Robert John Spinks, 18551929 (aged 74 years)

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Robert John /Spinks/
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Note: Wingecarribee spelt Wingecaribe on Baptism record
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Note: William was killed in a horse riding accident. His foot got caught in the leathers above the stirrup and he was dragged. An inquest was held. The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser (NSW : 1863 - 1947) Thursday 22 October 1874 p 2 Article
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Note: SPINKS— BROOKER.

SPINKS— BROOKER.

On the 13th instant, at St. Michael's, Wollongong, by the Rev. T. C. Ewing, Robert John Spinks, of Ulladulla, to Rosina, eldest daughter of Mr. James Brooker, of Fairy Meadow.

Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1856 - 1950), Friday 15 December 1876 p 2 Family Notices

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Source citation: @NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Registration Number: 23222/1878@
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Source citation: @Baptism, Burial, Confirmation, Marriage and composite registers in the Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney Archives@
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Note: Death and Doubt.

Death and Doubt.
Penrith, Wednesday. — A man by the name of Amos Spinks died in the Cottage Hospital this morning. Dr Shand refused to give a certificate of death as the deceased had been treated by a chemist in St. Marys. An inquest was held, and the jury decided that no blame could be attached to anyone. The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW : 1887 - 1909) Wednesday 11 March 1891 p 7 Article

Death of a maternal grandfather
Cause: Edward died from senility and epithelioma of the lip. He was attended by Dr J. Jarvie Hood.
Note: The death information was his son William Harrigan who was living at Fairy Meadow. The death was registered at Wollongong on 10 July 1891. Source: death certificate supplied by the National Centre of Biography, ANU.
Burial of a maternal grandfather
Cemetery: Church of England Cemetery, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Note: Funeral Notice in Illawara Mercury, Saturday 11 July 1891

Funeral Notice in Illawara Mercury, Saturday 11 July 1891
THE Friends of Mr. E. HARRIGAN, of Balgownio Lane are respectfully invited to attend his FUNERAL to move from his late residence, THIS DAY (SATURDAY), at .2 o'clock, for the new C. E. Cemetery, Wollongong.

Note: Burial witnesses were Joseph Makin and A. Latter. Source: death certificate supplied by the National Centre of Biography, ANU.
Death of a brother
Source citation: @NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Registration Number: 2793/1896@
Note: A youth named Prosper Spinks, aged 19, died

A youth named Prosper Spinks, aged 19, died
suddenly to-day. Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931) Thursday 19 March 1896 p 7 Article

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Death of a sister
Cause: Infection from child birth
Marriage of a son
Death of a father
Cause: Senile Decay, Cardiac Incompetency
Note: Last seen by Dr D.H. Graham on the day before she died. Death informant was her son R.J. Spinks. Source: copy of death certificate supplied by the National Centre of Biography.
Burial of a father
Note: Burial witnesses were Johann M. Faust and George Turnball. Source: copy of death certificate supplied by the National Centre of Biography.
Death of a brother
Burial of a brother
Death of a mother
Cause: Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema of the Lungs
Note: Last seen by Dr Richard B. Trindall on the 17th of December 1915. Death informant was her daughter M. Spinks. Source: copy of death certificate supplied by the National Centre of Biography.
Burial of a mother
Note: Burial witnesses were M. Spinks and R. Gibson. Source: copy of death certificate supplied by the National Centre of Biography.

Burial witnesses were M. Spinks and R. Gibson. Source: copy of death certificate supplied by the National Centre of Biography.

SPINKS - The Friends of the late Mrs ELIZABETH SPINKS are invited to attend her Funeral, to leave the residence of her son, James Spinks, 84 Newman street, Newtown, THIS MORNING, at 9.15, for Newtown station thence to Rookwood. T J ANDREWS, Undertaker

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 22 December 1915 p 9 Family Notices

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Note: Died from Influenza
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Note: SPINKS. The Friends of Mrs JAMES E. SPINKS are invited to attend the Funeral of her beloved HUSBAND to leave his late residence, 84 Newman street, Newtown, THIS DAY, at 1.30, for Newtown Station, thence to Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood, via No. 1 Mortuary.

SPINKS. The Friends of Mrs JAMES E. SPINKS are invited to attend the Funeral of her beloved HUSBAND to leave his late residence, 84 Newman street, Newtown, THIS DAY, at 1.30, for Newtown Station, thence to Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood, via No. 1 Mortuary.

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wednesday 19 May 1926 p 11 Family Notices.

Death
Cause of death: Adenoma of Prostate Gland, Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
Note: Last seen by Dr C.V. Roper the day before he died. Death informant was his son Arthur. Source: copy of death certificate supplied by the National Centre of Biography.
Burial
Note: Burial witnesses were Samuel Chapman and W.J. Anderson. Source: copy of death certificate supplied by the National Centre of Biography.
Obituary
Note: Mr. Robert John Spinks, aged 74 years, and one of the oldest native born South Coast men, died at his residence at Corrimal on Saturday morning.

Mr. Robert John Spinks, aged 74 years, and one of the oldest native born South Coast men, died at his residence at Corrimal on Saturday morning.

For some considerable time he had been ailing in health, and only on Thursday he had been picking beans in the garden, but taking ill on this occasion he was confined to bed for only two days, when peacefully he passed away.

