Gorham Roster of Craftsmen

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Babin, Charles E.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
7 Aug. 1899	hired	22.50
Jan. 1900	chaser #43		bds. 24 Rutland	PCD 107
19 April	left
1901				PCD *

Bailey, James
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1828	born, England, son of William & Martha
18 Jan. 1866	Mounter; Birmingham	20.00		Indenture #33 (2:
	silversmith		bds. r. 12 Howell	PCD 19
1868	silversmith		bds. 103 Congdon	PCD 22
1870	silversmith		bds. 313 N. Main	PCD 27
1878	silversmith		h. 143 Burnside	PCD 38
1883	silversmith		h. 58 Pavilion	PCD 42
1886	silversmith		h. 252 Prairie	PCD 43
24 June 1888	died, age 59 years 6 months, of kidney failure, Bright's disease			PDR 88: 711: 28

Bain, Robert
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
2 Sept. 1866	born, Glasgow, Scotland
	Learned chasing at Reid & University of Edinburgh
1889	Came to U. S.; settled in Concord, N.H.
1890	Married Mary in Concord, N.H. (according to granddaughter, Mary came over from Scotland.)
12 Dec. 1892	employed	22.00
1895			h. 721 Potter Ave.	PCD
1898			h. 139 Burnett	PCD
1900	chaser #23	39.00		5: 158
	Census E. D. 62 s. 17: wife & 3 daughters (William Bowlen at 133 Burnet)i
25 June 1901	assistant foreman	0.65/hour
1901-1902			h. 135 Burnett	PCD
	Nord Bowlen, W. C.'s son, told me his father said he lived next door to the most talented craftsman he'd ever encountered. Bowlen lived at 133 Burnett.
1906-1907	chaser		h. 273 Bucklin	PCD
20 May 1907	'overseer'	45.00
1908	foreman		h. 273 Bucklin	PCD
1913	foreman, Gorham		h. 16 Hawthorne	PCD
1920	foreman, Gorham		h. 120 Adelaide	PCD
1928	foreman, Gorham		h. 58 Melrose	PCD
1939-1943	foreman, Gorham		h. 12 Mawney	PCD
1942	retired
4 May 1946	died; obit. PJ 5 May 1946 I: 8

Baird, Robert Lindsay, Bronze Division
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
17 July 1864	born, Norristown, Pennsylvania, son of John M. and Elizabeth
20 Oct. 1892	hired	0.17	28 Norwich Ave.
1898	moulder		h. 462 Prairie Ave.	PCD 108
23 Oct. 1899			0.375
	moulder 'R. Lindsy'		h. 12 Temple	PCD
16 Dec. 1901			0.40
1906	moulder 'R. Lindsy'		h. 28 Norwich	PCD
2 Feb. 1914	overseer
25 Jan. 1922	died, age 57			RIDR 27: 285

Baker, Charles Henry
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
17 Sept. 1843	born, Nantucket, Massachusetts, son of, Arvin and Jerusha
1868				PCD*
1870	'clerk,' 12 Steeple St.; head of pricing dept.; assistant supervisor; h. 17 Summer			PCD 27
1877	'clerk,' 12 Steeple		h. 17 Summer	PCD
1882	'clerk,' 12 Steeple		h. 24 Summer	PCD
1888	'clerk,' 12 Steeple		h. 13 Portland	PCD
1891	'clerk'		h. 13 Portland	PCD
	succeeded George Wilkinson as Superintendent of Works
1895			h. 13 Portland	PCD
1898	supt. Gorham Mfg. at Elmwood		h. 13 Portland	PCD 108
1899	supt. Gorham Mfg. at Elmwood		h. 67 Stimson Ave.	PCD 110
22 April	died, age 55 years 8 months 5 days; widow Ellen [Fitzgerald?]; Swan Point Cemetery, Providence			PDR 99: 742: 2; cf. JC16 Aug. 1899 p. 18; RIHC

Baker, George
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
19 Aug. 1858	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Joseph & Eleanor
1 Aug. 1899	succeeded his father as foreman of the Casting Department at Gorham
12 June 1900	died, age 41, 'in consequence of the collision of suburban cars in Warwick'; North Burial Ground

Baker, Joseph, Sr., silversmith
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
21 Mar. 1824	born, Middlesex County, England, son of John & Elizabeth (Parker) Baker
	educated in London; apprenticed to silver casting or molding
12 June 1853	hired in London by John Gorham	25.00		B
5 July	employed. Took charge of the casting and molding department; its foreman for over 45 years
1860	debt paid off			B: 9 rear & 41 Arear.
27 Mar. 1881	wife Eleanor Scott died
	married Frances Scott Parkes
1893	foreman, room CC (14 men)	40.00		PBk N #16
1 Aug. 1899	pensioned	86.67/mo.
	'He was the first of the old employees of the Gorham Company to be retired on pension' (obit.)
23 June 1901	died; obit. ProJo 24 June, p. 2; North Burial Ground

Baker, Joseph, Jr.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
2 Jan. 1851	born, London, England, son of Joseph and Eleanor (Scott)
5 Jan. or 12 June 1865, employed	0.02			payroll card line 27, B
1882	'die sinker'		h. 5 Myrtle	PCD
1883		38.00
1886		42.00
			45.00
Jan. 1890	room A	50.00		11: 233
1 Jan. 1891		50.00		payroll card
24 July 1893	foreman, room A	50.00		PBk N #14 p. 2
1894			h. 138 Ontario	PCD 68
Sept. 1899	Rm. A	50.00		S:140
1900	Awarded Silver Medal at Paris Exposition
1901			h. 138 Ontario St.	PCD
18 Mar. 1907		55.00		payroll card
7 Nov. 1914	retired			payroll card
5 Jan. 1915	pension	$83.04/mo.		Eepayroll card
-1926			h. 138 Ontario St.	PCD
26 Nov. 1926	died; buried Swan Point; obit., PJ 27 Nov. 1926; also Jewelers Circle.

