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Marjory Dymock
Abt 1853 - 1924

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• Birth	Abt 1853	Glasgow, Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 Feb 1924	Woollahra Reg No 2587/1924
  Buried	Waverley General Cemetery, Section 5 Ordinary, Row 9 Grave 111-115A
  Person ID	I126	RopemakerDymocks
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Walter Dymock,   b. Abt 1819, Port of Monteith, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 31 Dec 1892, Sydney
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Janet McFarlane,   b. 25 Jan 1819, Brae Cottage, Gartmore, Port of Monteith, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 4 Sep 1882, age 63. Sydney
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	28 May 1848	Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F035	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	John Forsyth,   b. 28 Mar 1846, Speymouth, Moray, Scotland ,   d. 29 May 1915
  Married	30 Sep 1870	Sydney Reg No 911/1870
  Children	> 1. Jessie Mary Forsyth,   b. 1871, Sydney Reg No 1925/1871 ,   d. Aft 1937   2. Edith May Forsyth,   b. 27 Nov 1873, Sydney Reg No 64/1873 ,   d. 22 May 1951, Randwick. Burwood Reg No 7998/1951   3. William James Forsyth,   b. 12 Sep 1874, Redfern Reg No 5115/1874 ,   d. 12 Dec 1936, Mosman Reg No 3037/1937 > 4. Walter George Forsyth,   b. 1875, Redfern Reg No 5397/1876 ,   d. 19 Jun 1963, Turramurra. Chatswood Reg No 13112/1963   5. John Malcolm Forsyth,   b. 1878, Sydney Reg No 3005/1878 ,   d. 12 Nov 1963, Gordon, NSW. Sydney Reg No 29973/1963   6. Annie Emily Forsyth,   b. 5 Jul 1881, Sydney Reg No 2127/1881 ,   d. 17 Jun 1954, late of Turramurra. Chatsword Reg No 9401/1954   7. Norman Dymock Forsyth,   b. 3 Sep 1882, Randwick. Sydney Reg No 3019/1883 ,   d. 9 May 1952, Kensington, NSW. Paddington Reg No 9647/1952   8. Marjory Dymock Forsyth,   b. 1889, Sydney Reg No 2514/1889 ,   d. 13 Feb 1984, Woolgoolga NSW   9. Nell Urquhart Forsyth,   b. 24 Oct 1891, Sydney Reg No 3308/1891 ,   d. 10 May 1961, Double Bay. Sydney Reg No 8678/1961   10. Archibald Arthur Forsyth,   b. 1895, Randwick Reg No 35991/1895 ???? 1 Nov 1899 ,   d. 16 Nov 1943, at 113 Australian General Hospital, late of Coogee. Concord Reg No 26623/1943
  Family ID	F036	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 15 October 1870 Page 1 On the 30th September, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. Thomas Johnson, JOHN FORSYTH, of Roseheath Cottage, Bourke-street, Surry Hills, to MARJORY, only daughter of WALTER DYMOCK, of Hellenic-street, Surry Hills. Dymocks Bookstore The origin of the Dymocks flagship store on George Street – Sydney’s greatest bookstore – goes back to 1879 when young William Dymock commenced business as a bookseller in nearby Market Street. In 1922, the Dymock family purchased the site of the old Royal Hotel in George Street upon which was built the historic, Art Deco landmark Dymocks building, completed in 1930. As his business grew, William moved to larger and grander premises until, in the 1890s, he had a million books in stock. He died in his thirty-ninth year. Unmarried and childless, he left the business to his sister Marjory, who was married to John Forsyth. From that time onwards, the Forsyth family has managed Dymocks. In 1981, John Forsyth, William Dymock’s great nephew, decided to take over the company, selling his own successful printing and publishing business. As Chairman of the Dymocks Group of Companies, John Forsyth wished to preserve the company's heritage and great bookselling tradition whilst making sure it constantly reinvented itself and kept abreast of the changing Australian market. Australian Dictionary of Biography Dymock, William (1861–1900) by Wallace Kirsop William Dymock (1861-1900), bookseller, was born on 11 May 1861 at North Melbourne, fourth son of Scottish parents Walter Dymock, Wheelwright, and