Gorham Roster of Craftsmen

McAlice, Edward to Mulholland, George

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McAlice, Edward F., designer
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1918	employed
1926	clerk, Gorham		res. 24 Curtis	PCD
	after 1926, trained with William Achurch; was an ecclesiastical designer
1932	designer, Gorham		res. 24 Carle
1948			res. 156 Alvin	PCD
1948/9	Edward F. & Loretta		res. 156 Alvin	WCD
1957			res. Greenwood
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
1959			res. Greenwood	PCD; WCD*
1960			170 Alvin	WCD
	after 1960, as the Ecclesiastical Department was terminated, he did hollowware
1961	son an instructor at Providence College		res. Warwick
1962				WCD*
1967	Edward F.		170 Alvin	WCD
1 Aug.	retired			Perspectives 8: 3. 3, Nov. 1967
1978			170 Alvin	WCD
1980/1				WCD
1982	Loretta only			WCD
1985	(no Jr.)		170 Alvin	WCD

MacBeth, Alexander				empl. card
29 Dec. 1865	born, Scotland
18 May 1891	employed		h. 47 Laura St.
1 Aug. 1903	left
10 April 1905	returned
1925	'...one of the playaers in the old Gorham Football Team... The team ranked with the best in the country.' Silver Tongue 1: 3. 5, 1 Sept. 1925
c. 1926	'For 35 years a Gorham Master Craftsman.' Advertisement in Archives showing the Senator Clark tea service on which MacBeth worked.
	Worked in corner; specialized in waiters; already an old man when Charles T. Brandreth started as an apprentice in 1924.
1 Aug. 1941	pension roll	59.39/month
15 Feb. 1943	died

McCabe, Felix
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1847-50				PCD*
1850	one of the 14 employees listed by Carpenter
1853	laborer, 12 Steeple			PCD
1855	laborer, 12 Steeple		8 Jenckes	PCD
1856	laborer, 12 Steeple		8 Jenckes	PCD
1857	laborer, 8 Union			PCD
1858	laborer, Cross			PCD
1859-60				PCD*

McChesney, William F.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1878	born
1893	employed by Dominick & Haff of Newark, New Jersey
1921	President of Dominick & Haff
1932	Vice President of Gorham
1 April 1935	Vice President for Sales, Gorham
1 June 1945z	gave up sales because of ill health
'Mr. McChesney would perhaps prefer to be classified simply as 'Travelling Salesman'. Since 1897 when he opened his traveling career with a $220.00 sale in Erie, Penna., he has visited, on numberless occasions, practically every major city in the United States and other hundreds of smaller cities and towns. 'In 1893, only two months after joining Dominick and Haff, the New Jersey silversmiths, he marched in the great 'Anti-Bryan Sound Money Parade'. The literal torch has been replaced with a figurative one which he has carried in every movement affecting the industry since that time. In 1921 Mr. McChesney was elected President of Dominick & Haff, thus culminating hisadvancement through the executive positions of Secretary, Vice President, Sales Manager, and Treasurer. The controlling interest of this firm was sold to Reed & Barton in, 1928. 'When Mr. McChesney came to The Gorham Company as Vice President in 1931 he was already the leading salesman of our industry. No one in the industry, then, or now, could match his sales experience and particular talents. His friendships are legion. His reputation among the trade as a student of all affairs relating to the industry and his talents as an organizer have contributed substantially to the progress of the Company in these intervening years. 'In 1935 he became Vice President and Director of the Company and assumed direction of Sales. Ten years later he asked to be relieved from the last responsibility in order to devote himself to the larger over-all study of economic trends as they may affect the industry in general, and our Company in particular. It is this task which occupies him today.' -- Who's Who Among The Executives. William F. McChesney, Vice President; mimeographed typescript sheet.
24 Sept. 1954	died, age 74 years, Summit, New Jersey

McCue, Andr>=ew R. W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 Jan. 1881		15.00
2 Jan. 1882		15.00
1 Jan. 1883	room 62	16.00
5 Jan. 1885	room 62	16.00
1890	chaser		h. 126 Burnside	PCD 370
11 Aug.	chaser #4			PBk. K 170/171
1895	chaser		h. 19 Calder	PCD 468

MacDonald, William H.				no card
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1886	born, Nova Scotia
1906				PCD*
1907	chaser		bds. 36 Madison	PCD 422
1910				PCD*
1920				PCD*
1925	chasers' photo: '20 years'			Silver Tongue
	RI Census E. D. 278 p. 6 line 25: age 39; not a citizen; wife Jeannie F., age 43; no children
			h. 35 Vineyard	PCD 908
1930	chaser; wife Jennie F.		h. 82 Ardoene	PCD 970
1932	chaser; wife Jennie F.		h. 82 Ardoene	PCD 933
1934			82 Ardoene vacant	PSD
1934, 1935				PCD*

McDonalds, James Malcolm see Donalds, James Malcolm

MacFarlane, Henry H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
17 Sept. 1868	born, Scotland
1913	2-1/2 years
18 May 1925	hired: 'employed here 12 years ago for 2-1/2 years; card lost' 'We notice with pleasure the return of one of our old shopmates, Mr. Henry H. MacFarlane of the flChasing Department. The older Hands of the Factory will remember him as one of the players in the Old Gorham Football Teams together with Harry Brooks, Alex McBeth, William Laurie, Harry Jerome, William Taylor, Anderson, the Goal Tender, William Fanning, Mike and Edward Muirhead and others.
	'The team ranked with the best in the country.' Silver Tongue 1: 3. 5, 1 Sept. 1925
	not in 1925 chasers' photograph
12 Sept.	left, another position: Tuttle Silver Co., Boston
17 May 1926	0-1-38	0.85/hour
25 Mar. 1929	Left, no work
11 Nov.	0-1-40	0.85/hour
7 Nov. 1931	left, moving to New York to live with brother

McIntyre, J.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
2 Jan. 1882	apprentice	2.50
1 Jan. 1883	room 62	4.00
7 Jan. 1884		5.00
5 Jan. 1885		6.00

McKenzie, Bernard see McKenzie, Duncan Bernard

MacKenzie, Daniel D.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
12 Aug. 1869	born, Providence, Rhode Island
7 Nov. 1887	employed; photo dept.
1904	head of photo dept.
1 May 1944	pensioned	72.51/month		pension list
	retired, age 75, after 57 years with Gorham, 40 aIs head of Dept.: Prov. Journal 28 May 1944, business p. 6
19 Dec. 1951	died

McKenzie, Duncan Bernard, chaser #40 in 1900				card
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1872	born, Rhode Island, son of John, a Scotsman & Elizabeth Lynch
1899	PCD* (there is a Duncan B. plumber)
31 July 1899	employed
1900	'Duncan B.' chaser		h. 174 Stanwood	PCD 555
	chaser #40
1901	'Duncan B.' chaser		h. 40 Redwing	PCD 603
1904	'Duncan B.' chaser		h. 36 Redwing	PCD 519
1905	'Duncan B.' chaser		h. 104 Stanwood	PCD 529
14 Nov.	left
1906	'Duncan B.' chaser		h. 104 Stanwood	PCD 534
1907	Duncan B. MacKenzie & Co. Mfg. Jewellers, 124 Mitchell; h. 104 Stanwood			PCD 432
1908	Duncan B. MacKenzie & Co. Mfg. Jewellers, 53 Warren; h. 174 Stanwood			PCD 429
1909			174 Stanwood only	PCD 427
1910	chaser		h. 857 Elmwood	PCD 434
1915	chaser		b. 477 Elmwood	PCD 481
1918			h. 54 Vineyard	PCD 507
1919			h. 205 Franklin	PCD 509
1920	jeweler		h. 205 Bucklin	PCD 533
	Census ED. 259 s. 4 l. 42: 'chaser in jewelry shop'
1922	jeweler		h. 392 Potters	PCD 561
1927	'proprxietor of D. B. Mackenzie Jewelry Co. Fountain St. for 20 years'
1938-39	novelty mfg.; wife Mary E. with Bertrand (son?)		h. 276 Washington St.	PCD 756
1942-43	also Bertrand USA		h. 184 Indiana	PCD 533
1947	retired		h. 184 Indiana	PCD 475
	also Bertrand, Printer		h. 184 Indiana	PCD 475
1948			h. 181 Indiana	PCD 466
1949			h. 181 Indiana	PCD
1950	PCD*; MacKenzie, Bertrand D. printer living at 184 Indiana			PCD 446
5 Feb.	died, sons Artie & Bertram; daughters Mrs. Truman Dodge, Mrs. Beulah Baldoni, Miss Alice McKenzie			obit. Prov. Journal 7 Feb. p. 14 col. 1
1952			184 Indiana vacant

MacMillan, William L., chaser #16 in 1900; later #29
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
11 June 1867	born, Philadelphia
19 May 1891	hired	0.35	res. 7 Baxter Ave.
1892	chaser		h. 71 Narragansett St.	PCD 389
1893	chaser		h. 71 Narragansett St.	PCD 410
1896	chaser		h. 730 Cranston St.	PCD 466
1900	chaser (#16)		h. 59 Laura	PCD 508
1'901			h. 59 Laura	PCD 553
1903	chaser		h. 59 Laura	PCD 460
8 Aug.	left
1904	chaser		h. 59 Laura	PCD 487
1905	chaser		h. 59 Laura	PCD 533
17 July		0.40
2 Sept.	left
1906	removed to Norwich, Connecticut			PCD 539
1910	modeler		h. 11 Hudson	PCD 438
19 July 1915		0.37
1920, 1923-24				PCD*
2 Oct. 1924	another position
1924/25	(year ending Sept. 1925), chaser; wife Janette G.		h. 77 Third Av. S. Elmwood	CCD 151
before 1927/td>	(year ending Sept. 1927), removed to California			CCD 1926/27
1928	died: pencil note on employment card seems to be this date

Magnussen, Eric
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 May 1884	born, Denmark, son of Johannes Julius Claudi Magnussen, writer			Carpenter, p. 257
1898-1901	apprenticed to Winkel & Magnussen (his uncle's art gallery)
1920				PCD*
15 Sept. 1925	hired by Gorham			personnel card
1926			house 20 Redwing
June	'A new master silver craftsman in America'			Harper's Magazine article
Oct.	photo			Silver Tongue 2: 2, p. 8.
	'Erik Magnussen, our new silversmith from Denmark, has quickly found a place in the Ihearts of the members of the Gorham family. His splendid smile and friendly greetings have made him much beloved by all.'
	tour of Magnussen goods to eight cities
1927-28	wife Thora		house 183 Adelaide Ave.	PCD
21 Sept.	earliest E. M. series (E. M. 2)
1929			home at Oaklawn	PCD
30 Sept.	left			personnel card
	'associated with the shop of August Dingeldein, New York, as the 1931 Keystone shows his mark under that name.' Rainwater, Encyclopedia
1930				PCD*
1932	had his own workshop in Chicago; worked in Los Angeles
18 July 1934	catalogue of exhibition gives address as 3077 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
1939	returned to Denmark
24 Feb. 1961	died, Denmark

Major, James Albert
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
28 Jan. 1851	born, Providence, Rhode Island
12 Mar. 1866	employed
14 Jan. 1867	apprentice	2.00		3:
13 Jan. 1868		3.00
4 Jan. 1869		6.00
10 Jan. 1870		8.00		4:
2 Jan. 1871		10.00
1 Jan. 1872		14.00
20 Jan. 1873		16.00
5 Jan. 1874		18.00
1876	worked eight hours on the Century Vase
7 Jan. 1878		18.00
6 Jan. 1879		16.00
3 Jan. 1881		16.00
2 Jan. 1882	room 62, through 4 Jan. 1886	18.00	bds. 18 Elbow	PCD
1900	chaser #2
1 July 1927	pensioned	86.34/mo.
21 April 1928	died
	Ad in Archives: 'James Albert Major, for 61 years a Gorham Master Craftsman,' with photo.

Manchester, Giles
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1825	born, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, son of Thomas & Sarah
1850	silversmith, 12 Steeple		81 Fountain
	One of 14 employees of Gorham, according to Carpenter.
	One of a committee of three who petitioned for reduction to a ten-hour day.
	'In April 1858 William B. Fessenden who had one time been a member of the firm of Whiting, Fessenden, & Cowan, moved to Providence, and established a silverware factory there. He took into partnership his son, Thomas F. and started as Wm. P. Fessenden & Co. in the manufacture of fancy flat and staple hollowwares. In 1860 the father sold out his interest to his son and retired. Soon afterwards, Thomas took Giles Manchester as partner, who remained in charge of the manufacturing department until his death in' 1886' [sic] Rainwater, Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, p. 59
1861	Fessenden
1862	silver worker
1863	foreman		h. 229 Pine
1868			h. 229 Pine
1878	foreman, 52 Friendship		h. 332 Broad
1886	(Fessenden & Co.), 100 Friendship		h. 330 Broad	PCD
19 May 1889	died, age 64, Providence		h. 454 Broad	RIDR 89: 675: 28
obit.: Manufacturing Jeweler V (June 1889), p. 494, 496. 'He was a practical silversmith, and has always had charge of the shop, where he was very proficient and efficient'-- obit. which emphasized his active Baptist role

Manchester, Silas H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1837	born, Newport, Rhode Island; brother of Giles Manchester
1854	worked for Tifft & Whiting, North Attleboro, Massachusetts
1860	worked for Gorham
186-?	Fessenden & Co.
1903	retired due to kidney failure
Jan. 1905	died, Providence; res. Adelaide Ave.; obit.: Manufacturing Jeweler, 12 Jan. 1905, p. 56, 58

Marsden, James Herbert (on Gorham employment card as 'Herbert J.')
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1872	born, England
12 Apr 1905	hired as finisher, room P-2
20 Jan 1912	left; returned to England
1940	retired
1963	died, age 91 years. Pat Youden, Box 624, Munsonville, NH 03457			HRC 33

Mason, Earl Pierce
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
22 Jan. 1858	born
13 Oct. 1874	hired
1880	silversmith		bds. 35 Durfee	PCD 239
1893	silversmith		h. Rutherglen Ave.	PCD 422
	foreman, room R (21 men)	27.00		PBk N #16
1894	silversmith			PCD 438
1899	foreman Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. Norwoodp	PCD 527
1900	foreman Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. Norwood	PCD 524
1901	foreman Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. Norwood	PCD 571
1902	foreman Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. Norwood	PCD 551
1904	foreman Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. Norwood	PCD 493
1905	spoonmaker, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. Norwood	PCD 500
1910	spoonmaker		h. 98 Hamilton	PCD 455
1915	spoonmaker		h. 9 Mt. Vernon	PCD 503
1920	spoonmaker		h. 45 Woodmont	PCD 559
1926	spoonmaker		h. 45 Woodmont	PCD 959
1 May 1928	pensioned			pension record
4 June 1948	died

Mason, Edward F., chaser #14
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
13 Jan. 1902	hired; apprentice	0.05
10 Mar. 1905		0.10
3 April 1906		0.30
19 Oct. 1907	left

Mason, Joseph
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 Jan. 1866	employed as stamper; from Birmingham	18.00		Indenture #37 (2:

Mason, William J., silversmith
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
30 Mar. 1853	born, England
8 Aug. 1883	employed	18.00
23 April 1887	left
	1900 Census E. D. 62 sheet 14 line 18
21 April 1902	on payroll	36.67
20 Aug. 1918	left
26 April 1926		0.50
2 Feb. 1931	Left, no work

Matthews, Frank E. chaser; followed Colmetz at desk 10
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
24 Oct. 1910	hired at Gorham	0.05
11 April 1913		0.085
13 Nov.	left: 'Leaves in Disadvice' 'Highly recommended'

Mayer, Albert C.				no card
1915	jeweler		bds. 265 Gordan	PCD 507
1920			at 265 Gordan	PSD: 347
	Mayer, Anna M., widow & Mayer, Albert C., U. S. N.
	Albert C., chaser		bds. 265 Gordan	PCD 563
1921	Albert C., chaser		bds. 265 Gordan	PCD 592
1922	Albert C., chaser		bds. 265 Gordan	PCD 593
1923	Albert C., chaser		bds. 265 Gordan	PCD 623
1924	removed to Cranston			PCD 621
1925	chasers' photograph: '5 years'			Silver Tongue
1927	chaser; wife Mildred C.		res. 83 Pontiac Ave.	CCD 232
1928	worked on ETT meat dishes, etc.
1929	chaser; wife Mildred C.		res. 83 Pontiac Ave.	CCD 244
1931	chaser; wife Mildred C.		res. 83 Pontiac Ave.	CCD 273
1933	musician; wife Mildred C.		h. 64 Keith	1932/33 CCD 222
1934	musician; wife Mildred C.		h. 64 Keith	CCD 225
1943	musician; wife Mildred C.		h. 6ye4 Keith	CCD 168
1948	musician; wife Mildred C.		h. 64 Keith	CCD 201
1961	musician; wife Mildred C.		h. 64 Keith	CCD 281
1965	retired; no Mildred		h. 64 Keith	CCD 331
1967				CCD*

Meek, George R.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1878				PCD*
3 Jan. 1881		20.00
	chaser		house 40 Minor	PCD 27
1882	'Meeke, George R. removed to New York City'			PCD 284

Miller, Hattie F. A., designer
9 Aug. 1869		6.00		4: 42 (24)
18 Oct.	room 12	7.00		4: 180

Miller, Joseph C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1836	born, son of Balthazar & Magdalen
28 July 1866	employed at Gorham
1882	silversmith		h. 6 Nashua	PCD 287
1900				PCD*
1 Nov. 1902	pensioned	21.00/mo.
21 Feb. 1907	died

Money, Edward M.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
7 Mar. 1940	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Edward M. & Calista A.			PBR 34: 178
	father Edward M. Money was foreman		37 Opper Ave., Conimicut	WCD 294
ca. 1958	hired
	worked as modeller for Russell Woodward and J. Russell Price
1997			90 White Ave. Warwick 02886/739-4651

Morette, Gustave
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 Nov. 1867	Modeller & plaster worker; from Paris; 16.00			Indenture #41 *(3: 144)
1868				PCD*
1870				PCD*

Morison, Robert Michael, 1844-1891, engraver
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
Note: Where Morison himself was the source of information (such as for his childrens' birth records) his name is spelled correctly. Where an official recorded the name it appears as 'Morrison': this form is noted in the following with 'Mrr.'
28 Feb. 1844	born, Scotland, son of Roswell
1866				PCD*
1867	engraver, 55 Friendship		home at South Providence	PCD 142, Mrr
1868	engraver, 15 Steeple		h. 59 Lester, South Prov.	PCD 49 Mrr
1868	hired by Gorham	18.00		Gorham payroll record 3: 146
1869	engraver, 15 Steeple		h. 10 Townes	PCD 164 Mrr
18 Oct.		22.00		payroll 4: 50
20 Nov.	married Lucinda E. Anderson			Providence Marriage Records 69-822-28
	Lucinda Emma Anderson (1849-1898) was the sister of Edward J. Anderson (1837-1899), who was born in England and came to the U. S. in 1863 as an engraver for Gorham, starting 19 Sept. that year. He became foreman on 27 December 1867, a position he held until his death. Mrs. Morison's mother ~was also named Lucinda. Her daughter used the name Emma except on legal documents where she had no choice.
1870	engraver		h. 102 Clifford	PCD 176 Mrr
14 June 1873	daughter born (and died?)			Birth records 10: 36
3 May 1875	#10, Room 63	24.00		payroll 6: 80
1878	engraver		h. rear 48 Earle's Ln.	PCD 243 Mrr
12 April	son Robert B. born			Birth Records 11: 169
1883	engraver		h. 3 Paddelford	PCD 314
23 July	#10	20.00		payroll 7: 388
14 Aug.	daughter Elizabeth born			Birth Records 12: 226
April 1885	#8	20.00		payroll 8: 240
Jan. 1886	#10	20.00		payroll 8: 344; PCD*
	#10 of 39	20.00		payroll 9: 176
1890	#10 of 48	22.00		payroll 10: 348; PCD*
17-22 Nov.	last pay			payroll 11: 246
	his job was kept open until his death (Room K, #10)			see 12: 78
14 July 1891	died, age 47 years 4 months 14 days, tuberculosis; 21 Vine			PDR 91: 609: 10 Mrr
8 Aug. 1898	Emma died, age 49			PDR 98: 598: 10; 9n8: 702: 10

Morrison, J.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
25 July 1863		16.00		payroll ledger 1 p. 2 line 1
Jan. 1864	chased round & oval pitchers or tankards			H. cost bk. 1 p. 83

Morse, Lester F.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1910	employed at Gorham, accountant; supervised plant accounting during World War I
1930/31	wife Beatrice		house 95 Albert Ave. Cranston	CCD 282
1936	Treasurer and Director
1939	Vice President at Gorham
1945	Assistant Treasurer; wife Beatrice R.		h. 11 Sefton Drive Cranston	CCD 218
1965	consultant, Gorham; wife Beatrice		h. 11 Sefton Dr.	CCD 362
1969	retired; wife Beatrice		h. 11 Sefton Dr.	CCD
1970	Beatrice R., widow of Lester		h. 1180 Narragansett Blvd.	CCD 352

Mott, Caleb
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1868				PCD*
1869	silversmith		bds. 51 Point	PCD 164
4 Jan.		20.00		3:
1870	silversmith		house 124 South Providence	PCD 176
1874				PCD*
1878				PCD*

Mulholland, George H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
9 Dec 1861	born
24 Nov 1895	hired
1900				PCP*
1915				PCD*
1 Aug 1927	retired
21 May 1928	died (not in Prov)

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