Ball, George E., designer
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
Sept. 1874	born, England
1891	to U. S.
22 June	employed
1900 Census E. D. 65, s. 8, l. 47
5 Feb. 1900		20.00
4 Feb. 1901		22.00
9 Feb. 1903	'transfer to office'	24.00
31 Dec.	left

Ball, George Edward, transfer from Whiting
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
12 Dec. 1892	salary list
10 Sept. 1929	left

Ball, Percy Bertram, designer
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
27 May 1879	born, Birmingham, England, son of Charles Ball
1891	to U. S.
19 April 1893	employed
5 Feb. 1900			18.00
	1900 Census E. D. 65, s. 8, l. 48		178 Hamilton
4 Feb. 1901			21.00
12 Feb. 1902	left to work at Fahys Watch Case Co., Sag Harbor, Long Island; later worked for Kerr, Frank M. Whiting, Wallace, Watson
1957	died, Attleboro, Massachusetts

Barber, Charles E.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1849?	born?
1 Jan. 1866		22.00
14 Jan. 1867- 4 Jan. 1869		24.00
1924?	died? buried Pine Grove Cemetery, Hopkinton?			RIHC

Baribau [Baribault?], James
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
30 Dec. 1I865	ornamental engraver; London	20.00		Indenture #23 (2:

Barnes, Wilfred
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
29 Sept. 1902	employed	20.00
1904	'William'; designer		bds. 100 Burnett	PCD 133
1905	'William'; designer		bds. 40 Haskins	PCD 133
	One of 15 designers who signed testimonial to Edward Holbrook (others included W. C. Codman, Fred A. Jordan, J. E. Straker).
7 Oct.	left
1906				PCD*

Barone, Joseph D., silversmith
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
27 Feb. 1910	born, Providence, Rhode Island, as Giuseppe, son of Vincenzo and Maria DiMuccio Barone
Sept. 1929	began at Gorham. Worked with Len Luther, who made candelabra and did ecclesiastical work. At first, filled pitch. Later succeeded Luther in making candelabra (Fred Barron, 30 Oct. 1997)
16 Nov. 1938	married Filomena Zoglio
1941	silversmith; wife Phyllis		h. 181 Sterling Ave.	PCD 69
	Both Charles Brandreth (20 Sept. 1997) and Fred Barron (29 Oct. 97) said he was a good silversmith.
1948	silversmith		r. 181 Sterling	PCD 62
	Lived 46 years in Cranston; communicant at St. Bartholomew Church
1956			38fi4 Princess, Cranston	CCD
1960	photo with giant candelabrum, Gorham Perspective 1: 3, p. 1, Oct.-Nov. 1960
1972	Jos., silversmith, Gorham; wife Filomena		h. 384 Princess	CDR 30
1975	retired
28 May 1997	died, age 87 years, in Johnston, R. I.; buried in St. Ann Cemetery.			obit. ProJo, 29 May 1997, p. D8

Barrett, A. J. see Barrett, Harry J.

Barrett, Albert
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
	born, England
18 April 1865	'Albert Barrett/ 1865/ April 18 To Passage	44.00'
10 Aug.	'Ticket/ Aug. 10 By Transfer/ with O'Dowd $44.00'			PBk. B: 20 rear

Barrett, Charles Edward
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
6 July 1841	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Jeremiah S. and Mary A.
19 Sept. 1862	enrolled as Private, Co. I, 11th R. I. Vol. Regt.
1 Oct.	mustered in
13 July 1863	mustered out
10 April 1865		9.00		PBk B: 123
1867	jeweller		h. 185 Greenwich	PCD 26
1882			h. 9 Hoyle	PCD
1893	foreman, room TT (65 men)	30.00		PBk
1894	silversmith			PCD 75
1901-1909+			h. 92 Hamilton	PCD
1911	silversmith		h. 92 Hamilton	PCD 129
12 July 1912	died, age 71 year*s 6 days; 'silver melter,' 'widower'; buried Pocasset Cemetery, Cranston			PDR: 198 line 14; RIHC

Barrett, Colin D., designer
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 May 1880	born, Kent, England, son of -- and Hannah C. Barrett
1887	to U. S. with parents
	Educated at public schools in Providence; studied at Yale art school, Art Students' League of N. Y., Rhode Island School of Design
12 Mar. 1902	employed	10.00
1905 census sched. 2 ED #68: age 25; 18 years in U. S.; 2 years in R. I.; l. 19 Congress, single, w/ parents
	One of 15 designers who signed testimonial to Edward Holbrook
1911		40.00
1916	designer at Gorham's			PCD
1922	left, no work; instructor of silverware design at RISD.
1927	also consulting designer for many other firms dealing in metal art work'-- obit.
Jan.	left to become Art Director at Scoville Mfg. Co., Waterbury, Conn. -- Manufacturing Jeweler 27 Jan. 1927, p. 30.
1928	designed Curtiss Marine Flying Trophy
	designed Scripps & Wrigley trophies for power boat racing
22 May 1937	died, age 57*, Watertown, Connecticut

