HALFHIDE Albert Gilbert
Name | Albert Gilbert HALFHIDE |
Country Of Origin | England |
Born | 1875 |
Died | 1919 |
Birth/ Baptism | Born approx. 1875, England |
Parents | Alfred Charles (watchmaker and jeweller) and Mary Halfhide (formerly Watson) |
Apprenticeship | Most likely with his father |
Skills | Watchmaker, Jeweller |
Work Locations | Stanley, Waratah |
Street Address |
Church Street, Stanley Main Street, Waratah |
Marriage/Spouse | 2 January 1900, Toolamba, Victoria, to Ellen Blanche Taylor (div. 1912).
1913, Tasmania, to Audrey May Goldsmith |
Arrival | November 1880, Melbourne, Victoria, on the ship Lusitania, with his mother and siblings. |
Other | November 1906: Commenced business in Stanley and appointed an agent at Smithton.
1908: Moved to new premises in Stanley, previously occupied by watchmaker and jeweller Mr O C Dyer. January 1910: Advertised watches left with him for repair could be collected from W L Feutrill, storekeeper, and advised he was departing Stanley. November 1914: Burglary of jewellery at Waratah. After Albert’s death, his four children spent under two years as wards of the state and returned to their mother in 1927. |
Death | April 1919: Waratah
Zeehan and Dundas Herald 1 May 1919: |
References | |
TAHO: SWD1/1/1603. Web: Ancestry: 1871 England Census [Alfred Charles Halfhide]; Victoria, Australia Passengers List 1880; Australia Marriage Index 1913. Warragul Guardian & Buln Buln & Narracan Shire Advocate 12 August 1890 [Alfred Charles Halfhide]; The Age 16 January 1900, Circular Head Chronicle 21 November 1906, 28 November 1906, 1 January 1908, 27 May 1908, 4 November 1908, 19 January 1910; Bendigo Advertiser 7 October 1912; The Examiner (Launceston) 9 November 1914. |
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