RUNDLE Vernon Frank Ashleigh

Name	Vernon Frank Ashleigh RUNDLE
Country Of Origin	Australia
Born	1886
Died	1966
Birth/ Baptism	Born 16 July 1886, Victoria
Parents	James Granger and Katherine Manson Rundle (formerly Plowman)
Apprenticeship	unknown
Skills	Jeweller, Retailer
Work Locations	Hobart
Street Address	117a Elizabeth Street, Hobart 79 Elizabeth Street, Hobart 77d Elizabeth Street, Hobart 76 Liverpool Street, Hobart 105 Liverpool Street, Hobart
Marriage/Spouse	4 March 1908, Bendigo, Victoria, to Lavinia Treloar (div. 1944). Date unknown: to Valda Doreen Wakefield.
Arrival
Other	Other recorded occupation: Accountant. 1920s: Opened jewellery business, Rundle’s Jewellers, selling clocks, watches, jewellery, and other goods, Hobart. 1933: 79 Elizabeth Street, Hobart November 1935: Advertised as Rundle’s Jewellery and Gift Arcade on the corner of Elizabeth and Liverpool Streets, Hobart. The business advertised carrying ‘a magnificent stock of the world’s best watches and clocks’, plus jewellery, watch repairs, and engraving. 1937: 77d Elizabeth Street, Hobart. Some known employees: Terence Gathercole, Kenneth Pearce, Colin Maycock, Arthur John (Jack) Payne, (watchmakers & jewellers). By late 1940s: Moved to New South Wales. Approx. 1950s-1980s: Rundle’s was continued by Vernon’s son and daughter-in-law, Frank and Betty Rundle.
Death	19 November 1966, Manley Vale, Sydney, New South Wales
References
Web: Ancestry: Australia Birth Index 1886, Australia Electoral Rolls 1914-1949, Australia & New Zealand Find a Grave Index 1966; Victoria Births Deaths Marriages, Marriage 1908, Registration No. 677/1908; Findmypast, Tasmanian Wills & Letter of Administration 1966. World 13 May 1922; The Mercury (Hobart) 6 October 1922, 27 March 1928, 18 August 1933, 27 September 1935, 18 November 1935, 17 August 1937, 24 November 1937, 11 October 1944; Australian Women’s Weekly 12 December 1979.