Barrett, Harry J., designer at Hunt & Roskell in England
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1886				PCD*
1887	designer		h. 20 Olney	PCD 52
1888	designer		h. 7 Wood's Ave.	PCD 53
30 April	Design Room 11	35.00		PBk. J: 4
July	Design Room 11	35.00		PBk. J: 42
1889	designer		h. 7 Wood's Ave.	PCD 53
April	Design Room 11	35.00		PBk. J: 194
1890	designer		h. 209 Narragansett	PCD 53
1893	designer		h. 19 Congress	PCD 73
1894	designer		h. 19 Congress	PCD 75
	also Harry P. Barrett, designer		same address
	Harry J. Barrett, designer		b. 19 Congress	PCD 101
	Harry P. Barrett, designer		b. 19 Congress	PCD 101
1895				PSD*
1895/96				PCD*
	Carpenter (p. 68) has him as 'A. J.,' coming to Gorham at the same time as Pairpoint in 1868.
	'H. J. Barrett, who had long experience in England where he was connected with Hunt & Roskell of London, was now at Gorham. His vase on the theme of 'Ulysses defying Polyphemus' from the Odyssey represents the story in high relief showing figures of Ulysses, Boreas the wind and the blind giant Poly,phemus about to hurl a boulder. At the base are figures of water nymphs and on the handle a full relief figure of a mermaid. The remainder of the vase is covered with elaborate scrollwork in high relief' -- Katharine Morrison McClinton, Collecting American 19th Century Silver (N.Y., 1968), p. 80. McClinton's source: taken verbatim from Providence Sunday Journal 16 April 1893; article clipped in scrapbook, p. 74; line illustration of the allegorical vase.

Barrett, Jeremiah (Jerry) F.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1938/39				PCD*
before 1940	came from Kerr; at first did toiletware
1940	foreman, Gorham		r. Eden Park	PCD 69
1941/42	foreman; wife Elsie		h. 110 Waterman	CCD: 46
1943	foreman Gorham's		r. Eden Park	PCD 72
1947	foreman Gorham's		r. Eden Park	PCD 61
1947	succeeded Oscar Allebaugh as foreman of silversmiths; followed by William Burke
1953	foreman Gorham's		r. Cranston	PCD 61
1958/59	foreman Gorham's; wife Olive		h. 17 Woodbine	CCD: 103
	made superintendent; named Fred Barron foreman.
1965	ret.		h. 17 W'oodbine	CCD: 30
1970	ret.		h. 17 Woodbine	CCD: 29
1975	ret.		h. 17 Woodbine	CCD: 31
1979/80	wife Florence O.		h. 17 Woodbine	CCD: 29
1984				CCD*

Barrett, Richard A.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1901				h. 3 Baffin Court
1904	silversmith		h. 11 Aldrich	PCD 134
1911				h. 220 Cass
1914				h. 203 Cass

Barron, Fred E.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
24 May 1913	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Alexander M. and Elizabeth E.			PBR 21: 50
April 1929	began at Gorham as an errand boy; apprenticed when opening developed
1931/2?	apprenticed as silversmith
	during war years worked in Newport
	succeeded Bill Burke as foreman of silversmiths
1965	became foreman of a new department which comprised 7 formerly independent departments: smithing, spinning, turning, engraving (4), chasing (3), casting, polishing.
1978	retired			interviewed 11 Nov. 1994 & 29 Oct. 1997

Beckwith, Frederick Williams
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
7 Jan. 1860	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Stevens and Margaret
22 Aug. 1881	employed
1906			h. 143 Burnett	PCD
1917			h. 143 Burnett St.	JC-W 21.3.17: 61
1925	'Our old friend, Fred Beckwith, had a scare a few days ago. Fire broke out in his locker. Overcoat badly damaged by smoke and shop cap entirely ruined-- a total loss. Alas, no insurance. Fred had to stand the entire loss.'			-- Silver Tongue 1: 2. 4, 1 April 1925
15 July 1926	pensioned	66.26/month
	On retirement after 45 consecutive years, see Silver Tongue 2: 2, Oct. 1926, p. 3.
18 Mar. 1930	died in Australia

Beckwith, Stevens
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
21 May 1824	born, Edinburgh, Scotland, son of a silversmith
1836	apprenticeship begun
1849	sailed to America; landed NYC 2 Dec.
5 Dec.	working at Forbes Springer, NYC, as silversmith
1850	to Philadelphia
	married Margaret R. Shephard of NY
Feb. 1857	employed as foreman through Lewis Dexter
	'Beckwith's Room' = room 41, silversmiths
1858			h. 365 N. Main	PCD 60
1859			h. 365 N. Main	PCD 62
1863			h. 365 N. Main
	photograph of the 1860s			Silver Tongue 1: 3. 6
1866			h. 3 Knight
1868	'Steven'		h. 3 Knight
1872			>h. 50 Waverly	PCD a42
1874			h. 50 Waverly
9 July	wife Margaret (Shepard) died, age 41
16 Feb. 1876	married Emma Copping
2 July 1877	left; replaced by William Hughes			PBk. F: 254, 270; PCD 45
1910			h. 149 Gallup?	PCD 134?
March 1917	died in 93d year; PJ 19 March 1917, p. 7; North Burial Ground
	One of the founders of the Silversmiths' Mutual Aid Society at the Gorham plant, and its first president.

