Alfred Parry LONG [11440]

   Cause of his death was suicide.

  General Notes:

Alfred was Registrar General of NSW Australia
In 1896 all the branches of the Registrar General's department were brought together under one head Alfred, who was a qualified solicitor

Alfred was injured in the head by a cart while crossing the road.

Death of Registrar General (Extract)
A Magisterial Enquiry
At the inquest in Sydney yesterday on Mr. Alfred Parry Long, registrar-general, George Evans. a solicitor, residing at No 28 Castlereagh-street, deposed that the deceased was his brother-in-law Deceased was 50 years of age, and had left a widow and one child deceased left property valued at about £30,000. When speaking to his solicitor on Friday, Mr. Long was evidently depressed. He said that he had received certain injuries, and added: "If I am to be maimed for life I would sooner be dead." The clerks stated that Mr. Long had been worried by official matters, and had said that life was almost harder than he could bear. On Tuesday he went to his office and when a search was made two hours later he was found dead, with a bullet in his brain. The Coroner found that Alfred Parry Long died from a revolver bullet wound in his brain, the said injury having been self-inflicted.
Ref: The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 29 September 1898
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14155057?searchTerm=Death of Registrar General&searchLimits=

THE LATE REGISTRAR-GENERAL.
Why did Mr. Parry Long commit suicide?
A relation said at the inquest "because he bad met with an accident"; his confidential clerk, " that he was overworked." The latest has it, however, that one of his brothers met a similarly melancholy death, though the statement may be mere idle rumour, and therefore " a jade." What is true, is that he had no reasonable cause for any such dreadful act, as he was a man in the prime of life, a man in a good position, and a rich man moreover, independent of his appointment altogether. It is stated that he had behind him the tidy fortune of L30,000, and that he owned the beautiful place he lived in, Roslyn Hall, at Darlinghurst. This splendid house, though it is not generally known, was built by Lieutenant Lawson, one of the three discoverers of a passage across the Blue Mountains in 1813, and was used by him as a city residence in the old days of "The System." It is a square stone edifice, baronial in character, and, until recently, stood in the midst of a magnificent estate. Here Mr. Long had lived for some little time, one of the nabobs of the most fashionable suburb of Sydney.
Ref: Trove - Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915) Tuesday 4 October 1898
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/61296808?searchTerm="roslyn hall, darlinghurst <http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/61296808?searchTerm=>"

  Research Notes:

In the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
In the Estate of Charles Heather Long, late of Curtis Road,
Balmain, house and estate agent, deceased.
ALL persons having claims against the above estate are
requested to send particulars thereof to the executor, Alfred
Parry Long, Curtis Road, Balmain, on or before the 4th
December next.— Dated this 20th November, 1879.
ALFRED PARRY LONG,
Executor.
6737
Ref:1879 NSW Govt Gazette.

In the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
In the will of Charles Heather Long, late of Balmain, near
Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, commission.
agent.
NOTICE is hereby given, that after the expiration of fourteen
days from the publication hereof, application will be made to
this Honorable Court, in its Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, that
probate of the last will and testament of the said deceased be
granted to William Deane and Alfred Parry Long, both of
Sydney, solicitors, executors appointed therein.— Dated this
29th day of September, A.D. 1879.
DEANE & DEANE,
Proctors for the said Executors,
63, Elizabeth-street, Sydney.
Ref:1879 NSW Govt Gazette.


Waverley and South Head Cemeteries
First NameALFRED PARRY
Last NameLONG
Year1898
CemeteryWaverley
Cemetery Row19
Number of graves2
Year Of Birth1848
Age50
Death Date27 Sep 1898
DenominationAnglican
Section2 Vaults
InscriptionRegistrar General. b. 15 Jun 1848, Sydney
Plot Number234,235
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
Record setWaverley and South Head Cemeteries
Ref: Findmypast.com

Image Courtesy of: Trove (C. Chevallier)

Alfred married Eliza Amelia EVANS [11439] [MRIN: 3831], daughter of George Edwards EVANS [11432] and Sarah HAMMON [11433], on 9 Apr 1885 in St Andrew Cathedral Sydney. (Eliza Amelia EVANS [11439] was born on 3 Nov 1845 in Islington MDX London, baptised on 4 Jul 1852 in St Sepulchre Holborn LND and died in May 1935 in Sydney NSW Australia.)