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 1859 - 1916 (56 years)
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| Name |
Frederick William MEINCKE |
| Born |
28 Dec 1859 |
Lightship, Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| News Item |
26 Apr 1895 |
Kapunda, South Australia, Australia |
FIRE AT MR. F. MEINCKE'S APIARY.
As an exhibitor of the product of bees and of bee-keeping appliances Mr. F. Meincke, of Adelaide-road, Kapunda, will be known to all who have attended the shows of agricultural societies in this and adjoining districts during the past eight years. His exhibit has always commanded the admiration of all, and the enthusiastic and genial manner in which he described his exhibit always gathered around him a crowd of interested listeners. They will regret to hear that the result of Mr. Meincke's eight years' study, manual labour, and financial outlay was on Friday afternoon swept away in a few minutes by fire.
All that now remains of the perfect machinery, the daintily-labelled cans and transparent jars of delicious honey, and the piles of indented wax called "foundation," are the charred remains. Where once stood a room which was an object lesson to all who entered it, are found blackened posts frowning over piles of burnt and twisted tin and iron and charcoal, which once formed the machinery and appliances so highly prized by their owner, and which had excited the admiration of hundreds of people on many occasions.
Mr. Meincke had probably one of the most complete beekeeping plants in the colony. Several of the appliances were of his own design, while others he had imported directly from America and were of the very latest improvement. Not a single article was saved, not even the "foundation" mill, which Mr. Meincke always kept on a bench near the door where he thought it would be easily rescued should fire occur. When Mr. Meincke opened the door to attempt to save what was near at hand, he found that it was too late, the room being full of fire. The burning honey and wax ran in all directions, and the heat was intense. Some of the bee-hives near by, which had bags on them, caught fire, but were not badly burnt. Fortunately the weather was cold and damp, so that the bees were not very troublesome owing to the heat and being shifted about.
Mr. Meincke estimates his loss at quite £100, but to this is to be added the loss which occurs through his not being able to supply his customers with their requisites and having to send to America for new appliances, which cannot reach him for six months. There was a ton of extracted honey and 400 lbs. of comb-honey in the building, besides £20 worth of wax, and spare hives and combs, two foundation mills, extractors, stove, wax-boiler, dipping vats, and a large quantity of sundries. The origin of the fire is a mystery, except there is some explanation in the fact that the train had passed by a few minutes before the fire was seen. The structure was of timber, roofed with iron, and lined with canvas. The dry weather had shrunk the timber, and as the fire was at the back, or west side, of the structure when first noticed, it may be that a spark from the engine funnel found its way into the canvas. There was a stove in thehouse, but it had not been used for some time. On the previous day a smoker had been used in the room because the bees had been troublesome, but it had not been used that morning. The property was not insured.
Transcribed from the Kapunda Herald (SA:1878-1951) Fri 26 Apr 1895, Page 3 .
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| Died |
30 May 1916 |
Kapunda, South Australia, Australia [2] |
| Buried |
Kapunda, South Australia, Australia |
| Person ID |
I12 |
Squire Family History |
| Last Modified |
8 Oct 2022 |
| Father |
Franz Ludwig Rudolph MEINCKE, b. 7 Oct 1835, Schleswig,Germany , d. 11 Aug 1914, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia (Age 78 years) |
| Mother |
Phillipa BRAY, b. 7 Nov 1835, St Austell, Cornwall, England , d. 4 Aug 1920, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia (Age 84 years) |
| Married |
18 Apr 1859 |
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia [3] |
| Family ID |
F9 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Mary Anne Moyle WILLIAMS, b. 27 Aug 1863, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia , d. 18 Jan 1889, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia (Age 25 years) |
| Married |
30 Aug 1882 |
Kapunda, South Australia, Australia [4] |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Ethel MEINCKE, b. 29 Jul 1883, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia , d. 23 Mar 1884, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia (Age 0 years) |
| + | 2. Emma May MEINCKE, b. 15 Sep 1884, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia , d. 27 Jan 1916, Riverton, South Australia, Australia (Age 31 years) |
| + | 3. Ernest Gordon MEINCKE, b. 31 Mar 1886, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia , d. 21 Jul 1964, Day Terrace, Croydon Park, South Australia, Australia (Age 78 years) |
| + | 4. Edith Gertrude MEINCKE, b. 14 March 1888, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia , d. 28 Dec 1965, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Age 77 years) |
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| Last Modified |
16 Feb 2015 |
| Family ID |
F7 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Jane WILSON, b. 16 Sep 1863, Ross Creek, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia , d. 10 Jul 1940, Gawler South, South Australia, Australia (Age 76 years) |
| Married |
6 Apr 1896 |
Ross Creek, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia [5] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Elfreda Ethel MEINCKE, b. 15 Aug 1896, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia , d. 7 Jun 1966, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Age 69 years) |
| | 2. Hubert Sangstroff MEINCKE, b. 31 Mar 1898, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia , d. 28 Jun 1960, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia (Age 62 years) |
| | 3. Julius Louis MEINCKE, b. 6 Jul 1899, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia |
| | 4. Allan Victor MEINCKE, b. 3 Mar 1902, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia , d. 5 Feb 1992, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Age 89 years) |
| | 5. Elva Doreena Essels MEINCKE, b. 31 Jul 1905, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia , d. 26 Mar 1906, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia (Age 0 years) |
| | 6. Fredrick MEINCKE, b. 17 Oct 1908, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia , d. 17 Oct 1908, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia (Age 0 years) |
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| Last Modified |
16 Feb 2015 |
| Family ID |
F88 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 28 Dec 1859 - Lightship, Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
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 | Married - 30 Aug 1882 - Kapunda, South Australia, Australia |
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| News Item - FIRE AT MR. F. MEINCKE'S APIARY.
