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Waddell, Hugh, Jr. to Zior, Edward

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Waddell, Hugh, Jr.				card
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
6 May 1891	born, Providence
1915	jeweler		bds. 56 Eudora	PCD 710
7 Aug. 1916		0.36
15 Oct. 1917		0.38
6 April 1918	left, laid off
14 Oct. 1919	0-2-7	0.58
29 Dec.	advance	0.65
1920	chaser		bds. 301 Swan	PCD 797
4 Feb.	0-1-44	0.65
28 July	Left, no work
1925	'jeweler'		h. 301 Swan w/ father	PCD 1219
1 June	0-1-21	0.65
	chasers' photo: '5 years'			Silver Tongue
8 April 1929	advance	0.70
1 Dec. 1930	left, dissatisfied: Herman White says he was a grump.
1932	'jeweler'		r. 301 Swan	PCD 758
1937	0-1-7	0.66
1940			h. 17 Ocean	PCD 758
13 July 1943	Left, no work
1945			h. 16 1/2 Ocean	PCD 689
1950			h. 16 1/2 Ocean	PCD 674
1955			h. 16 1/2 Ocean	PCD 680
1960	chaser, L. G. Balfour (Attleboro)		h. 16 1/2 Ocean	PCD 991
1965	retired		14 Ocean	PCD 1042
1966, 1968, 1970				PCD*

Walker, Halford N.: see my article in Silver XXX. 1, Jan.-Feb. 1998, p. 16-19
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
9 June 1887	born, Birmingham, England, son of Charles Walker
22 Oct. 1901	employed, age 14, apprentice	0.0O5/hr.
28 Dec. 1901	left
6 Jan. 1902	returned
24 March	transferred to 'W'
9 Jan. 1904		0.0667/hr.
10 Jan. 1905		0.08334/hr.
11 June 1906		0.10/hr.
12 June 1907		0.1167/hr.
Jan. 1908	journeyman	0.20/hr.
1909		0.25/hr.	bds. 11 Rounds Ave.	PCD
1910-1911			Roger Williams Ave.	PCD
28 Oct. 1912	left, 'laid off' 15 Jan. 1913
1913			bds. 36 Frances Ave. w/ father	CCD
Oct. 1914	rm. O-2 (chasers of lesser skill)	0.29/hr.
1915		0.32/hr.
1916			398 Wellington Ave.	CCD
19 May 1917	enlisted in Rhode Island National Guard, 4th Company Coast Artillery, age 29 years 11 months, 127 lbs., 66 3/4 inches; res. 398 Wellington Ave., Cranston, with father; reports last employer Mt. Vernon silversmith, 9 months.
23 July	entered U. S. Army, age 30
1919	Charles, jeweler		h. 398 Wellington Av. Auburn	CCD 186
	removed to Providence
1 April	returned; chaser #17, rm. O-2	0.48/hr.	h. 576 Westminster St.	PCD
2 July		0.50/hr. (inflation)
4 Aug.		0.55/hr. (inflation)
29 Dec.		0.62/hr. (inflation)
2 Feb. 1920O	transferred to room O-1; chaser #54	0.62/hr.	h. 576 Westminster	PCD
31 May		0.69/hr.
12 Aug.	left, 'no work,' age 33
1921			h. 576 Westminster	PCD
1922			h. 108 Providence	PCD 843
1923				PCD*
1924	engineer		h. 19 Corinth	PCD
1925	stationary engineer; wife Ada F.		h. 136 Terrace Av. Arlington	CCD 219
1926 & 1927				CCD*
1927	engineer		h. 19 Corinth	PCD
1928+				PCD*

Washington, Joseph see Aspin, Joseph Steed (changed name in 1904)

Waterbury, William H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1908-1912	employed in Newport (Rhode Island) store. ('the cases were those we had made for Paris Exposition in 1900 I sold to Benson & Hedges')
1930	retired
3 May 1935	letter to H. C. Hoyt in Archives

