Gorham Roster of Craftsmen

Salisbury, James to Shaw, Thomas

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Salisbury, James P.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1850	silversmith, 12 Steeple		h. 9 Thomas	PCD
	One of a committee of three who petitioned about this time for reduction to a ten-hour day.
1852	silversmith, 12 Steeple		14 Cady	PCD 216
1852-53	silversmith, 12 Steeple		h. 12 Olney	PCD
1854-55, '58				PCD*

Salisbury, Owen
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1800	born, son of Richard & Elizabeth
1830	'laborer, 350 N. Main'
1832	'laborer, Steeple		N. Main
1836	'laborer, Steeple		Stampers
	(Stampers Street ran from 291 North Main to Hewes)
1839	'laborer, Steeple		Snow Town'
1841	'silversmith 12 Steeple		Olney
1844	silversmith 12 Steeple		h. Olney	PCD
1848, 1850, 52-53, 55-56, 58-59	silversmith, 12 Steeple		h. 15 Olney	PCD
25 Jan. 1860	died, age 60			RIDR 60: 812 ct. 28.

Salt, Albert J.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
6 July 1865	born, son of Joseph & Mary A.
1886			bds. w/ parents	PCD 415
1892	silver polisher		h. 18 Jackson	PCD 548

Salt, Albert T.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1893	silver moulder		h. 95 Lydia	PCD 577
1894*
1895	moulder		h. 18 Candace	PCD 619
1899*
1900	silversmith		h. 381 Orms	PCD 704
1904	foreman, Gorham Mfg. Co'.		h. 43 Redwing	PCD 646
				Attleboro Dir.*
8 Jun 1905	'Albert T. Salt, maker of castings for jewelers and silversmiths, formerly at 136 Pine street, this city, has removed to 86 Union street, Attleboro, Mass. Mr. Salt is located in a new factory which is commodious and especially adapted for his business. It is fitted up with all modern methods. Mr. Salt was formerly with the Gorham Mfg. Co., and is thoroughly competent in his line. He has recently brought out a new composition for his work that is tak_ing well with his customers.' -- The Manufacturing Jeweler, XXXVI no. 23, 8 June 1905, Trade Notes, p. 611.

Salt, Ambrose
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
31 Aug. 1865	daughter Mary born, mother Mary			PBR 8: 132
18 Dec.	Stamper; Die Sinking Room; from Birmingham; 18.00			Indenture #22 (2:
26 Feb. 1866	Stamping Room
1897	silversmith		h. 155 Park Attleboro	ACD 117
1907	stamper		36 West, Attleboro	ACD 166
11 Jan	an Ambrose Salt died in Attleboro; 1909 ACD p. 173

Salt, Joseph
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
15 April 1841	born, Stockbridge, England
14 July 1862	employed; foreman, room M, silver polishing & finishing
1869	silversmith		h. rear 77 Smith	PCD 191
	U1875 RI Census: wife Mary A., age 27, born Providence; children Albert Joseph, age 10 & Amasa, age 6
1886	silver polisher		h. Woodbine nr. Camp	PCD 415
1893	foreman, room M (69 men)	35.00		PBk N #14
1900	foreman, Gorham		h. 116 Hamilton	PCD 704
1905, 1 April	pensioned	83.33/mo.
	'Joseph Salt, who had been employed by the Gorham Mfg. Co. for 43 years, retired on a pension a few days ago. He was foreman of the finishing department. The men under him gave him a fine gold watch and chain. ...'-- Mfg. Jeweler, 6 April 1905, p. 360
1907			h. 116 Hamilton	PCD
13 Nov. 1908	died; obit. with photo, PJ Sat. 14 Nov. sec. 2 p. 1

Sam, Frederick Ernest
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
4 Mar. 1865	born, Germany
1880				PCD*
1893	silversmith		h. 96 Wesleyan Ave.	PCD 578
	foreman, room E (69 men)	40.00		PBk N #16
1894	silversmith		h. 7 Daboll	PCD 600
27 Oct. 1895	died, age 40 years 7 months 23 days, general tuberculosis			PDR 95: 825 #28
1897	widow Mary		h. 7 Daboll	PCD 662
1898	son, age 6, died

