Marks/Inscriptions: C. 352. Clarkson, David (1828 -1889) was born 24.5.218 and was the son of Joseph Clarkson carpenter and his wife Matilda. He was trained to be a carpenter Arte his father. He came out in the Le bean with his wife Esther and Joseph yediot , arriving 14.8.57. Joseph and his son Samuel appear in the Caste Edu list as Joseph and Samuel Clarke , paying serge; Matilda Clarkson is nd mentioned , The Caste Eden arrived 7.2.51. Eliza beth . sister of David is said to have come out in the Hampshire which arrived in '53 an d. of which there 1s 10 pass. list available . Joseph bought Op3L1N a Lylt. Section in Olode St with 84 frontage and 66 ft. deep from Alfred Lint 1.12.51 for £ 23 and ar vey ed part of i t to David the daus later H Joseph and David sold some of their land to Tippetts, Sill fandom Heywood fa David lived in Dublin St. and gave that po as his address Electoral roll '53) He carried on his trade as a carpenter and built a warehouse fo T.pets, Sill and Heywood on Nor wick Quay and a house in s.s.u not o h. Ws . Moorhouse later -. Sn.+ lived. He left Lylt. in the small steamer Arn. having already plaine the shop which was to Recourse famous . The pips e of his trip to Aust was to bury stock. He left i instructions with his conson T. Atkinson n to open a drapery or the one ou shop in Cashel St. in the small house 4 ft. back from the frontage and eastret. this Atkinson duly did. His advertis ment of Clare so as aid T. Atkinson Andersen, Old ChCh ; N uni matisse ; LT. 26.9.54 : S. otte; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: C. 342 opening stock ap pared in the Lylt. Tines 26.9.54 . The shop was called D.unstable House was called because D unstable , Beds was the birthplace of Mrs Clarkson Dunst able was the cent of a stras what cottag industry and Mrs C. had learnt the art of making straw hats in her youth. Mrs Clarkson could not have started the slop with a small stock of straw hats and rees of Colton in 54 because she was away in Aust with her his band ad .T. but shre many dorie 50 at Lylt. or ChCh some tiene Easter he his tory of the land transacti o2s which ted up to the founding Dunst able House ar as follows. Towns sections 883 was atlee corner section Colombo St + Cashel St. 8 8son, West. and T.S.+ f wars the s i west of it. of 81 4083 h the Crown The ouginal purchaser from he Croc n nas John Brisbane ,who sold sd S.son h. James on Field for ) a100 n 19.2.53 , James i. d the westenra part of 8 1 to David Clarkson 2.12.56. or ' This was the street frontage e with in prove ment. Clarkson bought the bal port of the section for £50 oni LHe and At hinson had by then diss. part Field leased the whole o s to Atkinson for only £10 per annum s of it was a ) ps deep gull auld Atkinson coven anted to spend o on a building , Atkinson assigned his rights in der A purchasing clause to Richard Sutcliffe who lise on the opposit side of ashe 'S; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: 0. 352 O.Clarkson Shit cliff was a rel ton by marriage to Atkinson. Clarkson leased his 4o 1t. frontage to Wm Pratt 6.7.63 and sold it 26.2.73 : Pratt. bought the balance of 881 from Geo . Gould for £100. sold Clarks on some of WiI Lylt. land in '53 to jet funds for his tip to Aust. and solo further - Lylt. land in '56 to unable him to buy Cashel St. land. In ap. 62 when he applied to be put on the electoral roll for Heathcote he gave as his qualification g1, ac . pt. of R.S.17 S. of orth Balt Johannes Andersen say , Clar son built a small shop on the street frontage and later a two storey shop alongside , Atkin,t pro evo starlet business in the small shop on f he stret frontage Dodson sisters helped in the shop and stayed ih Poe business till Ballantyne tines William Pratt q.v. came down frome Nelson in '63 looking for a business in s to b. 2 Hoses wheel to start his sons. Geo Gould + Ninos ine ed him o big Dunst.able ) asiatic s career and. What allows is Johannes Andersen s besi is of David Clarksons which may or neary rot be tre. After selene his business to Patte Clarkson o nd go his familys moved down to Timaru where he again stated inte diaper business this time. in partner ship with Richard Turnbull P Lat) they developed into ware housemaid ard iron morgen s. The shop was onethird comes of the; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: C. 352 4 comer of the main South Road and George St. They were responsible for the first export of flour in the Leichardt in '67. In Dec. '68 occurred the great Timaru fire which burned out a whole block including Clarkson and Pearsons shop. The partnership was dissolved and Clarkson returned to Ch Ch. Turnbull carried on the business in his own name. The losses of the partnership were heavy. Turnbulls son , David Clarkson Turnbull was named after his partner and became a well known man in Timaru being chairman of the Timaru Harb. Bd. in 1912. Clarkson + Pearson gave a trophy to the S. Canty Jockey Club which was won by Mallocks Traducer colt Scandal Mallock left the cup to his godson Dr. H. Mallock Pruis whose widow presented it back to the Club. It was won by John Douglas - Clifford in 1951. First hand evidence in support of this story : 1. When David Clarkson and Richard Turnbull diss. part. 5.1.69 their signatures were witnessed by Arthur Perry according to LT of that date 2. Timaru Herald, July 64 says that David Clarkson, his wife a nd four ch. arrived at Timaru ex Lylt. at Timaru. 