Gorham Roster of Craftsmen

Abraham, James to Axelby, Henry

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Abraham, James
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
22 Jan 1842	born, England, son of Moses & Harriet
1 May 1872	to U. S.			census
9 Sept 1873	polisher		70 Dixon St. c/o Mr. Wing
1878	polisher		h. 53 Bay	PCD 25
18 Nov 1895	room 36, #2	26.67		PBk. H i6
1900	silversmith		h. 32 Courtland	PCD 82
1905			69 Hanover St.	census
1 May 1918	to pension	32.00/mo.	94 Ninth
1919	silversmith		h. 67 Calla	PCD 102
21 Dec 1921	died, age 82 years			1921-1930 RIDR p. 2; 27: 264

Achillertim, G. A.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1882
5 Feb 1899	employed; chaser #36
24 June 1903	left

Achurch, William H., designer
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
28 Nov 1863	born, England			census
1887	to U. S.			census
3 May 1888	employed
1900	designer, 185 Eddy		h. 22 Adelaide Ave.	PCD
1903	designer		h. 30 Sumter	PCD
1905	age 41		125 Adelaide Ave.	census
1906	draughtsman		bds. 501 Public	PCD
1907	foreman, Gorham			PCD
1910	foreman, Gorham		h. 143 Niagara	PCD
1914-1920	foreman, Gorham		h. 90 Melrose	PCD
1923	foreman, Gorham		h. 209 Gallatin	PCD
1924	'Chas. Lawton is getting his arm in condition cranking Bill Achurch's Ford' -- Athletic news in Silver Tongue 1: 1, 1 Dec. 1924, p. 6.
1926	designer		h. 111 Rutherglen Ave.	PCD
1940	designer; (Inez H.)		h. 111 Rutherglen	PCD
1942	designer		h. 111 Rutherglen	PCD
1 Aug.	pensioned	106.93/mo.
1'943				PCD*
12 Nov 1951	died

Adams, Caleb Cushman
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
25 Mar 1833	born, Newburyport, Massachusetts
9 Oct. 1858	hired: 8th on list (2 above George Wilkinson); 32.70			PBk.
18 Dec	5th on list
1859	sales manager based in NYC: his letter of 3 July 1860 to John Gorham re California trip printed by Carpenter, p. 61-62.
26 Feb	3d on list
2 May	2d on list, through 24 Sept. same year
3 Dec	1st on list, through 7 March 1863
1863	'Transferred to Principal Ledger April 14'
1865	was given 25 shares of stock as part of incorporation
15 Oct 1875	'At a meeting of the Board [of Directors of Gorham] held at the Office of the company Friday October 15, 1875 the following Preamble and Resolution was unanimously passed. 'Whereas A difference of opinion has for a long time existed between the Agent of the Company [Adams] and the Board of Directors in reference to the management of the Company's interests in New York rendering it impossible to continue the connection it is hereby 'Resolved That the Agent be requested to "resign his Office and that the Treasurer be a committee to make known to him the wishes of the Board and if his resignation be tendered, to accept the same and settle with him all matters pertaining to the Company's interest. Attest. J. F. P. Lawton Secty'
1876	severs relationship with Gorham (replaced by Edward Holbrook); establishes firm of Adams & Shaw, for which see Rainwater, Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers.
13 Dec 1893	died, New York City

Adams, Eldreth Clinton
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
19 April 1918	born, Providence, Rhode Island
15 Oct. 1941	enlisted U. S. Army Air Corps
18 Oct. 1945	discharged
5 Nov.	enters Gorham Apprentice Program as pattern maker in the Bronze Division
31 Jan. 1981	retired

Adams, SamuelI T.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
11 Sept. 1851	born, England			emp. cd.
1892				PCD*
1 May 1894	hired
1899	designer		h. 42 Whitney	PCD 83
1905	designer		h. 42 Whitney	PCD 103
	One of 15 designers who signed testimonial to Edward Holbrook (others included W. C. Codman, Fred A. Jordan, J. E. Straker).
1910	designer		h. 42 Whitney	PCD 103
1915	designer		h. 91 Adelaide	PCD 103
1920	designer		h. 167 Gallatin	PCD 104
1921	designer		h. 167 Gallatin
1 July	pensioned	45.91/mo.
1922	removed to Cranston
1924/25	(Louie E.)		h. 12 Brown E.	CCD 42
1928/29				CCD*
5 Oct. 1936	died

Ahlstrom, Axel
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
15 Jan. 1869	born, Sweden			census
1893	to U. S.			census
1905	household of five		171 Roger Williams Ave.	census
Aug. 1915	M. 4-35	0.34
Dec. 1918	M. 3-20
May 1920	M. 3-10
1926	sales conferencee, p. 6, photo 16, 'Gorham master craftsman'
4 Jan. 1936	died; wife Gerda Carlson		h. 171 Roger Williams
	'Silversmith in the employ of Gorham Mfg. Company for About 25 Years Dead at His Home on Roger Williams Avenue, This City'			PSJ, 5 Jan. 1936, with photo.

