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My great-grandmother's brother, FRED WOOD QUINTRELL, shot himself with his revolver in 1901 in Centennial Park, Sydney. It is stated he had been in NSW for 3 months.

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First name(s) Fred Wood
Last name Quintrell
Electoral year 1893
Number 2664
Occupation Shepherd
Residence Upton Downs
Electorate Wairau
Type Residential
Country New Zealand
Record set New Zealand electoral rolls
Category Census, Land & Surveys
Subcategory Electoral Rolls
Collections from Australia & New Zealand

so it seems he was in New Zealand for a while.

Are there any more NZ records that mention him, please?
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There are Frederick Quintrell marriages in 1892 (to Catherine Ann Ball) and 1899 (to Lizzie Gertrude Sussex) and some births for the children of each marriage, but the births with Lizzie Gertrude as the mother go up to 1908 so I guess it is a different man.
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Thanks, Kate. Probably a different man as at his death and inquest it is stated he is unmarried.

I wonder how long he was in New Zealand.
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There is another Fred Quintrell here who was involved in musical direction and orchestras, so it is probably his marriage. I cannot see newspaper reports that would fit your man
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Thanks for looking, Chris.


There was another distant relative called Fred Quintrell who left Cornwall to go to New Zealand. I have a book written by his son. It is intitled "Horse Shoes to Dog Collars".
Fred was from Gerrans where my ancestors lived, and we share common ancestors. He was the fourth child of Sidney and Margery Quintrell, and he was baptised as Frederick.

He became a minister.

My mother became friends with the family and they visited her when the came to England.
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Thanks for looking, Chris.


There was another distant relative called Fred Quintrell who left Cornwall to go to New Zealand. I have a book written by his son. It is intitled "Horse Shoes to Dog Collars".
Fred was from Gerrans where my ancestors lived, and we share common ancestors. He was the fourth child of Sidney and Margery Quintrell, and he was baptised as Frederick.

He became a minister.

