LONGSHAW Arthur Ernest

Name Arthur Ernest LONGSHAW
Country Of Origin Australia
Born 1873
Died 1960
Birth/Baptism Born 2 January 1873, Curtis Road, Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales
Parents William (engineer) and Emma Longshaw (formerly Thornhill)
Apprenticeship Possibly with C Long & Co, Hobart.
Skills Jeweller/ Manufacturing Jeweller, Clock Repairer
Work Locations Hobart
Street Address
Marriage/Spouse 28 December 1891, at the house of the officiating minister, A W Palfreyman, Hobart, to Eva Mundy.
The marriage was solemnised later in Salt Lake Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the United States.
Other Approx. mid 1880s: Arthur and his family relocated to Hobart.
His father was an engineer for Derwent Ironworks, followed by a position with the Co-operative Engineering Company.
1886: Death of father in Hobart.

1894: Arthur signed and dated a clock back plate, a custom for a repairer. ‘C Long & Co, Bathurst Street, Hobart’ is stamped on the rear plate (see photo). The signature on the clock back plate indicates he undertook clock repairing.
1891-1913: Recorded as a jeweller in Hobart.

Early 1900s: Shareholder, Chairman of Directors, and Legal Manager of the Copper Creek Mining Company;
Member of the Loyal Jubilee Lodge No. 16.

Approx. May 1913: Departed Tasmania bound for California, United States.
19 June 1913: Arrived in California.

Arthur continued his work as a manufacturing jeweller in Salt Lake City, Utah. The 1940 Census indicates he was a naturalised citizen of the United States, worked 40 hours a week and 52 weeks of the year in 1939, and was self-employed. His highest level of education was 7th grade elementary school.
Death 27 October 1960, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Burial: 31 October 1960, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake County, Utah.
References
TAHO: RGD37/1/50 no480 Marriage 1891.
Web: Births Deaths Marriages, New South Wales, Registration No. 3111/1873 [Arthur Henry Longshaw].
Ancestry: Australia City Directories, Tasmania Post Office Directory (Wise) 1899-1913; California, United States, Arrivals 1913; United States Federal Census, Salt Lake, Utah, 1920, 1930, 1940; Utah, United States, Death Certificate 1960; United States Obituary Collection 1960.           
Evening News 2 April 1886; Daily Telegraph 1 July 1908; The Mercury (Hobart) 22 May 1913; The Salt Lake Tribune 28 October 1960.
Photo gallery All photos (3)
Photo of Arthur Ernest Longshaw's signature in 1894, manufacturing jeweller and clockmaker, Hobart, Tasmania. Photo of Arthur Ernest Longshaw, manufacturing jeweller from his obituary in 1960. Arthur was a jeweller in Hobart. Photo of cemetery plaque for manufacturing jeweller, Arthur Ernest Longshaw, formerly of Hobart, Tasmania.