Gorham Roster of Craftsmen

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Hamilton, Walter
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1870*
1 Jan. 1872		20.00		4:
1874*

Hands, William
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
22 Feb. 1866	employed as raiser & mangler; from Birmingham; 18.00			Indenture #40 (2:
1869				PCD*

Hansen, Charles Emanuel
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1858	born, New York City, son of Danish parents			obit says 1853; 1900 Census, 1858
1893	'known as the largest diamond mounting jeweler in New York'			MJ
6 Feb. 1896	hired; 'overseer of gold work'			MJ
1900	foreman Gorham Mfg. Co.		98 Mitchell	PCD 387
	Census E. D. 62 sh. 27 l. 86: 'foreman silver'; wife Emma L., age 33, born 1866 in N. Y.O of German parents
5 Feb.		50.00
18 June 1904	left, 'resigned to take a position with Cahome Co.' George H. Cahoome, cf. Rainwater Jewelers.)
April 1927	died; obit, MJ, 28 April 1927, p. 10, with photo; res. 45 Mawney St., Prov.

Hansen, Charles Emanuel, Jr.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
June 1878	born, New York
17 Oct. 1897	hired
1900	silversmith		b. 98 Mitchell	PCD 387
	Census E. D. 62 sh. 27 l. 88
		0.20
30 June 1904	left

Hansen, Paul L.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
April 1883	born, New York (obit says Newark, NJ), son of Charles; mother b,orn England, died by 1900
14 Sept. 1899	hired
1900 Census E. D. 62 sh. 2 l. 89			98 Mitchell w/ father	PCD*
	chaser #43
1904	at Gorham's		bds. 316 Bucklin w/ father	PCD 372
1906	at Gorham's		bds. 316 Bucklin w/ father	PCD 404
26 Jan. 1907	left
1908	jeweler (now on his own)		h. 49 Gordon	PCD 323
1909	jeweler		h. 49 Gordon	PCD 322
1910	jeweler		h. 597 Public	PCD 326
1914	die cutter 206 Weybosset		h. 597 Public	PCD 361
	206 Weybosset = Sterling Hall; Hansen in room 2.
1925	Alvin B. Chandler, 78 Friendship		h. 26 Mawney	PCD 770
1927	treas. Craven-Whittaker Co., 61 Peck, top floor (steel stamp mfrs.)
			h. 193 Whitmarsh	PCD 794
1928	treas. Craven-Whittaker Co.; wife Annie H.		h. 193 Whitmarsh
1930	hub and die cutter, 127 Chestnut		h. at Edgewood	PCD 806
	owner and manager of Hansen Hub and Die Company			obit
1931			house 156 Grand Ave.	CCD 217
1934	wife Nancy		h. 156 Grand Ave.	CCD 185
1937	die cutter; wife Nancy		h. 156 Grand Ave.	CCD 189
1939	no occupation given; no wife named		h. 74 Peace	PCD 686
1940	no occupation; no wife		h. 74 Peace	PCD 324
1941	die cutter		595 Public	PCD 343
1943	Paul L., die cutter		595 Public	PCD 362
1944	Paul L., die cutter		595 Public	PCD 350
1945	Paul		241 Washington (Elks Home)	PCD 310
1950			241 Washington (Elks Home)	PCD 307
1955			241 Washington (Elks Home)	PCD 309
12 April 1958	died; obit. Prov. Sunday Journal 13 April p. N. 34			1959 PCD 367

Harley, George E.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
10 Aug. 1875	born, son of Thomas A.
1886	apprenticed, age 11
8 July 1889	employed
1889-1946	worked for Gorham 57 years, 1889-1946
1910-1946	Foreman, Knife Handle Dept. (about 20 women), 1910-1946.
			home Atlantic Ave., Cranston
	father Thomas A. Harley came from Birmingham, England, in 1885
	brother William J. Harley, silver polisher
1 April 1946	pensioned	116.44/mo.
20 July 1954	died. source: Fred Barron; Chris Harley (wife of grandson), 4222 Sleepy Lake Drive, Fairfax, VA 22033; work 1-202-273-3336; home 1-703-273-6236

