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Callowhill, Percy J.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
Jan. 1873	born, England
1886	to U. S.
1897	married Fannie (born Massachusetts, January 1872)
1900			boards 243 Adelaide Ave.	Census E. D. 65, s. 8 l. 88
1904	regarding St. Louis/ RISD table, a 'work which he had a hand in designing'
1941/42	designer, General Products Corp.			CCD
4 April 1954			37 Henry St. Edgewood	Prov. Journal
17 Oct. 1955	died			1957 CCD
1956	wife Fannie R.			CCD

Campbell, Earl A.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
	German Silver dept.; then to smiths. Charles Brandreth's list of silversmiths.
1936	Earl A., silversmith		78 Waverly	PCD 456
1939	Earl A. silversmith		rem'd. Cranston
1941/42	wife Anne U.		h. 136 Garden	CCD 64
1943	wife Anne U.		h. 136 Garden	CCD 44
1952			h. 57 Lyndale Ave., Hoxsie	WCD 175
1959	silversmith, Gorham Inc.		h. 57 Lyndale, Hoxsie	WCD 191
1978	silversmith, Gorham Inc.		h 57 Lyndale, Hoxsie	WCD
	Killed by an automobile: went out on an errand, was hit from behind, neck broken.
1980/81	Ann only			WCD

Campbell, Walter A.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1846	born [RIHC says 1844, from tombstone]
18 May 1863	hired at Gorham
1865				PCD*
1870	silversmith		h. 68 Bacon	PCD 53
1882	silversmith		h. 10 Howland	PCD 83
1893	silversmith		h. 377 Potters	PCD 132
1900	silversmith		h. 471 Potters Ave.	PCD 185
1905	silversmith		h. 471 Potters Ave.	PCD 195
1 April 1914	pensioned	30.00/mo.
9 June 1926	died; North Burial Ground			RIHC

Carignan, Albert E.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
2 Oct. 1876	born, Montreal, Canada, son of Alphonse and Victoria (Archambault)
10 Sept. 1891	hired
1910	foreman		bds. 562 Potter	PCD 179
	manager of the Department of Printing
1915	foreman		bds. 562 Potter	PCD 189
1921	foreman		bds. 562 Potter	PCD 207
	'The reception given Al Carignan during the [sales] Convention when he told of the work of his Department was an outstanding recognition of personal effort and was a source of pride to every one of his friends, which included everyone present.' Silver Tongue 1: 2. 11, 1 April 1925
1930	foreman Gorham's; wife Emma D.		h. 136 Washington	PCD 541
1935	foreman Gorham's*; wife Emma D.		h. 136 Washington	PCD 278
1941			h. 123 Washington	PCD 137
1 Feb. 1948	retired		h. 123 Washington	PCD 126
12 July	died at summer home, Central Ave., Point Judith; obit Prov. Journal 13 July, p. 12.

Carlborg, Hugo O. E.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
11 Oct. 1892	born, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1897+	lived in Providence
1915	graduate of RISD (later president of Alumni Association and member of its corporation)
	taught modelling at RISD for 25 years
1916	employed; sculptor, modeller
1934-	taught 'plastelene modeling'			RISD Year Book, 1934, pp. 16, 78, 93, 119
	'657-658 Modeling. Mr. Carlborg. Study of nature, historic units and architectural ornament for creative expression in book ends, coats-of-arms, friezes, and borders in low relief plastelene modeling. '659-660 Modeling. Mr. Carlborg. Study of period ornament from casts and photographs; methods of casting in gelatin, plaster, metal, etc. correlation with jewelry and silver designing. '661-662 Modeling. Mr. Carlborg. Advanced work with production of models for silverware and jewelry, such as spoons, forks, handles, spouts, rings, pendants, bracelets, brooches, etc. with resembled coloring. '663-664 Modeling. Mr. Carlborg. Advanced work in modeling.'
1958	Russell Woodward, Hugo Carlborg and Ed McAlice had a room off the main design room where they worked as a unit, reflecting decades of experience-- Burr Sebring interview, 18 Nov. 1997
11 Feb. 1962	died; obit. PJ Mon. 12 Feb. 1962, p. 18 'Sculptor in the bronze and silverware departments of Gorham since 1916' -- obit. 'Modeled Brown University mace, honor rolls, and tablets for universities around the country and memorials for churches and libraries. ...' See 'mace,' 'memorial,' 'plaque,' and 'tablet' in the Index of Drawings of the Inventory.

Carritre? Carriere? M.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 Jan. 1866		21.00		2:
14 Jan. 1867		25.00		3:

Chabard, Adolphe
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1860	'On August 14 [John Gorham] signed an agreement with a designer named Thabard. Nothing is known of Thabard's work at Gorham' (Carpenter, p. 59).
8 Sept.	listed but not paid			PBk. A
10 Nov.	listed as to be paid $40
1861	'Thabard' sculptor		bds. 28 1/2 S. Main	PCD 146
12 Jan.		paid $165
6 April	name changed to Thabard	38.33
20 April	hours recorded
18 May	left
	In the same room with P. L. Hubert ($29.00) and H. A. Weeden ($18.00). This looks as if a high-priced Frenchman either didn't work out or left.

