76:'s "Apollo Works" soap factory, and also destroyed George Wilcox's skin depot and a number of houses. David Reid's tannery was spared. Another major fire, in 1943, at fellmonger David Jowitt and Sons, spared both Michell's and Burford's factories, but on 24 April 1945, yet another fire destroyed their wool treatment factory at the corner of Mandon and Adam Streets.
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107:, with his wife Catherine (ca.1840 – 11 September 1919) and her widowed mother Catherine Donnithorne (ca.1816 – 16 July 1898), by the iron sailing vessel "Trevelyan", reaching Adelaide on 21 March 1866. After a short time following his trade of bootmaker, he tried farming at
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Michell with John White Mellor and Stanley Charles Mellor founded Commonwealth Agricultural Service Engineers (C.A.S.E.) and National Guarantee Corporation which failed in 1925. This company was found to have been set up fraudulently.
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opposed by nearby residents, no doubt on account of the smell which accompanies wool processing. In 1947 a new private company, G. H. Michell & Sons (SA) Ltd., was formed with a nominal capital of £100,000 and two shareholders: R. J. and G. H. Michell.
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Renfred (28 August 1898 – c. 1952) married Doreen Reid on 18 June 1924; their home was in Labrina Ave., Prospect, then "Kentleigh", Northcote Terrace, Medindie
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George Henry
Michell (c. 1832 – 2 February 1918) married Catherine Donnithorne (c. 1840 – 11 September 1919) in October 1865. Their six children were:
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Mathews (c. 1876 – 26 May 1918) on 15 May 1895, lived at McDonnell Avenue, New Hindmarsh
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Mary Ann ( – 28 May 1923) married John Edward Isaacson on 22 November 1893, lived at "Kennedya", Undalya and "Stoneleigh", East Parade, Kensington Park
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Gwendolyn Elva ("Gwen") (26 January 1917 – ) married John Batton Hastings. They divorced in December 1944. She was a major benefactor of the
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Ronald James Michell, William Edward Michell, George Edward Michell, Colin Edgar Michell and Gwendolyn Elva Hastings were the first directors.
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William Edward "Will" (1906– ) married Beatrice E. Eaton on 14 May 1930 lived Martin Ave, Fitzroy. He was a director and major shareholder in
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Lorenzo Joseph "Laurie" (c. 1903 – 23 October 1981) married Linda Maud (c. 1908 – 4 March 1976)
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Clarice Eveline married architect Stanley Alfred Seaton (originally Schramm) on 5 July 1919, lived in
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George Henry Michell founded the company G. H. Michell & Sons of wool brokers and processors at
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