Horace Percival LAUNDER (1877-1958)

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6. Horace Percival Launder (1876 - 1958)

Spouse : Caroline Elizabeth Evans (C1881 - 1943)

1. Nola Irene Warren

2. .... George Ernest Edward Warren & Iris Ella Ford

3. .... .... Leonard Leslie Warren & Burdett Launder

4. .... .... .... Roberts Launder & Mary Burdett Salisbury

5. .... .... .... .... George William Launder & Sarah Gardiner (Roberts)

... Children - 1 Eleanor Ann Launder & John Collins

2 William Launder & Sarah Moody

3 George Launder & Jane Walker
4 Sarah Launder & William Smith

5 Thomas Howard Launder & Emily Wood
... Children 1. Emily Launder & John Herbert Creese

                2. Alice Kath Launder
                    3. Arthur Thomas Launder
                    4. Herbert Thomas Launder & Ellen Theresa Nolan
                    5. Ernest Arthur Launder & Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane
                    6. Horace Percival Launder & Caroline Elizabeth Evans
                    7. Eva Kate Launder
                    8. Edith Kate Launder
                    9. Thomas Howard Launder
                    10. Ada Amelia Launder
                    11. Percy Albert Launder
6 Amy Launder

7 Jane Launder
8 Roberts Launder
9 Harold James Launder
10 Mary Ann Launder
11 Unnamed Female Launder

Horace Percival Launder

Born                 1876, November 18 in Hotham
Father              Thomas Howard Launder
Mother              Emily Wood

Married             1905 in North Melbourne
Spouse             Caroline Elizabeth Evans
Born   Abt 1881 in North Melbourne
Died   1943, December 6 at 15 McKinley Avenue, Malvern

Residences       1911 16 Claremont Avenue, Malvern

1914 to 1954- 15 McKinley Avenue, Malvern

Occupations 1914 to 1954 - Importer

Horace ran a jewellery shop in Flinders Lane, Melbourne.
The imitation dress jewellery sold bore the trade name 'Launder"

Death               1958, September 2 in Malvern
Age at Death    53 years
Burial

Children           1. Vera Isabella Launder

Born 1907 in Malvern
Father Horace Percival Launder
Mother Caroline Elizabeth Evans

Spouse F. Desmond Nunan

Children 1. Desmond John Nunan

Father F. Desmond Nunan
Mother Vera Isabella Launder

Spouse Kayelee O'Donahue

2. Barbara Nunan

Father F. Desmond Nunan
Mother Vera Isabella Launder

Spouse David Pye

Children 1. Elizabeth Pye

Father David Pye
Mother Barbara Nunan

2. Jonathon Pye
Father David Pye
Mother Barbara Nunan

2. Alan Percival Launder

Born 1911, March 17 at Malvern
Father Horace Percival Launder
Mother Caroline Elizabeth Evans

Spouse    Madeline Ennis

Admitted to Queen Memorial Infectious Diseases Hospital (later Fairfield Hospital)
on 1942 May 20, aged 31 years,
Transferred from Epworth Hospital
Home Address : 1000, 8A Nepean Road, Carrum
Occupation : Station Master, "Doorarra Station", Lilydale
Disease : Rubella
Discharged : May 24, 1942 - Cured

Death   1981, April 3
Age at Death 70 years
Burial Springvale Botanical Cemetery

Children   1. Peter Allan Launder

Born 1937, August 6
Father Alan Percival Launder
Mother Madeline Ennis

Died 1949 at Colac, Victoria

2. Margaret Anne Launder

Born   1937, August 6
Father Alan Percival Launder
Mother Madeline Ennis

Spouse   John Selle

Children   1. Lachlan Selle

2. Scott Selle
3. Marke Selle

3. Richard Alan Launder

Father Alan Percival Launder
Mother Madeline Ennis

4. Elizabeth Ann Launder
Father Alan Percival Launder
Mother Madeline Ennis

5. David Alan Launder
Father Alan Percival Launder
Mother Madeline Ennis

3. Joan Launder

Father Horace Percival Launder
Mother Caroline Elizabeth Evans

Spouse Lachlan Pye

Horace Percival Launder established the business called H.P. Launder in 1889. The business initially sold sporting goods but later became a wholesale costume jewellery specialist, and later still a retailer of ladies' accessories under the "Ooh La La" logo.

It was this business that gave my father, George Ernest Edward Warren, employment when he was just a youth with a bicycle in about 1920. At that time, Thomas Launder had an importing business at 301 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, importing jewellery which he then sold to various stores around Melbourne, including Coles.

My father, George, was the delivery boy, and he pushed a wicker basket on his bicycle filled with goods through the streets of Melbourne. Sometimes, he would ride on the cable tram to go to the Coles store in Smith Street, Collingwood to deliver a parcel of jewellery.