Chandler, Charles B.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 Jan. 1881		18.00
1882	chaser, 81 Friendship		h. Oaklawn	PCD
	[RIHC entry: CHANDLER, CHARLES E., 1857c - 11 FEB 1914 CF001 = Moshassuck Cemetery, Lonsdale Ave, Central Falls]

Cherms [pronounced Charms], Charles , cabinet maker
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
22 Nov. 1857	born, Birmingham, England
16 Sept. 1889	hired, room EE		r. 55 Washington St. Lakewood (Warwick)
1900 Census E. D. 64 sheet 10 line 12: [Charles W. Cherms, Jr., born (d. 25 Dec. 1987; Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery; RIHC]			93 Roger Wms. Ave.
1903	cabinet-maker for CCX Secretary made for St. Louis Exposition. Left note, 'made by an Englishman.'
1 April 1924	pensioned	52.34/month
1932	pension reduced	41.88/ month
16 Aug. 1949	died

Three Cheshires at Gorham
John Cheshire senior, born, 19 May 1861, was a bicycle mechanic who came from England to Providence to make his fortune. He was first employed by Gorham on 10 November 1904 at 15 cents per hour. By 2 April 190%5 he was 'watching' at night for $2 per day. He left Gorham on 30 December 1905 but was back in Department V5 on 30 March 1908 at a quarter an hour. On August 31 of that year his wage was cut to 22.5 cents. He left on 26 February 1910 but was back, in room M4 at the same rate, on the 28th. Let go on 12 May 1914 for 'lack of work,' Cheshire was back at Gorham in Department V on 8 February 1915; on 6 November that year he was let go again for lack of work. He returned, aged 64, a decade later, on 18 September 1925, to work in room M-2 (#55); he was laid off for 'no work' 10 December the same year; was back three months later, on 8 March 1926, in room P-5 (#11) at 40 cents an hour; and was gone a final time, for 'no work,' on 24 July 1926. A search through Providence directories in his eflarly days has Cheshire listed as 'variety,' living at 105 Benedict Street; in 1906 and 1907 he was at 84 Gallup. His son, John Cheshire Jr., was born, at Birmingham in 1887 (not on work card; info. from his daughter Virginia Leaper, 19 Feb. 1993). He apprenticed 29 July 1901 (three years before his father was employed by the Company) at a nickel an hour. His apprenticeship certificate, dated 22 July 1907, is owned by Mrs. Leaper. John Cheshire, Jr., left Gorham on 19 February 1916; was 'reinstated' 7 April 1919, and left for good 10 May, only a month later, on his 'own accord.' A younger brother, William A. Cheshire, was born, in England on 2 May 1892. He began his apprenticeship at Gorham on 16 October 1905 and was let go 21 February 1914 for 'lack of work.' He was back on 10 July 1915 and left 8 August 1916: 'wants to change,' says his personnel card. On August 21st of the same year he was back, in room M3, making 35-1/2 cents per hour. He left for the U. S. (R)Army on 3 July 1917, and returned to room M3 (#33) at 48 cents per hour on 31 March 1919. He left in 1921 (9 February) to take another position. Four years later, on 15 April 1925, he again turns up at Gorham, where he stayed until 20 November 1936, when he left for a final time to take 'another position.'

Cheshire, John (senior)
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
19 May 1861	born, England
	bicycle mechanic; came from England to Providence to make his fortune
	'variety'		lvg. 105 Benedict Street	PCD
10 Nov. 1904	first employed	0.15/hour
2 April 1905	'watching' at night	2.00/day
30 Dec. 1905	left
1906/07			84 Gallup St.	PCD
30 Mar. 1908	Department V5	0.25/hour
31 Aug.	wage cut	0.225/hour
26 Feb. 1910	left
28 Feb.	room M4	same rate
12 May 1914	let go, 'lack of work'
8 Feb. 1915	Department V
6 Nov.	let go, 'lack of work'
18 Sept. 1925	age 64, to work in room M-2 (#55)
10 Dec.	laid off, 'no work'
8 Mar. 1926	room P-5 (#11)	0.40/ hour
24 July	gone, 'no work'

Cheshire, John, Jr.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1887	born, Birmingham (information from his daughter, Virginia Leaper, 19 Feb. 1993)
29 July 1901	apprenticed (three years before his father was employed by the Company) apprenticeship certificate, dated 22 July 1907, is owned by Mrs. Leaper.
		0.05/ hour
19 Feb. 1916	left
7 April 1919	'reinstated'
10 May	left for good, on his 'own accord'
[21 Sept. 1966	died; buried Greenwood Cemetery, Coventry; RIHC; Geneva Cheshire, 1891-10 May 1951]

Cheshire, William A.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
2 May 1892	born, England
16 Oct. 1905	employed; apprentice
21 Feb. 1914	let go, 'lack of work'
10 July 1915
8 Aug. 1916	left, 'wants to change'			personnel card
21 Aug.	room M3	0.355/ hour
3 July 1917	left for U. S. Army
31 Mar. 1919	returned to room M3 (#33)	0.48/ hour
9 Feb. 1921	left to take another position
15 April 1925
20 Nov. 1936	left for 'another position'