Harman, Albert
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
6 Dec. 1865	employed as silversmith; from London		18.00	Indenture #15 (2:
1869*
1870				PCD*
1874*

Harman, Charles
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1869*
1870				PCD*
15 July 1871	employed as silversmith; from London; 18.00			Indenture #49 (4: 354)
1874*

Harris, John
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
23 Jan. 1866	employed as dresser; from Birmingham; 18.00			Indenture #35 (2:

Harrison, Walter
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 July 1871	employed as chaser; from London	18.00		Indenture #53 (4: 366: 25)
11 Sept.	room 62
14 Oct. 1872	final pay week

Hastings, [William] Granville, designer
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
ca. 1868	born, England; studied London & Paris
1891	arrived in U. S.
	sculpted the Soldiers' Monument 'Liberty Arming the Patriot,' Pawtucket, R. I.
1892	'Another elaborate punch bowl [for the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893] was designed by Granville Hastings, and one of the most striking pieces in the show was the cup representing Andromeda and Perseus. The figure of Andromeda is in full relief chained to the cup in the form of a nautilus shell and at the base is Perseus mounted on the winged horse Pegasus'-- Katharine Morrison McClinton, Collecting American 19th Century Silver, p. 80. McClinton's source: Je*weler's Circular, 19 & 26 April 1893; copy of 26 April continuation in a scrapbook in the Archive.
1893	William G., sculptor		h. 170 Hamilton	PCD 313
1894	William G., sculptor, 75 Benefit St.		h. 170 Hamilton	PCD 324
1895	William G., sculptor, 75 Benefit St.		h. 170 Hamilton	PCD 336
1897	W. Granville, sculptor		h. 13 Benevolent	PCD 364
1898, 99, 1900				PCD*
13 June 1902	died, Mount Vernon, NY; obit. American Art Annual, 1903, p. 141

Heath, Henry
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
10 Jan. 1861	born, England
1880	arrived in U. S.
25 July 1881	employed	16.00
2 Jan. 1882		16.00	bds. 16 Howell	PCD
4 Oct.	married Mary Tomey (born, England, May 1858)			RI Marriage Index
1 Jan. 1883	room 62, through 4 Jan. 1886	18.00
24 April 1899		45.00	r. 786 Elmwood
1900	chaser #19			RI Census E. D. 65 sh.17 l. 2
1915	RI Census E. D. 312 p. Y: age 56; wife Mary, age 57; daughter Gertrude E., age 30; daughter Florence, age 23
1 Sept. 1930	pensioned	84.04/mo.
31 May 1933	died

Heath, William Arthur
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
25 Sept. 1884	born, Central Falls, Rhode Island, son Wof Harry & Mary (Tomey)
4 Sept. 1899	employed	0.05
1900 Census E. D. 65 sh. 17 l. 5: chaser #35
11 Dec. 1900		0.65
14 Dec. 1901		0.8334
17 Dec. 1902		0.10
4 Jan. 1904		0.11667
Jan. 1905		0.30
1918	designer		h. 38 Homefield Ave.	PCD 390
1922	instructor, Rhode Island School of Design		h. Scituate	PCD 431
1924	instructor RISD; also Sec. & Treas. First National Farm Loan Assn.
			h. N. Scituate	PCD 447
1927			Rocky Hill Road	PCD 808
1929	instructor RISD; wife Jeanette Gardner, a nurse			PCD 843
1930	instructor RISD; wife Jeanette G.			PCD 821
1934	taught 'hub and die cutting, tool making and chasing': RISD Year Book 1934 p. 17; evening school p. 93; p. 57 is description of program; p. 78 lists day classes; p. 118 lists evening classes
1935				PCD 436
1940	no longer instructor			PCD 352
1945				PCD 319
1947			N. Scituate	PCD 331
1948-1950i				PCD; RI Index
4 Oct. 1969	wife Jeannette died, age 86, Roger Williams Hospital			Scituate Town Records
				Death Records p. 512
8 July 1973	died, Hallworth House, Providence, RI			Scituate Town Records
	executor Kingsley L. Bennett; Probate #1552; sister living in Providence; no children

