BARNES Clarence Verna

Name	Clarence Verna BARNES
Country Of Origin	Australia
Born	1887
Died	1968
Birth/ Baptism	Born approx. 1887, Coburg, Victoria
Parents	Frederick William and Elizabeth Emma Barnes (formerly Morewood), Grandfather Robert Barnes: Jeweller, London.
Apprenticeship	unknown
Skills	Watchmaker, Jeweller
Work Locations	Launceston
Street Address	57 Brisbane Street, Launceston 120 York Street, Launceston (Crabtree’s Chambers) 33 The Quadrant, Launceston
Marriage/Spouse	22 July 1912, St Andrew’s Manse, Carlton, Victoria, to Sarah Sarita Braithwaite
Arrival
Other	Pre: 1919: Watchmaker, Melbourne, Victoria. By approx. 1919: Watchmaker, Launceston, residing first at 10 Church Street, Launceston, then 15 Abbott Street, East Launceston. Approx. August 1920: Opened business in the new Princess Theatre buildings, Brisbane Street, Launceston. The Examiner (Launceston) 27 April 1925: ‘Owing to the illness of C V BARNES, Watchmaker and Jeweller, 57 Brisbane Street, the services of Skilled Workman have been engaged, and business will be carried on as usual.’ By September 1925: Advertised at 120 York Street, Crabtree’s Corner. The Examiner (Launceston) 22 November 1943: ‘C V BARNES, Watchmaker, late Simpson’s, now at Tasmanian Insurance Buildings upstairs (opposite Shepherd’s), Quadrant.’ 1946: Advertised Swiss alarm clocks, 33 Quadrant (upstairs).
Death	January 1968, Launceston, Tasmania
References
Web: Ancestry: Marriage, Victoria, Australia 1879 [Barnes-Morewood], Australia Electoral Rolls 1919, 1922. Births Deaths Marriages Victoria, Birth Registration No. 1981/1887; City of Launceston, Carr Villa Cemetery 1968. The Mercury (Hobart) 11 September 1912; The Examiner (Launceston) 28 August 1920, 28 August 1920, 13 November 1920, 18 September 1925, 16 January 1946.