Cianfarani, Aristide Berto, sculptor
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 Aug. 1895^	born, Italy
1913	came to U. S.; worked as stone-cutter; modelled jewelry designs
10 Dec. 1917	employed	20.00	58 Ring St.
19 June 1918	U. S. Army Signal Corps., radio instructor at Fort Leavenworth
10 Feb. 1919	reinstated	24.00
19 April 1919	left, other position
23 June 1919	G-1, #20	35.00
24 Dec. 1921	Left, no work
	studied sculpture abroad
1923-25	International Silver
1926	established studio in Providence bust of Lincoln designed bronzework for Providence courthouse modelled Borg-Warner Trophy for Gorham
1929			26 Rankin	PCD
17 Aug. 1937	at Gorham	1.02/ hour
14 Sept. 1938	Left, no work
1946			104 Butler	PCD
19 Feb. 1960	died; obit PJ 10 Feb., p. 1 & 15, with photo
	est. American Artist April 1960

Clancy, Dennis Richard
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1847	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Irish parents John & Nancy
30 July 1868	employed
1900	polisher		h. 59 Redwing	PCD 209
1910	polisher		h. 21 Holmes	PCD 194
1 April 1911	retired	19.00/mo.
March 1915	died, age 68, Providence; widower		bds. 27 Grand View	PCD 207

Clark, Herbert William
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1914	no employment card; no sculptor's folder			PCP*

Clement, Pierre
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 Jan. 1867-13 Jan. 1868	20.00			3:

Clissold, Christopher W., chaser #06
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
28 April 1862	born, London, England, son of Joseph & Phyllis
1883	arrived in U. S.			cf. 1900 Census
5 Sept. 1885	employed	19.00
	mother Phyllis Clissold, widow, age 50 in 1885; arrived in U. S. 1884
			48 Earle's Lane	PCD
1885	with Ralph H. Clissold, stamper		bds. 48 Earle's Ln.	PCD
4 Jan. 1886	room 62	19.00
1886	first appearance		bds. 48 Earle's Lane	PCD
1887	Joins Nestell Lodge Masons; 105th member
1888	chased 1545 Pitcher			cost book 6: 212
1889			bds. 68 Pleasant St.	PCD
28 Jan. 1890	founds The Falstaff Club
	mother Phyllis Clissold, widow		h. 68 Pleasant	PCD
	Christopher Clissold		bds.	PCD
3 Sept. 1893	Providence Journal, p. 3, has story of Falstaff Club in Providence, its organization and development, dedication in Lyman Building; Clissold portrait in line cut & with Harry T. Wood, his minstrel partner.
1894-95	Master, Nestell Lodge, Masons
1895	'C. A.' Clissold, chaser		bds. 101 Burnett	PCD
	married Inez Minnie Nason, age 25, of Chelsea, Massachusetts
1899	Mr. & Mrs. Clissold with Phyllis		h. 101 Burnett	PCD
March 1900	performed with Harry Wood for the New England Manufacturing Jewelers banquet.
1900 Census E. D. 62 s. 16 l. 86: wife Inez M., age 29, born Massachusetts
	Real Estate $1,100			Tax records
		30.00		S 158
1901	Mr. & Mrs. with Phyllis		h. 101 Burnett	PCD
1901-02-03	[Finance Committee] Nestell Lodge
1902-1927			h. 128 Ontario	PCD
1904-1935	Secretary, Nestell Lodge, Masons; Richard Mazzotta, Secretary 1995, 454-0307
1905	Phyllis removed to Canada			PCD
1907	Made presentation speech at Frederick A. Jordan's retirement.
2 Nov. 1912	Phyllis died, age 77			PCD
1925-26	editorial board of Silver Tongue; contributed poetry, limericks
1 May 1927	pensioned	90.27/mo.	h. 19 Murray St., N. Prov.
13 Nov. 1938	died; buried Locust Grove Cemetery; obituary, Providence Journal 14 Nov., p. 9. 'In addition to his technical skill as a chaser, his knowledge of heraldry and ecclesiastical symbolism, which was of great value in producing special designs, was highly regarded by his associates at Gorham's.' (obit.)

Clissold, Ralph H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
20 Sept. 1860	born, England
1 Feb. 1883	employed
1885	stamper		bds. 48 Earle's Ln. w/ Christopher W.	PCD
1890	stamper		bds.	PCD
1895	polisher		h. 89 Oakland	PCD
25 June 1920	pension	30.00/mo.
18 May 1922	died; Locust Grove Cemetery, Providence (RIHC)		res. 76 Blackamore Ave., Eden Park, Cranston

Clissold, Walter A.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
21 Feb. 1864	born, London, England
4 June 1888	employed
1890	clerk, Gorham		bds.	PCD
3 Sept. 1893	Providence Journal article on Falstaff Club mentions Walter.
1895	clerk, Gorham		h. 60 Congress Ave.	PCD
9 July 1926	died
	'Walter A. Clissold Died July 9, 1926 Aged 62 Years. One of the 'Old Guard' of over 37 years service in the Shipping Department. Walt was well known throughout the Providence Plant as the treasurer of the Silversmiths Mutual Aid, and Silversmiths Beneficial Societies, in which capacity he had served for about 30 years. To many others he was the 'coal man,' in which field of service he made many friends by his kindly consideration.' Silver Tongue 2: 2. 4, Oct. 1926

