Queensland - De CHASTEL, completed

[ian-nz]

Hi Ruskie    Thank you so much for all the trouble you have gone to chasing my Anne De Chastel. I was told she died in a fire by a distant relative I have recently been in contact with. I will now send for a death certificate and hope there may be some information on that that may help. I was so pleased with some of the other information you got. Did not have Annie's exact death date and was so pleased with the inquest information for Oliver. I had down loaded the form to send for this and another so thank you for that. Will try and find out if I can, more about where they were living in 1896 etc as that may help.
Received an email last night from the Mt Morgan Museum. They were unable to find any information in their records.
Thank you so much once again. I really appreciate your help and am very pleased with the information you got.
Regards Pauline

[gazania]

Hi,

Anne's death certificate should tell you whether or not there was an inquest.  If so the details given should then lead to the inquest records.  If there was a house fire the inquest could be indexed under the name of the town and date.  Perhaps Anne died sometime after the fire from injuries rather than from the fire itself.  Best wishes, Gazania

PS Inquest records, although very sad, can be a mine of information for family history.

[Ruskie]

That's interesting gazania, and ties in with what I guessed from looking at the inquests. 

The indexes are quite compelling. I found myself flipping through the pages. Some poor chap was decapitated and had other injuries after falling down a mine shaft. Many people committed suicide, several slit their own throats, there were many drownings both accidental and suicide, many died from alcohol abuse, and some from spearing by "blacks".

Let me know what the d/c says Pauline and I'll be happy to check again.

[ian-nz]

Thanks Ruskie    Will be in touch when I get the d/c.
Sounds to me like you had a very depressing morning.
Cheers Pauline

[Ruskie]

Nah, I'm fine Pauline ... 

[gazania]

Hi,

Below is the current website for the Coroner in Q.  Click on findings;

http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/129.htm

Gazania

[Ruskie]

Interesting but scary. 

[ian-nz]

Thanks Gazania for that information.
Pauline

[farrer11]

Hi Pauline - our family is descended from Emile de Chastel (my great grandfather); I will see if my father has any information on this death as he has done some investigation into the family history
Liz