SOLOMON Joseph

Name	Joseph SOLOMON
Country Of Origin	England
Born	1780
Died	1851
Birth/Baptism	Born approx. 1780, London, England
Parents	Abraham Solomon
Skills	General Store Owner, Dealer
Work Locations	Hobart, Launceston, Evandale
Street Address	Corner Liverpool and Argyle Streets, Hobart Cameron Street, Launceston Charles Street, Launceston
Marriage/Spouse	Date unknown, to Harriet Lazarus, England (div). 17 November 1833, Launceston, to widow Eliza Backas.
Trial	2 August 1819, Kent Quarter Assizes
Sentence	Death sentence commuted to transportation for life for being an accessory and organising a burglary.
Arrival	January 1820, Sydney, New South Wales, on the convict ship, Prince Regent. March 1820, Van Diemen’s Land, on the Castle Forbes.
Police Number	217
Convict Assignment
Ticket of Leave	Approx. 1830
Conditional Pardon	13 March 1833
Other	Brother: Judah Solomon. Approx. 1821-1839: Business partnership J & J Solomon, Storekeepers, advertised watch repairs. By 1832: Advertising in Launceston. 1836: Free Pardon December 1836: A store at Evandale, New River, near Captain Barclay’s was opened. March 1839: Joseph advised the public he was operating business independently and no longer with his brother Judah in Hobart. 1839: Opened another store, Campbell Town. 1841: Partnership officially dissolved.
Death	19 May 1851, Evandale
References
John Levi, These are the Names: Jewish Lives in Australia 1788-1850, 2013, pp.737-8. TAHO: RGD36/1/2 no2268 Marriage 1833, RGD35/1/20 no61 Death 1851. Web: Australian Dictionary of Biography, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/solomon-joseph-2679 Star (London) 18 August 1819 (British Newspaper Archive); Hobart Town Gazette & Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser 17 March 1821, 23 March 1822; Colonial Times 25 January 1828; The Tasmanian 2 July 1830, 19 October 1832; Launceston Advertiser 10 July 1832, 21 July 1836, 17 November 1836, 8 December 1836; Hobart Town Courier 22 March 1839; Cornwall Chronicle 26 October 1839, 21 May 1851.