Clulee, Henry
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
19 Jan. 1866	Set maker; from London	21.00		Indenture #34 (2:
1867	silversmith		b. Urear 12 Howell	PCD 51
1869	silversmith		b. rear Howell	PCD 51
1870	silversmith		h. 32 Howell	PCD 62
1882	'silversmith'		h. Camp, cor. Evergreen	PCD
1883	removed to Wallingford, Conn.			PCD 104

Clulee, John
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
5 Jan. 1880	apprentice	2.50
3 Jan. 1881		4.00
2 Jan. 1882		5.00
1 Jan. 1883	Room 62	6.00

Codman, Edwin Everett
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
19 Dec. 1876	born, London, England
27 June 1892	employee
1895	Edwin E.		bds. 554 Broad Street	PCD 173
1897	Edwin E., modeller		bds. 194 Broad	PCD 192
1898	Edwin E. 'removed to Paris'		h. 194 Broad	PCD 211
1899	joined Providence Art Club
29 May 1900	left Gorham
5 Dec.		25.00
27 Dec. 1902	left
1904	Codman & Codman, 357 Westminster Street, room 17A
1904-1905	Codman & Codman: see my article in Silver XXX. 2, March/April 1998, p. 18-20
1905	a partner (with brother Frank) in Codman & Codman
	traveled to Europe with father; rooms with parents
1906			bds. 611 Elmwood Avenue	PCD 236
12 Feb.		60.00
17 Sept.	married Janet Mather in Providence			Prov. Marriage Records 20: 339
	JanYeet Mather was one of four daughters of William Penn Mather. William Penn Mather, born 24 Sept. 1849 at Manchester, England, had important position in England; founded the Queen Dyeing Company in Olneyville (Rhode Island) in 1892; established the American Ball Company. The family lived at 100 Waterman Street in Providence. Mather retired from business in 1909. When he died at his Narragansett estate, Broadmeer, on 7 July 1925 in his 77th year, it was a page-one story.
1909	member Art Club, artist			PCD 75
	member Wannamoisett Country Club with Mrs. C.			PCD 101
	Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Everett Codman (Janet Mather)		h. 184 Atlantic Avenue
	clubs Art & Wannamoisett; Davis?			Blue Bk.
	(Frederick Kohlhagen lived at 236 Atlantic in 1909 & at 198 Atlantic in 1916)
1914	modeler Gorham		h. 166 Ontario Street	PCD 212
17 June	left, two weeks after his father's retirement
1915	R. I. Census V. 263, Ennum. 314 p. N		h. 166 Ontario	PCD 211
1916			h. 166 Ontario	Blue Bk 33
1919	'Caxnadian Army'			Polk Directory
	member Art Club			PCD 30
1927	resigned from Providence Art Club
1929-30	new house; not in directory
1931	listed under Mrs. Emily Mathews			PCD
			h. 353 Slater Ave.	Blue Bk. 23
	member Art, Turk's Head clubs; Wannamoisett C. C. with Mrs. C. In 1931 Wannamoisett lists him as 'non-resident.' In his later years in Dorset he was reclusive.
1934-41			h. 353 Slater Ave.	PCD
1936-39	summer residence, Dorset, Vermont
1950				Blue Bk.*
29 April 1955	died, a suicide, age 79, Dorset, Vermont; wife still living; maid Alma Aldrich. No children, no close relatives listed; no obituary in ProJo 30 April-6 May 1955.

Codman, Frank
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
	A son of William Christmas Codman, Frank seems not to have worked for Gorham. He lived with his father, then with brother William, and was listed as a designer until he returned to England.
1900 Census	not with parents
1903 & 1907	Providence Street Directories have Brown & Mills, jewelers, and other jewelry companies at 62 Page. This would seem to have been a four-story manufacturing building of which Codman & Codman had one floor.
1905	Codman & Codman, 62 Page, with brother Edwin E. as partner
			bds. 611 Elmwood with father	PCD 222
	Codman & Codman silversmith; see Silver magazine, July/Aug. 1989, p. 30			PCD 587
1906	designers		bds. 611 Elmwood (father)	PCD 236
1911	designer		bds. 611 Elmwood (father)	PCD 205
1916			bds. 611 Elmwood with William Codman	PSD 391
1923	in England when his father's obituary was published.
	According to his entry in the 1905 Rhode Island Census, film of which was first made available 4 February 1998, Frank Codman was the second of the three sons. Born May 21st, 1873, he was thirty-two years old and had come to this counMtry with his family in 1891. Although resident in Providence for fourteen years, he was still a subject of the King of England. He lists himself as a designer in a silver manufactory, and was unemployed for two months of the census year.
	As an indication of Codman & Codman's design activities, Design Patent 37,388 of 4 April 1905 is a flatware design by Edwin E. Codman assigned to R. Blackington of North Attleboro, Massachusetts.

