The Ivory Brothers Edward and Patrick, trading as Ivory Bros of Coolgardie arrived in W A in 1894. They conducted a Tobacconist and Hairdressers business on the corner of Bayley and Ford streets, whilst their brother John Ivory joined William Fairchild at the Golden West Aerated Water factory in Lindsay Street. The factory opened in time for the summer…
James Sloan was born in Fremantle to Irish immigrant Daniel Sloan and his wife Eliza Ann nee Cowcher in 1847. He married in Bunbury in 1876 and he and wife Margaret nee Pratt had nine children. James Sloan began his aerated water and mineral water factory in Wittenoom Street, Bunbury about August 1892. Also operating at the time was…
James Mosley was born c1865. He married Julia Hilton in Perth in 1897. Their first child Elsie was born in Subiaco in 1898 but by 1902 the family had moved to York. On April 11th 1902, James Mosley registered his Swallow brand trade mark for Aerated Waters, Cordial manufacture & Mineral Waters including Ginger Beers. In 1904 he purchased…
HENRY HUTCHINSON WARD & GEORGE GREGSON of GOOMALLING JAMES ALBERT TURNER was born in 1869 at Duckinfield, Cheshire, England. His father was a furnace man and when James reached the age of 21 his occupation was listed as cotton turner. While working in the cotton trade he met local girl MARTHA ARNOLD, a weaver and they married in 1892….
Jacob Asher was a prominent aerated water manufacturer in the Goldfields and Fremantle between 1897 – 1922. He produced various shaped bottles including the champagne shaped brown top on cream ginger beers, of the Crown Cordial Factory, Kalgoorlie, the squat, blob topped brown on cream with the Eclipse Trademark ginger beer, Eclipse trademark marble bottles and also crown seal…
I have included this company in my story about Joseph Michael Moore & sons of the Shamrock & Beverages Aerated Water Companies. Since that time, I have uncovered more material concerning the short lived company of Gibson & Starr. John Gibson and William Robert Starr traded at 106 Roe Street, Perth in 1912. Starr was born in Ballarat Victoria…
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