Sanders, Walter C.				#17 card
9 Oct. 1873	born, Gloucester, Massachusetts
27 Mar. 1905	employed 'From Montreal Factory' #41, 0.32/hour
June			176 Massachusetts Ave.
Oct	chaser #41
1925	chasers' photo: '20 years'		121 Alabama Ave.	Silver Tongue
28 Mar. 1927	left, another position; 'going to take a change of a job-- NY state at $60.00 per week; workmanship: Excellent.'
1930	died?

Sauthof, George W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
2 Nov. 1852	born, Germany
1864	came to U. S.			1920 Census
1877	married Agnes, born, England 1862; no children
19 May 1884	#3; first entry	24.00 raised to 28.00		PBk. 9 'I': 116
1886			h. 97 Mathewson	PCD 417
1887	chased (2545) Salad Dish			cost book 6: 148
1888	chased (2997) Coffee			cost book 6: 157
1890/92				PCD*
1893/96	chaser; 'Southof'		h. 188 Alabama Ave.	PCD
1895	'Southof'		h. 188 Alabama Ave.	PCD
1897	'Sauth'		h. 188 Alabama Ave.
1899	naturalized			1920 Census
1900	chaser #25, room L	32.00		PBk. S: 158
	wife Agnes, personal $1,000, no real estate
	George, $1,000 persEeonal, $1,000 real estate			Tax records
	Census E. D. 65 sheet 2 line 27: 'Southoff'
1901			h. 124 Hamilton; 224 Bucklin St.	PCD
July 1903				PBk. X 101
1904				PBk. Y 92; 148
March 1905				PBk. Y (2) 130; PCD*
July 1906				PBk. Z (2) 26; 170; AA (2) 2: 126
March 1907				PBk. AA (2) 2: 126
14-19 Apr.	out till 7 July			PBk. T 28; 318; V 28; 108; 190
1920	'Quarter Century Club'		h. 37 Laura	PCD
	Census vol. 19 E. D. 248 s. 9 l. 63
1921	removed to Rehoboth, Massachusetts			PCD
23 July 1927	stroke at factory
7 Aug.	died		Anawam St., Rehoboth
'In the passing of Mr. George Sauthof we lose one of the greatest repousse artists in the craft. Born, in Germany he came to this country very young, locating in New York, he entered the employ of the Tiffany Company and was there for many years. Starting with the Gorham Co. in 1889 his exceptional ability as a silver chaser was soon recognized and he was entrusted to execute some of the finest masterpieces in silver repousee. He was also a master in steel work, cutting dies and rolls for many of the beautiful borders used by the company today. 'The sympathies of his shop-mates are extended to his wife Mrs. Sauthof in her double bereavement losing as she did, her only daughter six weeks after the death of her husband.' Silver Tongue 3: 2, Dec. 1927, p. 5.

Sawain, George Munroe
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1844	born, Marlboro, Massachusetts, son of Francis
10 July 1865	hired
1869	silversmith		h. 19 Federal	PCD 198
1870	silversmith		h. 43 Federal	PCD 213
1882	silversmith		h. 22 Seekill	PCD 354
1893, 1900, 1905				PCD*
1 July 1905	pensioned
1913	silversmith		h. Searle Ave. Crans. opp. Turner Av.	CCD 157
1 Dec.	died, age 68 years 11 months 23 days; widow Dorcas H.			RIDR Crans 40

