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Building The company continued in the hands of the Davidson family until at least 2014, and is still registered as ES Wigg & Son Pty Ltd. The holding company owns a number of other businesses across the country, some registered as Wigg & Son, some
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In August 1857 the business moved to larger premises at 12 (later renumbered to 14) Rundle Street. In 1867 (or 1874?) Wigg bought another bookseller's business (Charles Platt) and became the largest bookseller in the colony, within a few years expanding the printing and manufacturing side of the
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1887 Wigg family at 'Wockwalla', their summer residence at
Bridgewater. Standing (from left): William Davidson, Nellie Wigg, Annie Wigg, E.S.Wigg. Seated (from left): Edith Wigg (née Parham), (probably) Olive Wigg, Mrs E.S.Wigg (née Jane Eccles), Alfred Wigg, Mary Wigg, and Florence
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J(ohn) Richard Wigg (1856 – 26 April 1921) married Emily
Margarette Frederica Barber on 4 December 1879. The Barber sisters were nieces, and wards, of J. W. Smith, American Consul in South Australia.
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In 1871 Edgar's son, Edward, married Janet
Davidson, and a couple of years later, William Laidlaw Davidson emigrated to Adelaide and joined the company. In 1874(?) the company opened an office in
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341:'s studies in Europe. Henry and Lillie had at least three children, Jean Melrose Wigg, Ronald Melrose Wigg and Neil Melrose Thorburn Wigg. Ronald Wigg married artist
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Mary Jane Wigg (6 April 1860 – ) married
William Laidlaw Davidson (1853-1924) on 1 September 1885. Davidson's sister Janet had previously married Edward Neale Wigg.
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R(ichard) Horace Wigg (c. 1822 – 25 September 1888) arrived in South
Australia with his wife Elizabeth "Bessie" (c. 1824 – 26 May 1890) and son on the barque
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Henry Higham Wigg (18 July 1858 – 22 April 1950) also a medical practitioner, married Lillie
Margaret Melrose (25 Mar 1870 – 10 March 1932), a daughter of
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282:(1847 – 12 December 1927) bookseller and chairman of directors BHP 1890-1913 Edward Neale Wigg married Janet N. Davidson on 6 September 1871.
381:(1992) is the history of the Wigg family. It contains 24 leaves of plates, many coloured. Several of these plates are works by the artist
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Annie Adelaide Wigg (28 January 1867 – 14 August 1949) married Frederick Allen Joyner (c. 1864 – 15 December 1945) on 28 September 1889.
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Wolton Wigg (28 October 1826 – 7 November 1915) married Sarah Thurlow (1835 - 9 May 1906) in 1866 and was a brewer in
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666:"ES Wigg and Son celebrate 165 years of family owned business"
369:. He bought the land in 1851 and had a cottage built there.
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385:(1904-2001), who married Ronald Melrose Wigg in 1931.
65:, Warwickshire in September 1846. Their first child,
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907:. Victoria, Australia. 12 November 1915. p. 2
596:"Wiggs' Building - 63-69 Grenfell Street Adelaide"
358:Florence Fanny Wigg (29 May 1864 – February 1940).
365:Their home for many years was at Lefevre Terrace
27:Australian bookseller & stationer (1818-1899)
795:. South Australia. 29 September 1888. p. 11
515:"End of an era for one of SA's oldest companies"
484:"Next generation steps in at ES Wigg & Son"
823:. South Australia. 16 November 1876. p. 2
149:as Wigg Packaging, and some with other names.
33:(7 June 1818 – 14 September 1899) was a
935:. South Australia. 22 January 1883. p. 2
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851:. South Australia. 9 October 1924. p. 8
215:Edward Turner Wigg (1861 – 15 February 1885)
970:The Argus (Melbourne, VIC) Wed 24 Apr 1901.
879:. South Australia. 10 April 1930. p. 8
203:Margaret Amelia Wigg (1854 – 2 August 1859)
997:– via National Library of Australia.
767:. South Australia. 8 March 1876. p. 1
748:16 October 1899 p.6 accessed 19 April 2011
571:"10-storey apartment block for Thebarton?"
428:. South Australia. 21 July 1856. p. 2
322:(Winifred) Olive Wigg (1885–1964) married
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61:. He married Fanny Neale Morewood of
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549:AustLit: Discover Australian Stories
628:. Heritage of the City of Adelaide.
569:Miller, Eleanor (18 October 2016).
165:and his son-in-law W. L. Davidson.
722:Search Company and Other Registers
482:Glover, April (28 November 2003).
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792:South Australian Weekly Chronicle
513:Washington, David (1 June 2016).
124:and still in existence in 2016).
1087:Colony of South Australia people
759:"To Captain Angel, Ship Torrens"
250:Edgar Wigg (1867 - 10 July 1919)
932:The Evening Journal (Adelaide)
820:The Evening Journal (Adelaide)
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1043:E. S. Wigg and his successors
640:"ES Wigg & Son turns 160"
379:E.S. Wigg and his successors
347:E.S. Wigg and his Successors
209:Elizabeth Jane Wigg (1858–)
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959:Thursday 15 December 1927
746:South Australian Register
425:South Australian Register
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91:Wigg rented a shop at 4
848:The Register (Adelaide)
743:Death of Mr. E. S. Wigg
718:"Search ASIC Registers"
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43:E. S. Wigg & Son.
815:"Celebration Dinner"
454:Out Among the People
97:homeopathic medicine
81:E. S. Wigg & Son
876:The News (Adelaide)
400:Janet Davidson Wigg
383:Mary Millicent Wigg
343:Mary Millicent Wigg
324:John Stanley Murray
241:Rushworth, Victoria
1009:"Hans of Hahndorf"
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621:City of Adelaide.
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871:"Niece of Consul"
313:Alfred Edgar Wigg
280:Edward Neale Wigg
118:Western Australia
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377:The book
122:Thebarton
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