Around the year 1900 a Rowland Sidwell left Birmingham England and set up in Tasmania where he created a chemist business. His father was Eli Sidwell, my great grandfather. Any background would be welcome. Thanks Peter Burford
1 – “Background” I would understand as his life before coming to Australia, but I have a feeling that that is not what you are after?
2 – How sure are you re your (rather limited) data? I can only see a chemist called Harry Sidwell who arrived as a child in the early 1880’s and his father’s name was definitely NOT “Eli”.
Hi
i’m sure about the father’s name.
Eli was a farmer/’quarryman who died in 1925 at the age of 76.
It may be 1890 when he sent his son to Australia.
I am relying on word of mouth at the moment but hope for better info in the next few weeks.
