[Editor: This obituary, regarding Patrick Quinn, a pioneer settler, was published in the Cootamundra Herald (Cootamundra, NSW), 20 June 1891.]
Mr. Patrick Quinn.
In Wednesday’s Herald we recorded the death of one of the pioneer settlers in the Stockinbingal portion of this district — Mr. Patrick Quinn. At the beginning of this year he followed to God’s acre the remains of the sharer of his joys and burdens; and then it was expected that Mr. Quinn would not long survive his wife’s loss.
He died, at his home at Stockinbingal, just after midnight on Monday. Deceased had lived to rear a large family of sons and daughters with their children’s children, as he could count the heads of fifty grand and great grand children, there being fourteen of the last named. His sons are Mr. Jeremiah Quinn, late of Albury, who is now here on his way to the Bourke district in search of country for himself; Mr. Patrick Quinn, of Broken Hill; Mr. John and Mr. Thomas Quinn, of Urana; and Mr. John Quinn, at home. His daughters are Mrs. Conroy (eldest of the family), of Stockinbingal, and Mrs. Conroy, of Grafton; Mrs. Barry, Binalong; and Mrs. John Noonan, of Tamora Road.
Deceased came to this colony, from his native County, Tipperary, Ireland, at the close of 1841, first settling on the Burrowa river; and he subsequently took up a station on the Merool back towards the lower Lachlan, where he followed pastoral pursuits; but for the past seventeen years he had been a keeper of sheep and tiller of the soil at Stockinbingal.
The funeral was held on Wednesday, and was, of course, a very lengthy one, deceased and his family being respected by all classes of people in these districts. There were five of his own sons and daughters present. The cortège started from the home at 11.30, and was swelled on the road by a considerable number of persons from the town and elsewhere. The Rev. R. Butler, of St. Columbo’s Roman Catholic Church here, conducted the funeral rites at the grave.
We understand that deceased left a will, and that he left a deed of gift of his local property to his son, Mr. John Quinn, who has for years conducted business for his father.
Deceased was a characteristically kind hearted Irishman, who never parted with his personal friendships; and he was a genuine representative of the good sturdy and industrious and contented settlers for which our district is now pretty well known. He was 73 years of age.
Source:
Cootamundra Herald (Cootamundra, NSW), 20 June 1891, p. 5
Editor’s notes:
The title of the original article was in italics.
As referred to in the above article, the Cootamundra Herald, in its issue for Wednesday 17 June 1891, included the following item:
Death of Mr. Patrick Quinn. — The numerous friends of the much respected Quinn family of Stockinbingal, will sympathise with them for the loss of their head — Mr. Patrick Quinn. Not long since we had to record the death of Mrs. Quinn, senior; and her partner in a long life of happiness and prosperity has shown eagerness to follow her. Deceased was 73 years of age, had been seventeen years a resident of this district, and was a native of County Tipperary, Ireland. The funeral is advertised to start from Stockinbingal at 10 a.m. to-day.
See: Cootamundra Herald (Cootamundra, NSW), 17 June 1891, p. 7
The following notice was printed on the same page of that issue (17 June 1891):
Funeral of Mr. Patrick Quinn.
The friends of deceased’s Family are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral, to start from residence, Stockinbingal, on Wednesday at 10.30 a.m.
JOHN QUINN.
See: Cootamundra Herald (Cootamundra, NSW), 17 June 1891, p. 7
cortège = a ceremonial or formal procession, such as for a funeral, wedding, or following a monarch; a funeral procession, being a line of people on foot, or in vehicles, at (or going to) a funeral or a burial, usually moving at a slow speed; a line or train of attendants, or a group or retinue of attendants accompanying someone (especially a monarch)
deed of gift = a legal document which transfers ownership of property from one person or entity to another person or entity without any payment or recompense being required
See: “Deed of gift”, Wikipedia
God’s acre = a cemetery, especially one adjacent to, or close to, a church; a churchyard
Lachlan = the Lachlan River (in New South Wales)
See: “Lachlan River”, Wikipedia
Merool = Merool Creek (now spelt “Mirrool Creek”), a watercourse in the Riverina region of New South Wales
See: 1) “Mirrool Creek”, Wikipedia
2) “List of rivers of New South Wales (L–Z)”, Wikipedia [Mirrool Creek is listed with its previous name of Merool Creek]
Rev. = an abbreviation of “Reverend” (a title given to a minister of a church, a priest, a member of the clergy)
sharer of his joys and burdens = (in the context of a married couple) a man’s wife
station = a large rural holding used for raising livestock, usually sheep or cattle (a pastoral property); can also refer to the principal homestead and main business centre of a pastoral property
See: “Station (Australian agriculture)”, Wikipedia
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