As an exhibitor of the product of bees and of bee-keeping appliances Mr. F. Meincke, of Adelaide-road, Kapunda, will be known to all who have attended the shows of agricultural societies in this and adjoining districts during the past eight years. His exhibit has always commanded the admiration of all, and the enthusiastic and genial manner in which he described his exhibit always gathered around him a crowd of interested listeners. They will regret to hear that the result of Mr. Meincke's eight years' study, manual labour, and financial outlay was on Friday afternoon swept away in a few minutes by fire.
All that now remains of the perfect machinery, the daintily-labelled cans and transparent jars of delicious honey, and the piles of indented wax called "foundation," are the charred remains. Where once stood a room which was an object lesson to all who entered it, are found blackened posts frowning over piles of burnt and twisted tin and iron and charcoal, which once formed the machinery and appliances so highly prized by their owner, and which had excited the admiration of hundreds of people on many occasions.
Mr. Meincke had probably one of the most complete beekeeping plants in the colony. Several of the appliances were of his own design, while others he had imported directly from America and were of the very latest improvement. Not a single article was saved, not even the "foundation" mill, which Mr. Meincke always kept on a bench near the door where he thought it would be easily rescued should fire occur. When Mr. Meincke opened the door to attempt to save what was near at hand, he found that it was too late, the room being full of fire. The burning honey and wax ran in all directions, and the heat was intense. Some of the bee-hives near by, which had bags on them, caught fire, but were not badly burnt. Fortunately the weather was cold and damp, so that the bees were not very troublesome owing to the heat and being shifted about.
Mr. Meincke estimates his loss at quite £100, but to this is to be added the loss which occurs through his not being able to supply his customers with their requisites and having to send to America for new appliances, which cannot reach him for six months. There was a ton of extracted honey and 400 lbs. of comb-honey in the building, besides £20 worth of wax, and spare hives and combs, two foundation mills, extractors, stove, wax-boiler, dipping vats, and a large quantity of sundries. The origin of the fire is a mystery, except there is some explanation in the fact that the train had passed by a few minutes before the fire was seen. The structure was of timber, roofed with iron, and lined with canvas. The dry weather had shrunk the timber, and as the fire was at the back, or west side, of the structure when first noticed, it may be that a spark from the engine funnel found its way into the canvas. There was a stove in thehouse, but it had not been used for some time. On the previous day a smoker had been used in the room because the bees had been troublesome, but it had not been used that morning. The property was not insured.
Transcribed from the Kapunda Herald (SA:1878-1951) Fri 26 Apr 1895, Page 3 .
- 26 Apr 1895 - Kapunda, South Australia, Australia |
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 | Married - 6 Apr 1896 - Ross Creek, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia |
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| Died - 30 May 1916 - Kapunda, South Australia, Australia |
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| Buried - - Kapunda, South Australia, Australia |
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- [S11] Births South Australia Civil, 12 Aug 2012.
SA Birth Certificate transcription.
Registered 1860, District of Adelaide.
Born 28 December 1859, Frederick William MEINCKE.
Father Louis MEINCKE, occ Waterman.
Mother Phillipa MEINCKE formerly BRAY.
Residence Le Fevre peninsula.
Informant Phillipa MEINCKE, Le Fevre peninsula, mother.
Registered 6 February 1860, Adelaide.
- [S12] Deaths South Australian Civil, 12 Aug 2012.
Registered 1916, District Kapunda.
Date 30 May 1916, Frederick William MEINCKE, male, 56 years, occ carrier, residence Kapunda.
Birth Port Adelaide, native.
Age at remarriage 36 years.
Children living 4M, 2F; deceased 2M, 3F.
Cause of death heart failure, place Kapunda.
Informant Ethel DAY, storekeeper, Kapunda.
Registered 6 June 1916.
- [S13] Marriage South Australia Civil, 12 Dec 2014.
Registered 1859, District Adelaide.
On 18 April 1859, at the Office of the Registrar General, Victoria Square, Adelaide.
Groom Louis MEINCKE, 23 years, occupation mariner, residence Port Adelaide, father Friedrich MEINCKE.
Bride Phillipa BRAY, 23 years, spinster, residence Kensington, father William BRAY.
Witnesses Lionel James PELHAM, gentleman, South Terrace, and O T HEATH, gentleman, Lower Mitcham.
Celebrant J F CLELAND, Registrar General.
- [S13] Marriage South Australia Civil, 12 Aug 2012.
Registered 1882, District of Kapunda.
Date 30 August 1882, at the residence of the bride's parents, Kapunda.
Groom Frederick William MEINCKE, 22 years, bachelor, occ sadler, residence Kapunda, father Louis MEINCKE.
Bride Mary Anne Moyle WILLIAMS, 19 years, spinster, residence Kapunda, father Edward WILLIAMS.
Witnesses Rufus Moyle OATES, clerk, Kapunda, Phillipa MEINCKE, Kapunda.
Celebrant John Rayment, officiating minister.
- [S13] Marriage South Australia Civil, 12 Aug 2012.
Registered 1896, District of Kapunda.
Date 6 April 1896, at the residence of Mr James WILSON, Ross's Creek (west of Kapunda).
Groom Frederick William MEINCKE, 37 years, widower, occ carrier, residence Kapunda, father Louis MEINCKE.
Bride Jane WILSON, 32 years, spinster, occ domestic duties, residence Ross's Creek, father James WILSON.
Witnesses Julius MEINCKE, plasterer, Kapunda, James H PADDY, mason, Kapunda.
Celebrant R C YEOMAN.
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