Codman, William
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
'In 1887 Edward Holbrook, on his annual European tour, met William C. Codman, who was touted as a 'master of the Gothic,' and his son William Codman, who was working in the ecclesiastical field. Holbrook hired young Codman to come to Gorham to head up the ecclesiastical department of the Company' (Carpenter, Gorham Silver, pp. 141-142). '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 Company 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). William Codman boarded with his father during the years WCC lived in Providence.
1 Feb. 1870	born, son of William Christmas Codman [RIHC says 1872]
30 July 1888	employed
1914	'art director at Gorham's'		bds. 611 Elmwood (father's house)	PCD 212
	'retired' from Gorham			his own company history
1915	'Removed to England'		h. 166 Ontario	PCD 211; RIC 314 N
1916	with Frank Codman, designer		611 Elmwood	PSD 391
1919	'returned' to Gorham			company history
1930	Author of An illustrated history of silver design, Providence, 1930.
1 Mae. 1938	retired; pensioned	166.67/mo.
1944	wife Helen G.		171 Congress	PCD 165
7 Nov.	died age 72 years, 9 months, 6 days; death certificate Providence 2807; obit. mentions 3 sons, 2 daughters; buried Swan Point			1945 PCD 147; RIHC
26 June 1948	wife Helen died; buried Swan Point			1949 PCD 149; RIHC

Codman, William Christmas
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
25 Dec. 1839	born, Norfolk, England
1865	married Emma Rolle (b. Nov. 1849), mother of 6 children
Sept. 1891	arrives in U. S. with wife Emma			1900 Census
16 Nov.	employed
1895			554 Broad	PCD 173
1897			194 Broad	PCD 192
1898			194 Broad	PCD 211
1899			h. 194 Broad	PCD 216
1900	Awarded Gold Medal at Paris Exposition
	U. S. Census E. D. 47, sh. 43, line 83		boards 194 Broadway with Emma
1901			h. 194 Broad	PCD 229
1906			>611 Elmwood	PCD 236
10 Mar. 1909	elected president, Bulldog Club of America
Feb. 1913	resigned from Bulldog Club
1914	'art director at Gorham's'		611 Elmwood	PCD 212
1 June	retired; 'special pension $2,500 per year'. Regarding his departure, cf. Man~ufacturing Jeweler, 28 May 1914, p. 1100; Prov. Journal, 28 May, p. 8 & 3 June, p. 10 & 4 June p. 11.
8 June	sailed
5 Dec. 1923	died, Woking, Surrey; Jeweler's Circle, 9 Dec. [1923] (misdated 1921 in pencil) in Archives; obit PJ 7 Dec. 1923 p. 12 (a briefer version of the same text). A death notice earlier in the Providence Journal notes that he was in his 83d year; the obituary has the count wrong, causing confusion.

Cole, Walter Stanley
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
26 Dec. 1846	born, Warren, Rhode Island, son of Robert Miller & Mary Vial
21 Oct. 1866	hired
1882*
1900				PCD*
1910	silversmith		rms. 337 Friendship	PCD 201
1915	silversmith		h. 481 Pine	PCD 214
	spoon maker
13 June 1920	pensioned	$58.05/mo.	30 Wilson St., Providence
15 Feb. 1924	died, Providence, age 77 years 1 month 20 days; buried Warren

Coleman, Abraham Jr., silversmith
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
9 Nov. 1861	employed (in miscellaneous category)			PCD*
11 Jan. 1862	silversmith, 12 Steeple St. under Stevens Beckwith (silversmith)			PCD
1863-67	silversmith, 12 Steeple St.			PCD
Jan. 1866	'6 No 160 Fruit Stands made by Coleman Jany 1866 cost $4 each for making -- they took 10 hours each'			Cost Bk. H'ware 1: 163
1868-69			h. Bush cor. Martin, N. Prov.
1870				PCD*
9 Sept. 1872	last Gorham entry			PBk. E: 140-41
	At $24 per week, Coleman was second only to Beckwith, the foreman, who made $40.

Coleman, William W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1830	born, Providence, Rhode Island
15 July 1858	hired as photographer at Gorham			Trial: 93
1865 RI Census vol. 19 ward 3, Providence, p. 50
15 Sept.	left			Trial: 93
1869-83	Coleman & Remington
1883-89	Coleman & Co.
12 Oct. 1908	died at Kennebunk Beach, Maine; obit Prov. Journal 13 Oct. 1908, p. 3; buried Swan Point			RIHC

Colflesh, Donald H., designer
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
	Graduate, Pratt Institute; wife Elinore; designed Curling Trophy; ProJo article in Archives
1953, 54, 55				PCD*
1956			h. 344 Benefit St.	PCD 161
1958	emp. Gorham Industrial Designer			PCD 163
1960	emp. Gorham Industrial Designer		h. 1063 Broad	PCD 189
	Designed 'Circa 70' pattern (production codes 1455, 1457-1468) illustrated in Gorham Perspective 1: 3 (Aug.-Sept. 1960).
	left. He had just departed when Dave Rogers arrived.
1961, 62				PCD*