Beecroft, Silas W., chaser #34				no card
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
Aug. 1901	employed; replaced Max Goldman			PBk. U: 180
8 Aug. 1903	last pay			PBk. X: 101/02
1903	chaser		h. 6 Sibley	PCD 120
1904	removed to Wallingford, Conn.			PCD 141

Belcher, Arthur F.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
31 May 1849	born
1878	employed; salesman
	'For fifty-two years he was connected with the Gorham Company, becoming one of the best known and most highly respected salesmen in the South, where he traveled for over twenty years.'
27 Sept. 1925	died
	There is a Company-printed brochure with photo, on file in the Archives.

Bender, Gustavus
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1828?	born, Germany, son of Conrad & Barbara
	married Frederika Norple who was born in France
1854	in Massachusetts, where his three oldest children were born
1860	silversmith		h. 25 Dean	PCD
1861	silversmith		h. 25 Dean	PCD 23
1862	silversmith		h. r. 163 Atwell's Ave.	PCD 22
1863	silversmith		h. 70 Spruce	PCD 22
1864	silversmith		h. 64 Spruce	PCD 22
	#10 Wine Cooler made by Bender for Tiffany's			Cost Bk. 1: 223
5 Oct.	Emil died, age 2
1865-1868	silversmith		h. r. 90 Atwells Ave.	PCD 22
1871	stillborn son recorded in death records
20 Nov.	Benders removed to Edgewood in Cranston
1875 census 9, Cranston 142, dist. 3: Gustave Bender, age 45, born Germany, silversmith; Frederika Bender, age 44, born France, housewife; Gustavus Bender, age 21, born Massachusetts, fresco painter; Theodore Bender, age 19, born Massachusetts, silversmith; E0ugene Bender, age 17, born Massachusetts, fresco painter; Louisa Bender, age 15, born Providence; Henrietta Bender, age 11, born Providence, scholar, public school; Rudolphus Bender, age 9, born Providence, scholar, public school; Nora Bender, age 8, born Providence, scholar, public school; Willie Bender, age 6, born Providence, scholar, public school; Alfred J. Bender, age 5 months, born Cranston
27 Sept. 1881	daughter Louisa died, age 21
1889	room 41, #2	22.00		Payroll vol. 10, J p. 206
5 Mar. 1894	wife Frederika died, age 63
12 Sept. 1901	died, age 73, in Cranston; buried Oaklawn Cemetery			death records, p. 28

Benzinger, Charles Herly
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
13 Feb. 1866	born, Middletown, Connecticut, son of Robert (born Germany) & Charlotte Vorhees (born N. Y.)
	wife Eleanor E. Hough (Nellie)
7 Aug. 1902.	employed
1925	polisher; wife Nellie		h. 80 Colfax Ave., Cranston	CCD 55
1 June 1927	'Left, walked out, dissatisfied'
1 Mar. 1932	pensioned	38.66/mo.
27 Feb. 1933	wife Nellie died
1936	polisher		h. 80 High School Ave., Auburn	CCD 126
4 Oct. 1938	died, age 72 years 7 months 21 days, Providence Homeopathic Hospital; silversmith 45 years

Beretta, F.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
4 Jan. 1869	silversmith	18.00	bds. 12 1/2 Elbow	3: ; PCD 29
1870*
6 Jan. 1873				4:
1874*

Billson, Samuel
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1820?	born?
1847-48				PCD*
1850	'silversmith, 12 Steeple'			PCD
1852				PCD*
1855	'silverfinisher, 113 S. Main, Howell'			PCD
	113 S. Main = Budlong & Simon, jewelers
11 Feb. 1889?	died?; North Burial Ground			RIHC

Bingen, Pierre
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1842	born; lived in Paris, France			Thieme-Becker IV: 40
1906	contract with Gorham:
	'the duties of [Bingen] are to install and operate a building erected for the purpose by [Gorham] the cire perdu process of casting bronze, and to fully and competently instruct such persons as may be selected by [Gorham] 'The intention of this agreement is to accomplish a complete inst'allation of the said process with a competent corps of employes fully capable of successfully conducting the operations incident to the said process. 'It is further understood and agreed that the time to be devoted to this installation and instruction by [Bingen] is to be not less than two years from the date of his arrival in New York, namely, the 24th March, 1906 'To pay $3,000 per year, in weekly installments ($57.69). Bingen was a leading French practitioner of the lost-wax technique.			Saur 11: 98

Bliss, Hiram A.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
20 June 1856	born, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
1871	employed
1876	in charge of Gorham exhibit at Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition
1886	opened the Gorham retail store at 9 Maiden Lane, NYC
	named general manager of all Gorham's manufacturing interests and a Vice President.
1 Feb. 1920	pensioned	100.00/mo.
14 Nov. 1944	died

