Gorham Roster of Craftsmen

Taylor, Daniel C. to Village, Thomas

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Taylor, Daniel C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 Aug. 1871	chaser; from London	20.00		Indenture #42 (6: 188)
1874	chaser		h. 167 High	PCD 288
21 Aug. 1876	room 62			Pbk F 188
23 Oct.	room 62			Pbk F 208
1 Jan. 1877		18.00		Pbk F 208
1878	chaser, 46 Page, and fish, 198 Cranston		h. 110 Harrison	PCD 321
3 Jan. 1881		20.00	46 Clemence	Pbk F 208; PCD
1882	'electrician'		h. 49 Clemence	PCD
2 Jan. 1882		20.00		Pbk F 208
1 Jan. 1883	room 62	20.00		Pbk F 208
1886	Mrs., dressmaker		h. 49 Clemence	PCD
4 Jan.	room 62	20.00		Pbk F 208
	Chased by Taylor: Cost Book Special E vol. 34: B-86 Vase, p. 138; C-52 Tray, p. 136; C-95 Cracker Box, p. 137.

Taylor, Thomas
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1822	born, England			Census
ca. 1847	son William born, England; wife Mary			Census
ca. 1850	daughter Mary born, Pennsylvania			Census
ca. 1851	son Edward born, Connecticut			Census
ca. 1859	son Albert born, Connecticut			Census
1859				PCD*
1860	daughter Minnie born, Providence			Census
2 Nov. 1861	payroll
	bloodstone burnisher		h. 122 N. Main	PCD 146
18 Oct. 1862	(1st)	24.00		Payroll
2 July 1864		30.00		Pbk B, 1st p.
21 Aug. 1865				Pbk B
	burnisher		h. 122 N. Main	PCD 154
23 Nov. 1868		40.00		Pbk C 262
1870	burnisher, 12 Steeple		h. N. P. [North Providence]	PCD 235
	Pawtucket Census p. 88, dwelling 489, family 493: burnisher, age 48, born England; wife Mary, age 46; 10 children: son William H., age 23, burnisher, born England; daughter Mary J., age 20, born Pennsylvania; son Edward J., age 19, burnisher, born Connecticut; daughter Annie E., age 17, born Connecticut; son Walter, age 15, born Connecticut; son Albert, age 11, born Connecticut; daughter Minnie, age 10, born Rhode Island; son James, age 6, born Rhode Island; daughter Lois, age 4, born Rhode Island
1874	bloodstone burnisher mfg. 52 Friendship			PCD 288
1878				PCD* PDR*

Thabard see Chabard, Adolphe

Thomae, Charles
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
Aug. 1871	born, Marktredwitz, Bavaria			1900 Census
ca. 1887	immigrated to New York
	studied medicine at Bellevue Hospital; his anatomy drawings, in possession of his grandson, Charles F. Thomae, reveal artistic ability
22 Feb. 1897	employed; chaser			PCD*
1898	'Thomas'; chaser		h. 63 Elmwood	PCD
Feb. 1899	switches from die cutter room A to chasers room L			Pbk R 18: 24
1900	chaser #37; 20.00; Gorham emp. cd. lists him as 'Chester'
	Census Ward 7 E. D. 64 s. 9: wife Margaret, 2 daughters; rented from Ernest Regester
1900-01	'Thomas'		h. 135 Reservoir	PCD
1902				PCD*
6 Sept. 1902	left, to work at Watson, Attleboro, Mass.
	'Charles Thomae was superintendent of the Watson Co. for several years and developed enameling and a line of novelties and dresserware till it reached the importance of a separate business. ... Chas Thomae & Son, Inc., was established August 1, 1920 by... Charles Thomae and his son, Herbert L. Thomae. They made novelty goods of 14K gold and ster~ling silver...'-- Rainwater, Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, p. 201.
	John H. Harmstone became a partner (editorial in Attleboro Sun 6 Sept. 1958).
2 Sept. 1958	died; editorial in Attleboro Sun, 6 Sept.
	Interview with Florence Thomae Colmetz, Friday 27 Nov. 1992. Charles Thomae was born, of a Protestant family in Marktredwitz, Bavaria; parents came to America with 5 or 6 children, through Ellis Island; settled in New York German-language community. As a boy he had a job lighting lamps in the Bowery. Among his brothers, Christopher worked for Valentine Co. & perfected a finish for airplanes. Mrs. Colmetz said that C. T. had no formal schooling.
	Charles Thomae married _____?
	Children: Florence (Colmetz), Pembroke class of 1919; taught in New Hampshire schools; married, moved to Florida, divorced, married Richard Colmetz (q. v.); Marion (Horton); Charles; Herbert; Helen.
	C. T. worked on bronze doors of Newport 'cottage' -- Breakers?
	C. T. met Otto Colmetz in N. Y. and followed him to Providence to work for Gorham. He was a friend of Fred Briggs, Watson's son-in-law; CT travelled to Europe with Briggs in 1913.
	When the business couldn't support Charles G. Thomae during the mid-Depression, Fred Straker got him a job teaching jewelry in the vocational school, which he held for five years. A group of die-cutters taught by Charles G. existed in Attleboro for years (from Charles F. Thomae).

