Hi Douglas, This notice appears in the Hobart Town Courier 3 May 1833 - NOTICE TO CREDITORS. , ROBERT CHRISTOPHER FOSTER, of Campbell town, dealer, having executed a conveyance and assignment of all his estate and effects unto Sir. John Swan, of Hobart town, and Mr. John Gardiner, of Campbell town, as trustees for the benefit of such of his creditors as shall become parties to the trust deed : This is inform the creditors of the said Robert Christopher Foster, that the trust deed now lying at the office of Mr., Butler, of Hobart town, solicitor, to receive their signatures., All persons indebted to the estate of the said R. G. Foster, are requested to pay the same forthwith either to the trustees or Mr. Butler, no other person's receipt being now a discharge for any debt due to the estate. April 24, 1833. Doesn't answer exactly if Foster took over Gardiner's store but does prove they must have had business dealings for Gardiner to become a trustee. So very likely that the store did swap hands between the pair... Cheers. Peter On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 11:46 AM, Douglas Burbury via < aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Another long-shot query: > > Is anyone researching the above gentleman, who was a storekeeper and > building contractor in Campbell Town during the 1830s, and a licensed > victualler at Avoca during the 1840s? > > More specifically: when Robert Foster advertised goods for sale at his > store in Campbell Town in April 1832, was this the same store that John > Gardiner had offered for sale in January 1832? i.e. did Foster take over > Gardiner's business? > > Douglas > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >