MORRISON Alexander

Name	Alexander MORRISON
Country Of Origin	England
Born	1792
Died	1838
Birth/ Baptism	Born 9 December 1792, London, England Bapt. 3 January 1793, Stepney, London, England
Parents	Alexander and Elizabeth Morrison
Apprenticeship	David Alexander Bucquet, London
Skills	Watchmaker
Work Locations	Hobart
Street Address	Liverpool Street, Hobart Elizabeth Street, Hobart Corner Melville & Elizabeth Street, Hobart
Marriage/Spouse	24 August 1816, St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, London, to Sarah Cox
Arrival	1821, Hobart on the ship Lusitania
Other	Work location, England: Commercial Road, Whitechapel, London December 1821: Advertised taking the late residence of Dr Luttrell, Liverpool Street, opposite the Colonial Hospital and ‘All kinds of Duplex, Lever, Horizontal, and repeating watches carefully repaired. Jewellery, made and repaired.’ March 1822: Moved business from Liverpool Street to Elizabeth Street. March 1823: Advertised selling ‘fashionable silver watches’ recently imported from England. July 1827: Relocated the business to a new building adjoining his former residence on the corner of Melville and Elizabeth Streets. December 1834: Alexander and Sarah were severely injured when thrown from their carriage descending the upper end of Elizabeth Street, Hobart. Alexander suffered a broken arm and severe bruising. February 1838: License of the Black Prince transferred from Alexander Morrison to James Wilde. October 1838: Following Alexander’s death, his property was auctioned; a public house on the corner of Melville and Elizabeth Streets (formerly known as the Black Prince) and two shops adjoining Elizabeth Street. CONVICTS ASSIGNMENTS: Approx. 1822-1823: John Frampton Approx. 1831: John Barker Approx. 1835: Edward Johnson
Death	9 February 1838, Hobart
References
TAHO: LSD1/1/89 p315 1821; AD960/1/1 1838. Jeremy Lancelotte Evans, Clockmakers’ Company Masters & their apprentices, Atkins’ list 1931, transcription. Web: More Morrison mysteries, https://fatherm.com/2015/05/02/more-morrison-mysteries/. Ancestry: London, England, Marriages & Banns 1816. Hobart Town Gazette & Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser 3 November 1821, 29 December 1821, 30 March 1822, 8 March 1823, 17 September 1824; Hobart Town Gazette 14 July 1827; Colonial Times 8 May 1829, 1 March 1831, 23 June 1835; Hobart Town Courier 26 December 1834, 9 February 1838, 19 October 1838; Bent’s News & Tasmanian Register 23 November 1838; The Examiner (Launceston) 26 July 1860.