Heinzelman, Nicholas
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 April 1837	born, Switzerland			see Carpenter pp. 132-34
1849	came to U. S.
	learned silver chasing in New Orleans
	'worked for many years in St. Louis'
1885-97	freelance chaser for Gorham
1888	chased 301 Tureen			cost book 6: 190
	chased 1535 Pitcher			cost book 6: 212
20 Mar. 1900	died, New York City, 12:30 AM
A wooden shield holding Nicholas Heinzelman's tools hangs in the Design Room at Gorham. The self-made set includes a very light bone hammer, suggesting that Heinzelman used rapid, light blows; the brush is made of jeweler's wire. Carpenter reproduces the text of Horace TownsenUd's biographical booklet published in 1918. The payroll book (vol. 7, pp. 2 & 24) records N. Heintzelman as working in room 11, first by himself in July 1879, and then with Walter Wilkinson and an apprentice. He is not around long enough to make the next entry for room 11 (7: 36).

Heller, Florentin Antoine
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1839	born, Saverne, Alsace
1864	scholarship to Paris; studied with Gerome
1870	caught in Franco-Prussian War; treated wounded; left because of German occupation
1873	won a gold medal at Vienna
19 March	room 13	60.00		PBk. 5: 214 (51)
1874	designed Raphael flatware pattern
18 Dec. 1876	'Left'			PBk. 6: 192
1880	left Tiffany, returned to Paris
Oct.	on competition to hire Heller see Carpenter p. 122-23
29 Nov.	room 11	60.00		PBk. 7: 78
1881	designed Fontainebleau flatware pattern, the first with his name
1882			bds. Adams House	PCD
30 July 1883		70.00
1888	designed Versailles flatware pattern
1892	'We must mention the savage head of an Indian Chief, in bravery of beads and feathers, model,led in relief by Heller, still another artist in the Gorham employ, for a panel in the cabin of the fast yacht, 'Sachem'-- Description of the Works, p. 21.
	photo			see Carpenter p. 122
1894	designed Mythologique flatware pattern
1900	Awarded Silver Medal at Paris Exposition
March	left; Madame Heller
23 Nov. 1904	died at residence, 24 Rue Veron, Paris			Directors' Minutes 25 Jan. 1905, p. 71

Higginbotham, Arthur
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
11 Oct. 1861	born, England
22 Aug. 1886			11.00	52 Pavilion
9 Nov. 1889	Room 36, #24			PBk. 10: 320
16 Oct. 1899		26.67
1900	silversmith		h. 64 Pavilion Av.	PCD 408
11 June	Room Y, #24			PBk. 20: 122
19 June 1926	left; died

Hill, Josiah
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
2 June 1843	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Daniel & Emmeline
17 Feb. 1860	hired
1860				PCD*
1865	silversmith		h. 341 N. Main	PCD 81
1870	silversmith		h. 30 Mulberry	PCD 123
1882	silversmith		h. 30 Mulberry	PCD 203
1893	silversmith		h. 22 Jefferson	PCD 326
1900	silversmith		h. 48 Jefferson	PCD 410
1905	silversmith		h. 48 Jefferson	aPCD 400
1 Sept. 1912	pensioned
4 Oct.	died, age 70 years 4 months 2 days		h. 48 Jefferson	PDR 24. 193