Bodwell, Sanford
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
23 Oct. 1831	born, Perry, New York (Genesee, now Wyoming Co.), son of Nelson Farmer Bodwell (b. Methuen, Mass.) and Solendia Tyler (b. Boxford, Mass.)
8 May 1854	married Helen H. Herbert (b. Rowley, Mass., ca. 1832)
1855/56	silversmith, 12 Steeple St.			PCD 54
2 Oct. 1857	daughter Emma Thurber born, Rowley, Mass.
1858				PCD*
1860	silversmith		h. 12 Wheaton	PCD 25
20 Oct.	son Richard H. born, Rowley, Mass.
20 June 1862	son Arthur Loring born, Rowley, Mass.
25 Aug. 1864	daughter Emma died, Rowley, Mass.
29 Aug.	son Richard died, Rowley, Mass.
1869	clerk, 12 Steeple		h. 191 Benefit	PCD 32
1870	clerk, 12 Steeple		h. 118 Broadway	PCD 37
1874	clerk, 12 Steeple St.		h. 118 Broadway	PCD 48
1875	RI State Census cns 15 Prov 15S Ward 4: wife Helen, son Luther (age 12), servant
Nov.	His position is one of three offered by George Wilkinson to John Gorham.
23 Dec. 1877	son Arthur died, age 15, Providence			PDR
1878	clerk, 12 Steeple		h. 10 Franklin	PCD 51
1880	clerk		h. 324 Westminster	PCD 54
1882	foreman, 12 Steeple St.		324 Westminster	PCD 57
1 Mar. 1886	divorced Helen; case 7374. Petition of Helen states that Bodwell 'has been guilty of the wilful desertion of the petitioner for more than five years.' She does not ask for alimony. Gorham Thurber, Lydia L. Thurber (Mrs. Bodwell's sister) and Leonard W. Bodwell give depositions. 'since their separation she has lived part of the time at my house which is her home and part of her ti me with our mother who is feeble.' 'eight years ago next fall they did separate. She went home at his request-- to visit her mother then residing at Rowley, Mass. She remained a while and he did not send for her to come back.' Bodwell dispersed the furnishings (sold some; hid some). Leonard W. Bodwell (Sanford's brother) testifies that he is 55 years of age, 'a cutler of velvet and satins for Gorham Mfg. Co.'; confirms previous depositions.
21 Aug.	married Martha E. (b. Sept. 1840; d. after 1900, Providence)
1893	foreman		h. 17 Burnett	PCD 92
	foreman, room X (41 men)			PBk N #16
1894	'foreman'			PCD 95
1896	foreman		17 Burnett	PCD 119
1897	foreman, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 17 Burnett	PCD 121
1900	foreman, 144 Westminster		h. 17 Burnett	PCD 140
1903	Sanford Bodwell & Co., advertisement in the PCD
8 April 1908	died, age 76 years 6 months 16 days; buried in Rowley, Mass.			PDR 23: 34
1910	'Bodwell Sanford Co. (E. E. Vandervear) ,silvercloth rolls, 131 Washington rm. 38; h. at Knightsville, see p. 1175, PCD 145; 'maker of jewel cases'

Bogle, John M.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1849	born, Knightsville (Cranston), Rhode Island
1869	employed; toolmaker
1876	master mechanic
24 July 1893	foreman, room B	48.00		PBk N #14 p. 2
1894	master mechanic			PCD 95
8 MAr. 1901	died; obit. JC, 13 March 1901, p. 23; Swan Point Cemetery			RIHC

Bogle, Peter
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1827	born, England; married Hannah Ballou (born R. I.), daughter of Hiram & Emeline
13 June 1859	son Fred born; wife 'Anna F.'
1870	foreman polishing room, 12 Steeple St.		h. at Pawtucket	PCD 37
	census Pawtucket p. 90, dwelling 510, family 822: age 43, born, England; wife Hannah E., age 41, born R. I.; children Sullivan, age 17, Frederick, age 11
9 Oct. 1876	wife Hannah died, age 50
11 Feb. 1887	died, age 60, liver disease, Pawtucket, R. I.; widower (RI Cemetery Records says 1886); buried Mineral Springs Cemetery, Pawtucket			87: 608: 26; RIHC

Bogman, Winfield B.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
12 Nov. 1879	born, West Barrington, Rhode Island
25 Mar. 1895	emiployed; apprentice	3.00
1901	room F; silversmith	26.667
1917	left

Borras, Adelino
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1847-48				PCD*
1850	'silversmith, 12 Steeple		57 Wickenden'	PCD
1853				PCD*
1855-56				PCD*

Bowater, James
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 Jan. 1866		10.00		2:
14 Jan. 1867		12.00		3:

Bower, Frederick
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
7 Feb. 1855	born, England
4 Aug. 1880	hired by Gorham	13.00
3 Jan. 1881		13.00
2 Jan. 1882	silver chaser		h. 92 Sherborne	PCD
- 4 Jan. 1886	Room 62	17.00
1900	chaser #18		h. 120 Washington St., Lakewood (Warwick)
1 Mar. 1927	pension	68.62/mo.
1937			h. 120 Washington St. Lakewd	WCD 79
1942			h. 164 Washington, Lakewd	WCD 125
14 April 1947	died; no obituary in Providence Journal.

