Two Sisters Hotel
Guildford, 1856-58, another name for the hotel on the site of the present Woodbridge Hotel. According to John Andrewartha, the two sisters were Caroline and Elizabeth EDWARDS. Their father William Edwards purchased the 'Guildford Hotel' and gave it to Eliza (who married Jonathan Jones 1838) in 1857. Her sister Caroline joined her in running the hotel after her husband George Horley died in 1857. Caroline later returned to York, where she was a store-keeper, and the hotel's name reverted to Guildford. Caroline and Elizabeth had both arrived on the Rockingham. Eliza was a pupil at Clarence Beach in 1830.
Perth Gazette:
MR T. SMITH,
Has received instructions from Mr W. A. Rummer, to sell by auction, at the TWO SISTERS Hotel, Guildford, on Thursday, 12th January, 1859—
THE whole of his Stock-in-Trade, household furniture, &c, consisting of a choice selection of wines, spirits, beers, bar furniture, spring cart, horse, harness, tables, chairs, sofas, beds, bedding, drawers, boxes, glass, china, pictures, cutlery, Barrel organ, cooking utensils, &c, &c.
Also, unless previously disposed of—
A Stack of wheat Hay.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock.
Terms at Time of Sale.
References and Links
Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News, Friday 31 December 1858, p. 1.
William Rummer was the licensee of the Highland Laddie, Toodyay, 1852, the Two Sisters, Guildford, 1856-58, the Freemasons Hotel Fremantle 1861-66, and the Stirling Arms, Guildford, 1866-70. (Welcome Walls, panel 139)
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