| Sam & Gussie
move to Adelaide St. 1891 |
Sam and Gussie's move
to 38 Adelaide was short lived and over the next four years they held four
different addresses, at least as far as the City Directory has recorded.
Another son was born to Sam and Gussie this year: Ernest Alfred.
On February 28th, 1893, Harold W. was born. The Marchment children then consisted of the older boys:
Sidney (17) was a bricklayer and later a teamster as well, Histories: early 1890's |
| Emma Judd
1891-95 |
Gussie's mother
Emma Judd and siblings 
Florence and Albert joined the household after their other two sisters
got married, and all remained together through to 1895. By 1895, after
the family had lived at 38 Adelaide, 848 Dovercourt, 412 Delaware and 22
Gwynne, Emma, Florence and Albert moved to 255
Wilton Avenue  . |
| Marchment & Co.
expands 1893 |
Over the recent years, S.W. Marchment & Co. had only two other
competitors advertising in the directory: William Berry and James McClelland.
It jumped to eight in 1888, all vying for the odorless excavating market,
and this during the time when indoor flush toilets began replacing the
'dry-earth closets' that these excavators were servicing. To survive, Sam
increased his services.
It was probably in 1893, when the shop was moved to Victoria Street, that Sam expanded Marchment & Company, taking on some new projects and bringing in some new partners. Sam was already noted in the 1891 census as being a home builder as well as an excavator. In 1893, with the addition of former piano salesman James P. Anderson, and driver George Haskings, Marchment & Co. started selling and shipping manure acquired through stock yards contracts. As livestock was brought in, the rail cars were mucked out, and after a period of drying and composting, the manure could be sold to local gardeners. Landscaping supplies were also offered -- the gravel used in dry toilets must have made nice walks and driveways. Goods were available by both rail and barge, and as this advertisment from 1896 shows, Marchment & Co. conducted business on the telephone: |
| Advertisment
1896 |
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page
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| Ernest dies
1895 |
It appears that Sam and Gussie's son Ernest died as a toddler on 27 April 1895. |
| Sam & Gussie
to River Street 1896 |
Sam and Gussie, Sidney, and their young family
move further east and south to River
Street  . |
