Gorham Roster of Craftsmen

Ramar, H. to Russell, John

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Ramar, H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 Jan. 1881		20.00

Rayner, R. C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
4 Jan. 1886	room 62	16.00

Rees, Charles
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
29 Mar. 1844	born, Australia, of English parents
16 Sept. 1872	hired
1880	silverworker		h. 40 Grandview	PCD 309
1893	silversmith		h. 115 Cranston	PCD 550
	forem, room JJ (8 men)	24.00
1894	silversmith			PCD 572
1900	foreman, Gorham Mfg. Co.		b. 11 Rutland	PCD 672
1912	at Gorhams		bds. 102 Atlantic Ave.	PCD 573
22 Jan.	pensioned	33.00
1914	at Gorhams		bds. 102 Atlantic	PCD 605
1923			res. 462 Prairie Ave.	PCD 745
1926				PCD*
1929				PCD*
29 April 1931	died, age 87 years 1 month, Union, Knox County, Maine; had been in Union 8 months.

Reeves, Herbert
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
7 Jan. 1871	born, England
	foreman polishing Room Y, then P-6
27 Mar. 1891	Q. C. C.	9.00
1900	'Polisher'		h. 50 Tyler	PCD 672
12 Feb.		24.00
June	foreman			PBk. 20: 122
1902		27.00
1903		30.00
1907		33.00
1910		35.00
1916		37.00
19 April 1920	to salary list
1924	foreman Gorham		h. 31 Carter	PCD 742
12 Dec. 1925	left; paid to 15 Mar'ch 1926			PCD*

Reeves, Herbert W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
	'Herbert W.', polisher		res. 31 Carter	PCD 742
15 Mar. 1927	died, age 22 years, son of Herbert & Martha			1921-30 RIDR: 782; 28: 264

Regester, Arthur J., son of Charles W. Regester
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
16 July 1894	employed, room PP
21 Aug. 1901	left
1905	'baker'		h. 392 Knight	PCD
1909	'manager,' 256 Westminster St. rm. 33		h. 13 Foster	PCD

Regester, Charles W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
25 Nov. 1840	born, Sheffield, England
9 Sept. 1881	arrived in U. S. at the Port of New York
14 Sept.	employed; chaser
1882			bds. rear 22 Howell	PCD
2 Jan.		18.00
1883			h. Wayland near Waterman	PCD
1 Jan.	room 62, through 4 Jan. 1886	20.00
	1900 Census E. D. 64 sh. 13 line 15: wife Harriet Goodwin Regester died
9 Mar. 1901	left desk #41; transferred to O2			PBk. T #20: 319
	desk #41 vacant till June when W. Fisher moved to it.
1909			res. 15 Pleasant St. Cranston
	had a big greenhouse on Pleasant Street; grew flowers; his drawings of same won prizes
1 Dec. 1910	pensioned	30.00/mo.
14 Dec. 1922	died; obit. PJ 15 Dec. 1922 p. *9 col. 2. children: [G] Ernest W., 1861-1930; [G] Joseph H., 1863-1938; Arthur J.; Horace V.; John; Douglas; Laura, 2 Aug. 1884-11 May 1909

Regester, Douglas
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
22 Feb. 1880	born, England
1881	immigrant to U. S.
1905	silversmith at Gorham; Episcopal		115 Reservoir Ave.
1915			h. 59 Algonquin	PCD 577
1926			h. 89 Greenwich	PCD 1088
1933	(Louise)		h. 25 Algonquin	PCD 1124
1942	(Louise M.) silversmith		h. 25 Algonquin	PCD 668
1950			h. 25 Algonquin	PCD 554
7 Nov. 1954	died			PCD 559

Regester, Ernest W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
7 Feb. 1861	born, England, son of Charles W.; had a club foot
1882	immigrated to U. S.
8 May 1882	employed			PCD*
1 Jan. 1883	room 62	12.00
	'Ennis W.' chaser bds. Wayland nr. Waterman with parents			PCD
7 Jan. 1884		14.00
5 Jan. 1885- 4 Jan. 1886	16.00
1900	#9	22.00
	'Register'; real estate $3,08.0			Tax records
	Census Ward 7 E. D. 64 s. 9: owned house, rents to Charles Thomae; housekeeper Pauline born Germany 1882; daughter Lillian, age 13 born 1886, Rhode Island, mother English; daughter Edith, age 11 born 1888, Rhode Island, mother English; son Lawrence, age 7 born 1893, mother English		135 Reservoir Ave.
1909	chaser		155 Reservoir Ave.	PCD
1 Mar. 1926	to pension roll 66.44/mo.; retirement noted, Silver Tongue 2: 1, p. 3.
22 Dec. 1930	died, Providence

Regester, Horace V., son of Charles W. Regester
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
5 Oct. 1903	employed	0.23		'P2 N'
1905	polisher		h. 32 Holmes	PCD
23 Sept. 1907
7 Mar. 1910	left
c. 1912	moved to Meriden, Connecticut
1922	Niagara Falls (in his father's obit.)

