M Marks & Co, Gulgong 1884
BACKGROUND
Montague Marks married Elizabeth Caroline "Lily" Plunkett in 1883 in Mudgee (NSW BDM 5790/1883). [Elizabeth was born 24 December 1859]. Their children included:
- Montague F J - born 1884
- Frederick W - born 1886
- Una K J - born 1887
- Lionel W born 1889
- Ruth born 1900 (in Cooma)
Montague died in 1936 in Neutral Bay (State Archives).
Elizabeth died in 1949 in Neutral Bay. (Findagrave)
NEWS ITEMS
1883 - [MARRIAGE]
MARKS—PLUNKETT.—Montague, second son of J. Marks, Clifton, England, to Lillie, eldest daughter of J. F. Plunkett, Gulgong.
1884 - [GULGONG AND ITS MINES]
Among the business establishments may be mentioned that of Messrs. M. Marks and Co., in Mayne-street. This is one of the principipal general stores in Gulgong, having extensive premises and possessing a separate establishment for the sale of boots and shoes. In the large store a great variety of general merchandise is kept in stock to meet the demands of their large circle of patrons. A portion of the main store is divided off into a millinery and a men's clothing department, which are kept in full swing.
1884 - [THE MINER]
The commercial condition of Gulgong is highly reassuring, and full of promise for the future. Trade, if not positively brisk, is steady and regular. The necessaries of life are, and always have been, wonder fully cheap, and Sydney prices rule in almost every department of business. At the general establishments of R. Brown and Co., M. Marks and Co., Messrs. Young and Co., and many others, very large stocks are kept, and the consuming public has every reason to be satisfied with the price and quality of the goods.
WANTED, an experienced DRESSMAKER, one with a knowledge of millinery preferred, permanent employment; reference indispensable. Apply to Messrs. MARKS and CO. Sydney House, Gulgong.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Thu 20 Dec 1888 Page 16
1935 - Warning to Shopkeepers
EMPLOYMENT OF JUNIORS - SHOULD SEE BIRTH CERTIFICATES - Gulgong Case - INTERESTING evidence containing a number of important points for storekeepers was given at a case before Mr. N. C. Sheridan, P.M., when Clifford E. Pyatt, trading with others as T. H. Marks and Co., of Gulgong, was summoned by Harold Adams for wages alleged to be due and overtime.
Source: Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954) Thu 14 Nov 1935 Page 12
1949 - [DEATH]
The death occurred at Neutral Bay on Sunday last of a former Gulgong resident, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Marks, aged 90 years. Deceased was the widow of the late Mr. Montague Marks, who many years ago conducted a store on the site where Wood's garage now stands.
1949 - GULGONG PERSONAL
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Marks (relict of the late Mr. Montague Marks, who was a storekeeper in Gulgong in its earlier days) died on January 2. She is survived by the following family: Frank, Fred. W., Leo, Lt-Col. D. G. (DGO., M.C.), Una (Mrs. H. L. McDonald), and Ruth (Mrs. R. J., Donaldson.). The funeral left St. Augustin's Church. Shellcove-Road, Neutral Bay, for the Northern Suburbs Crematorium.
Note: This store may have been on the same location as the later Wood & Co, Sydney House