Hill, Robert J. ('Bobil'), draftsman; art director, Bronze Division
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1924-25	designer		h. 182 Garden	CCD
1924-1927	edited and illustrated Gorham employee publication The Silver Tongue.
1926	designed bronze General Custer trophy for U. S. War Dept.-- National Board for the Promotion of Pistol Practice			Mettle 1: 5, Oct. 1926, p. 4
1927	Designed a reading lamp for Marsden J. Perry			Silver Tongue 3: 2. 27, Dec. 1927
1930-31	designer; wife Marion H.		h. 94 Wollaston	CCD
1935	designed the Borg-Warner Trophy			cf. Carpenter p. 264
1938-39	wife Mary H.		h. 315 Auburn	CCD
1939			h. Auburn	PCD
1941-42	designer; wife Marion L.		44 Western Promenade, Edgewood	CCD
	wife Marion L., print maker; separate entry		74 Peace St., moved 8 years
1948	retired
29 May 1953	died; buried Meriden, Connecticut; obit. PJ 3O0 May, p. 14

Hinds, Frederick Burnett
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
11 April 1835	born, Orange, Massachusetts, son of Hiram & Elamana
1880	silversmith		h. 58 Vernon	PCD 187
1893	silversmith		h. 124 Adelaide Ave.	PCD 327
	foreman, room H	35.00		PBk N #16
1894	silversmith		h. 124 Adelaide	PCD 339
1897	silversmith		h. 208 Adelaide	PCD 379
10 Feb. 1900	died, age 64 years, 8 months, 29 days; buried North Burial Ground; Death records OO p. 131 #28; PCD 411; RIHC

Holbrook, Edward
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
7 July 1849	born, Bellingham, Massachusetts, son of Eliab & Julie Ferry
	attended public schools in Bellingham and Hopkinton
1865	employed by Bigelow & Kennard, Boston
1870	employed; New York office
18 Feb. 1874	married, in Boston, Mass., Frances, daughter of John J. and Mary (Hichborn) Swift. Her father was president of the Boston & Fitchburg Railroad Company; her mother was a member of the Boston Hichborn family.
1876	'elected' agent of the Company in charge of New York sales
	'One of his first moves on becoming agent in 187'6 was to go deeply in debt to the company to buy stock. To have committed himself to buy stock valued at $59,000 when his salary was $7,500 per year was indeed an act of faith. By 1880 he had paid off his debt and had begun to acquire more stock. ... By 1888 he had absolute control of Gorham' (Carpenter, Gorham Silver p. 136). '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).
1888	elected treasurer of Gorham when Gorham Thurber resigned
17 May - Aug. 1889	In Paris for Exposition; cf. Crins, Diary quoted by Draper, p. 107. Bought two enamelled cups while there; see Mfg. Jeweler vol. 6 no. 1, Oct. 1889, p. 84.
1894	President of Gorham (as well as treasurer)
3 Nov. 1897	sailed for Europe 'on Wednesday'			Mfg. Jeweler, 4 Nov., Vol. XXI no. 19, p. 295
1900	awarded medal of the Legion of Honor			h. 6 East 52d St., NYC
1905	President of the Silversmiths' Company
3 Jan. 1906	daughter Lillian (born 1878) married Count Guillaume de Balincourt; she resided at Neuilly-sur-Seine
1 Oct. 1918	relinquished treasurer's position to Alfred K. Potter
19 May 1919	died, Stamford, Connecticut; obit. NYTimes 20 May 17: 6

