WHITFIELD George

Name	George WHITFIELD
Country Of Origin	England
Born	1868
Died	1946
Birth/ Baptism	Born 7 July 1868, Manchester, Lancashire, England Bapt. 9 August 1868, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Parents	Thomas George and Alice Whitfield (formerly Shaw)
Apprenticeship	unknown
Skills	Watchmaker, Jeweller
Work Locations	Zeehan, Queenstown, Strahan, Launceston
Street Address	Main Street, Zeehan Orr Street, Queenstown 145 Charles Street, Launceston
Marriage/Spouse	21 September 1898, Wesley Methodist Church, Zeehan, to Minnie Blanche Dawson (d. 30 May 1931). 1933, Methodist Church, Devonport, to Lois Margaret Wyatt.
Arrival	1884, Tasmania, recorded as 15 years old.
Other	By 1897: Watchmaker, Zeehan. By 1900: Also at Queenstown and Strahan. December 1901: Expanded his enterprise and opened another store in Charles Street, Launceston (purchased watchmaking and jewellery business from watchmaker Thomas Sharman). Apprentice/employee, Launceston: Frank William Bearup. Approx. 1902: Manager of Queenstown store, watchmaker Henry James Harris. Early 1908: Richard Blanchard, Tasmanian Goldsmiths’ Company, Hobart, sold his business to George. Approx. April 1908-mid June 1910: Watchmaker and jeweller, Horace Hanby from Victoria managed the Zeehan business. Approx. mid 1910: George sold the Zeehan business to his former manager, Ernest F Hodgkinson. 1922: Watchmakers Frank Bearup and Edgar Churcher purchased George’s Launceston business.
Death	3 September 1946, Private Hospital, Launceston
References
Tasmania Post Office Directory 1899, 1901. TAHO: CB7/25/1/1 Arrival 1884, RGD37/1/60 no1080 Marriage 1898, AD960/1/56 1932 [Minnie Blanche Whitfield]. Web: Ancestry: England Births & Christenings, Manchester, Lancashire, 1868. Zeehan & Dundas Herald 6 September 1897, 2 July 1910; Daily Telegraph 8 May 1897, 14 December 1901; The Examiner (Launceston) 15 October 1898, 14 December 1901, 2 June 1922, 4 September 1946, 19 August 1948 [Bearup]; Mount Lyell Standard & Strahan Gazette 21 May 1901, 4 January 1902; Advocate 3 March 1933; Clipper 14 April 1900; The Mercury (Hobart) 30 January 1908.