Border Watch (Mount Gambier, SA) Saturday 2 February 190766117

OBITUARY,

MR. J. J. L. SCHINCKEL. - One of the
pioneer residents of the Mount Gambier district,
and a colonist of 52 years, in the person of Mr.
Johann J. L. Schinckel passed away at his resi-
dence " Holm," O. B. Flat, on Thursday.
The deceased was in his 83rd year, and his
death was the outcome of senile decay. The
late Mr. Schinckel was born at Holm, Germany,
in 1823, and when he was 31 years of
age he emigrated to Australia. He
arrived at Port Adelaide in the barque
St. Lawrence in 1854, and at the outset
paid a visit to his brother, Mr. J. P. L.
Schinckel, of Narracoorte, who was then
engaged in farming at Kanmantoo. Afterwards
he engaged in the service of the late Mr. Allan
MacFarlane, of Wellington Lodge, on the
Murray, but at the end of several years came to
reside in the Mount Gambier district. Here he
met the late Mr. W. Milton, and the two
gentlemen went into partnership in a butchering  
business. Their first premises were on the site  
of the Old Telegraph Mills. The business grew
rapidly, and the firm soon found them too
small. They then removed to the main street
where they built the shop and premises now
owned by Mr A. MacArthur. After six years
of successful butchering here both partners
determined to retire, the partnership was
dissolved, and the business was sold to the late
Mr. Marrabel. Mr. Schinckel afterwards resided
for a few years at Attamurra, until he
purchased the farm at O.B. Flat on which he
lived up to the time of his death. For several
years the deceased was an invalid, and thus
dropped out of the affairs of the district. But
prior to this he was for eleven years a member
of the Mount Gambier East Council, and a
member of the Benara Council from the time of  
its establishment until illness compelled him to  
retire. He was also at one time a trustee of
St. Martin's Lutheran church, and a member of
the old Mount Gambier German Club. The
deceased was a shrewd man of business, whose
position in society was very largely the outcome
of his own personal efforts, and he was much
respected by all with whom he had dealings.
In 1867 he married Mrs. Gaden, relict of the late  
Mr. C. Gaden, who predeceased him in 1892.
By his marriage Mr. Schinckel had two children
--Mr. J. P. L. Schinckel and Miss Hannah
Schinckel--but he leaves besides three children
of his wife by her first marriage, viz. -- Messrs.
C. H. and A. H. A. Gaden, of Mount Gambier,
and Miss D. Gaden. The funeral is appointed  
to leave his late residence at O. B. Fiat at 11  
o'clock this morning for interment in the new
cemetery.