DAY John

Name	John DAY
Country Of Origin	England
Born	1818
Died	1879
Birth/ Baptism	Born approx. 1818, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Parents	unknown
Apprenticeship	unknown
Skills	Clockmaker, Watchmaker, Jeweller
Work Locations	Launceston
Street Address	1 Elizabeth Street, Launceston
Marriage/Spouse	Emma Day (d. 18 September 1871, Launceston)
Arrival
Other	1851 England Census: 34-year-old ‘Jobbing Watchmaker’, Marylebone, London. Early 1870s: Business advertised under the banner The Illuminated Clock, 1 Elizabeth Street, Launceston, and experience of 35 years in his trade in London (England), Dublin (Ireland), and Glasgow (Scotland). From approx. 1870: Son Andrew Day worked with his father in the business. Town Timekeeper to his Worship the Mayor: Maintained, wound, and repaired the Town Clock, St John’s Church, Launceston. Launceston Examiner 28 April 1874: ‘Mr Rocher. Dear Sir, – Would you please convey to the Council my apologies for any irregularities in town clock last week, for on Wednesday the clock suddenly gained 6 1/2 minutes. I cannot account for this in any way unless the clock was tempered with by some of the parties having access to the tower of the church. The clock’s previous good performance this last three years must exonerate it from all blame, the rate of town clock during that time being about 5 seconds a week slow. However, I will set it to mean time today at 12 o’clock , I have had the mean time taken on Saturday. – Yours respectfully, JOHN DAY.’
Death	Approx. February 1879. John Day went missing while travelling from Launceston to Hobart by train. His body was discovered on 9 March in the bush near Tunbridge. His death record states the cause of death as ‘visitation of God.’
References
TAHO: RGD35/1/40 no1597 Death 1871 [Emma Day], RGD35/1/48 no468 Death 1879. Web: Ancestry: 1851 England Census. The Examiner (Launceston) 12 May 1870, 23 February 1871, 1 January 1874; Cornwall Chronicle 24 May 1872, 23 May 1873; The Tasmanian 1 February 1873; The Mercury (Hobart) 18 February 1879, 19 March 1879.