Thompson, Henry
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 Jan. 1866	Set maker; from Birmingham	20.00		Indenture #31 (2:

Thompson, William T.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
13 April 1865	born, England
12 Oct. 1886	employed	16.00
1900	chaser #30
27 Nov. 1905		45.00
1915	chaser		h. 179 Gallup	PCD 691
1918	chaser		h. 179 Gallup	PCD 731
	left for another position
1919	no occupation		h. 179 Gallup	PCD 735
1921	watchman, 109 Union Station		h. 179 Gallup	PCD 814
1923	RR police, Union Station			PCD 860
1929	watchman, 19 Union Station; wife Jeanne A.		109 Cass	PCD 1321
16 July 1933	died			1934 PCD 808

Thornton, W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 Jan. 1881		20.00

Thurber, GorhUam
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
April 1825	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Dexter Thurber
	entered employ of Franklin Foundry as clerk
1850	entered partnership with cousin John Gorham
1865	first treasurer of corporation
April 1888	resigned
8 Sept. 1888	died; obit. Manufacturing Jeweler V: 1 (Oct. 1888), p. 41

Thurber, Isaac B.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
8 April 1835	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of Isaac & Lucy
1851-59	bookkeeper
1859-64	agent of the company's New York office
1864	left
1872	returned
1874	started the Assaying Department; remained in charge until his death
1893	foreman, room O
1894	'assayer'		h. 518 Broad	PCD 669
1915	'chemist,' age 79		204 Lexington	RIC 314. P 22
	wife Emaline M. D., age 77, physician in h. practice
	son John H., age 51, also chemist
12 Jan. 1921	died, age 85 years, 9 months, 4 days, of cranial damage-- hit by an electrical car as he was crossing the street, Providence. Listed as a chemist.

Tomey, Alfred
1892	'Removed from City' (no other entry)			PCD

Tomey, Mary
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
May 1858	born, England
4 Oct. 1882E	married Henry Heath, a chaser at Gorham			RI Marriage Index

Tomey, Samuel, polisher at Gorham; lists himself as glasscutter in later directories
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1834	born, son of Nathaniel & Mary			RIDR
1878				PCD*
24 Oct. 1881	hired
1882	Alfred, George, William, silversmiths		bd. 163 George	PCD
1883	'Polisher'		h. 168 George	PCD
1884	room 36 #15			Pbk H 8: 112
1886	Polisher		168 George	PCD
1888	room 36 # 15			Pbk J 10: 162
1890	'Glasscutter'		h. 168 George	PCD
1892	'Glasscutter'; Alfred removed from city		h. 149 Roger Williams	PCD
1895-98	'Glasscutter'		h. 149 Roger Williams Ave.	PCD
1900	Room Y, #15			Pbk 20: 122
	Census E. D. 64 s. 10 l. 61
1905	'Glasscutter'		149 Roger Williams Ave.	PCD
1 May 1909	pensioned	13.50/mo.
2 April 1911	died, age 77		h. 72 Burnett
	ProJo. 3 April (Mon.) p. 3, Death Notice; RIDR (says died 1 April)
	widow Hannah; daughter Esther, dressmaker
20 May 1920	Hannah, widow of Samuel			RIDR