Albee, Asaphel A.				card
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
21 Jan. 1867	born, Worcester, Mass.
10 Oct. 1892	employed
1898	'Asahel,' chaser; h. 6 Welcome Ave. with father 'Ashahel, Sr.,' a watchmaker			PCD 85
1905	resident of R. I. 30 years		household of 5, 6 Welcome Ave.	census
1925	chasers' photo, '33 years': absent but listed		Silver Tongue
1 April 1929	left
3 April	died; buried as 'Ashel' in Pawtuxet Highland Cemetery

Aldrich, E. [Edward] Frank
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
22 May 1840	born, Providence, Rhode Island; son of Abram & Pamelia
1862	clerk, Adjutant General's office		bds. 159 Broad	PCD 12
1864	hired; order dept.
1865	clerk, Adjutant General's office		bds. 84 Clifford	PCD 12
1866	'bookkeepeOr, 12 Steeple		bds. 84 Clifford'	PCD 12
1870	clerk, 12 Steeple		h. 36 Union	PCD 18
1900			h. 26 Diman Place	PCD 85
1904	made director
1915			h. 26 Diman Pl.	PCD 106
31 May 1917	died, age 77 years 9 days; buried at Swan Point			PDR 26: 48

Alebon, Alfred
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
27 July 1871	Silversmith; Birmingham	18.00		Indenture #56 (4: 360)
17 Mar. 1872	died, age 25

Alford, Edward
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
17 Nov. 1862	born, England
1890	immigrated to U. S.
30 Oct. 1899	hired by Gorham
21 April 1901	left
26 Aug.	returned
1905			121 Colfax	census
1908	finisher; wife Cecelia, dressmaker		h. 121 Colfax	PCD 105
24 Nov.	finisher of 'Gen. Sheridan' statue, B.D. 1470
1909	finisher; wife Cecelia, dressmaker		h. 121 Colfax	PCD 105
10 May 1910	finisher of equestrian statue 'Pulaski', B.D. 1609
23 May	left			PCD*
1914				PCD*

Allebaugh, Elwood
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1882	born, Pennsylvania
1905	silversmith; age 23; 10 years in R. I.		68 Vinton	census

Allebaugh, Frank F.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
8 Jan. 1874	born, Norristown, Pennsylvania
1905	moulder at Gorham; head of household of four; BaptiUst; 61 1/2 Peace St.			census
1937	died; buried at Arnold & Pawtuxet Burial Ground, Warwick

Allebaugh, Henry C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
12 Feb. 1849	born, Pennsylvania, son of William & Sarah Allebaugh
1892	to R. I.
20 Jan. 1897	hired	0.233
1899	moulder, Bronze Division		h. 631 Potter	PCD
29 Sept. 1902		0.26
1905	head of household of four		66 Laura	census
30 Apr. 1906	moulder	0.30	h. 66 Laura	PCD
7 May 1908	left
28 July	K 6	0.15
31 May 1909		0.30
1 Nov.	to J 1	0.30
1910				PCD
9 Jan. 1917	left
21 Jan.	died, age 67			RIDR 26: 3

Allebaugh, Henry T.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
9 July 1876	born, Pennsylvania
1898	service in the Spanish-American War
1905	bronze moulder; age 65; in R. I. 14 years; head of household of four; wife Laura, age 28			Census
1943	died; buried at North Burial Ground

Allebaugh, Joseph
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
24 Oct. 1883	born, Pennsylvania			census
1905	silversmith		66 Laura with Henry C.	census

Allebaugh, Oscar
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
12 Sept. 1879	born, Pennsylvania, son of Winfield & Rachael
23 July 1894	hired
1905	head of household of five		131 Congress	census
1940	'succeeded Thomas J. Docker as foreman of experimental silversmiths
1 Sept. 1947	pensioned
3 Jan. 1956	died. Fred Barron said that 'he was very clever.'

Allebaugh, William
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
4 Nov. 1874	born, Pennsylvania, son of Winfield & Rachael
1887?	'I went to work in an iron foundry when I was 13-years-old in Reading Pennsylvania. The foreman of that foundry had been foreman of the old Phoenix Iron in Providence at one time and they were looking for a new man. He recommended my father who then came to Providence in 1899 [i. e. 1889]. 'At that time, Phoenix Iron was making the castings for the new Gorham plant. The Master-machinist there, Mr. Vogal, became very fond of my father and prompted him to apply for the job as foreman of the new Gorham foundry. He was accepted and joined Gorham in 1890.'-- Perspective
16 Feb. 1891	employed
	foreman, statuary foundry
1893	foreman, room QQ (13 men)	34.50		PBk 24 July
1900	'statuary moulder'		l. 39 Laura St. w/ father
1905	Census E. D. 62 s. 23: bronze moulder; age 3y0; head of household of five; Baptist; 107 Atlantic Ave.
1 Aug. 1944	pensioned	25.00/mo.
19 June 1965	65th wedding anniversary		807 Broad St.	PJ
1968	an interview with 94-year-old Allebaugh in Gorham Perspective 9: 4 p. 3.