Regester, John
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1874	born
1951	died

Regester, John F.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
10 Sept. 1875	born, England, son of Charles
1879	to U. S.
1905			l. 155 Reservoir	census
1913	polisher		h. 171 Reservoir	PCD 577
1926	assistant foreman		h. 171 Reservoir	PCD 1088
1930/31				CCD*
1934	assistant foreman; (Caroline)		h. 17 WoodbiIne Auburn	CCD 253
1939	assistant foreman; (Caroline)		h. 17 Woodbine Auburn	CCD 298
1947	foreman		Cranston
1950	assistant foreman		h. 17 Woodbine	CCD 248
1956				CCD*

Reilly, Thomas F.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
12 Nov. 1884	born, Providence, Rhode Island
23 April 1917	hired
Jan. 1919	left, no notice
17 Mar. 1919	reinstated
25 May 1921	Left, no work
	chaser at Harvey Clapp Co., Attleboro, Mass., 2 years
10 June 1925	0-1-30	0.70/hour
	chasers' photo: '3 years'			Silver Tongue
			h. 49 Constitution	PCD 1080
1932	wife Edith		h. 49 Constitution	PCD 1126
17 Oct. 1934	left
1935	wife Edith			PCD 636

Remington, Orville M., photographer at Gorham; assistant to William Coleman
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1841	born, Johnston, Rhode Island
1862-64	photographer at Gorham
	'He would help in printing and finishing generally'			Trial: 75
1869-83	Coleman & Remington Photographers
1883-88	worked for Providence Evening Telegram

Rhodes, George W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1880				PCD*
1893	silversmith		house 60 Pavilion Ave.	PCD 557
	foreman, room MM (10 men)	18.00		PBk N #16
1894	silversmith			PCD 579
1900	foreman		h. 24 Logan Ave.	PCD 679
1910	foreman, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 24 Logan	PCD 543
1911	foreman, B & S		h 24 Logan	PCD 572
1912				PCD*
1914				PCD*

Richardson, James
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 July 1871	employed as embosser & chaser; from London	18.00		Indenture #45 (4: 370.16)
28 Aug.	room 67
5 Feb. 1872		18.00		4:
20 May	room 62
2 Sept.	last week paid

Richter, George C., enamellist
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
24 July 1861	born, Carlsbad, Austria
16 Nov. 1895	employed
1896		1.00/hr.
1908		1.00/hr.
	foreman, enamelling dept. (usually himself with 2 or 3 assistants)
1900	Awarded Silver Medal at Paris Exposition.
	Census Ward 7 E. D. 64, s. 5		391 Adelaide Ave.
30 Mar. 1907	left
8 April 1944	died, Providence, R. I.			obit ProJo 9 Apr. 1944

Ring, John H., designer
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 June 1871	born
16 Aug. 1886	joined Gorham
1895	designer
1900	designer		bds. 277 Oxford St.	PCD 685
1915	designer		bds. 277 Oxford St.	PCD 612
10 Mar. 1938	died

Risdon, Albert Charles
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
15 July 1871	Plate chest mUaker & fitter; from London; 20.00			Indenture #50 (4: 370)

Robberds, George
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
4 Dec. 1865	Castwork chaser; from London	18.00		Indenture #8 (2: 9.4)
11 Dec. 1865	Stanyon, 8th
1 Jan. 1866	Turner, 15th	18.00		2: 32.8
10 Jan. 1870	room 62	18.00		2:
1 Aug. 1870	last week paid

Robillard, Albert J.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
10 Nov. 1992	died, age 78; Gorham employee of 45 years

Robinson, George H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 April 1844	born, Gloucester, England, son of Michael James & Caroline Mason
2 Mar. 1875	hired
1880	silversmith		h. 21 Arnold	PCD 317
1893	'silversmith'		h. 80 Laura	PCD 565
	foreman, room LL (3 men)	24.00
	'George H. Robinson, of the Gorham Mfg. Co., has presented a handsome silver vase to the Narragansett Whist Club... The piece if os original and unique design, was made by the Gorham Company, and will be known as the 'G. H. Robinson Trophy'.' --Manufacturing Jeweler XII no. 2, 11 Jan. 1893, p. 48.
1894	'silversmith'			PCD 584
1900	foreman, Gorham		h. 80 Laura	PCD 689
1905	In 1905 Robinson was a Vice President of Gorham and participated in the negotiations for the purchase of Whiting and Durgin. But he shortly brought suit against Gorham and Holbrook to block the purchases and was removed from his positions.
6 March	pensioned	35.00
6 July 1930	died, age 86 years 3 months 3 days		122 Laura	death notice found; no obit.

Robinson, John
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
June 1850	employee
	PCD lists two John Robinsons but with no indication of Gorham connection

Rogers, David H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
4 Oct. 1932	born, Meriden, Connecticut, son of Vernon & Dorothy. Father a silversmith at, International and then his own business at Wallingford; died 1964. Mother carried on business.
1960	joined Gorham as modeller; wife Audrey S.
1963			12 Zephyr Lane, Barrington	BCD 357
Dec. 1969	Chief Hollowware Modeller
1980			12 Zephyr Lane, Barr.	BCD 562
31 Oct. 1997	retired		02806; 246-1727

Rooney, Peter
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1880				PCD*
1893	silversmith		bds. 50 Redwing	PCD 569
	foreman, room NN (3 men)	11.00		PBk N #16
1894	silversmith		bds. 50 Redwing	PCD 591
1895	silversmith		bds. 50 Redwing	PCD 610
1896, 1897, 1900				PCD*

Ross, William
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1847-48				PCD*
1850-53	silversmith 12 Steeple, 19 Sheldon			PCD
1852-53	silversmith 76 Sheldon			PCD
1853, 55-56				PCD*

Roy, Fred senior

Roy, Fred junior

Russell, John F.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 Jan. 1866	Mounter; from Birmingham	20.00		Indenture #27 (2:

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