PICKARD Benjamin

Name Benjamin PICKARD
Country Of Origin England
Born 1806
Died 1889
Birth/ Baptism Bapt. 4 September 1806, St Bartholomew, Yorkshire, England
Parents Benjamin and Mary Pickard
Apprenticeship unknown
Skills Clockmaker, Watchmaker
Work Locations Longford
Street Address
Marriage/Spouse Mary Pickard
Arrival 20 February 1853, with wife Mary and children Jane and Israel on the ship, Northumberland.
Other Other occupations: Night watchman, farmer.

1857: Landowner: 103 acres, Parish of Midhurst, County of Devon.

December 1858: Advertised leaving Longford and thanked customers who supported his clock and watchmaking business.
Death 18 December 1889 as his residence, Needles, near Deloraine.
References
TAHO: CSO24/1/216 1853, RD1/1 Book 37 p17, RGD35/1/58 no669 Death 1889.
Web: Ancestry: West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptism 1806; 1851 England Census.
The Examiner (Launceston) 4 December 1858; Cornwall Chronicle 8 February 1865; Daily Telegraph 20 December 1889.
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Convict clockmakers and convict watchmakers in Van Diemen's Land, now Tasmania.