Solomon Meyer
Politician and storekeeper in New South Wales, Australia
About Solomon Meyer
Lived 1823 – 1902 (aged 78–79). Solomon Meyer was a politician and shopkeeper.
Solomon Meyer (1823 – 25 February 1902) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born in London, the son of silk manufacturer Jacob Meyer. In 1841 he migrated to Tasmania, where he managed a business, before moving to Sydney around 1845. On 2 July 1844 he married Theophilia Faulder; they had one son. In 1851 he opened the Ophir goldfields' first general store, and he settled at Carcoar. He was an alderman at Goulburn and ran a grocery and ironmongery business. In 1874 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Carcoar, but he resigned in 1876. Meyer died at Goulburn in 1902.
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Who was Solomon Meyer?
politician and storekeeper in New South Wales, Australia
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Solomon Meyer was born in 1823 in London.
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Solomon Meyer died on 25 February 1902 in Goulburn.
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Solomon Meyer was a politician and shopkeeper.
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