Boxsin, P.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 Jan. 1867		24.00		3:

Brandreth, Charles T.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
21 Feb. 1908	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Thomas and Mary. Parents came from Yorkshire (England) to work in the textile mills.			PBR 19: 457
1924	employed through the agency of Reginald Hobson, who hired at Gorham and who was a member of Brandreth's church. Because of the Depression, CTB's four-year apprenticeship extended to five and as there was no advancement for apprentices, he left.
ca. 1925	Woodward asked CB to draw the top of a piece with flowers, etc. CB took the drawing to show Woodward, who asked, 'Who did this?' 'I did,' was the reply. 'You're going to the School of Design,' said the designer, and Gorham paid CB's way to night school. One year. Oscar Allebaugh was his teacher.
1925	cut out letters of a trophy (CTB thinks Borg-Warner, but that wasn't made until 1936)
ca. 1926	'Around 1926 the Gorham Co. would give its employees a clambake at Rocky Point every summer. There would be 4 or 5 open trolley cars waiting on Earl St. for us. They would take us to Rocky Point and we would have chowder and clamcakes at noon. We would then play game,s for prizes until 5 oclock and we would then have the clambake.' CTB's ms. recollection.
1930?	During the last period of his apprenticeship, the cut books at Gorham meant that he worked three days every two weeks. His parents at the time lived in Northampton, Mass. CTB would travel the hundred miles in a model-T Ford to work three days, and then drive back home. 'I must have made that trip 50 times.'
1930-1941	worked for 11 years at Respro in Cranston making imitation leather 'Tufsta'
10 Jan. 1931	married Ruth B. Adams
1939	Charles; foreman; wife Ruth		h. 183 Clarendon Ave.	CCD: 159
1941-44	during World War II in defense work at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Rhode Island; was aviation metalsmith first class.
12 Dec. 1945	resumes employment at Gorham
19 Sept. 1954	In an interview on 31 August 1997, CB told me that he used to drive Edward Drescher to and from work. One night (19th of Sept. 1954) Brandreth dreamed that he was repairing a road, tarring it over, when Drescher came along and tore up the road. When they looked in the hole they saw a coffin. When CB arrived at work the next day he learned that Drescher had died that night. Brandreth won a raffle of Drescher's tools and succeeded him doing special-order work.
1956	fashioned the XGOA 14K Yellow Gold replica of a coffee percolator (see file)
1959	resides in Johnston, says PCD
1960	made Cruiser Long Beach service JNA designed by Dick Huggins cf. Marks of Achievement p. 170 #215; Carpenter, 267 photo with giant candelabra in Gorham Perspective I. 3, p. 1, Oct.-Nov. 1960
1961	photograph in Perspective (2: 5, Nov.-Dec. 1961). 'Charles Brandreth chasing [sic] foot of gold cup. The Jockey Club Trophy.' [There was no chasing on the foot, and if there had been it wouldn't have been done by CTB.] 'BRANDRETH MADE THE CUP EVERY YEAR.'
1962	moves to 226 Douglas Rd. Warwick			CTB
1964	Shah of Iran Bowl, etc. 'HAND RAISED'
1965	Brown University chain & pendant			Carpenter 271
1967			res. 226 Douglas Rd. Warwick	WCD
1968	photograph in National Geographic of CTB making Chantilly Kettle
1970			res. 226 Douglas Rd. Warwick	WCD
1 Mar. 1973	retired. CTB would sit with a group that included Fred Barron, Joseph Barone, and others at the Quarter Century Club annual dinner. Took up oil painting from TV instruction.
June 1995	Interviewed at Gorham Quarter Century Club
1997			res. 226 Douglas Rd. Warwick 02886; 821-3392
14 June	Interviewed at Gorham Quarter Century Club
31 Aug. & 20 Sept.	Interviewed at his home. Has photographs of many pieces he made. R. I. Tuna Derby Trophy - Ralph Hammond Koelb chalice ciborium Gothic ecclesiastical piece Gorham Gold League trophies designed and made by CTB: how many? at least three. Oversize teapot used for promotional purposes Mace for Rutgers John Mulford Trophy - Power Boating Golf trophy JKH, JKI Curling Trophy designed by Colflesh Widener gold replica set [some Roebling replacement pieces] no photos

Bridgwood, J.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 Jan. 1867		14.00		3:

Briggs, Henry Avery
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
9 Aug. 1837	born, Providencie, son of Thomas R. and Patience Rhodes
19 Nov. 1866	hired
1880	silversmith		h. 108 Lester	PCD 62
1882	electroplater		bds. 270 Broad	PCD 65
1893	electroplater		h. 29 Hudson	PCD 107
	foreman, room P (34 men)	35.00		PBk N #16
1894	'electroplater'			PCD 110
1900 + 1902				PCD*
1907	at Gorham's		bds. N. Main, Warwick P. O. E. G.
1910				PCD*
1 Jan. 1912	pensioned	30.00
18 Sept. 1937	died, age 100 years 1 month 9 days, Warwick, R. I.; 300 Post Road, Cowesett informant Arthur B. Lisle, son-in-law; buried Swan Point Cemetery

Briggs, Leroy E.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
21 Oct. 1887	born			personnel card
15 Dec. 1919	salary list		h. 131 Waverly St.	personnel card
	production engineer			personnel card
1 Dec. 1924	Assistant to General Manager to Mfg. Mgr.			personnel card
1926	asst. to Vice President		res. 169 Princeton	PCD
Dec. 1932	left			personnel card
1932	works manager		h. 405 Montgomery	PCD
1933	works mgr.		h. 405 Montgomery	PCD
1934	no job listed		res. 256 Olney	PCD
1935				PCD *
	'Stockholder'

Broadhead, John H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
17 Mar. 1856	born, England
2 Aug. 1880	hired; W room until 1907
3 Jan. 1881		13.00
1882	Harry B. Broadhead, silver chaser		h. 82 Burnside	PCD
2 Jan. 1882		15.00
1 Jan. 1883	room 62 through 4 Jan. 1886	18.00
1901	chaser, room W		76 Rugby	PCD
1 Mar. 1919	pensioned	35.69/month
28 March	died