Tomey, William H., chaser #5 1880-1892
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1878/1880				PCD*
9 Aug. 1880	design, Room 11			Pbk 7 G 62
25 Oct.	Design Room			p. 78; chasers are in room 62
	chaser #5, through 1892
1881	'silversmith'		bds. 274 No. Main	PCD 378
	chaser, room 38, #5			Pbk 9 J
2 Jan. 1882		25.00
1 Jan. 1883	room 62; irreg.	26.00
1886	chased 1310 Pitcher
27 Dec.				p. 116
	chaser		168 George	PCD 446
March 1887		27.00		p. 154
2 May		30.00		p. 192
9 July 1888				Pbk 10 J 52
17 Sept.		30.00		Pbk 10 J 90
Nov. 1889	executed 'a fine specimen of damoscened work in iron, with gold and silver decorations' for 1889 Paris Exposition-- p. 322; on the damascened plate see my article in Silver, Sept./Oct. 1994
1890	chaser		h. 151 Bucklin	PCD 555
Jan. 1891	chasers in Room D, #5			Pbk 11 K 292
May 1892	Room D			Pbk 12 L 310
	chaser		123 Burnett	PCD 615
1-6 Aug.				Pbk 13 M 10-11
8-13 Aug.	gone; space blank			Pbk 13 M 75
1894				PCD*
	PDR records stillbirth to William Tomey & wife

Toner, John, designer
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
	born, Ireland
15 Mar. 1893	hired, Room FF
1900	'silversmith'		h. 10 Hyat	PCD
20 June 1903	left
	with brother Luke			PCD
Luke (born, Ireland, 2 May 1862) was a Providence policeman. John sometimes lived with him. After retiring from the police, Luke worked as a guard, 25 Aug.-27 Oct. 1917, at $2.20 per night ($0.375 per hour).

Totten, Lowell E., 'last of the engravers'
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
10 April 1921	born
1937	started apprenticeship as a spinner but supervisors throught someone larger should be required and he was moved to engraving to complete his training
27 April	hired
Oct. 1942	joined the U. S. Navy, served on a destroyer in the Pacific theatre
14 Nov. 1944	married Dorothy E. Smith
Oct. 1945	end of military service
16 Nov.	returned to work
1946	filer, Gorham's		h. 103 Pocasset Ave.	PCD 681
1961	filer, Gorham's		h. 3 Cottage Circle	CCD 435
1972	eng. Gorham		h. 3 Cottage Circle	CCD *542
1984	retired
1997			3 Cottage Circle, Cranston	phone book

Tucker, Alfred Albert
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
8 Jan. 1879	born, Providence, son of Michael Tucker & Mary Diamond (b. New Jersey)
	PDR; 1905 census says born 1880; no birth record found
1904	at Gorham		bds. 11 Gladstone	PCD 72
1905	'mechanical draughtsman'		lives with father	RI Census
1908	at Gorham		h. 71 Laura	PCD 613
1913	(Tucker & Guilemette) 1056 Westminster		bds. 28 1/2 Providence	PCD 671
1934	Designer		123 Governor	PCD 816
	wife Elizabeth J. Mahoney Tucker
25 Dec. 1940	died, Providence, age 61 years 11 months 17 days; 'Jewelry Designer, Retired'; buried Saint Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket			1941 PCD 742; PDR

Tucker, Alpheus C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 April 1848	born, Johnston, R. I., son of William C. & Dorcas A. (parents U. S.-born)
17 Nov. 1864	hired
1880	silversmith		h. Westfield	PCD 365
1893	silversmith		h. 9 Westfield	PCD 653
	foreman, room J (11 men)	30.00		PBk N #16
1894	silversmith			PCD 678
1900	foreman, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 182 Lexington	PCD 789
1905 Census	silversmith, Gorham; Baptist; age 57		182 Lexington
1 July 1907	retired	44.00/month
14 Oct. 1927	died, age 75 years			PDR 29: 355 says 14 Oct. 1926

Tuelle, Charles
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 Jan. 1866		1.50		2:
14 Jan. 1867		2.00		3:
13 Jan. 1868		3.00		3:
4 Jan. 1869		3.00		3:

Turner, George L.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 Feb. 1898	hired
1900	'modeler'		b. 649 Prairie	PCD 790
1901	'modeler'		b. 649 Prairie	PCD 863
1905	One of 15 designers who signed testimonial to Edward Holbrook (others were W. C. Codman, Fred A. Jordan, J. E. Straker).
1906	'modeler'		b. 649 Prairie	PCD 763
17 Feb.	left
1907, 1908				PCD*

