TARGRESS Mary Elizabeth

Name	Mary Elizabeth TARGRESS
Country Of Origin	Australia
Born	1868
Died	1945
Birth/ Baptism	Born approx. 1868, Albany, Western Australia
Parents	George Druce and Esther Woodcock (formerly Shortell)
Skills	Business Owner
Work Locations	Devonport, Burnie, Queenstown, Hobart, Launceston
Street Address	3 Marine Terrace, Burnie Orr Street, Queenstown 56-58 Liverpool Street, Hobart 6 Liverpool Street, Hobart Park Street, Hobart St John Street, Launceston
Marriage/Spouse	1883, Perth, Western Australia, to George Thomas 1892, Perth, Western Australia, to Ezra William Targress Date unknown, to Ernest Lloyd Gillam
Arrival
Other	Pre-Tasmania: Lived in Western Australia and Melbourne, Victoria. 1910: Advertised business in Devonport and Burnie. 1911: Advertised clocks, watches, and jewellery for sale, and having ‘the only practical working watchmaker in Queenstown.’ 1912: Advertised in Hobart Approx. late 1912: Launceston 1913: Mrs M E Targress is listed in Wise’s Directory under watchmakers and jewellers in Queenstown and Hobart and as an importer of general drapery, clothing, mercery, millinery, carpets, clocks, jewellery, boots and shoes, and fancy goods. Approx. 1912-1914: Milliner and draper, Hobart. 1913: Bankruptcy, Mary Elizabeth Targress, and Ernest Lloyd Gilliam, trading as Lloyd Targress. Tenders were invited for stock in trade and fittings in Hobart and Queenstown. Creditors included Hobart watchmakers and jewellers, Golding and Sons, and Taylor and Sharp.
Death	1 March 1945, Mount Park, Melbourne, Victoria
References
TAHO: SC84/1/539 1913. Web: Ancestry: Australia Birth Index 1868; Australia Marriage Index 1883; Australia City Directories, Tasmania Post Office Directory (Wise) 1913; Australia Electoral Roll 1914; Australia Death Index 1945 [Mary Elizabeth Gilliam]. Inquirer & Commercial News 11 August 1899; North Western Advocate & Emu Bay Times 21 October 1910, 4 March 1911; Zeehan & Dundas Herald 6 April 1911; The Mercury (Hobart) 5 March 1912, 19 August 1912, 13 June 1916; The Examiner (Launceston) 26 May 1913; Daily Post 13 May 1914; The Northam Advertiser 30 September 1916; The Argus 1 March 1945 [Mary Elizabeth Gillam].