Brooks, Henry, chaser #20
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
15 Jan. 1867	born, Birmingham, England, son of John & Emma
	married Camilla
15 Aug. 1887	employed
1900		24.00	h. 90 Ardoene St.
			h. 1 Colfax	PCD
1925	'One of the players in the old Gorham Football Team... The team ranked with the best in the country'-- Silver Tongue 1: 3. 5, 1 Sept. 1925
1928	one of the chasers on the ETT set.
1 Feb. 1932	pensioned
1939			h. 90 Ardoene	PCD 469
20 April 1940	died, age 73 years 3 months 5 days; North Burial Ground			RIHC

Bube, Edward Niser
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
5 Sept. 1891	born, Providence, Rhode Island
5 Feb. 1906	hired: apprentice
1910				PCD*
1929	silversmith; wife Ella E.		h. 77 Roger Williams Ave.	PCD 543
3 Jan. 1936	left, another ,position in California			employment card
				Charles Brandreth's list
1936	sub station opr. 81 Roger Williams Ave.		h. 77 Roger Williams	PCD 445
1938	sub station opr. 81 Roger Williams Ave.		h. 77 Roger Williams	PCD 464
1945	sub station opr. NE Co.; wife Ella E.		h. 79 Roger Williams	PCD 101
1950	sub station opr. NE Co.		h. 79 Roger Williams	PCD 104
1960	opr.		h. 79 Roger Williams	PCD 114
1965	retd.; wife Ella E.		h. 79 Roger Williams	PCD 120
1966-67	retd.; wife Ella E.		h. 79 Roger Williams	PCD 120
1968				PCD*

Buck, John Henry
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1847	born, Devonshire, England
1876	represented British firm of Cox & Sons at Philadelphia Centennial
1877	emigrated to U. S.; head of Gorham's New York Office
1886	'During one of Mr. Holbrook's trips to Europe in 1886 accompanied by John H. Buck, writer and Curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he was introduced to William C. Codman and his son William Codman. At this time he persuaded the son, William Codman, to come to New York and join The Gorham ComUpany in the Capacity of Ecclesiastical designer, which he did in the Spring of 1887. A few years later he was transferred to the factory in Providence where he has been a life-long associate. ...' William Codman, History of Gorham silver (1935) typescript, p. 7.
1888	published first edition of Old Plate... 'which contains a vast accumulation of Knowledge regarding American church silver'-- Bigelow, 1917
1889	curator of the silver section of the Washington Centennial Loan Exhibition at the New York Opera House			see Venable, 268
1903	revised edition of Old Plate
1907	An organizer of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts exhibition of American silver.
1908	Gorham leader in setting up English office
	Curator of Medals, Metropolitan Museum
31 Jan. 1914	died, Mt. Vernon, N. Y., age 67; obit. NYTimes 1 Feb. 1914 (III, 5: 6).

Burbank, Benjamin
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 Jan. 1876		0.06
1 Jan. 1877		0.08
7 Jan. 1878		0.10

Burgess, Alfred Fisk
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
26 Dec. 1852	born, Cranston, Rhode Island, son of Albert Manton Burgess and Ann Eliza^beth
	attended Schofield's Commercial College
1865	hired by Gorham			obit
	apprenticed under Coleman			Trial: 78
	A. 'For a while we hired a man named Dana.' Q. 'For what?' A. 'Because we were afraid the boy couldn't keep our own work along.'			Trial: 88
	'succeeded Mr. Gilbert Dana as photographer and held this position for many years.' Silver Tongue 1: 3. 6 (Sept. 1925).
1893	foreman, room BB (7 employees)	21.00		PBk N #16
1896	photographer		h. 20 Sackett	PCD 148
1900	foreman, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 29 Sackett	PCD 171
1905	at Auburn			PCD 182
1906	at Auburn			PCD 192
Nov. 1910	left, illness			obit
1911			h. 42 Hawthorne Ave. Auburn	CCD 1080
6 Jan.	died, age 58 years, 11 months, 11 days, atrophic cirrhosis of the liver; buried Oakland Cemetery; obit ProJo 7 Jan. p. 6			CDR

Burke, William L.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1929	was assistant foreman of room M5 when Fred Barron began work at Gorham			PCD*
1938	asst. Foreman; wife Mary E.		h. 218 Sackett	PCD 468
1943	silversmith; wife Mary E.		h. 218 Sackett	PCD 127
	fIoreman silversmiths; followed Jerry Barrett; followed by Fred Barron
1949	silversmith; wife Mary E.		h. 218 Sackett	PCD 108
1953	silversmith; wife Mary E.		h. 218 Sackett	PCD 108
1958	silversmith; wife Mary E.		h. 218 Sackett	PCD 105
1965	retd.; wife Mary E.		h. 218 Sackett	PCD 125
1968	left
1970	retd.; wife Mary E.		h. 218 Sackett	PCD 101
1971	retd.; wife Mary E.		h. 218 Sackett	PCD 95
1972, 73, 75				PCD*

Burlingame, Chad Brown
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1831	born, Johnston, Rhode Island, son of Andrew B. and Polly
16 May 1860	hired
1862	jeweler		h. 13 Williams	PCD 32
1865	silversmith		h. 13 Williams	PCD 33
1870	silversmith		h. 232 South Main	PCD 48
1882	silversmith		h. 2 William	PCD 76
1893			h. 101 Chester	PCD 122
1900			bds. 140 Ontario	PCD 173
1905				PCD*
1 Dec. 1906	pensioned	30.00/month
28 Dec. 1911	died; death record says age 80; + 5 months, 11 days; buried North Burial Ground
			26 Carter	PDR 24: 102; SDR 239*; RIHC