Webster, Christopher
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 July 1853	born, New York City			payroll cd.
20 Feb. 1871	employed; apprentice; made cane heads			payroll cd.
1880			h. 106 Gallup	PCD 376
1893	silversmith		h. 98 Mitchell	PCD 672
	foreman, room V (28 men)			Pbk N #16
1900	foreman, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 146 Adelaide	PCD 810
5 Feb.		32.00	lived 216 Adelaide Av.	payroll cd.
O10 Feb. 1902		35.00		payroll cd.
4 Feb. 1907		38.00		payroll cd.
1910	silversmith		h. 98 Mitchell	PCD 720
7 Feb.		40.00		payroll cd.
1 May 1916	'10 Per C. Advance'	44.00		payroll cd.
9 July 1917	'To Pension Roll'	83.83/month		payroll cd.
1 June 1931	died, age 77+ (PDR says age 56)

Webster, Henry Lamson
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
25 Oct. 1808	born, Portland, Maine, son of Ebenezer & Nancy P.
	apprenticed in Boston with Lewis Cary
1831	partnership with Jabez Gorham in Gorham & Webster
1837	Gorham, Webster & Price
1840 or 41	H. L. Webster & Co. Carpenter (p. 29) says firm was on Meeting Street and named H. C. Webster & Co.
1841	became manager at Nehemiah Harding in Boston
184?-1852	Spoon Foreman at Gorham
1850	One of a committee of three who petitioned to reduce workday from eleven hours to ten
			101 Benefit St., Prov.
1852	formed partnership with Joseph B. Knowles for the manufacture of silverware as Webster & Knowles; bought out Farrington & Salisbury
1859	admitted Samuel J. Ladd into the firm
1864	Webster wIithdrew; firm name changed to Knowles & Ladd
25 Nov. 1864	died, age 56 years 1 month, consumption, Providence; h. 101 Benefit St.			PDR Bk. 64: 942.
	Both Carpenter & Jewelers Circle say Webster died in 1865.
1875	Webster & Knowles became J. B. & S. M. Knowles; source: Jewelers Circle & Horological Review, May 22 & 29, 1895 (copy in Archives, Historical Scrapbook), reprinted in Silver Nov./Dec. 1990 p.15.

Weeden, Henry A.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1858				PCD*
1859	engraver		h. 128 Richmond	PCD
1861	engraver, 12 Steeple St.			PCD
6 April		18.00
1865	engraver		h. 112 Carpenter	PCD
1866	engraver		h. 112 Carpenter	PCD
1867-69				PCD; PDR

Weigert, Frank L.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 Feb. 1865	born, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
15 Jan. 1891	hired, room O2 (46 9 W)		lived YMCA, Broad Street
Nov. 1899	chased (2554) Vase selected for the Paris Exposition
1900	Chased A(3276) Centerpiece for the Paris Exposition
15 Feb. 1909	overseer of O2 chasers	28.00
25 May 1921	Left, no work
28 Sept. 1925	O-1-15	0.85/hour
1926	Ford Trophy. 'This is an example of some of the most wonderful scenery chasing The Gorham Company has ever done. Mr. Frank L. Weigert, one of Gorham's leading Master Craftsmen, executed this excellent chasing. It was his last and best work, as he passed away a few days later.' Mettle 1: 2. 3, 15 June 1926
2 May	died

Wendt, Karl
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
8 Mar. 1865	born, Germany
1890	to U. S.
8 Aug. 1892	employed
1900	chaser #1	22.00
	real estate worth $2,820		6 McKinley St.	Tax records
	Census E.D. 65 sh. 21 l. 64: wife Helen; mother-in-law Helen Bihrens, son John F.
1 Jan. 1932	pensioned	68.29/mo.	res. 58 Lexington Ave.
12 Feb. 1936	died, New Haven, Conn.; obit?

Westcott, William
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 Jan. 1877		18.00		Indenture #51 (
1880				PCD*
3 Jan. 1881	room 62	19.00
28 March	chased D86 Oyster Tureen, 90 hours			Special Cost Bk. 34: 178
1882	chaser		bds. 89 Ship	PCD 413
1883	chaser		bds. 89 Ship	PCD 442
7 Jan. 1884	room 62	19.00

Whipp, William H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 Nov. 1844	born, England
4 Aug. 1868	employed
22 Mar. 1881	overseer
1 Feb. 1891	Assistant Superintendent
1893	foreman, room G	40.00		PBk N
1900	assistant superintendent, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 501 Potter Av.	PCD 817
1915	assistant superintendent, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 497 Potter	PCD 725
11 Nov. 1920	pensioned	100.00/mo.
25 June 1928	died, Providence (obit in Mfg. Jeweler?)

