PRESCOTT Edward
Name | Edward PRESCOTT |
Country Of Origin | Ireland |
Born | 1826 |
Died | 1883 |
Birth/ Baptism | Born approx. 1826 |
Parents | John (shoemaker) and Sarah Prescott (formerly Thompson) |
Apprenticeship | unknown |
Skills | Watchmaker, Jeweller |
Work Locations | Hobart |
Street Address |
48 Murray Street, Hobart 52 Murray Street, Hobart 78 Liverpool Street, Hobart |
Marriage/Spouse | 12 January 1851, St Mary’s Church, Dublin, Ireland, to Kate Smith (widow, formerly Finlay and Burden). |
Arrival | August 1854: Melbourne, Victoria, on the ship William Money with wife (recorded as Catherine), two-year-old Charles, two-month-old George, and son John Otway, born on board at sea. |
Other | Employers: Foreman for William Bennett, watchmaker, Melbourne, Victoria. Approx. 1858: Francis Abbott, Hobart.August 1859: Advertised his own business, 48 Murray Street, Hobart (near St David’s Church).May 1862: Listed in local newspaper as a householder at 52 Murray Street, Hobart.Employed watchmaker and jeweller, Owen Jarman. February 1875: Edward Prescott erected an Admiral Fitzroy Barometer with a thermometer adapted to the southern hemisphere made especially for him in a prominent position for the benefit of the public for reliable temperature and meteorological observations. December 1875: Sold his business at 52 Murray Street to Mr W Golding (late of Barclays). 1876: Moved back to Melbourne. SEE – https://handsoftime.com.au/the-1867-tasmanian-12-inch-dial-clock-by-prescott/ |
Death | 10 October 1883, at his residence, High Street, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria.
Burial: St Kilda Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria. |
References | |
Glenn Abbott to Graham Mulligan, December 2019. TAHO: CRO96/1/1 Diary of Alfred Abbott 1858-1861. Web: Ancestry: Victoria Australia Passenger Lists 1854; Victoria Births Deaths Marriages, Registration No. 9/1854. Hobart Town Daily Mercury 11 August 1859, 13 February 1875; The Telegraph (Vic) 19 August 1876; The Mercury (Hobart) 27 May 1862, 14 December 1875, 2 February 1880; The Australasian 10 July 1880 [C.E. Prescott], 20 October 1883; The Broadfield Courier 30 June 1893 [J O Prescott], Tasmanian News 24 July 1893 [F.E. Prescott]; Prahran Telegraph 17 July 1909 [J. Otway Prescott]; The Argus 9 April 1913 [F E Prescott]. |
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