Allebaugh, Winfield
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
Dec. 1851	born, Pennsylvania, son of William and Sarah
1898	foreman, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 39 Laura St.	PCD 87
1900	statuary moulder		h. 39 Laura	Census E. D. 62 s. 23
1900	'foreman'; wife Rachael			PCD 87
7 Nov. 1906	died, age 53			PDR 22: 314

Anderson, Edward G.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 Mar. 1861	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Edward J. and Elizabeth A.			PBR 7: 183
1886	engraver		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD 32
1899	engraver		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD 93
1903	engraver		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD 92
1905	engraver		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD 112
1906	engraver		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD114
1907	engraver		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD114
1908	engraver		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD110
10 July	died, age 47			PDR 23: 64

Anderson, Edward J., engraver, foreman
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
19 Sept. 1837	born, England, son of John and Lucinda
1863 19 Sept.	engraver; first week on job	15.00		Pbk A
	worked 90 hours on pitcher			H. cost bk 1: 83
5 Dec.		15.00
13 Feb. 1864	#16	advanced to 16.50
23 April		16.50
27 Dec. 1867	foreman of engraving room			Pbk E 7
1869	engraver, 12 Steeple		h. 9 Clarke	PCD 17
27 Dec. 1870	foreman, room 63	40.00		Pbk E 72
2 Jan. 1871
14 Sept. 1874		45.00
16 Sept. 1878	(17 engravers)	35.00		Pbk F 346
1880	engraver, 12 Steeple		h. 9 Clarke	PCD 17
1882			h. 9 Clarke	PCD
1886	engraver		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD 32
2 Sept. 1889		40.00		Pbk J 306
1893	foreman, room K (33 engravers)	45.00		Pbk N 150
1893			h. 9 Clarke	PCD 51
1894				PCD 52
1899	foreman, Gorham Mfg. Co.		house 9 Clarke	PCD 93
24 Apr.	carried as foreman, no hours			p. 24
July	carried as foreman, no hours			Pbk S 88
	A. R. Peck listed as foreman			p. 156
24 July	died, Prov'idence
	Anderson's father John (mother Lucinda) was a portrait painter. Recruited in London by Gorham. Married wife Elizabeth the day before they sailed to U. S. (She was so seasick that she never again got on a ship, never returned to England.) Commodore, Washington Park Yacht Club. Painter himself -- painting of yacht Hope by cup (Gorham-made) won in Hope. Large man; carried a cane; arrogant. House overlooked river; destroyed by construction for Route 95 (Town Street?). His granddaughter Mrs. Robert Haynes.

Anderson, Fred W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
	son of Edward J. Anderson
26 July 1882	began employment
1886	die sinker		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD 32
1899	die sinker		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD 93
22 Dec.	left
11 Feb. 1901	returned
1903	die sinker		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD 92
4 May 1904	left for Reed & Barton
1905	[nothing]		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD 112
1906	die sinker		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD 114
1908	die sinker		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD 110
1908	die sinker		bds. 9 Clarke	PCD 110

Angell, A. A.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
	'A. A. Angell, formerly a silversmith in the employ of the Gorham' Mfg. Co., has sued that corporation for $20,000 damages. His hand caught in a pair of rolls, as he claimed by reason of his slipping on a defective floor. His hand was mangled and he lost a finger' -- Manufacturing Jeweler, 11 October 1900, p. 207.
1899-1900				PCD*

Angilly/ Angilley, Arthur Joseph, polisher
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1854	born, England, son of John & Susan
3 Aug. 1873	employed
1874	polisher		h. 29 Meader	PCD 31
	polisher		h. 43 Olney	PCD 32
1882			h. 15 Bolander	PCD
1897	silversmith		h. 14 Orchard	PCD 79
			in 1899/1900 Orchard Street was changed to Van Buren
1914			86 Atlantic	PCD 114
15 May 1916	pensioned	53.75 /mo.
9 Jan. 1920	died, age 65 years 4 months 11 days			PDR 174

Angilly, Charles E.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 Dec. 1859	born; son of John & Susannah
May 1886	employed at Gorhaoem
1900	polisher		h. 32 Niagara	PCD 96
1915	polisher		h. 108 Hamilton	PCD 114
1 June 1928	retired
25 Nov. 1929	died, 69 years old
13 June 1930	Alice, his widow, died, age 67 years

Angilly / Angilley, John
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
28 July 1871	Polisher; Birmingham	18.00		Indenture #57 (4: 360)
1874	Polisher		h. 29 Meader	PCD 31
		laborer	h. 17 Hawes	PCD 32
1 Jan. 1877	married Abby White			PMR
1882				PCD*
3 July 1895	daughter Ella died, age 17
1951?	died? buried Locust Grove Cemetery, Providence?