Whitaker, Albert John				Indenture #48 (

White, F. C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
6 Jan. 1879		3.00

White, F. W.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
3 Jan. 1881	apprentice	5.00
2 Jan. 1882		6.00

White, Francis (Frank)
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1840 (ca.)	born, London, England, son of Charles C. & Agnes Read
	married Julia Harriet Adams
1870				PCD*
5 Jan. 1874	foreman, chasing room	24.00	h. Gano cor. George	4:
1876	worked seven weeks on the Century Vase
1 Jan. 1877	room 62	26.00		PBk. F 118
1878	chaser		h. 3 Louise	PCD
6 Jan. 1879		24.00
5 Jan. 1880	chaser	25.00	h. 39 Lockwood	PCD
3 Jan. 1881		27.00
1882	chaser		h. 39 Lockwood	PCD
2 Jan. 1884	room 62	30.00
Jan. 1886	room 62	30.00
1888	chased 310 & 311 Tureen			cost bk. 6: 189
	chased 311 Double Dish			cost bk. 6: 179
	chased 2564 Jardiniere			cost bk. 6: 99
1890	chaser		98 Atlantic Ave.	PCD
1897	chaser		h. 14 Adelaide Ave.	PCD
1904	Francis, chaser		h. 299 Mass. Ave.	PCD 743
1905	Francis, chaser		h. 299 Mass. Ave.	PCD 767
1914	Francis, chaser		h. 853 Elmwood	PCD 733
1915	Francis, chaser		h. 853 Elmwood	PCD 727
	RI Census E.D. 312: Z l. 34: White, Julia H., mother, age 74		853 or 851 Elmwood
	White, Fred H., head, age 40, grocery clerk; White, Daisy, sisteIr, age 47, dressmaker; (Francis must have been at the Howard State Hospital already)
1916, 1917				PCD*
21 Dec. 1917	'Frank' died, age 77, Cranston, Rhode Island State Infirmary; buried Oakland Cemetery			State Archive, 1917 CDR 84
1918	Mrs. Frank White; Daisy White, dressmaker; Fred White, clerk		851 Elmwood	PSD 435
18 Oct. 1919	Julia Harriet Adams, widow of Francis White, died, age 78 years 7 months 26 days; born London, England, daughter of William Adams & Sarah Thoroughgood; 200 Grace St., Cranston; buried Oakland Cemetery			CCD 46
30 April 1920	son Frederick H. White died, age 43 years 6 months 8 days, tuberculosis; buried Oakland Cemetery; born England		res. 200 Grace St., Cranston	RIDR 215.

White, Francis ('Frank' crossed out) HerbOert, Jr.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 Aug. 1863	born, London, England, son of Francis White & Julia Adams
4 Feb. 1878	employed
1 Jan. 1883	room 62	17.00
5 Jan. 1885	room 62	17.00
1888	as Francis White, Jr. chased 310 18-inch Meat Dish			cost bk. 6: 178
1900	chaser #8
1904	chaser		h. 22 Adelaide Ave.	PCD 748
1911	chaser		h. 28 Atlantic Ave.	PCD 682
1914	chaser		h. 28 Atlantic Ave.	PCD 733
1915	chaser		h. 28 Atlantic Ave.	PCD 727
1916	chaser		h. 28 Atlantic Ave.	PCD 743
	wife Linda
1924			h. 82 Updike	PCD 902
18 Jan.	pensioned	69.70/mo.
18 Nov.	died (PCD 123 says 1925), age 61 years 3 months 17 days, diabetes; buried Locust Grove Cemetery; Prov. Death Cert. 3292			res. 82 Updike

