Sir David Storey (1856 - 1924), by unknown photographer, 1920, courtesy of State Library of New South Wales. GPO 1 - 13997. .Image Details

STOREY, Sir DAVID (1856-1924), businessman and politician, was born on 18 August 1856 at Aughagaw, Tydavnet, Monaghan, Ireland, son of Robert Storey, farmer, and his wife Margaret, née Colvin. Educated at Wattsbridge Academy, at 14 he was apprenticed for five years to James Hartley, woollen draper at Cavan, and later worked for Robert Lindsay & Co., Belfast. Attracted by the Sydney International Exhibition, Storey reached Sydney in November 1879 and was employed by Ross, Morgan & Robertson, warehousemen. In mid-1881 he set up his own premises with £10,000 credit and supplies from James Lindsay of Belfast. On the dissolution of their partnership in 1883, he established David Storey & Co., softgoods warehousemen and importers of hats, shirts and mercery, in Barrack Street. He married Rachel Agnes Doig (d.1940) on ...

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Australian Dictionary of Biography