STEWART Robert Bell

Name	Robert Bell STEWART
Country Of Origin	Scotland
Born	1857
Died	1933
Birth/ Baptism	Born May 1857, Ceres, Fife, Scotland
Parents	Thomas and Janet Stewart (formerly Graham)
Apprenticeship	unknown
Skills	Watchmaker, Jeweller
Work Locations	Hobart
Street Address	100 Liverpool Street, Hobart
Marriage/Spouse	10 February 1891, St Philip’s Church, Abbotsford, Melbourne, Victoria, to Mary Alice Parsons.
Arrival
Other	Approx. 1890-1891: Watchmaker, Melbourne The Argus 19 February 1891: ‘STEWART-PARSONS. On the 10th inst., at St Philip’s Church, Abbotsford, by the Rev. Walter Mantell, incumbent, Robert Bell, second son of Thomas Stewart, of Ceres, Fifeshire, Scotland, to Mary Alice, youngest daughter of Samuel Parsons, of Latrobe, Tasmania.’ Approx. 1896-1906: Worked in his trade in Hobart. 1906: Bankruptcy. Creditors included jeweller Joseph Quarmby, Liverpool Street; watchmaker Percival C Abbott, Murray Street; jeweller Leo H Bibby, Liverpool Street. Returned to Melbourne, Victoria, recorded as a watchmaker.
Death	January 1933, Melbourne, Victoria
References
TAHO: SC84/1/316 no72 1906. Web: Ancestry: Scotland Births &Baptisms 1857; Victoria, Australia Rate Books 1890-1891; Australia Marriage Index 1891; Australia City Directories, Tasmania Post Office Directory (Wise) 1898-1905; Australia Electoral Rolls 1922, 1931; Australia Death Index 1933. Scotland’s People, 1871 Census. Clipper 9 January 1897; The Mercury (Hobart) 4 July 1900, 22 October 1902, 13 August 1904, 18 January 1933.