Collins, James Franklin, chaser #13
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 Jan. 1881	apprentice	3.00
2 Jan. 1882		4.00		PCD*
1 Jan. 1883	room 62	5.00
7 Jan. 1884		6.00
5 Jan. 1885		15.00
4 Jan. 1886		17.00
1886	James F., chaser		bds. 10 Carroll
	with Collins, James H., blockmaker, & Collins, Fred, machinist			PCD 116
1890	James F., chaser		bds. 10 Carroll	PCD 132
1892	James F., chaser		bds. 106 East Ave.	PCD 154
1894	J. Franklin, chaser		bds.C 106 East Ave.	PCD 163
1895	J. Franklin, chaser		bds. 126 East Ave.	PCD 178
1896	J. Franklin, chaser		bds. 126 East Ave.	PCD 195
1897	J. Franklin, chaser		bds. 126 East Ave.	PCD 198
1898	J. Franklin, chaser		bds. 126 East Ave.	PCD 216
April 1899				S 26; PCD*
1900	chaser #13;			PCD*
1901				PCD*

Collins, Matthew
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
22 Nov. 1865	Silver mounter; Birmingham	20.00		Indenture #6 (2:

Coleman, Abraham
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
11 Jan 1865	Susan born
16 Oct 1867	son John J. born of Abraham & Kate
15 Apr 1871	Marcella born, daughter of Abraham & Catherine
10 May 1871	Mary J. Coleman, age 2, died, daughter of Abraham & Catherine
18 Oct 1872	Susan, age 7, died, daughter of Abraham & Catherine

Colmetz, Otto
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1863	born, Australia (his parents had moved there from Prussia)
	Wife Hannah born, Ohio (1925 RICR)
1890				PCD*
11 May 1891	hired, #58			PBk. 'L' 12: 24/25
26 June	daughter Louise born
1892	chaser		h. 129 Roger Williams Av<.	PCD
1895	chaser		h. 171 Roger Williams Av.	PCD
1896-1910	chaser		h. 118 Rutherglen Av., Ward 7	PCD
1900 Census E. D. 64 sheet 12 line 22
	real estate $160			Tax records
	Wife Hannah; real estate $1,460			Tax records
1900-1905	chaser #10
29 Jan. 1910	left
	Son Richard graduates, B.S., civil engineering, Brown University
1911	'removed to Attleborough, Mass.'			PCD
1914		Richard Colmetz, Civil Engineer, City Hall	bds. 139 Ivy	PCD
1915		Richard Colmetz	bds. 139 Ivy (home of Harry J. Williams)	PCD
1916	Otto, die cutter		h. 345 Blackstone	PCD
28 Sept. 1918	daughter Louise died in Spanish flu epidemic, age 27 years 3 months 2 days; wife of Harry J. Williams, attorney		h. 139 Ivy	PDR: 334
1919	son-in-law Harry J. Williams removed to Oklahoma			PCD
1922	Otto Colmetz, die cutter		h. 45 Comstock	PCD
1925-1927	Otto Colmetz, no profession listed		h. 102 Daboll	PCD
1925 RI Census 247: 34 #21: born Australia; 62 years old; with wife Hannah, rooms with Everett M. Salisbury & famil>=y
1928-30				PCD*
	Son Richard, Brown class of 1910, civil engineer, 9 years older than his wife Florence Thomae (for whom he babysat as a youngster). Richard died 25 Oct. 1962; obit. Brown Alumni Monthly Jan. 1963 (vol. 63 #4, p. 44). Colmetz had lived in South Africa & Australia (F. T. C. remembered an ostrich egg on a table in their home). Colmetz and Thomae met in New York. The Thomae family lived on Reservoir Avenue, the Colmetzes around the corner. The Thomaes had Thanksgiving dinner chez Colmetz; the Colmetzes had Christmas dinner at the Thomaes. The Strakers were friends.
March 1941	wife Hannah (1860-1941) died, age 80
March 1950	died, age 87. The Colmetzes are buried at the North Burial Ground in Providence, Plot 4513, Group 16.

Combe [Coombs], George
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 Jan. 1866	Cast chaser; Birmingham	20.00		Indenture #30 (2: 8: 38)
25 Jan.	Turner's room (15th)
14 Jan. 1867 - 10 Jan. 1870	20.00			3:
2 Jan. 1871	Head of Room 62	24.00		4: 112
6 Jan. 1873- 5 Jan. 1874		27.00
1 Feb. 1874	last week paid
4 Jan. 1875	listed; not paid

Conrad, Harrison W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1931-41	Black Starr & Gorham, head of silver dept.			cf. JC Oct. 1941

Coppage, Frederick
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
ca. 1870	born, Birmingham, England, son of Edward & Mary
1900	silversmith		h. 286 Oxford	PCD 232
	Frederick Coppage married a German Catholic woman, causing a rift in the family. Thus other Coppages were cut off.
1912	silversmith		h. 57 Cornith	PCD 220
	engraver at Gorham
16 April 1913	died, age 43 years, Rhode Island Hospital			PDR 24: 260; SDR 183
	I talked with daughter-in-law Mrs. Robert Coppage, 3 & 4 Sept. 1997: husband 87, married 1936, mother died ca. 1928.

