Thomas Good (merchant)
Thomas Good was a merchant of Adelaide, South Australia, a founder of the wholesale drapery business of Good, Toms & Co.
History
Thomas Good (c. 1822 – 21 January 1889) of Birmingham left England for South Australia in the John Mitchell with (later Sir) Charles Goode ( – 5 February 1922), arriving in Adelaide in April 1849.[1] Together they travelled the State by horse and cart hawking softgoods, and were successful enough to start a small drapery business in Kermode Street, North Adelaide. They each married a sister of the other.
In 1850 John Good & Co. began trading as drapers in Rundle Street, Adelaide, opposite Berry's China Warehouse.[2]
In January 1853 he opened a general store[3] opposite Low's Inn, Mount Barker, followed by a grain store[4] which in 1864 he sold to William Barker, previously a partner of Sidney George Wilcox's brothers Joseph and Emery in Gawler.
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In 1872 Good and Samuel Toms founded the wholesale firm of Good, Toms & Co.[5] on King William Street, later office on Wyatt Street and a warehouse at 22 Stephens Place. The business ceased trading in the early 1930s.[6] In 1932 the warehouse was purchased by Charles Birks & Co and around 1934 incorporated into their adjacent retail establishment.[7]
Good's business partner Samuel Toms (c. 1842 – 27 January 1907) may have been educated at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution.[8] He worked at Goode Brothers' warehouse before joining with Thomas Good as Good, Toms & Co. Three of his sons were involved in the business. Toms was closely associated with the (Anglican) Trinity Church and was a keen cricketer, serving as umpire at many important games held at the Adelaide Oval.[9] A third partner was William Kent, who managed the London office.
Family
Thomas Good (c. 1822 – 21 January 1889) married Mary Ann Goode (c. 1822 – 21 July 1895) in 1850. She was a sister of emigrants Charles H. Goode, Matthew Goode (of Matthew Goode and Co.), Samuel Goode, jun., and Elizabeth Ann Goode.
- Emily Good (1851–1933) married Cornelius Proud ( –1905) in 1882
- Samuel Good (1856 – 31 January 1912) of Good, Toms, & Co.
- Mary Good (1858–1860)
- Annie Good (1859–1942) married David Williams ( – ) in 1884
- Elizabeth "Bessie" Good (1861–1921) married John Francis Hummel ( –1925) in 1884
- Charles Thomas Good (1863–1926) married Helena Russell Goode ( –1953) in 1890. He was an architect, designed the Grenfell Street premises of Goode, Durrant and Co.)[10]
- Dr. J(oseph) Ernest Good (6 December 1867 – 6 December 1935) married Agnes Minnie Williams ( –1954), served in several notable British hospitals, returned to practise in Prospect.[11]
- Gwynnyth Fay Good (1899– ) married (John) Keith Angas (1900–1977) in 1924
- Phyllis Gypsy Good (1899–1947) married Cavendish Lister "Pat" Colley (1898–1982), a granddaughter of R. B. Colley, in 1923
- Miss L. Good ( – )[12]
Good's sister Mary Harriet Good (c. 1830 – 18 August 1889) married his partner (later Sir) Charles Goode on 6 August 1856.[13] She was an invalid for much of her adult life; they had no children.
Other Adelaide softgoods wholesalers
- (these two operated for 30 years as Goode Brothers)
See also
- Thomas Goode (1816–1882), merchant of Goolwa
- Thomas Goode (c. 1834–1926), pastoralist of Canowie Station
References
- ↑ "Death of Sir Charles Goode". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 6 February 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ↑ "Advertising". Adelaide Times. II, (204). South Australia. 20 July 1850. p. 5. Retrieved 1 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Advertising". Adelaide Observer. XI, (498). South Australia. 8 January 1853. p. 1. Retrieved 1 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Early Mount Barker". The Mount Barker Courier And Onkaparinga And Gumeracha Advertiser. 49, (2575). South Australia. 11 April 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 1 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Death of Mr. Thomas Good". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 January 1889. p. 5. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
- ↑ "Land and Buildings". The Mail. 20, (989). South Australia. 9 May 1931. p. 23. Retrieved 1 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Good, Toms & Co. warehouse". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ Though appearing in reference cited, his name is not mentioned in reference to any prizegiving or reunion, nor in Diana Chessell's excellent Adelaide's Dissenting Headmaster, Wakefield Press 2014 ISBN 978 1 74305 240 2
- ↑ "Death of Mr. S. Toms". The Register. LXXII, (18, 785). South Australia. 28 January 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 1 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Obituary". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 3 March 1926. p. 19. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ↑ "Sudden Death of Dr. J. E. Good on Birthday". The Advertiser. South Australia. 7 December 1935. p. 21. Retrieved 1 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "The Late Mrs. Thomas Good". The Advertiser. South Australia. 22 July 1895. p. 7. Retrieved 1 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Family Notices". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 7 August 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 9 February 2013.