{{Short description|19th century businessman in Adelaide, Australia}} {{for|his contemporary, the merchant of Goolwa, South Australia|Thomas Goode (merchant)}} {{EngvarB|date=February 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} '''Thomas Good''' was a merchant of Adelaide, South Australia, a founder of the wholesale drapery business of '''Good, Toms & Co.'''
==History== Thomas Good (c. 1822 – 21 January 1889) of Birmingham left England for South Australia in the ''John Mitchell'' with (later Sir) Charles Goode ( – 5 February 1922), arriving in Adelaide in April 1849.<ref name=death>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35279546 |title=Death of Sir Charles Goode |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=6 February 1922 |accessdate=8 February 2013 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Together they travelled the State by horse and cart hawking softgoods (soft goods being cloth and articles made from it), and were successful enough to start a small drapery business in Kermode Street, North Adelaide. They each married a sister of the other.
In 1850 John Good & Co. began trading as drapers in Rundle Street, Adelaide, opposite Berry's China Warehouse.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article207117486 |title=Advertising |newspaper=Adelaide Times |volume=II |issue=204 |location=South Australia |date=20 July 1850 |accessdate=1 April 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
In January 1853 he opened a general store<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article158092634 |title=Advertising |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |volume=XI |issue=498 |location=South Australia |date=8 January 1853 |accessdate=1 April 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> opposite Low's Inn, Mount Barker, followed by a grain store<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147846160 |title=Early Mount Barker |newspaper=The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser |volume=49 |issue=2575 |location=South Australia |date=11 April 1930 |accessdate=1 April 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> which in 1864 he sold to William Barker, previously a partner of Sidney George Wilcox's brothers Joseph and Emery in Gawler.
thumb|Good, Toms & Co. warehouse, Stephens Place In 1872 Good and Samuel Toms founded the wholesale firm of Good, Toms & Co.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47056187 |title=Death of Mr. Thomas Good |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=22 January 1889 |accessdate=10 February 2013 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> on King William Street, later office on Wyatt Street and a warehouse at 22 Stephens Place. The business ceased trading in the early 1930s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58843902 |title=Land and Buildings. |newspaper=The Mail |volume=20 |issue=989 |location=South Australia |date=9 May 1931 |accessdate=1 April 2017 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1932 the warehouse was purchased by Charles Birks & Co and around 1934 incorporated into their adjacent retail establishment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+2489|title=Good, Toms & Co. warehouse|publisher=State Library of South Australia|accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref>
Good's business partner '''Samuel Toms''' (c. 1842 – 27 January 1907) may have been educated at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution.<ref>Though appearing in reference cited, his name is not mentioned in reference to any prizegiving or reunion, nor in Diana Chessell's excellent ''Adelaide's Dissenting Headmaster'', Wakefield Press 2014 {{ISBN|978 1 74305 240 2}}</ref> He worked at Goode Brothers' warehouse before joining with Thomas Good as Good, Toms & Co. Three of his sons were involved in the business. Toms was closely associated with the (Anglican) Trinity Church and was a keen cricketer, serving as umpire at many important games held at the Adelaide Oval.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56965522 |title=Death of Mr. S. Toms |newspaper=The Register |volume=LXXII |issue=18,785 |location=South Australia |date=28 January 1907 |accessdate=1 April 2017 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> A third partner was William Kent, who managed the London office.
==Family== Thomas Good (c. 1822 – 21 January 1889) married Mary Ann Goode (c. 1822 – 21 July 1895) in 1850. She was a sister of emigrants Charles H. Goode, Matthew Goode (of Matthew Goode and Co.), Samuel Goode, jun., and Elizabeth Ann Goode. *Emily Good (1851–1933) married Cornelius Proud ( –1905) in 1882 *Samuel Good (1856 – 31 January 1912) of Good, Toms, & Co. *Mary Good (1858–1860) *Annie Good (1859–1942) married David Williams (1856–1940) in 1884. He was an architect, working with brother-in-law Charles Thomas Good in their practice Williams & Good<ref name=awill>{{cite web | website=Architects of South Australia | title=Architect Details: David Williams | url=https://architectsdatabase.unisa.edu.au/arch_full.asp?Arch_ID=104|publisher= University of South Australia | access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref> to design Tivoli Theatre (later Her Majesty's) and other prominent buildings in Adelaide.<ref name=hmt/> *Elizabeth "Bessie" Good (1861–1921) married John Francis Hummel ( –1925) in 1884 *Charles Thomas Good (1864–1926)<ref name=awill/> married Helena Russell Goode ( –1953) in 1890. He was an architect, and, in partnership with brother-in-law David Williams, designed the Grenfell Street premises of Goode, Durrant & Co.,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43913362 |title=Obituary |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=3 March 1926 |access-date=8 February 2013 |page=19 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Her Majesty's Theatre; the Majestic Theatre; King's Theatre;<ref name=hmt>{{cite book | last=Van Straten | first=F. | author2=Adelaide Festival Centre | title=Her Majesty's Pleasure: A Centenary Celebration for Adelaide's Theatre of the Stars | publisher=Wakefield Press| year=2013 | isbn=978-1-74305-229-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9cKsAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA8 | access-date=11 January 2023 | page=8}}</ref> and James Marshall & Co.'s emporium (1908); (later Myers).<ref name=awill/> *Dr. J(oseph) Ernest Good (6 December 1867 – 6 December 1935) married Agnes Minnie Williams ( –1954), served in several notable British hospitals, returned to practise in Prospect.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74152930 |title=Sudden Death of Dr. J. E. Good on Birthday |newspaper=The Advertiser|location=South Australia |date=7 December 1935 |access-date=1 April 2017 |page=21 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> :*Gwynnyth Fay Good (1899– ) married (John) Keith Angas (1900–1977) in 1924 :*Phyllis Gypsy Good (1899–1947) married Cavendish Lister "Pat" Colley (1898–1982), a granddaughter of R. B. Colley, in 1923 *Miss L. Good ( – )<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article34516888 |title=The Late Mrs. Thomas Good |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=South Australia |date=22 July 1895 |accessdate=1 April 2017 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Good's sister Mary Harriet Good (c. 1830 – 18 August 1889) married his partner (later Sir) Charles Goode on 6 August 1856.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49757977 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=7 August 1856 |accessdate=9 February 2013 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> She was an invalid for much of her adult life; they had no children.
==Other Adelaide softgoods wholesalers== *D. & W. Murray Limited *G. & R. Wills & Co. *Matthew Goode & Co *Charles Henry Goode :(these two operated for 30 years as Goode Brothers)
==See also== *Thomas Goode (1816–1882), merchant of Goolwa *Thomas Goode (c. 1834–1926), pastoralist of Canowie Station
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