3. In June 68 David Clarkson gave evidence in J.B. Drakes bankruptcy proceedings LT. 23.6.68 : 17.7.68.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: O. 352 O. har son The other version f David Clarksons life after selling out to Pratt is as fallows. LT. 13.7.86 says D. Clarkson of London has quite recent l y ben her r after visiting the Australian Colonies and close the ester St. e Manchester Go .ou n o ed ford. Row w site for a large wholesale warehouse t. drapery goods) , Having completed the y . I building he gave in celebration d dinner at which B5o sai down H made a speck in response to the toast of his health which was in faotf the story of his life a ad success since he sold out Poto He said that the building and the stock fin ct. Coat rost his £50000. He had been away from ChCh for 22 years . When he to d London he had started an indent business which first of all he and ties wife conducted Sue he started t he had made severs trips to th Cust allan el nees. Soon their bers mess expanded so much that they had to employ y Lees. In the s2 years they had exported £300000 or th of drapery . He haar lefto in London his eldest son James in charge and a. stafford fon burgess paced .8 darks, He appointed A.J. Fos as his ChCh manager Bo intended to set up similar wholesale as tab lis hints in Willing ton and +Dunedin . He had agents all over Aust. The chief reason for belieoing that this is the orepuki version of his LT. 22.2.87 oa ass F. age ray fun i he ha; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: C. 352 D. Clarkson movements after the sale to Pratt is that everyone of his guests must have known that he was busy at Timaru and returned to ChCh after the Timaru fire if that were correct. What he had just told them must have been news to them that they had no means of knowing. To support his story L.T. 6.2.64 says that Mr + Mrs Clarkson with five ch. and one servant sailed for Eng. by the White Star 4.2.64. There must, however, have been a Clarkson in Timaru. Who was he? The Lylt. Times in an obituary notice 7.6.8, says that when he left N.Z. he left instructions about starting businesses in Timaru , Temuka and Rangitikei He made 13 trips between Eng. and the colonies. He left a wife and 7 ch. at the time of his death his son J.S. Clarkson was managing his London House and A.S. Clarkson his N.Z. houses He d. at Coogee Hotel, Coogee, Sydney Eldest son James - left in London in charge 4. 6.89 ag. 61 son? R.T present at the luncheon Feb. 87. His home was Chiselhurst Kent His widow Esther d. 17.7.08 at Lee Kent ag 80 Wm. Chrystall in the chair at the lunch said David Clarkson was the best man of business they had yet seen in Canterbury for proof of living in Timaru, see D. 436.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: D. Clarkson 3.C. 352 David Clarkson was musical ; he was leader at a concert party which gave an entertainment for the opening of the Commercial Hall in '57. A letter was published in the Lylt Times 17.6.63 about early closing. The drapers working hours were notorious in days when long working hours were usual. The drapers assistants formed an early closing assoc. to keep the movements towards more reasonable hours. Clarkson was the only big draper in ChCh who seriously opposed them and was thus thus the chief obstacle to early closing in Ch Ch. - see card 444 John Coc A small book called Numismatics says there was an early photograph of the new wholesale house in Manchester with the staff standing outside including David and Samuel Clarkson and two men who afterwards joined Ballantyne + Co. David Clarkson had insured his life for £18000 He was leader of a concert to open the Town Hall LT. 16.9.58. Jessie Stuart, his only dau. died Sydney. Arthur Clarkson of Farmers Co-op was a son. unmarried David Clarksons trip to Aust in 53 probably gave him the idea of wholesale buying and his career as a draper perhaps ipressed him with the advantages of wholesaling as against retailing. LT. 16 9.57 : 16.9.58 No descendants of David Clarkson known in N.Z.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer