Gorham Roster of Craftsmen

La Bree, Frank to Luther, Len

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h. 182 Bellevue>

La Bree, Frank R., chaser #21 in January 1900
Sept. 1867	born, New Hampshire, son of Benjamin F., grocer, & Elizabeth			RIHC tombstone says 1866
1882	Benjamin only			PCD
7 Jan. 1884	apprentice, room 62	2.50
5 Jan. 1885		4.00
4 Jan. 1886		5.00
1888	chased 2035 Salad Dish			cost bk 6: 148
	chased 2562 Jardiniere			cost bk 6: 99
	chased 310 Meat Dish 14-inch & 16-inch			cost bk 6: 178
1890			boards 100 Thurbers Ave.	PCD 323
1892	silver chaser		house 19 Atlantic Ave.	PCD 361
1895	chaser		h. 18 Adelaide	PCD 409
1898	silver chaser		h. 18 Adelaide Ave.	PCD 460
	chased gold Tea Set X118-X122
1900	chaser		h. 384 Potter Ave.	PCD 473; PHD 668
Jan.	chaser #21	22.00
Feb.-Mar.	left chasing room			PBk. S 19: 302
	Census E. D. 62 sheet 22 line 66: die sinker
1901	chaser		h. 384 Potters Ave.	PCD 514
1902	chaser		h. 384 Potters Ave.	PCD 495
1903	hub cutter		h. 384 Potters Ave.	PCD 427
1904	hub cutter		h. 384 Potters Ave.	PCD 446
1905	hub cutter		h. 384 Potters Ave.	PCD 455
1910	hub cutter		19 Lillian	PCD 390
			Next door to Eugene C. Smith
1915	hub cutter		19 Lillian	PCD 431
	R. I. Census 317: 48 years old
1920	hub cutter		19 Lillian	PCD 475
1925	die cutter		19 Lillian	PCD 857
1930	die cutter; May B. (b. 1868)		h. 188 Hamilton	PCD 910; RIHC
1931	die cutter		h. 188 Hamilton	PCD
1932, 1934				PCD*
1941			h. 58 Barnes	PCD 420
1945			h. 58 Barnes	PCD 380
13 Oct.	died; buried Pocasset Cemetery, Cranston			RIHC
13 Feb. 1954	wife May died; buried Pocasset Cemetery, Cranston			RIHC

Laflamme, Joseph E.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
4 May 1863	born, Woonsocket, Rhode Island
29 April 1895	employed
8 Jan. 1900		32.50
16 July 1906	left
27 Sept. 1915	employed, 02	36.00
23 June 1918	02, #19	0.51/hour
2 Feb. 1920	employed, O-1-56	0.66/hour
14 Aug.	left; no work

Lancaster, John Eaton
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1839	born, Suffolk, England, son of Samuel & Susan
6 Dec. 1865	employed as silversmith; from London; 20.00			Indenture #13 (2:
1870	silversmith		h. Pavilion Ave.	PCD 145
1882	silversmith		h. 80 Miner	PCD 238
1892	silversmith		h. 108 Miner	PCD 363
1900	silversmith		h. 108 Miner	PCD 476
1905	silversmith		h. 10 Sumter	PCD 458
1 April 1906	pensioned
12 May 1912	died, age 73 years, 1 month, 10 days		r. 10 Sumter	PDR 24: 153

Langstaffe, E. F.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 May 1909	contract '...glass painter... in the Stained Glass Factory...' at $35.00 per week

Lannon, John E.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
13 Dec. 1875	born
5 Jan. 1891	hired
1925	chasers' photo as 'E. J. Laonnon': '26 years'			Silver Tongue
	bachelor; lived with his sister; untidy man; never combed his hair; drove an old Hudson with a spittoon in it-- Herman White
1930				PCD*
1 Feb. 1943	pensioned
13 May 1957	died

Lathrop, Henry E.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1834	born, son of Joseph & Lucy [RIHC says 1833]
1857-71	plant superintendent
1859	clerk, 12 Steeple		bds. 119 Benefit	PCD
1861	superintendent			PCD
1862	clerk, 12 Steeple		h. 31 Congdon	PCD
1863	held 20 shares of new corporate stock
13 Jan. 1871	died, age 37, 'softening of the brain'; buried Swan Point			cf. Draper p. 97

Lawton, Charles
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1924	'Chas. Lawton is getting his arm in condition cranking Bill Achurch's Ford' -- Athletic news in Silver Tongue 1: 1. 6, 1 Dec. 1924

Lawton, Fred C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1866	born, Providence, Rhode Island (no relation to J. F. P. Lawton)
1881	employed; Bullion Dept.; assistant to Charles Henry Baker in Pricing Dept.
1882	'clerk,' 12 Steeple St.		bds. r. 58 Francis	PCoD
1892	assistant superintendent to Baker
1 Aug. 1899	appointed superintendent, age 33			see J. C. 16 Aug. 1899 p. 18
1912			h. 209 Elmwood	PCD
1913				PCD*
25 Oct. 1913	resigned
15 Dec. 1926	died, Woodstock, Conn. (no obit. in Pro.Jo.)

Lawton, John Frabracius P.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
26 Sept. 1837	born, Philadelphia
1859	employed
1865	Secretary of Gorham Mfg. Co. Inc.
1879	One of the signatories to a petition to Brown University not to build Slater Hall where it would block view of East Siders (i. e. of Charlotte R. Goddard); cf. Brown University Archives.
1882			h. 3 West Park	PCD
1893	J. F. P. Lawton, Secretary of the Gorham Mfg. Co., delivered a lecture before the Franklin Lyceum at its last meeting, the subject being 'The Spitzer Collection.' --Manufacturing Jeweler XII: 7, 15 Feb. 1893, p. 243.
	left the city to supervise the arrangement of the Company's exhibit --Manufacturing Jeweler XII: 19, 3 May 1893, p. 606.
1894	assistant treasurer
26 Sept. 1907	On occasion of his 70th birthday and 48 years employment presented a loving cup --Board of Trade Journal, Oct. 1907, p. 568.
1909	Testimonial; copy in Archives		h. 45 Mawney
19 Sept. 1919	died; obit. PJ 20 Sept., with photo; buried Swan Point			RIHC

Lawton, William Gorham
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
30 Oct. 1864	born, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
28 Nov. 1882	apprenticed at Gorham
1 Jan. 1883	room 62, apprentice	3.00
7 Jan. 1884		4.00
5 Jan. 1885		5.00
4 Jan. 1886		6.00
1900	chaser #22	16.00
	'supt. Gospel mission and Rescue Home'			PCD 482
	Census Ward 7 E. D. 63 sh. 12; family, sh. 13: chaser		50 Vineyard
1911	chaser		h. 450 Laurel Hill Arlington	CD 1131
1916	chaser		h. 450 Laurel Hill Ave.	CD 124
23 July 1920	Left, no work
1921	laborer; wife Carrie		h. 450 Laurel Hill Ave.	CD 117
1926-27	no occupation; wife Carrie D.			CD 215
1936				CD 214
12 April 1945	died		h. 450 Laurel Hill Ave.	CD 156*

Lee, John Mosely
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
5 Aug. 1840	born, Chatham, Connecticut, son of Henry D. & Abby
15 May 1865	hired
1870	silversmith		h. 9 Hoyle	PCD 147
1880	'burnisher'		h. 4 Waverly	PCD 222
1893	'burnisher'		h. 58 Bellevue Ave.	PCD 391
	foreman, room Z
1894	'burnisher'			PCD 404
1900	foreman, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 92 Bellevue	PCD 484
1910			h. 182 Bellevue	PCD 399
1 April 1912	pensioned	50.00
23 June	died, age 71 years 10 months 18 days; North Burial Ground			PDR 24: 159; RIHC

Leger, Joseph L.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 Dec. 1865	employed as figure & pattern chaser; from London; 30.00			Indenture # 20 (2: 13.4)
25 Dec.	Stanyon, 8th
1865-66				PCD*
1 Jan. 1866	Turner, 15th	30.00		2:34.8
5 Nov.	head of Turner's room			3:19.4
1867	chaser, 12 Steeple			PCD 119
1868	chaser, 12 Steeple			PCD 124
1869	chaser, 12 Steeple			PCD 137
4 Jan.		30.00		2:
11 Oct.	last week paid
1870				PCD*
14 Aug. 1876	on payroll again	24.00
12 Mar. 1877	last week paid

Lewin, James M.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1836	born, Swansea, Massachusetts
	apprenticeship at Gorham Company's works
	At the close of his apprenticeship he learned from Mrs. Chapin to paint photographs and was engaged by Manchester & Chapin apprenticed at Stone & Weaver 'just across alleyway, learning jewelry engraving'-- Arnold, John Nelson, Art and Artists in Rhode Island, Providence, 1905, p. 30-33
1853-58	Manchester & Chapin largest photographic studio in Providence
1864	removed to Boston
1877	died

Lewis, Edmund L.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
31 Oct. 1883	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Edmund L., of Welsh origin, who was brought up in Kingston, Jamaica; who left home as a young teenager and joined the Confederate Navy but didn't like it so deserted and joined the Union Navy (two comrades who remained were killed at Vicksburg). Came to Providence; lived on Elbow Street; met and married Mary E. Lynott, whose sister was the wife of chaser James Albert Major, on 10 October 1873.
3 Dec. 1899	hired as a clerk
13 Dec.	apprenticed as chaser	3.00
4 Sept. 1900	transferred to L desk #45	0.05/hr.
	assigned deIsk #33 when George Shakel went to England
16 Dec. 1901
6 Mar. 1905		0.30/hr.
30 July 1906		0.33/hr.
12 Aug. 1908	left			emp. cd.
		chaser	bds. 25 Massie Ave.	PCD 398
1909	'removed to Attleboro'			PCD 397
1911, 1913				Attleboro Directory*
Edmund Jr. took classes at RISD; eventually decided he didn't want to be a chaser -- saw all those men tapping away and knew he didn't want to do it too. After Providence he went to Attleboro, then to Filene's in Boston. ELL Jr. spent his life in retail, which he loved ('he could sell ice to Eskimos'). From Filene's he went to Baltimore (where Elizabeth was born), then Brooklyn, ending as assistant manager of G. Fox in Hartford.

Lewis, Henry H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1844, '47-48				PCD*
1850-52	jeweller, Gorham's block, 12 Steeple			PCD
1852-53	jeweller, 54 Friendship
1853	jeweller, 56 Friendship		382 N. Main	PCD
1856 & 1860				PCD*

Lewis, Henry S.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1844, 47, 48				PCD*
1850-53	jeweller, 12 Steeple			PCD
1853, 56, 60				PCD*

Lewis, Thomas
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
29 Sept. 1852	born, England
Sept. 1865	hired"; apprenticed as a chaser
1 Jan. 1877		18.00
1883	chaser		bds. 75 Martin	PCD 263
1900	chaser #5, W room	17.00
13 June 1920	pensioned
6 Sept. 1926	died; buried Moshassuck Cemetery, Central Falls			RIHC
'In Memoriam Thomas Lewis 'Entered Into Rest' September 6, 1926 Aged 74 years. 'Tommy' as he was affectionately called, was another of the 'Old Guard' having entered the employ of the Company, as a boy, September 1865. He served his apprenticeship as a Chaser. He retired on a pension, June 11, 1920'-- Silver Tongue 2. 2. 4

Leyh, Werner
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
	born, near Stuttgart
	at age 14 apprenticed for four years with Johann Franz Company
1958	employed by Gorham. Worked in Plated Ware until drafted.
	U. S. Army, two years
ca. 1961	When he returned from the Army, the Plating Department didn't want him, but Fred Barron thought Leyh was talented and took him in. Barron was very proud that he spotted Werner's great talent.
1970	repair of #400 Coffee Pot
1972	repair of damaged pitcher
1996	smith for the 'Triple Turf' tro~phy; see Silver, July-August 1996
Mar.-May 1997	crafted the Indy Racing League Trophy, including hand-raising the bowl.

Lindvall, Carl
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
6 April 1851	born, Sweden
3 Jan. 1881	employed	16.00
1 Jan. 1883	room 62, through 4 Jan. 1886	20.00
		21.00		5: 158
1887	chased 2120 Tea Set			cost book 6: 24
1900	chaser #24
	with wife Minnie, real estate worth $2,560			Tax records
	wife Minnie born Canada 1863			Census Ward 7 E. D. 64 sh. 11 l. 12
	son George born U. S. June 1893
	daughter Alice born U. S. Nov. 1895
Sept. 1905
29 Oct.	died, age 54 years 6 months 23 days, chronic nephritis; buried Swan Point. Will Probate 9802.			1905 PDR: 214; PJ 31 Oct. 1905; 1906 PCD
1907	Minnie, widow		res. 140 Narragansett Ave.	PCD
7 Dec. 1937	son George died; buried Swan Point			RIHC