Holbrook, John Swift
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
4 March 1875	born, Boston, Massachusetts
1896	Harvard AB
1898	Columbia University degree in architecture
1898	in charge of grounds of U. S. parks & gardens at Paris Exposition, through 1900
1899	studied architecture in the Paris atelier of M. Henri Duray
Nov. 1900	traveled in Italy, Sicily, Egypt, Germany, through July 1901
Sept. 1901	studied at Kew Gardens, London
1 Nov.	formed partnership of Brinley & Holbrook, landscape gardeners & architects. Brinley's office was in Morristown, New Jersey, and much of the firm's work was done in that region.
1905	made director of Gorham
May 1906	discontinued gardening to spend full time at Gorham; made vice president
11 April 1908	married Grace Morgan Sinclair
15 Oct.	removed to Providence, Rhode Island
1909	V. P. Gorham		h. 29 Orchard St.	PCD
1910-17	V. P. Gorham		h. 25 Cushing St.	PCD
1918	V. P. Gorham		h. 106 Prospect St.	PCD
1920/21	President Gorham		h. 106 Prospect St.	PCD
1922	President Gorham, office 903 Turks Head Building; h. 106 Prospect St.			PCD
26 Feb. 1928	died			PCD
	Grace M. S. Holbrook, 'widow, h. 106 Prospect'			PCD through 1945

Holdgate, James H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1837	born, son of Richard & Sarah
4 Dec. 1865	employed as moulder; from London	18.00		Indenture #11 (2:
1870	silver moulder		h. 138 Charles	PCD 125
1874	silver moulder		h. near 250 Charles	PCD 155
1880	silver moulder		bds. 104 Pine	PCD 189
1883	silver moulder		bds. 104 Pine	PCD 220
17 July 1884	died, age 47			PDR 84: 767. 28

Holliday, William J.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 Dec. 1865	employed as chaser & embosser; from London	20.00		Indenture #21 (2: 14.4)
25 Dec.	Stanyon, 8th
1 Jan. 1866		20.00		2:
12 Feb.	Turner, 16th			2: 36.8
	debt record of $160.81 worked off			2: 80 rear
		12.00

Holyoke, John Edward (Jack)
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1875	born, son of John H. & Emma M.
1900				PCD*
1903	silversmith		h. 125 Thurbers	PCD 378
1905	silversmith		h. 129 Thurbers	PCD 404
1911	silversmith		h. 129 Thurbers	PCD 364
1920	silversmith		h. 129 Thurbers	PCD 422
1930	at Gorham's; wife Cora B.		h. 67 Ardoene	PCD 839
	Did repairs and other work as well, says Charles Brandreth.
1941	at Gorham's; wife Cora B.		h. 67 Ardoene	PCD 301
1946	John, silversmith		h. 67 Ardoene	PCD 336
21 Jan.	Cora (Mrs. John) died
4 Dec. 1947	died, age 72			PDR

Host, Walter H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
5 Nov. 1878	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Lauritz Gerhart Host (born, Denmark, 15 Feb. 1846; a brooch maker; died 30 April 1913; address 349 Elmwood; listed as Louis G. {PCD 1914Sum: 388}) & Hannah (b. Norway)			1870-90 RIIB 238
24 Sept. 1894	employed
1898	chaser		bds. 12 Potter	PCD 410
1899	chaser		bds. 660 Potter	PCD 442
1900 Census E. D. 62, sh. 20: chaser #14			PCD 422
1901	chaser		bds. 28 Craven	PCD 457
1903	chaser		bds. 28 Craven	PCD 381
31 Oct. 1903	left
1904	'removed to Boston'			PCD 402

Houcher, J. C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 Jan. 1883	room 62	18.00
same year		20.00

Hoyt, Hiram C., 25 years secretary at Gorham; curator of Gorham museum.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
21 June 1878	born, Rochester, New York
10 Jan. 1948	died, Bermuda; obit. PB. Mon. 12 Jan. 1948.

Hubbard, Ezra
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1850	Cady's Providence Directory (ms. at RIHS)
1848	jeweller, 11 President		77 Benefit	PCD
1850	jeweller, Steeple		117 Clifford	PCD
	(probably could be Hunt & Owen jewelers at 11 Steeple)
1852-53	jeweller, 56 Friendship		rear, 82 Chestnut
	[RIHC lists HUBBARD, EZRA JAMES, 1832-19 DEC 1895 in North Burial Ground]