his wife Janet, née McFarlane. About 1867 the family moved to Sydney and lived at Redfern. William was educated chiefly at Cleveland Street Public School. By 1878 he was employed in the book trade, working for John Andrews, James Reading & Co. and the Sydney branch of George Robertson & CO. After visiting England, where he established contact with Bernard Quaritch, Dymock set up his own business in Sydney in the early 1880s, being at 208 Pitt Street by 1884. The shop was called Dymock's Book Arcade and his trade was aimed not only at a broad popular market but at discriminating collectors like Alfred Lee and D. S. Mitchell. He took over several other firms, notably the Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd, as the Book Arcade expanded its activities and moved its premises, first to 142 King Street and then in December 1890 to 428 George Street; his new arcade was 200 ft (61 m) by 30 ft (9 m). From 1884 Dymock issued regular catalogues and lists; that year the first of a series of publications containing views of Sydney appeared. Although he was to offer Sir Henry Parkes £2000 in 1890 to write a two-volume autobiography, general publishing came second to bookselling. The absorption in 1896 of William Maddock's circulating library, with Maddock's continuing as manager, added an important new dimension to the firm's place in the Sydney book world. Dymock proudly proclaimed himself Quaritch's agent and maintained an interest in valuable collections of antiquarian books, acquiring the libraries of Dr George Bennett and Sir Wigram Allen. His advertisements described the George Street arcade as 'the largest Book Shop in the world', holding 'upwards of one million books'. At the Sydney Municipal Council elections on 1 December 1898 Dymock contested Macquarie Ward for the Citizens' Reform Committee and defeated Sydney Burdekin. He campaigned strongly as a 'young Australian', 'broad and progressive in his views'. In September 1900 he gave evidence and appeared on his own behalf before the Legislative Assembly select committee on the working of the Free Public Library; he believed its principal librarian H. C. L. Anderson was giving undue favour to Angus & Robertson. Dymock died of a cerebral haemorrhage early on 5 October 1900 and was buried in Waverley cemetery with Presbyterian forms, although he had requested that no minister be present. He was a Freemason. Dymock was unmarried and his sister Marjory, wife of John Forsyth, managing director of A. Forsyth & Co. Ltd, was executrix, trustee and principal beneficiary of his estate, valued for probate at £10,399. She continued the business and her family still has a controlling interest in the company set up in 1913. In 1926 George Robertson (Sydney) recalled affectionately 'the somewhat erratic but wholly lovable William Dymock'; despite vigorous competition, relations remained good between two outstanding firms created about the same time by former employees of the other George Robertson. Dymock was a member of several clubs and sporting associations and perhaps less single-mindedly devoted to the book trade than his rival; but he retains the distinction of being the first native-born Australian to have launched an enduringly successful major book-selling business. Select Bibliography ¦J. R. Tyrrell, Old Books, Old Friends, Old Sydney (Syd, 1952) ¦J. Holroyd, George Robertson of Melbourne, 1825-1898 (Melb, 1968) ¦G. Ferguson, Some Early Australian Bookmen (Canb, 1978) ¦Votes and Proceedings (Legislative Assembly, New South Wales), 1900, 4, 583 ¦JRAHS, 52 (1966), 228 ¦Daily Telegraph, 18 Nov–2 Dec 1898, 6 Oct 1900 ¦Sydney Morning Herald, 2 Dec 1898, 6 Oct 1900 ¦Bulletin, 13 Oct 1900 ¦Henry Parkes correspondence (State Library of New South Wales) ¦documents lodged under Companies Acts, no 4769 (State Records New South Wales) ¦letters, 1899-1908 (Sydney Municipal Archives, Town Hall, Sydney) ¦private information.