Annabel, Charles
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1844, '47-'48				PCD*
1850	silversmith, 12 Steeple		38 Meeting	PCD
1852-53, 1856				PCD*

Arnold, Wendell G.				WK 142-E 00039
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
2 June 1878	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of William and Catherine			PBR
1897				PCD*
1900	at Gorham's		b. 15 Gallup	PCD 101
1906	son, Wendell G. Arnold, Jr., born
1907	at Gorham's		h. 11 Sackett	PCD 116
	Charles Brandreth (31 Aug. 1997) says that he (C. B.) sat by Arnold and by observing learned his craft.c Arnold was very capable, especially with gold, and did much hand-raised work, including Martele. Arnold made the large silver spoons that Gorham used for promotional purposes.
1916	Wendell G. Arnold, Jr., died; buried Pawtuxet Highland Cemetery
1928	silversmith (one of 2) of ETT set; 34 years with the Company
1930	Wendell G., silversmith; Sarah A.		h. 150 Briggs	PCD 433
1941	Wendell G., silversmith; Sarah A.		h. 150 Briggs	PCD 55
1946	Wendell G., silversmith; Sarah A.		h. 150 Briggs	PCD 46
1948	Wendell G., silversmith; Sarah A.		h. 150 Briggs	PCD
1949	Wendell G., silversmith; Sarah A.		h. Washington
1950				PCD*; no card; not on pension list
1959	died; buried Pawtuxet Highland Cemetery, E-00039

Aspin, Joseph Steed
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 Dec. 1862	born, London, England
6 Sept. 1886				PBk. 9 'I': 65, #26
1890			bds. 847 N. Main St.	PCD
9 Aug. 1894	chasing, room #41; personnel card says he began work on this date, but...
Dec.	room #46
1895	silversmith		bds. 340 Pine St.	PCD
3 April 1899			40.00	payroll card
1900	chaser, # 28	24.00
1901-1903	engraver		bds. 157 Pond St.	PCD
6 Oct. 1902		43.00		payroll card
17 Feb. 1904	last name changed to Washington (R. I. Assembly Resolution #36)
1907	(as Washington); chaser		bds. 840 Westminster	PCD
26 Oct.	left Gorham			payroll card
1907-09	(as Washington); designer		bds. 840 Westminster	PCD
1910-15	(as Washington); silversmith		rms. 33 Elmwood	PCD
1922-26	(as Washington); designer		rms. 33 Elmwood	PCD
			33 Elmwood owned by Warren H. Clough, a grocer, and his wife Mary Clough; seven other boarders.
	not in 1927 or subsequent Directories; not in Pawtucket directories
1937			393 Blackstone St., Prov.
14 April 1937	died, age 74, Pawtucket Memorial Hospital		PDR 35: 170; death certificate; death reported by Mrs. Walter Leavitt, a friend (Walter Leavitt a silversmith); listed Gorham as his employer.

Avery, Frederick Richard
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
7 Dec. 1849	born, Birmingham, England, son of Richard
18 Jan. 1866	*Set Maker 'to improve'; Birmingham; 8.00			Indenture #29 (2:
3 Jan. 1867	employed, says pension list & employment card
21 July 1869	married Emily Quinton
1870	silversmith		h. 149 Smith	PCD 26
1900	silversmith, M3 room		h. 64 Baker	PCD 105
1906	silversmith		h. 64 Baker	PCD 127
1909	silversmith		h. 197 Sackett	PCD
1910				PCD*
24 Sept. 1914	wife Emily died
1915				PCD*
1 July 1922	retired	78.15/mo.	lived in Wickford, R. I.
5 Oct. 1928	died, age 78 years 9 months 28 days, at a health sanatorium, Providence; buried in North Burial Ground.

Avery, Richard
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 Jan. 1866	Set Maker; Birmingham	20.00		Indenture #28 (2:
1867, 1868				PCD*

Axelby, Henry W. J., silversmith
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
19 July 1871	Silversmith; London; wife Julia	24.00		Indenture #55 (4: 360)
2 July 1872	death of infant daughter Julia			RIDR
1873-74	silversmith		h. Earle's Ln. nr. Western	PCD 35
1874	silversmith		h. Earle's Ln. nr. Western	PCD 36
	'H. W. Axelby foreman room 44'			PBk. G
2 June	death of infant			RIDR Index
1878	silversmith		h. 36 Pearl	PCD 37
1882				PCD*

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