SHARMAN Thomas Seymour

Name Thomas Seymour SHARMAN
Country Of Origin England
Born 1873
Died 1946
Birth/ Baptism Born approx. 1873, Middlesex, England
Parents John and Mary Sharman
Apprenticeship unknown
Skills Watchmaker, Jeweller, Optician
Work Locations Campbell Town, Ulverstone, Launceston
Street Address
High Street, Campbell Town
Reibey Street, Ulverstone
141 Brisbane Street, Launceston
145 Charles Street, Launceston
Marriage/Spouse 27 November 1901, Launceston, to Emily Josephine Nicholas, daughter of Launceston photographer Collan Nicholas and his wife, Emily.
Arrival Approx. late 1880s, Australia
Other Approx. January 1894: Opened business, High Street, Campbell Town.

Late 1894-1896: Watchmaker, Ulverstone.

August 1896: Purchased Joseph C Trist’s watchmaking and jewellery business, 141 Brisbane Street, Launceston.
1897: Advertised business in Launceston and Ulverstone.

March 1899: Commenced business partnership, Sharman and Darcey, with watchmaker and jeweller, Richard John Darcey.
September 1899: Partnership dissolved by mutual consent.

Listed in the 1899 and 1901 editions of the Tasmania Postal Directory at 145 Charles Street, Launceston.

Approx. late 1901: Thomas Sharman sold the business to watchmaker and jeweller, George Whitfield and moved to Sydney, New South Wales.

Death 1946, Sydney, New South Wales
References
Web: Ancestry: Gloucestershire, England Baptism 1873; 1881 England Census; Tasmania Marriage 1901; Australia Electoral Rolls 1914-1927, 1930-1943.
Launceston Family Album, http://www.launcestonfamilyalbum.org.au/detail/1030429/emily-josephine-nicholas;
New South Wales Births Deaths Marriages, 8364/1946, 19372/1965.
The Mercury (Hobart) 19 April 1888; Daily Telegraph 13 January 1894; The Examiner (Launceston) 11 August 1894, 29 August 1896, 24 July 1897, 8 September 1899, 21 December 1900; Wellington Times & Agricultural & Mining Gazette 11 May 1895, 16 January 1896; Daily Telegraph 30 January 1897, 1 March 1897, 14 December 1901; North West Post 23 June 1898; Federalist 25 March 1899; North West Advocate & Emu Bay Times 22 August 1911; Sydney Morning Herald 22 January 1948.