Schaumuller, Leopold K.				no card
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
	born, Vienna, Austria
	wife Olga
1902	hired
1903				PCD*
1905			h. 676 Potter	PCD 668
1920			h. 27 Wildwood	PCD 709
	Census vol. 16 E. D. 263 s. 7 l. 86
1925	chasers' photo: '22 years'			Silver Tongue
			h. 137 Atlantic	PCD 1120
1928	principal chaser with Jean Sermon on ETT candlesticks & compote
1930			h. 137 Atlantic	PCD 1224
1935			h. 137 Atlantic	PCD 666
1939			h. 137 Atlantic	PCD 989
1945			h. 137 Atlantic	PCD 608
21 July 1949	wife Olga M. died
1950			h. 137 Atlantic	PCD 594
15 Feb. 1951	died, Jane Brown unit, Rhode Island Hospital
	PDR; obit. Prov. Journal 16 Feb. p. 14 col. 6
	Herman White told me that Schaumuller and Jean Sermon were close friends.

Schemabenback, Stephen
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 Jan. 1867		12.00		3:
same year		15.00

Scott, Edwavrd
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 Jan. 1881	apprentice	3.00
2 Jan. 1882		4.00
1 Jan. 1883	room 62	5.00
7 Jan. 1884		6.00
5 Jan. 1885		7.00
4 Jan. 1886		15.00

Seagraves, Louis K.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
23 Nov 1848	born
26 July 1869	employed
1900	clerk, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 733 Cranston St.	PCD 714
1915	foreman, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 733 Cranston	PCD 639
5 Feb 1922	retired; $96.27
26 May 1926	died

Sebring, Burr A.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
6 Feb. 1928	born
1954-1958	studied, School for American Craftsmen, Rochester, New York: BFA
1958				PCD*
28 July	hired; designer, dept. 751
	Director of Design
Gorham was his first job. He was much younger than the senior designers but enough older than the yo'ung people brought in that he gravitated to the older group. Some of that older group had a regular Friday-night dinner at the Providence Art Club to which Sebring was admitted. In 1958 there was no Design Director (the job may have been open after Russell Price left in 1953). Dick Hopecraft was merchandise manager and oversaw the room; Warren (Larry) Lawrence was design manager. The problem Gorham faced was that the older designers were superb technicians but set in their ways and not inclined to admit new ways. This had probably been fine-- even desirable-- when Gorham could sell all the traditional sterling they could make, but by 1960 customers wanted a new look. A series of bright young men and women were hired to liven things. Most moved on.
1959, 1960			h. 125 Butler	PCD 872
1963			h. 28 Planet	PCD 823
1965	handwrought Coffee Pot			Carpenter fig. 294
1966	Manager of Design
1972	wife Mary C.		h. 48 Jenny's Lane, Barrington	BCD: 496
1973	Octette Coffee Set
	Director of Design; succe/eded J. Russell Price. Ed Money said that when the pressures built up, Sebring would go out to the floor and hammer out some silver.
1979	designed Gorham's President's Cup			Carpenter p. 268, fig. 291
1980				BCD
22 April 1983	departed
Sebring left because Textron kept sending executives with no preparation to Gorham. It took about two years for Sebring to break them in and then they would move along. Burr said he got tired of the process. Christopher Monkhouse said he was the last of the great designers at Gorham. Worked as a freelance designer.
18 Nov. 1997	interviewed by SJH

Seifert, Alois, chaser #7 in 1900
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
March 1859	born, Germany
1890	immigrated
11 Feb. 1891	employed	0.30
2 Oct. 1893		0.28 1/3
1895	chaser		h. 10 Jackson Ave.	PCD 629
5 Dec.		0.23 1/3
23 Mar. 1896		0.28 1/3
4 June	left
2 Mar. 1897	returned; room L	0.28 1/3
14 Dec.	to room G	0.15
28 Dec.	room L	0.28 1/3
1898	chaser		h. 39 Madison	PCD 694
2 Oct. 1899		0.30
1900	chaser (#7)		h. 39 MaUdison	PCD 714
	Census E. D. 63, s. 8: 'Louis'; wife Sophia; daughters Augustia, Lilian, Helena
1901	chaser		h. 39 Madison	PCD 779
1905	chaser		h. 13 Hamburg	PCD 673
1906	chaser		h. 554 Dexter	PCD 700
18 June		0.33
1907	chaser		h. 554 Dexter	PCD 564
18 May	left
1908				PCD*
24 Mar.	returned; room V2	0.33 1/3
13 April	to room V7
1910				PCD*
30 Aug. 1911	to room O-2	0.30
23 Dec.	left
1915				PCD*
1 June	room V	0.33 1/3
29 Jan. 1916	Left, no work
1920				PCD*

Sermon, Jean B., chaser #11
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 Nov. 1874	born, Belgium
	wife Grams
24 Jan. 1903	hired		h. 29 Wildwood Ave.
1920			h. 29 Wildwood	PCD 716
	Census vol. 16 E. D. 263 s. 7 l. 94: age 45
1924	'John B.' chaser		h. 29 Wildwood	PCD 792
1925	chasers' photo: '22 years'			Silver Tongue
1928	one of the principal chasers for the ETT set
28 Mar. 1936	died. He did not want his tools to go to anyone who worked for Gorham. His son, Lucien, sold them to Cheryl Greene when she left the Company. (source: Cheryl Greene, 7 Sept. 1997)
	Herman White said Sermon, was a good friend of Leopold Schaumuller (note adjacent houses on Wildwood [and Albert Shakel lived at #27]).

Sermon, Lucien D., designer
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
19 Sept. 1906	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of chaser Jean Sermon
1930	draughtsman, Gorham's		res. 29 Wildwood Ave. with parents	PCD 1234
1941	wife Elisa listed as hairdresser at same address		h. 685 Broad	PCD 675
	His wife was French, said Herman White; never did learn English
1942-45	Spent World War II in Washington as mapmaker-- according to Herman White, was Ubitter that Gorham did not credit his time of government service toward his pension
1950	designer Gorham's; wife Jeanne		h. 120 Verndale	PCD 600
1960	designer Gorman's [sic]; wife Jeanne		h. 120 Verndale	PCD 875
1964	designer Gorham; wife Elsie G.		h. 120 Verndale	PCD 977
1971	designer, Gorham; wife Elise G.		h. 120 Verndale	PCD 695
1980	retired; wife Elise G.		h. 120 Verndale	PCD 605
1985	retired; wife Elise G.		h. 120 Verndale	PCD
1986				PCD*
5 Jan 1987	died; buried Swan Point

Seton, James G.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
7 Oct. 1846	born, Edinburgh, Scotland
2 Jan. 1882		14.00
1 Jan. 1883	room 62, through 4 Jan. 1886	16.00
1889, 1895				PCD*
1900	Census E. D. 64 sh. 16 l. 68: with wife Elizabeth, real estate $2,400			Tax records
1900-1906	chaser #27	20.00	res. 1179 Elmwood Aveo.	PCD
	Williamena, bookkeeper		b. 1179 Elmwood
	Miss Minnie W., bookkeeper, 436 Friendship		h. 1179 Elmwood
18 May 1907	transferred to O2
April 1908	transferred to V2
June 1909	returned to O1 from V1
19 Oct.	left
1 Nov. 1910	died, cirrhosis of the liver			RIDR v. 246; 1911 PCD
1912	Elizabeth, widow of James G.
1915	Williamena but not Elizabeth

Shakel, Albert Edward
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
29 April 1864	born, London, England, son of George S. & Sarah Furby
1885	to U. S.
2 Nov. 1886	hired; room 62, #33			PBk I 9: 100
	married Elizabeth F. Dredge, who predeceased him
1900	chaser #32; only George listed in PCD
1902-07			h. 115 Narragansett	PCD 754
1908-12			h. 892 Elmwood Av.	PCD 562
1913			h. 157 Melmose	PCD 614
21 Oct. 1917	Elizabeth Flore (b. 1865) died; buried Swan Point
1919	chaser		h. 35 Holmes	PCD 681
1921	chaser		bds. 20 Holmes	PCD 717
1922	chaser		res. 20 Holmes	PCD 754
1923-26	chaser		res. 87 Sterling	PCD 796
1927	chaueser		res. 27 Wildwood Av.	PCD 1177
1928	chaser		res. 27 Wildwood Av.	PCD 1236
	worked on ETT set
1929	chaser		res. 27 Wildwood Av.	PCD 1248
1 June	pensioned			pension list
1933	removed to Eden Park			PCD 784
1935			32 Kilgore, Eden Park	CD 266
1936-50			32 Davis	CD 274
7 Dec. 1951	died; obituary Providence Journal Sunday 9 Dec.; buried Swan Point.
'Member of the Quarter of a Century Club (at Gorham) Loyal Order of the Moose, British Club, and the Independent British Club' (obit.).

