The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Fri 29 Jul 1904118263

THE COUNTRY.
DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST.
Lyndoch, July 7.
Mr. Carl Meinck. an old colonist late of
Round Hill Quorn, died at his re-
sidence, "Greenhills" Western Australia,
on Sunday, at the age of 80 years. He
was born on January 6, 1824, at Straltund,
Pommeru, Prussia, and arrived in Ade-
laide in September, 1849, by the Australia,
with his wife and one son. He was one of
the first land selectors at Belalie, and was
for many years a councillor in the district
council, and also a member of the school
board. In 1880 he left Jamestown for
the north, where he remained until January
of the present year. He then left for the
West. In 1882 he was appointed a justice
of the peace. He was also the first chair-  
man of the Kanyaka District Council, and
was for several years clerk of that body.
There survive him two sons-Mr. O. H.
Meinck, of Greenhills, West Australia, and
M. R Meinck, of Boulder City, and four
daughters-Mrs. A. Lewis, of Trial Hill,
Lyndoch, Mrs. George Fergusson, of James-
town, Mrs. T. H. Pearse, of The Gums
stations, Bundey, and Mrs. P. E. Kelly, of
Boolcunda East. There are 20 grand-
children and two great-grandchildren.