Burt, Frederic A. ('Doc'), Dept. L-1
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
24 Nov. 1846	born
25 Nov. 1864	discharged from Navy; "became 2d Lt. in 2d RI Volunteers
16 April 1866	hired
1875	married Ella F. Gray
1886	foreman of 'Drawing-up Dept.'
1893	foreman, room HH (7 men)	24.00		PBk N #16
1904	there is a photograph of him in the uniform of the 'Roosevelt Rangers'
11 May 1912	pensioned
1925	Secretary of Silversmiths Mutual Aid Society ('sick club') for 20 years			Silver Tongue 1: 2. 5, April 1925
14 Nov. 1934	died		h. 252 Post Road, Greenwood (Warwick)
	long obit. & photo, Prov. Journal Thurs. 15 Nov., p. 12.

Burt, Frederic G.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 April 1876	born, Providence, son of Frederic A. and Ella F.
6 Aug. 1889	hired
1925	photo of 'Berkshires over the Mohawk Trail' taken by Burt, Dept. L-1			Silver Tongue 1: 3. 5, 1 Sept. 1925
1 Nov. 1942	pensioned
26 May 1949	died

Bushnell, Henry C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
2 Mar. 1824	born, Saybrook, Connecticut
1 June 1850	employed
1852-53			h. 128 Transit St.	PCD
1856-1859			h. 8 Camp St.
1866			h. 7 Camp St.
1869			h. 9 Mallett
1870	silversmith, 12 Steeple St.		h. 3 Mallet	PCD 5B0
1874-1878			h. 54 Vernon
1879				PCD*
1882	jeweler		h. 703 High
1885	foreman, Gorham		h. 43 Bassett	PCD 88
1890			h. 18 Vineyard
1893	foreman, room C	40.00		PBk N #14
1897	foreman			PCD 156
1899	foreman			PCD 177
1900	foreman, Gorham			PCD 177
1 June	pensioned	86.67/mo.
2 June	PJ article & photo; copy in Secretary's Notices & Instructions, Archives II. B; article in Manufacturing Jeweler 21 June 1900 p. 528.
1901	established Henry C. Bushnell & Co., 491 Cranston St.			PCD 180
			h. 115 Hanover	PCD 180
3 Jan. 1903	wife Caroline F. died, age 76			PDR 21:306
1906-1910			h. 115 Harris	PCD 117
12 Oct. 1910	died, age 86; buried Grace Church Cemetery, Providence			PDR 23: 318; PCD 1911, 175; RIHC
	Bushnell's ms. Recollections used by Carpenter: 'As an independent craftsman Bushnell made dies for Gorham as early as 1843' (p. 35). 'He joined the firm of Gorham & Thurber in 1850 and was one of the 14 employees. In 1852 BusNhnell became foreman of the spoon department [upon the departure of Henry Webster] of the newly named Gorham & Company. He held the same job for forty-eight years, retiring in 1900 at the age of seventy-six' (p. 182). In 1901 he established the firm of Henry C. Bushnell & Co. at 491 Cranston Street; his home was at 115 Hanover (PCD 1901, p. 180).

Buxton, Frederick Joseph Sr.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
28 Sept. 1856	born, Sheffield, England, son of John
1891	hired by Gorham
1900	'silversmith'		h. 108 Thurber's Ave.	PCD 178
1910	'silversmith'		h. 108 Thurber's Ave.	PCD 172
1911			h. 13 Haswell	PCD 176
1913-1920	'silversmith'		h. 13 Haswell	PCD 178
4 Oct. 1928	died, 'Health Sanatorium'; cause of death, bronchial pneumonia, cirrhosis of liver. Widowed (wife Everelda Brownhill).

Buxton, Frederick Joseph Jr.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
21 Jan. 1877	born, England, son of Frederick J. Buxton, also a silversmith
1891	arrived in U. S.
June 1892	*apprentice, #67	4.00		PBk. L #12: 262; seems to be earliest
24 June 1893	#54			PBk.N 14: 26
26 June 1899				PBk. S 90
1900	chaser #13; 'silversmith'		h. 40 Baxter	PCD 178
	Census E. D. 52 s. 9 l. 82: wife Beatrice, daughter Frances		fh. 40 Baxter
1907	chaser		h. 14 Baxter	PCD 172
18 May	transferred to O2
21 Dec.	left
1908	chaser		bds. 13 Haswell	PCD 171
1909	chaser		bds. 13 Haswell	PCD 171
1910				PCD*
1914	working in Bronze Foundry
1915	left
1916-20	worked for Watson & Co., Attleboro, Mass., for 4 years.
1922	removed to Oakland Beach			PCD 197
1928	Frederick J. carp[enter]		h. Wilson Ave. OB	WCD 208
June 1926	left, no work
Sept.	reinstated
Dec.	transferred
1929	left; employment card says working in Detroit
1933	reinstated
1935	left, no work; workmanship 'average'
1936	carpenter		h. Wilson Ave., OB	WCD 88
1942	carpenter		h. Wilson Ave., OB	WCD 137
1948, 48/49, 1952				WCD*
1952	Employment card says 86 years old, but...

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