White, Herman S.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
26 Dec. 1912	born, Providence, Rhode Island, son of John D. & Annie W.
1928	began work at Gorham in the mail room
22 Jan. 1929	began in chasing room as apprentice at desk #35. The first task assigned to an apprentice was to clean the spittoons.
	completed apprenticeship; received the full $200.00 for completion (no deductiEons for comportment-- reflecting, he said, the fact that although an instigator of pranks he was never caught) HSW showed the interviewer three miniature pitchers (ca. 7/8-inch high), each one made from a single Lincoln-head one-cent piece: a remarkable feat of moving metal. studied modelling with Hugo Carlborg at RISD. While White was in the Design Department as a modeller, there was one man listed as chaser whom White termed a blacksmith (Cheryl Greene, 7 Sept. 1997).
1930				PCD*
1933	married
	made foreman of chasers
ca. 1947	photo of HSW chasing (he didn't actually do the work: foremen weren't allowed by union rules) used in publicity campaign
year?	moved to design room, partly on recommendation of Carlborg, who considered him the best student he had taught
Dec. 1977	retired
25 July 1995	interviewed at 10 Tanglewood, North Providence
Dec.	died

White, J. H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
5 Jan. 1880	apprentice	4.00

White, James
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
2 Jan. 1882	room 62, through 1 Jan. 1883	18.00

Whyte, Samuel H.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
11 Dec. 1872o	born, Ireland
23 Mar. 1898	employed Gorham	33.334
16 April 1900	Room PP, silversmith	36.67	376 Bucklin St.
22 June 1901	left
15 Sept. 1902	F	33.20
2 July 1903	left
22 Mar. 1916	M3	36.67
2 July 1917		42.50
16 July 1918	left
29 July	reinstated
22 Oct. 1930	left, unknown

Wilcox, Elias
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
20 Nov. 1865				Indenture #2 (2:

Wilcox, J.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1893	foreman, room FF (6 men)	20.00		PBk N #16
1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1900, PCD*

Wilkinson, George. See Elaine Swearengen Draper, The Wilkinson Family Story, vol. I, mineographed [1988]
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
13 April 1819	born, Birmingham, England, son of George, an accountant, & Ann Waterhouse
31 Mar. 1847	married Harriet Butterworth
	'he is a widower and die sinker'			Draper 9
1849	designed Alhambra flatware			cf. Draper 6
6 July 1854	arrived Boston on S. S. Sea Flower
-1859	worked at Ames in Chicopee, Massachusetts
29 May 1857	son John born, South Boston, Massachusetts
16 Jan. 1858	employed by Gorham		h. 7 Wheaton	PCD
1859			59 Congdon	PCD
5 Sept.	Masonic membership transferred from Chicopee
Jan. 1860	partner in Rogers, Wendt & Wilkinson			cf. obit., Draper 131 & 29
8 Aug.	partnership of Rogers, Wendt & Wilkinson dissolved			cf. obit., Draper 131 & 29
	return to Gorham
1861	took a cut of half his pay for six months in the face of Civil War threat			Director's minutes
1863	Given 25 (of 300) shares of stock in company when it incorporated
7 June 1864	Medallion flatware pattern patented
1864?	In an obituary probably written by his good friend John F. P. Lawton, discussions on art between Wilkinson and [Thomas] Buchanan Reed (1822-1872) were remembered vividly. These must have occurred during Reed's Civil War lecture circuits, during which he and James Edward Murdock would read Reed's patriotic poems (cf. DAB). Reed returned to Rome to live after the Civil War (he is best remembered today for his poem and painting on Phil Sheridan's ride). 'No one was a more interesting teller upon art subjects, none enjoyed the sflociety of artists more. His interviews with Buchanan Reed, when that great artist was visiting here, are remembered by many, especially by those who were so fortunately situated as to be able to engage, in a manner, in the conversation. Each enjoyed the society of the other, as true artists would be expected to do' (Draper, p. 132).
1865	moved to 113 Hope Street
9 Nov. 1866	became U. S. citizen
14 Feb. 1867	'Thursday 14 February. ...voted That Mr. Wilkinson be requested to make his arrangements for a Trip to Europe for the purpose of attending the 'Paris Exposition' obtaining all the information he can that will be of service to this Company and that the expenses of the trip for himself and his wife be paid by the Company' -- Stockholders' Minutes, p. 13
11 May 1867	date of passport. Height listed as 5 ft 5 1/2 inches. A full-size xerox copy is on the Gorham Archive, Brown University, in GW's file.
18 Mar. 1868	son Robert born
	moved to Academy Ave., Mount Pleasant areaU of Providence
1871	made superintendent of works
19 Feb. 1876	moved to 109 Smith Street; deed in Harriet's name			cf. Draper 41
1878	possible trip to Japan & China
1888	Wilkinson studied the Waltham Watch Factory plant for ideas for the new Gorham plant. An album of his drawings is in the Gorham Design room.
16 July 1889	moved to 77 Melrose			cf. Crins Diary quoted by Draper, 108
30 June 1891	patent 20,901 spoon assigned to Holmes & Edwards, Bridgeport, Conn.			cf. Draper 212
16 Nov.	W. C. Codman employed
1893	'One of the society events of the season in Providence was the marriage on the 18th inst., by the Rev. Geo. McClellan Fiske, D. O., of Miss Ruth Wilkinson, daughter of Mr. Geo. Wilkinson, superintendent of the Gorham Mfg. Co.'s work, to Francis Bradford Wheaton.' --Manufacturing Jeweler XII: 4, 25 Jan. 1893, p. 135.
	retired
Feb. 1894	while visiting Florida underwent an attack of mild paralysis			cf. Crins Diary quoted by Draper, 121
28 Dec.	died. Obit. from Manufacturing Jeweler; a co>py in scrapbook in Gorham Archive, I. S. 9, p. 127
24 Oct. 1896	wife Harriet died