My mother became friends with the family and they visited her when the came to England.
Just for fun, here is the other Fred
QUINTRELL, FREDERICK
born 1864 Gerrans Bay near Falmouth Cornwall England
died 29 Aug 1958 age 94 Nelson ashes interred Wakapuaka cemetery
brother to Sidney D QUINTRELL born c1859 Gerrans
brother to Emily QUINTRELL born Mar ¼ 1860 Gerrans registered Truro Cornwall
son of Sidney Dowrick QUINTRELL fisherman and mariner
(1901) retired fisherman residing Gerrans Cornwall
born c1825 Veryan Cornwall died Jun ¼ 1915 age 90 registered St Austell Cornwall
married Mar ¼ 1856 registered Truro Cornwall,
and Margery D SNELL
(1901) age 74 residing Gerrans Cornwall
born c1827 Gerrans Cornwall died Jun ¼ 1909 age 82 registered Truro Cornwall;
married (i) 1892 Cromwell Otago New Zealand,
Catherine Ann BALL (Annie C in death note)
born 20 Mar 1871 died 04 Jul 1897 age 26 Waipawa Hawkes Bay;
married (ii) 04 Apr 1899 in the private house of Mr William SUNNEX at Carterton Wairarapa,
Lizzie Gertrude SUNNEX of Carterton,
born 1877 Stawell Victoria Australia died 29 Sep 1925 age 48 New Zealand,
daughter of Thomas SUNNEX contractor
possibly born c1836 died 1897 age 61 buried Clareville cemetery Wairarapa
and Nancy WORDMAN;
married (iii) 1932 New Zealand,
Annie Elizabeth LEYLAND
born 18 Jul 1889 baptised 01 Sep 1889 S Mary Ince Lancashire
died 30 Nov 1953 age 65 perhaps at Nelson New Zealand
daughter of Nathanael LEYLAND fitter of Ince Lancashire
and Emma
(422;381;family information;318;209;124;249;352;304)
Education
family attended Bible Christian [a strict Methodist church] chapel in Gerrans duchy of Cornwall
1888 studied for Bible Christian ministry in England
1892 ordained Wesleyan minister by the Revd John CREWES
15 May 1904 deacon Nelson
29 Jul 1905 priest Nelson
Positions
c1878 worked with a carpenter
31 Mar 1881 smith’s apprentice residing with family members Gerrans Cornwall (249)
with father and brother, deep-sea fishing
worked with a blacksmith
journeyman smithy in south Cornwall
surveying with British government in south of England and trained part-time for ministry
1888 Bible Christian (Methodist) minister (33)
30 Sep 1888 departed England ORMUZ for New Zealand
21 Nov 1888 arrived in Lyttelton Canterbury TARAWERA
Nov 1888 assistant (to the Revd John ORCHARD president of Bible Christian New Zealand district) pastor Bible Christian church High Street Christchurch
1889 Bible Christian pastor, Banks Peninsula (eight or nine preaching places in his circuit)
residing Little River Banks Peninsula
27 Apr 1889 took a marriage at the Bible Christian parsonage (The Press)
1890-1891 pastor Cromwell Central Otago
initiated the building of stone churches (Bible Christian) in Cromwell and Bannockburn
10 Dec 1890 sought government permission to hold an art union in aid of church funds (Archives New Zealand)
30 Jan 1892-1893 pastor Belfast Christchurch and also Banks Peninsula
1893 clergyman with Catherine Ann residing Belfast (266)
1894-?1896 minister-in-charge Cuba St Wesleyan church (previously Bible Christian chapel) in Palmerston North
with journeys to Oroua Bridge and Taonui
1896 at time of church union, received from Bible Christian church into the newly united Methodist church
Mar 1898 at Wesleyan conference appointed to station Waipawa Wesleyan Methodist chapel (previously a Bible Christian chapel, but now in the united church)
1899 after 12 years service, voluntarily retired from Methodist ministry
bought a farm Waipawa Hawkes Bay
Apr 1899 an engineer residing Carterton at time of marriage, but usually residing Makotuku (304)
06 Jun 1902 as Mr F QUINTRELL taking services for the vicar Canon WEBB Epiphany, and Matamau
1904–1907 deacon curate-in-charge then (Jul 1905 priest) vicar Collingwood diocese Nelson
15 Dec 1907 the Revd Mr QUINTRELL, taking services S Stephen Inangahua
17 Dec 1907 parish farewell on leaving for Reefton
1907-1913 vicar Reefton
01 Aug 1913-Jul 1918 vice AW STACE vicar Seddon
honorary secretary to the Red Cross league
1916-1919 ‘temporary chaplain to the forces’: but no record in (354)
Jul 1918 farewell at Ward, on his leaving district to take charge of the Picton parish – references to the disturbances of the war (Marlborough Express)
1918-1928 vicar Picton
Oct 1919-1938 canon Nelson
1928-1937 vicar Brightwater with Waimea
1932 visited his sister and brothers Cornwall
1938 canon emeritus of Nelson cathedral
1938 retired to Auckland, relieving at Bay of Islands, Waimate North, Matamata, and in Auckland (69)
Dec 1938 residing Birkenhead
1938-1941- curate Waimate North diocese Auckland
06 Feb 1929 vice vicar GFW OULDS on leave in England, nine months locum Matamata
1941 residing 12 Albert Rd Birkenhead, Auckland New Zealand
1945 he and Annie Elizabeth QUINTRELL sold land Auckland to Helen ELSBY (Archives New Zealand)
–1958 residing Whareama Stoke Nelson (33)
Other
writer of inspirational verses (33)
Temperance supporter
08 Sep 1958 obituary and appreciation Nelson Evening Mail
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The New South Wales Gazettes for 1892 list a FW Quintrell in Burke.

I cannot find any evidence of him in NZ aside from that electoral roll that you all ready have

Australian newspaper reports of his death say that he had a note addressed to the coroner pinned to him, that said he had 12 pound in the savings bank and after his burial expenses had been paid, the rest was to go to the children's hospital.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...ed%20quintrell
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Thanks, Chris.

The book I have was written by his son S.T. (Stanley Trevor) Quintrell. It's over 120 pages long and very detailed.

Fred's wife Catherine died after the birth of their second child, William Egbert, from septicaemia, in the 7th year of their marriage.

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The New South Wales Gazettes for 1892 list a FW Quintrell in Burke.

I cannot find any evidence of him in NZ aside from that electoral roll that you all ready have

Australian newspaper reports of his death say that he had a note addressed to the coroner pinned to him, that said he had 12 pound in the savings bank and after his burial expenses had been paid, the rest was to go to the children's hospital.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/a...ed%20quintrell
Oh wow, I hadn't seen that before.

My great-grandmother was most affected by his death. My mother had a photo of his grave in his possession, which I now have, though it has deteriorated. Luckily I had already scanned it.

I think he had relationship problems.
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What a lovely thing for him to think of whilst contemplating his own suicide.
How sad.
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