Deceased was born in Fairy Meadow (his father being a native of N.S.W. also), and except for a number of his boyhood years, the whole of his life was spent in the South Coast district. For many years he was partner with the late Mr. J. S. Kirton as contractors at South Bulli.

Of kindly disposition, he was well known and respected throughout the district. Mrs. Rosina Spinks, wife of the deceased, is also a native of the Coast, living here the whole of her life, and throughout their married life the couple had never at any time been apart from each other.

Mrs. Spinks and the family mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father. The family of deceased are well known, Messrs. Arthur Ernest Spinks, Taren Point; Frank Ashly Spinks, Hurstville; Walter Leslie Spinks, Corrimal, and Mrs. Gibson, Corrimal.

Deceased was laid to rest at Wollongong C. of E. Cemetery, a short service being held at the residence by the Rev. Setchell, who officiated at the burial, where a large number of friends and relatives witnessed the last rites.

Original publication: Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW), 27 December 1929, p 9.

Family with parents
father
18231908
Birth: 1 June 1823Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 30 April 1908Milton, New South Wales, Australia
mother
18371915
Birth: 11 June 1837 33 40 Dapto, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 20 December 1915Home of Peace, Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriage25 April 1854Church of England, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
13 months
himself
18551929
Birth: 7 May 1855 31 17 Towradgi, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 21 December 1929Francis Street, Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia
15 months
younger brother
18561926
Birth: 7 August 1856 33 19 Towradgi, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1926St Peters, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
younger brother
18581914
Birth: 12 September 1858 35 21 Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 31 December 1914Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
23 months
younger brother
18601944
Birth: 15 August 1860 37 23 Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 10 June 1944Kogarah Hospital, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
younger sister
18621867
Birth: 17 November 1862 39 25 Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 25 March 1867Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
23 months
younger brother
18641878
Birth: 25 September 1864 41 27 Wingecarribee, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 30 November 1878Narrawillie Lake, Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
younger brother
18661874
Birth: 15 October 1866 43 29 Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 13 October 1874Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
younger sister
18681955
Birth: 31 December 1868 45 31 Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1955Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
21 months
younger sister
18701964
Birth: 18 September 1870 47 33 Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1964Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
21 months
younger brother
18721891
Birth: 9 June 1872 49 34 Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 9 March 1891Nepean Cottage Hospital, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
younger brother
18741918
Birth: 15 August 1874 51 37 Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 30 November 1918Auckland, New Zealand
19 months
younger sister
18761900
Birth: 20 March 1876 52 38 Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 28 April 1900St Peters, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
younger brother
18781896
Birth: 5 September 1878 55 41 Burrill, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 18 March 1896Milton, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
younger sister
18821956
Birth: 14 March 1882 58 44 Burrill, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 3 April 1956Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
Family with Rosina Brooker
himself
18551929
Birth: 7 May 1855 31 17 Towradgi, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 21 December 1929Francis Street, Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia
wife
18551944
Birth: 1855 40 34 Tarrawanna, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 20 January 1944Francis Street, Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Marriage13 December 1876St Michael's, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
14 months
son
18781939
Birth: 7 February 1878 22 23 Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 14 January 1939Whiporie, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
son
18801963
Birth: 1880 24 25 Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 12 September 1963Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
son
18831949
Birth: 12 November 1883 28 28 Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 6 June 1949Wollongong District Hospital, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
son
18881949
Birth: 30 January 1888 32 33 Tarrawanna, New South Wales, Australia
Death: October 19499 Kline Street, Weston, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
18901969
Birth: 30 September 1890 35 35 Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 24 December 1969Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia
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SPINKS— BROOKER.

On the 13th instant, at St. Michael's, Wollongong, by the Rev. T. C. Ewing, Robert John Spinks, of Ulladulla, to Rosina, eldest daughter of Mr. James Brooker, of Fairy Meadow.

Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1856 - 1950), Friday 15 December 1876 p 2 Family Notices

Death

Last seen by Dr C.V. Roper the day before he died. Death informant was his son Arthur. Source: copy of death certificate supplied by the National Centre of Biography.

Burial

Burial witnesses were Samuel Chapman and W.J. Anderson. Source: copy of death certificate supplied by the National Centre of Biography.

Obituary

Mr. Robert John Spinks, aged 74 years, and one of the oldest native born South Coast men, died at his residence at Corrimal on Saturday morning.

For some considerable time he had been ailing in health, and only on Thursday he had been picking beans in the garden, but taking ill on this occasion he was confined to bed for only two days, when peacefully he passed away.

Deceased was born in Fairy Meadow (his father being a native of N.S.W. also), and except for a number of his boyhood years, the whole of his life was spent in the South Coast district. For many years he was partner with the late Mr. J. S. Kirton as contractors at South Bulli.

Of kindly disposition, he was well known and respected throughout the district. Mrs. Rosina Spinks, wife of the deceased, is also a native of the Coast, living here the whole of her life, and throughout their married life the couple had never at any time been apart from each other.

Mrs. Spinks and the family mourn the loss of a devoted husband and father. The family of deceased are well known, Messrs. Arthur Ernest Spinks, Taren Point; Frank Ashly Spinks, Hurstville; Walter Leslie Spinks, Corrimal, and Mrs. Gibson, Corrimal.

Deceased was laid to rest at Wollongong C. of E. Cemetery, a short service being held at the residence by the Rev. Setchell, who officiated at the burial, where a large number of friends and relatives witnessed the last rites.

Original publication: Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW), 27 December 1929, p 9.