Charles Davis came to Hobart as a convict in 1842 and on his release in 1847, he set up a small tinsmithing workshop in Bathurst Street, Hobart with John Semple. In 1867 the firm of "Davis and Semple" split and Charles bought Semple's interest in the business. From then onwards the firm was known as "Charles Davis". By hard work and astute management, this grew into a hardware empire, selling items made in the greatly expanded workshops and importing goods from all round the world. From the 1880's he was a decon of the Memorial Congregational Church and he was also a founding member of the YMCA. Charles Davis gave the YMCA the rent from his Murray Street building, which formed a large part of the YMCA's revenue and in 1904 he gave them a site for a building and donated 1,000 pounds toward its construction. To be continued...
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This family information was last updated by LISA ANNE BEAINI on the 7 January, 2001.