Wilkinson, Walter, designer
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1 May 1853	born, Birmingham, England, son of George Wilkinson
7 Sept. 1868	signed indenture of apprenticeship			Draper, 50-51
	apprenticed with silverplate dept.
1871	room 50			Pbk
1876	worked 20 weeks on the Century Vase
3 Sept. 1877	married Ida Bentley Shaw, daughter of Horace & Abby Shaw
1878	drawings for 'Decorated Spoonware' in Jeweler's Circle			cf. Silver, Sept./Oct. 1996 p. 24-29
1885	patent for St. Cloud flatware assigned to WW although designed by Heller
25 April 1889	Crins diary indicates Holbrook considering taking WW to Paris for Exposition			Draper 106
1892	'removed to Attleboro, Mass.' (age 36)			PCD
	Did William Codman's arrival force him out?
1897 - 1901	Attleboro directories*
1901	photograph of WW in company car with Fred C. Lawton			Draper 52
1915	manufacturing jeweller, living in New Rochelle, New York
5 March	died, Mt. Vernon, New York

Wilmot, COharles, chaser
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1874	chaser		bds. 46 S. Main	PCD
1876	Room #51; worked on Century Vase for 34 1/2 weeks			Pbk F 166
1878	chaser		h. 371 Prairie Ave.
3 Jan. 1881		24.00	h. 371 Prairie Ave.	PCD 404
same year		26.00
2 Jan. 1882		30.00	h. 371 Prairie Ave.	PCD 423
1883			h. 371 Prairie Ave.	PCD 453
1886				PCD*

Wilmot, David, chaser
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
10 Feb. 1853	born, London, England
Oct. 1873	son James born, Providence, RI			1900 Census?
18 Sept. 1875	employed	0.30/hour	16 Elgin St.
3 Jan. 1876		18.00
1881	took citizenship, as did wife Henrietta			1900 Census
1882	chaser		h. 16 Howell	PCD 423
1883, 1 Jan.	room 62	24.00
	chaser		h. 3 Padelford	PCD 453
1884, 7 Jan.		27.00
1885, 5 Jan.		27.00
1886	chaser		h. 32 Ivy	PCD 499
1887	chased 1990 Tea Set			cost bk. 6: 8
Dec.	son Sydney born			1900 Census
Oct. 1888	chased 1540 Pitcher			cost bk. 6: 212
1890	chaser		h. 174 Evergreen	PCD 592
	Deacon of the Baptist Church for 30 years
1894	chaser		h. 174 Evergreen	PCD 692
	also James J., chaser		bdsI. 174 Evergreen
11 Aug.	left
1895	'removed from city'			PCD 740
	James J., chaser		bds. 101 Burnett (Clissold)
8 May 1899	returned	0.5334/hr.
1900	chaser		h. 196 Lauriston	PCD 831
	real estate worth $3,300			Tax records
	Census vol. 4, E.D. 18 sh. 1 l. 25: wife Henrietta b. England July 1851
1901	chaser		16 Lauriston	PCD 907
1902			h. 16 Elgin	PCD 875
1903			h. 16 Elgin	PCD 746
1908	son James graduated from Brown University. He became a civil engineer for the City of New York. Murdered, Washington, D. C., May 1965, age 80			file in Brown U. Archives.
1909	son Sydney graduated from Brown University. He became a civil engineer; taught at Brown 1918-1923; manager of publications, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1923-1953. Died 26 August 1971.			Big file in Brown U. Archives.
1910	son Sydney 'removed to Arkansas'{?}			PCD 656
8 Nov. 1920	wife Henrietta died, age 69			PDR 22: 92
	son Sydney assistant at Brown University			PCD 824
1921	chaser		h. 16 Elgin	PCD 866
1922	PCD*; Sydnfiey assistant at Brown
1925	PCD*; Sydney removes to NYC
1 Jan.	pensioned, age 73	47.05/month
1930				PCD*
28 Mar. 1940	died, Tuckahoe, New York; buried Riverside Cemetery

