David Jones (merchant)
David Jones , was a Sydney merchant, Welsh emigrant and the retailer founder of David Jones Limited.
Jones was born in 1793, the son of Thomas Jones, a farmer near Llandeilo, Wales, and his wife Nancy. He became an apprenticed to a grocer in Carmarthen at a young age and his business talent lead to him being offered, at the age of 18, the management of a general store in Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire. He later found employment with the firm of R. N. Nicholls, Wood Street, Cheapside in London. OnFebruary 1828, he married Jane Mander at St Andrews Church, Holborn. Jane was the daughter of John Mander of East Smithfield.
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