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General First nameCharles Edward Devenish
LastnameMeares
GenderMale
CountryAustralia
Date of birth1861-11-17
Place of birthKiama, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death1940-11-14
Place of deathLindfield, Ku-Ring-Gai Council, New South Wales, Australia


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By John Atchison
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, (MUP), 1986

Charles Edward Devenish Meares (1861-1940), dairy industry organizer, was born on 17 November 1861 near Kiama, New South Wales, son of Alfred Devenish Meares, dairy-farmer, and his Tasmanian wife Maria Louisa Antoinette, daughter of John Tooth, brewer. In 1875 he became a junior clerk in the New South Wales Fresh Food & Ice Co. Book-keeping experience with a Sussex Street commission agent crystallized his ideas on producer co-operatives. Joining the South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Co. Ltd in 1881, Meares became accountant, then commerce manager. On 14 October 1899 at Enfield he married Annie Ellen Pechey who bore him two sons and died in 1906.

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Archive statistics Career1894 - 1896
Tournament wins0
Matches2
Match wins0


Tournaments Metropolitan Grass Court Championships of Sydney - 1896 Metropolitan Grass Court Championships of Sydney - 1894