PIPER Alister Graeme
| Name | Alister Graeme PIPER |
| Country Of Origin | Australia |
| Born | 1929 |
| Died | 1998 |
| Birth/ Baptism | Born 3 January 1929, Nurse Hodges’ Private Hospital, 25 Canning Street, Launceston |
| Parents | Julius Norman and Ada Letitia Isabelle Piper (formerly Scott) |
| Apprenticeship | With his father |
| Skills | Watchmaker, Jeweller |
| Work Locations | Launceston |
| Street Address |
St John Street, Launceston |
| Marriage/Spouse | February 1953, Margaret St Methodist Church, Launceston, to Betty McLean |
| Other | Worked in the family business, J N Piper and Sons.
1960: Alister Graeme and his brother John Burnett inherited the business following their father’s death. Daughter Lynda and son-in-law Robert Nicholls followed in the family business, later trading as Launceston Precision Jewellers. Their son Ben Nicholls, now 5th generation, joined the firm in 2002. He still uses some of his great-great grandfather’s original tools and specialises in jewellery manufacture and repairs, plus mercurial barometer restoration. SEE Pipers Jewellers |
| Death | 7 January 1998 |
| References | |
| Piper family archives. Web: Ancestry: Australia Electoral Rolls 1954, 1968, 1972; City of Launceston, Carr Villa Cemetery 1998. The Examiner (Launceston) 5 January 1929; 10 February 1953, 27 June 2020. |
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