Shakel, Frank, chaser #26 (1892?)
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
Sept. 1890	chaser #26			PBk. 11: 194
Sept. 1892	chaser #26			PBk. 11: 88
26 Nov. 1894	chaser #26			PBk. O 15: 15
12 Dec. 1899	left desk 36; became a musician in New York; replaced by G. Achillertim
29 April 1923	died, NYC

Shakel, George W. F.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 July 1857	born, England
8 Mar. 1880	chaser #16			PBk. G 7: 46
17 Aug.	chaser #16			PBk. G 7: 74
25 Oct.	chaser #16			PBk. G 7: 92
3 Jan. 1881		18.00
1O0 Jan.	chaser #17			PBk. G 7: 110
24 March	'Eglantine chasing' on oblong waiter for 260 hours			Spec. Cost Bk. 34: 178
2 Jan. 1882	room 62, through 1 Jan. 1883	20.00
12 Nov. 1886	emp. card says began, but see above. It was Albert who was hired in 1886.		lived 58 Pavilion Ave.
1899			bds. 76 Rugby	PCD 720
1900	chaser #33
17 Sep.	last pay			PBk. T 168
	listed pp. 242-243 through November, but no pay entries
	chaser (only Shakel listed)		b. 76 Rugby	PCD 716
1 Jan. 1901	replaced by E. L. Lewis, an apprentice			PBk.
	bds. John H. Broadhead, chaser		owned h. at 76 Rugby	PHD 710
	'removed to England'			PCD 781
July 1902	returns from England			PBk. V 22: 190, 288
1903				PCD*
1905	'George removed to New Hampshire'			PCD 674
1906	'at Gorham's		bds. 13 Richardson'	PCD 701
1924	wage reduced
24 Dec. 1926	died; buried North Burial Ground

Shale, J.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 Jan. 1866		17.00		2:

Shaw, Thomas
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1839	born, England
27 Mar. 1865	was advanced $46.80 for passage			PBk B, p. 1 at end
				PCD*
29 M'ay	employed			Day Bk B, last pg. of 12 April entries
1866	silversmith		res. 17 Jenckes	PCD 157
1867	12 Steeple St.		h. N. Prov.
	PCD 174; NPTB 64, Dist. 9, reel 1500. District 9 became part of Providence in 1874
1869				NPTB 63, Dist. 9, reel 1500
1870				NPTB 63, Dist. 9, reel 1500
Jan.	room 50			PBk D 106
20 June	'works for silversmith'; age at last birthday 31
	Pawtucket Census, p. 85, dwelling 471, family 776: wife Sarah, age 31; children Eva M., age 8, born England; Francis H., age 7, born England; Annie S., age 5, born England; Kate M., age 3, born Rhode Island; Flora, age 2, born Rhode Island; Walter, age 7 months, born Rhode Island
1871				NPTB 64, Dist. 9, reel 1,500
1872	silversmith, 12 Steeple St.		h. Chase's Place	PCD 240
22 Jan.		35.00		PBk E 51, last entry
1874	silversmith		h. 260 Potter	PCD 266
1876	Adams & Shaw Co., electro platers, 33 Beverly		h. 18 Westfield	PCD 308
	classified ad PCD 391
1877	PCD*; for career after Gorham see Carpenter, Ti0/00ffany Silver

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