LAWRENCE Samuel Philip

Name Samuel Philip LAWRENCE
Country Of Origin Australia
Born 1860
Died 1939
Birth/ Baptism Born 20 December 1860, Gawler, Barossa, South Australia
Parents Morris and Elinor Lawrence (formerly Solomon)
Apprenticeship unknown
Skills Watchmaker, Jeweller
Work Locations Hobart, Zeehan, Queenstown
Street Address
64 Liverpool Street, Hobart
Main Street, Zeehan
Orr Street, Queenstown
Marriage/Spouse 3 November 1886, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, to Rosa Rosenberg, eldest daughter of Mr J M Rosenberg, jeweller.
Arrival
Other April 1885: Tasmanian Goldsmiths’ Company advertised Samuel P Lawrence would manage the business recently purchased from watchmaker and jeweller James Wilson, 64 Liverpool Street, Hobart.

1896: Tasmanian Goldsmiths’ Company management, Hobart, transferred to Richard Blanchard.

1897: Manager, Tasmanian Goldsmiths’ Company, Zeehan.

25 May 1901: Opened business for ten days only in the old Wesleyan Church, Gormanston.

1901: Operated Queenstown Cash Supply and Tasmanian Goldsmiths Company.
1908: Sold Queenstown business to George Whitfield, Launceston watchmaker and jeweller.

Moved back to Victoria.

Death 1939, Malvern, Victoria
References
Web: Ancestry: Australia Marriage 1886, Australia Electoral Roll 1914; Births Death Marriage Victoria Registration No. 6813/1939.
South Australian Advertiser 21 December 1860, Wallaroo Times 20 November 1886; The Mercury (Hobart) 17 April 1885, 17 May 1888, 12 September 1894; Zeehan & Dundas Herald 5 June 1897, 20 January 1908; Mt Lyell Standard and Strahan Gazette 25 May 1901, 7 December 1901; Daily Post 18 March 1912.