Hubert, Hippolyte L.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1886 & 1890				PCD*
1892	modeler		h. 3 Downing	P'CD 323
	'Two large and commanding figures are those of American soldiers, each about nine feet high. One... Kohlhagen; the other figure, modelled by Hubert, another of the Gorham artists, represents a soldier at rest, who stands with gun in one hand, and the other supports a flag. This has been placed in a Chicago cemetery.' Description of the Works, p. 20
1902	sculptor, 19 College, room 50		h. 140 Wilson	PCD 444
1906	sculptor		h. 55 Wendell	PCD 438
1908	removed to NYC			PCD 353

Hubert, P. L.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
20 Oct. 1860	1st pay	22.21
27 Oct.		29.00
1861				PCD*

Huggins, Richard L.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1953, 58, 59				PCD*
1960	senior designer, Gorham Mfg. Co.; wife Mary Ann; h. 362 Lloyd Ave.			PCD 461
1960/61	designed USS Long Beach service JNA
	'Richard L. Huggins recalls that his design was controversial. The commission began as a private project for Gorham's head designer, but it was soon opened to his entire staff. Gorham submitted six or seven largely traditional designs plus this one to the Long Beach City Council. In selecting Uthis design, the Council recognized the progressive role that their cruiser would have...' Marks of Achievement, p. 171 #215; cf. Carpenter 267/68, fig. 287-88.
1962	director of design, Gorham's; wife Mary A.		h. 26 Thayer	PCD 409
	Huggins had a flamboyant ego and during his term the Design Room was divided between his supporters and a faction which opposed him, led by Dick Gavette who himself was an egoist. Huggins was let go to bring peace to the room, but Gavette remained a problem until he also left.
1963, 1965				PCD*

Hughes, Thomas, foreman, Polishing
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1832	born, son of James; mother not listed [RIDR]
1878	polisher 12 Steeple		h. Cedar Grove	PCD 179
1890	silversmith		bds. 53 Lippitt	PCD 188
1893	foreman, room Y (78 men)	35.00		PBk N #16
1895	polisher			PCD 367
14 April	died; RIDR 1891-1900 p. 390 lists death at 24 Jan. 1895, age 63

Hughes, Thomas Jr., foreman, Polishing
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
20 Oct. 1884	employed
1890	polisher		h. 130 Sayles	PCD 288
1895	polisher		h. 108 Mawney	PCD 367
28 Jan.	foreman	24.00		emp. cd.
1898	foreman		406 Potter	PCD 415
1899			206 Adelaide	PCD 445
1900	'foreman'		h. 142 Burnett	PCD 427
10 Feb.	left

Hughes, William, silversmith
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
12 Oct. 1838	born, Birmingham, England
14 Nov. 1865	employed as set maker	20.00		Indenture #4 (2:
1867			h. 9 Howell	PCD
1872			h. 74 Earle's Lane	PCD
1876	silversmith for the Century Vase, 33 weeks			PJ
1877	replaced Beckwith as foreman of silversmiths' room			PBk. F 270
1878	silversmith, 12 Steeple		h. 14 Earl's Lane	PCD 179
	active in music; conducted a chorus
6 Feb. 1893		40.00
1894	foreman, Gorham			PCD 354
1895	foreman Gorham		h. 206 Adelaide Ave.	PCD 367
1898	foreman Gorham		h. 206 Adelaide Ave.	PCD 415
1899	foreman Gorham		h. 206 Adelaide Ave.	PCD 428
1900	foreman Gorham		h. 206 Adelaide Ave.	PCD 427
15 Sept. 1902	pension list	70.00/mo.
10 June 1931	died		181 Bluff Ave., Edgewood (Cranston)
11 June	obit., ProJo, p. 20 col. 6

Hughes, William
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
17 Nov. 1857	born
1882	silversmith		bds. 225 N. Main	PCD
8 Aug. 1887		18.00	593 Public St.
26 Nov. 1902	left
18 Dec. 1908	returned	0.40/hour
1 April 1928	pensioned
26 July 1932	died

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