note 2: Burial

Queensland Times 3 October 1896
BOWEN NOTES
Albert Darwin committed suicide, yesterday,
by taking carbolic acid.
Note 3: Name: William Darwen
Spouse Name: Harriet Osborne
Marriage Date: 16 Dec 1912
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1912
Registration Number: 000147
Page Number: 6097
Note 4: William DARWEN
Regimental number 464
Place of birth Pring Queensland
Religion Church of England
Occupation Labourer
Address William Street, Bowen, Queensland
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 25
Next of kin Wife, Mrs Harriot Darwen, William Street, Bowen, Queensland
Enlistment date 25 March 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name Machine Gun Company 7, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number 24/12/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Fate Returned to Australia 7 July 1919
Note 5: Burial

Name
Annie Gall
Death Date
21Nov1933
Death Place
Queensland
Father's Name
Carl Meizner
Mother's Name
Christina Jahn
Registration Year
1933
Registration Place
Queensland
Registration Number
003795
Page number
566

Bowen Independent 24 November 1933
OBITUARY.
MRS. ANNIE GALL.
There passed away at the Kennedy
Hospital n Tuesday night, an old re
sident of Bowen in the person of Mrs.
Annie Gull wife of Mr. J. Gall, Her-
bert Street, after a lengthy Illness.
Mrs. Gall is a native of this district,
being born at Strathmore Station 68
years ago, and is a daughter of the
district’s oldest inhabitant, Mrs. C.
Meizner. This old lady is about 93
years of age, and was born in Ger
many, arriving in Australia by the
sailing vessel Larlashelly, and settled
in Bowen In 1862, where, with her
husband she ran a dairy farm. She
is still active and carries her years
well, having raised a family of 13
children while her descendants num
ber 51 grandchildren, 68 great-grand
children and 3, great-great-grand
children. The deceased married the
late Mr. Albert.Darwen, who prede
ceased her some 36 years ago and
about 16 years later married Mr. J.
Gall. The late Mrs. Gull was liked
and respected by a large circle of
friends. She has occupied the posi
tion of caretaker to the local State
School for many years past, and was
a willing worker for all causes and
always ready to contribute to charit
able movements. She leaves a hus
band, mother, one brother (Mr. Fred
Meissner, (Bowen), four sisters (Mes
dames R. Boyd, Bowen, R. Drinkwater
Kelsey Creek, J. Hinschen, Proser
pine, and G. Day, Mareeba), four
sons (Messrs. A. C. Darwen, J. H.
Darwen and A. . Darwen Bowen, and
W. Darwen, (Sydney) and two daught-.
ers (Mesdames.F. Barton, Townsville,
and W. Mein , Sydney.) to mourn their
loss. The funeral left the Church of
England at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Rev.
F. W. Palmer perforating the last sad
rites at the graveside. The following
sent wreaths: —Bowen Salt Employees,
Corbett Family, The Family, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Gordon, Club Hotel, Mr. and
Mrs. O. Fraser, State School: Staff,
■ Mr., and Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. E. W- and
4. Ashworth, Mjr. J. Hester and Fam
ily and MJrs. E. Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
A. Malone and Family, Mrs. W. H.
Darwen and Family, Mrs. Matt. Wil
son and George, Mrs! M. Smith and
ll.' and li.' Bolton Mrs. J. Vautin, Al
bert Sophia v add Jim, Mr. and 'Mrs.
B. Payne, and Mr., ana Mrs. F. Payne,
Mr. and - Mrs. i J.,. Dawson and Family.
Note 6: Name: William Darwen
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1893
Birth Place: Bowen
Year Range: 1939 - 1948
Enlistment Place: Paddington New South Wales
Service Number: N464689
Next of Kin: Harriett Darwen
Series Description: B884: Army Citizen Military Forces
Note 7: William “Waggie” Darwen
Birth 20 Jan 1893
Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Death 12 Jun 1974 (aged 81)
New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Jilliby Cemetery
Jilliby, Central Coast Council, New South Wales, Australia
Plot Church of England, Row H, Grave 61
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: Name: William Darwen
Birth Date: 20 Jan 1893
Birth Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1893
Registration Place: Queensland, Australia
Father: Albert Darwen
Mother: Annie Miezner
Page Number: 6097
Registration Number: 000448
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Notes: Name: William Darwen
Spouse Name: Harriet Osborne
Marriage Date: 16 Dec 1912
Marriage Place: Queensland
Registration Place: Queensland
Registration Year: 1912
Registration Number: 000147
Page Number: 6097
90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com
- Reference = (Burial)
- Notes: William “Waggie” Darwen
Birth 20 Jan 1893
Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia
Death 12 Jun 1974 (aged 81)
New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Jilliby Cemetery
Jilliby, Central Coast Council, New South Wales, Australia
Plot Church of England, Row H, Grave 61
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