SARGEANT Edwin Ernest
Name | Edwin Ernest SARGEANT |
Country Of Origin | Australia |
Born | 1863 |
Died | 1950 |
Birth/ Baptism | Born 27 October 1863, Hobart |
Parents | Daniel (pawnbroker) and Sarah Sargeant (formerly Cooke) |
Apprenticeship | From 1878: William Golding |
Skills | Watchmaker, Jeweller |
Work Locations | Hobart |
Street Address |
74 Murray Street, Hobart 97 Elizabeth Street, Hobart |
Marriage/Spouse | 15 March 1884, St Andrew’s Manse, Hobart, to Florence Malvina Dart (sister of John Dart, watchmaker). |
Other | Approx. late 1880s: Workshop foreman, Goldings. July 1887: Golding’s advertised a watch and jewellery cash sale at Latrobe with Edwin E Sargeant as their representative.February 1889: Edwin Sargeant and Percival Charles Abbott purchased the watchmaker, jeweller, and optician business from the estate of Charles Abbott. Abbott and Sargeant continued to trade at 74 Murray Street, Hobart. 1 April 1893: Dissolution of partnership by mutual consent. 1893-1895: Own business, 97 Elizabeth Street, Hobart. Advertised repairs as his speciality. September 1895: An auction was advertised to sell the whole of Edwin’s stock due to him departing the colony. Moved to New South Wales. |
Death | 14 July 1950, at his residence, 36 Kemp Street, Gladesville, New South Wales |
References | |
TAHO: RGD33/1/8 no6474 Birth 1863, RGD37/1/43 no381 Marriage 1884. Web: Index Thomas Sheehy, xshttps://eprints.utas.edu.au/11061/1/sheehy-S2_Thomas_Sheehy.pdf,1878; RI, Death 1950. The Mercury (Hobart) 4 February 1887, 16 February 1889, 22 July 1895, 9 September 1895; North Western Chronicle 27 July 1887; The Clipper 17 June 1893, Tasmanian News 1 April 1893, 22 December 1893; Sydney Morning Herald 15 July 1950. |
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