Lloyd, Herbert C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
11 Nov. 1865	born, England
1881	immigrated
9 May	employed
2 Jan. 1882	apprentice	2.50
1 Jan. 1883	room 62	4.00
7 Jan. 1884		5.00
5 Jan. 1885		6.00
4 Jan. 1886		7.00
1892	wife Alice S.		h. 13 Round	PCD
190D0	chaser #3	20.00
	'silverplater'		309 Bucklin	PHD 294
	Census Ward 7 ED. 64 s. 1		309 Bucklin Street
1902-42			h. 309 Bucklin	PCD
1928	chaser on ETT set
1 Dec. 1930	pensioned	85.90/mo.
1943				PCD*
17 Sept. 1951	died

Lloyd, Percival H., silversmith
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1892				PCD*
1893			h. 555 Potters	PCD
1895			h. 49 Burrows	PCD
1897-1901			h. 178 Roger Williams	PCD
1902				PCD*

Lloyd, William H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1841	born
29 Mar. 1880	hired
1882	silversmith		h. 74 Bates	PCD
1 July 1913	pensioned			pension list
3 Feb. 1921	died
	[RIHC lists LLOYD, WILLIAM H., 1841c -1865 in Pascoag Cemetery, Burrillville]

Loch, Robert
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 Jan. 1868	born
1 Sept. 1882	employed by Gorham
1 June 1930	pensioned	$208.33/mo.
28 Jan. 1947	died, age 81, West New York, New Jersey
'Robert Loch Ex-Vice President of Gorham Manufacturing Co. is Dead. special to the New York Times. West New York, N. J. Jan. 29.-- Robert Loch who retired in 1926 as vice president of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, now Black, StarOr & Gorham of New York, died here last night at his home, 3605 Boulevard East. His age was 81. 'Mr. Loch started as an office boy with the Gorham firm in 1879 and was vice president at his retirement, forty-seven years later. Shortly after his retirement the Gorham Company merged with Black, Starr & Frost. 'He leaves a widow, Mrs. Melita Loch, and a sister, Miss Joannah Loch.' obit. NYTimes p. 25 col. 2:

Logan, Joseph F.				no card
1920				PCD*
1925	chaser		res. 73 Pleasant View	PCD 886
	chasers' photo: "7 years"			Silver Tongue
1930	chaser		r. 73 Pleasant View	PCD 944
	Herman White, who was his foreman, said he had a drinking problem, was undependable, would be absent for days at a time, come in stinking of whiskey. He was a talented chaser but White thought management coddled him too much.
1939	chaser		r. 73 Pleasant View	PCD 784
1941				PCD*
1942	chaser, Gorham; wife Beatrice N.		h. 164 Stanwood	PCD 477
1943	chaser, Gorham; wife Beatrice N.		h. 164 St--anwood	PCD 479
1950	silver chaser, Gorham; wife Beatrice N.		h. 164 Stanwood	PCD 397
	in November photograph of chasers
1955	silver chaser, Gorham; wife Beatrice N.		h. 164 Stanwood	PCD 400
1960	silver chaser, Gorham; wife Beatrice N.		h. 164 Stanwood	PCD 561
1965	retired; wife Petronella B.		h. 164 Stanwood	PCD 589
1972	retired; wife P. Beatrice		h. 164 Stanwood	PCD 439
1980	retired; wife P. Beatrice		h. 164 Stanwood	PCD 380
1988	retired		h. 29 McGuire Rd. NP Bldg. B208	PCD 346

Long, George W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 Jan. 1866	employed as mounter; from Birmingham; 18.00			Indenture #32 (2:
1870	silversmith		h. Dwight, head of Lippitt	PCD 150
1874				PCD*
	[RIHC lsits LONG, GEORGE W., 1839 -14 -- 1904 in North Burial Ground]

Loveday, Nathan
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
7 Dec. 1865	employed as silver polisher; from London	18.00		Indenture #16 (2:
1870				PCD*

Luther, Len
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
	Made candelabra & ecclesiastical wares. Joe Barone began by working with Luther, filling pitch; later replaced Luther-- Fred Barron, 31 Oct.

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