Coppage, Fred E., chaser W, 02				employment card
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
21 Dec. 1850	born, England
14 Feb. 1883	employed
19 Dec.	chased 1790 Tea Set			cost book 3: 38
7 Jan. 1884	room 62, through 4 Jan. 1886	160
1887	chased 2110 Tea Set			cost book 6: 23
	chased 2130 Tea Set			cost book 6: 25
13 Aug. 1892	left
1900	silversmith		h. 286 Oxford	OPCD 232
11 Aug. 1902	returned
1905			h. 248 Thurbers	PCD 236
1910			bds. 16 Redwing	PCD 211
29 Feb. 1912	left
5 June 1916	returned; O2
1920	chaser		h. 22 Redwing	PCD 241
1923	removed to Auburn (Cranston)			PCD 261
1925	chasers' photo: '29 years'			Silver Tongue
26 Nov. 1929	died			1933 CCD 153

Coppage, Walter
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
16 Aug. 1882	born, England
1900				PCD*
16 Aug. 1901	hired
31 Oct. 1903	left
23 Aug. 1906	hired, M5
1912	at Gorham's		h. 132 Mawney	PCD 220
1915	silversmith		h. 81 Sampson Ave.	PCD 226
25 May 1918	left
17 April 1919	rehired
13 Sept.	left, other position
1920	welder		h. 518 Dexter	PCD 241
1923, 1926				PCD*

Corbett, Charles C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1844, 1847-48				PCD*
1850	silversmith, 12 Steeple			PCD
June	employee of Gorham & Thurber (in Carpenter as 'Cabot' )
	listed as 'Cabot' among 14 Gorham employees in 1850
1854	'silversmith, 12 Steeple		55 John'	PCD
1856	'Charles C. Silversmith		93 Transit'	PCD
1857				PCD*
1858	'peddler		h. 180 Friendship'	PCD
1859	'Charles, silver-plater		h. 20 Sheldon'	PCD
	'Charles C., jeweler, Friendship cor. Dorrance		h. Sheldon'
1860-61	'Charles C. jeweller, 87 Dorrance		h. 56 John	PCD 44
1862-63				PCD*
	[RIHC lists a Charles Corbett buried in Grace Church Cemetery; no detail on tombstone]

Corbin, Patrick
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1837	born, Ireland, son of John & Ann
15 Mar. 1865	hired			pension record
1870, 1882				PCD*
1892	laborer		h. 23 Calder
1900	clerk, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. rear 37 Douglas Ave.	PCD 232
1905	clerk, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 32 Candace	PCD 238
1908	clerk, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 32 Candace	PCD 209
1 Feb. 1908	pensioned
21 Dec.	died, age 70		32 Candace	PDR: 233

Corey, Daniel Enoch
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
7 Oct. 1843	born, Johnston, Rhode Island, son of John A. & Rebecca N.
26 May 1862	Mustered in Co. A, 10th R. I. Vol., Olneyville
1 Sept.	mustered out
23 Oct.	hired
1870	silversmith		h. 34 Harkness	PCD 68
1882	'foreman, steamer 14		house 94 Julian	PCD 109
1892	silversmith		h. 31 Greenwich	PCD 165
1900	silversmith		h. 276 Waldo	PCD 232
1905				PCD*
1 May 1907	pensioned
1908				PCD*
21 Mar. 1914	died, Warwick, age 70 years 5 months, 14 days; buried Brayton Cemetery, Warwick			WSD 268; RIHC
	'retired silver polisher'		near Greenwood

Corribe, George
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 Jan. 1866		20.00		2:

Cotton, Abraham
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
	had represented Gorham in South Africa.
30 Sept. 1903	contract to manage Gorham wholesale house in London; 'shall extend five years' (ms. note, 28 April 1907)
16 Oct. 1906	Holbrook requests Cotton to waive the time of notice & renewal
1907	General Manager of the English business at a salary of $75.00 per week plus 2 1/2 percent commission on turnover (i. e., gross sales).
2 May 1914	indenture to continue for seven additional years commending 1 February 1914.

Cragin, Richard Oliver
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1948	graduated Sherrill High School, Sherrill, New York
Nov. 1950	U. S. Army
Oct. 1952	Army service completed; University of New York at Cortland
1955-1959	designer & illustrator, Henney Motor Corp. (went out of business)
Feb. 1959	Product Designer, Oneida Silversmiths
Jan. 1964	left Oneida
Feb.	Product Designer, Reed & Barton: R&B offered a more challenging position at a higher salary.
Aug. 1965	left Reed & Barton; self-employed freelanIce design consultant
Feb. 1966	Product designer, Imperial Knife
Jan. 1970	left Imperial Knife
12 Jan.	began at Gorham as designer
1997			120 Bear Hill Rd. Cumberland 02864; 333-0657

Cramphorn, Edwin
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
13 July 1871	Silversmith; London	20.00		Indenture #44 (4: 354)

Craven, John (father)
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1928	silversmith; wife Mary E.		h. Chestnut	WCD 221
1941				PCD*
1952			h. 332 Chestnut	WCD 206
1959			h. 332 Chestnut	WCD 230
1965			h. 332 Chestnut	WCD
1967	Mary, widow		h. 332 Chestnut	WCD
	Charles Brandreth's list of silversmiths