Turner, Samuel J. (senior), chaser
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1863, 1864				PCD*
1865	'Samuel S.' silversmith		h. r. 2 Lippitt	PCD
1866	'Samuel S.' silversmith		h. r. 2 Lippitt	PCD
1 Jan.		25.00		2: & 3:
1867	silversmith		3 Lippitt	PCD
1868	silversmith		Lippitt, ab. Camp	PCD
1869	chaser		Lippitt, ab. Camp	PCD
4 Jan. 1869		25.00		2: & 3:
1870	chaser		Lippitt, ab.~ Camp	PCD
10 Jan.		18.00		4:
10 Jan.		22.00		4:
2 Jan. 1871		24.00
1874	chaser		37 Chalkstone Ave.	PCD 296
1876	worked 10 1/2 weeks on the Century Vase
1878 - 1880	chaser		4 Doyle Ave.	PCD
1881	chaser		135 Doyle	PCD
1882	chaser		rear 883 N. Main	PCD
1883	chaser		rear 883 N. Main	PCD 428
1890				PCD*

Turner, Samuel J. Jr.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1856	born, son of Samuel & Emily
4 Jan. 1869	apprentice	1.50		3:
10 Jan. 1870	apprentice	1.20		4:
1 Jan. 1872	listed, not paid
1874	chaser		37 Chalkstone Ave.	PCD
1878	chaser		37 Chalkstone	PCD 296
3 Jan. 1881	chaser	15.00	434 N. Main	PCD
2 Jan. 1882		14.00
1 Jan. 1883	room 62	14.00
	chaser		h. 46 Vernon	PCD 428
22 Feb. 1885	died, age 29			RIDR
1886	engraver, d. 22 Feb. '86 [sic]			PCD

Turner, Thomas
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 Jan. 1867		21.00		3:
	chaser		bds. 316 N. Main	PCD 194
4 Jan. 1869		18.00		3:
	chaser		bds. 316 N. Main	PCD 204
1874	chaser		h. 264 Pine	PCD 297
1880				PCD*

Twilton, F. H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 Jan. 1881		22.00

Tysall, Alfred
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
19 July 1871	Silversmith; from London	18.00		Indenture #54 (4: s354)
1874, 1878				PCD*

Underwood, Edward
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
18 Jan. 1866	Brazier; from Birmingham	20.00		Indenture #36 (2:

Vierling, Frank X., chaser #37; son of John; no employment card
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
23 Feb. 1903	1st entry			Payroll 23 bk. W 136
1903				PCD*
1904				PCD*
1905			bds. 74 Algonquin w/ 4 brothers	PCD 747
17 April 1907	last entry			Payroll 31 Bk AA 127
1909	chaser		at 21 Holmes	PCD 618
1910	Arthur, Charles F., John, Frank X., chaser		at 21 Holmes	PCD
1911	Arthur, Charles F., John, Frank X., chaser		at 21 Holmes	PCD 665
1912			187 Reservoir	PCD 674
1919	chaser		bds. 187 Reservoir Ave.	PCD*
1921				PCD*

Vierling, John J., silversmith, Gorham
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1879	born, son of John & Margaret
29 Aug. 1904	hired
14 April 1905	left
23 May	returned at reduced salary
23 Feb. 1906	left
23 Aug. 1907	died, age 28			PDR 22: 417; 1908 PCD 621

Vigurs, George Edward
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
8 Sept. 1868	born, England
	married Jennie
15 Jan. 1891	hired
1892	at Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 40 Pavilion	PCD 627
1920	Gorham's		h. 53 Woodmont	PCD 795
1930	Gorham's		h. 53 Woodmont	PCD 1339
1 Feb. 1934	pensioned
1941			h. 53 Woodmont	PCD
14 Dec. 1949	died, age 81

Vigurs, Lester S.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
26 Mar. 1897	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of George Vigurs, an English-born silversmith
1900	Census E.D. 55 s. 9 l. 21
26 June 1911	c/o W. B. Durgin	0.07
18 Nov. 1912	to O3
30 Dec.	to O1	0.05
8 April 1918		0.34
29 May	left, Govt. work
8 Mar. 1919	reinstated, O1, #14	0.50
1920	Gorham's		bds. 53 Woodmont w/ father	PCD 795
25 May 1921	left, no work; to International in Meriden, Conn. as chaser, with John Rutland who worked as a model maker at Gorham in 1996-97.

Village, Thomas
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 Jan. 1866		16.00		2:
1870				PCD*