Craven, Whitfield
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
16 July 1908	born, son of John & Mary
2 Nov. 1925	hired
1928			b. J. Craven's	WCD 221
	Charles Brandreth's list of silversmiths
1939, 40, 41				PCD*
1942	left, another position			WCD*

Cresser, G. Woodrow
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
17 April 1869	born, England
6 April 1891	hired, 0-1, chasing			employment card
8 Mar. 1901	left; worked in NYC & Brooklyn
11 April 1930	hired
2 Aug.	no work

Cresser, George Roland				no card
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
April 1864	born, England (Birmingham?); wife Grace (Gardner)
1890				PCD*
Feb. 1891				PBk. 'K' #11: 305; 'L' #12: 80 #11
1892				PCD*
1893	chaser		r. 27 Atlantic Ave.	PCD 181
1896			h. 81 Oakland	PCD 215
1900	chaser (#11)		h. 181 Bucklin	PCD 241
	Census E. D. 67 sheet 72
22 Sept. 1902	'transfer to E'			PBk 22: 190/91
1903	chaser		h. 669 Public	PCD 220
1904	chaser		h. 669 Public	PCD 243
1905	die sinker		h. 669 Public	PCD 246
1906	die sinker		h. 177 Bucklin	PCD 260
1908	die sinker		h. 76 Cranston	PCD 216
1909	die sinker		h. 76 Cranston	PCD 215
1910-11				PCD*
20 Jan. 1959	George Roland Cresser, Jr., died Westwood (Mass.), age 71; buried in Westwood Cemetery; wife Grace (Gardner); must be his son
21 Feb. 1996 called Westwood Public Library (617-326-7562); Irene, Dept. of Public Works (617-326-8661)

Crins, William H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
7 Oct. 1819	born, Newport, Rhode Island
12 Feb. 1879	elected president of Gorham
23 Jan. 1894	resigned and replaced by Holbrook
20 May 1904	died; buried Swan Point			RIHC

Crocker, Elisha W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
6 Aug 1860	born Central Falls, Rhode Island
Sep 1878	hired
6 Feb 1908	overseer
6 Aug 1920	pensioned, $1000 per annum
18 Feb 1943	died

Crowder, H. C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 Jan. 1881		17.00

Crowell, Gilbert
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1903	designed Pennsylvania punch bowl; cf. Marks of Achievement [p. 166] #208-210.

Crowley, William
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
20 Nov. 1865	Cast chaser; from Birmingham	18.00		Indenture #5 (2: 4: 7)
27 Nov.	Stanyon's Room (8th)			PCD*
1866	silversmith		b. r. Lippitt	PCD 53
1 Jan.	Turner's Room (15th)	18.00		2: 8: 30
1870	chaser		h. Lippitt above Camp	PCD 72
10 Jan.	Room 62	18.00		2: , 3: , 4:
12 Sept.	last week paid
1874				PCD*

Curley, Francis J., designer, modeller
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
28 Jan. 1865	born, England
27 Oct. 1902	employed	30.00
1905	modeller & designer; married; Catholic		l. 130 Mitchell	RI Census
	One of 15 designers who signed a testimonial to Edward Holbrook.
5 Feb. 1906		32.00
1906-20			h. 776 Park Ave., Auburn (Cranston)
31 Dec. 1921	left, no work
10 Jan. 1922	V-5 #9	0.95
11 July	Left, no work
1922/23				CCD 86
1924/25				CCD*
1927	died			employment card; RIDR*
	In April 1995 Brown University was offered three notebooks assembled by Curley. The first seems to be a portfolio of drawings of various silver objects and measures ca. 20 cm. square. The drawings include many teapots, but there are also flatware designs. Stylistically the designs hearken back to the 1840s. The second is a scrapbook of photographs of work designed and modelled by Curley. Some are Gorham file photographs (some with targets removed). Work includes much ecclesiastical ware, very ornate, very Victorian, very much fifty years out of date. There is a lot of bronzework -- plaster models of architects' designs, as well as his own. The Bronze Harp was Curley's, as were the Q476 Boo-kends. Among silver identified as his are EOA-EOF Tea Set & Kettle, A9511 Tea Set, PLY Tea Set with PLZ Kettle, PHH Coffee, and KGV Trophy. All of this work displays a very competent draughtsman and modeller and a very ordinary designer. The third volume consists of designs, mostly derived from 17th and 18th century French sources. Again, they show an able hand and a limited mind. The latter two notebooks were probably prepared when Curley was let go by Gorham, as there are photographs of World War I memorial plaques which he designed. They were probably part of his new portfolio to seek employment after 1920. Curley seems never to have developed and his work may have contributed to the sterility of Gorham design in the first two decades of the twentieth century.

Cutler, Louis
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1869*
1870				PCD*
2 Jan. 1871		18.00		4:
8 Jan. 1872
1874*
	[RIHC lists CUTLER LEWIS A. 1850 - 23 OCT 1918 PV003 = Swan Point]

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