Withers, Eric
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
30 Oct. 1865				Indenture #1 (2:

Wood, Harry T.				emp. cd.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
27 Dec. 1863	born
18 Aug. 1887	hired, die cutter
3 Sept. 1893	Falstaff Club minstrel, with Christopher Clissold; line cut portrait			Prov. Journal p. 3
1897	die cutter		h. 682 Public	PCD 793
1900	die cutter		h. 682 Public	PCD 836
4 May 1903	left; wife Florence V. Fisher
1915	die cutter		h. 74 Hamilton	PCD 739
24 Aug.	returned
16 Oct.	left
1920	die cutter		h. 74 Hamilton	PCD 829
1925	die cutter		h. 26 Melrose	PCD 1253
1932	die cutter		h. 38 Hanover	PCD 1320
1934	die cutter		130 Potter	CCD 226
27 Feb. 1935	died

Woodward, F[rederick] Russell, designer
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
27 Oct. 1888	born, Taunton, Massachusetts, son of Frederick E. Russell & Cora E. Smith
1907	RISD graduate; worked for Watson for two years
1909	employed by Gorham as designer and modeler
19i13-22	instructor of Design and Modelling, Providence Evening Technical School
1918	Chief Designer at Watson
1922	Chief Designer and Assistant Works Manager, William B. Kerr
1931	Chief Designer
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
1973	retired
1978	consultant to
	wife Harriett Black
3 July 1983	died, Norton, Mass.; buried Taunton			Attleboro Death Records 261 #277

Wright, Norman T.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1930	Time Study and Production Dept.
1944	Production Manager of the Cartridge Case Division
1945	Production Manager and Assistant Superintendent of the Silver Division
1948	superintendent

Wrigley, Gilbert
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1967	joined Gorham as modeller
1996	retired

Yamamoto see Yamato, Subero

Yamato, Subero
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
6 Jan. 1874	born, Japan
	Gorham emp. cd. lists him as Yamamoto, S.
	1905 Census records him as Yamato, Subero
1902	comes to U. S.
3 Dec. 1903	hired at Gorham, chaser #40
1905	aIge 33, single, lists religion as 'Friends,' resides at 1179 Elmwood, home of chaser James Seton and his household of four			RI Census
1906	chaser #36
Oct.	chased four-piece Black Coffee Set K over PO
23 Mar. 1907	left			emp. card

Yates, Thomas H.				card
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
14 May 1885	born, England, son of Thomas & Elizabeth
20 Aug. 1900	hired; apprentice
1905	silversmith		bds. 163 Wallace	PCD 650
20 July 1909	married Mattie L. Crandall
	Charles Brandreth told me (31 Aug. 1997) that Yates made an entire tea set, each piece made from a dime, and the lids on the pots functioned!
1928	silversmith (1 of 2) of ETT set; '27 years with the Company'
	wife Mattie L.		h. 28 Delmar Ave.	PCD 1383
4 Nov. 1942	left, another position (WW II)
13 Nov. 1945	returned
20 Aug. 1947	left (died 19 Aug., says PCD); Mattie L., widow of Thomas; 28 Delmar			PCD
	Pension list*

Young, Benjamin F.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1842	born, son of Sheldon & Mary L.
17 Nov. 1865	hired
1880	silversmith		b. 20 Towner	PCD 393
1893	silversmith		b. 20 Towner	PCD 701
1900	siIlversmith		h. 26 Towner	PCD 842
1910	silversmith		h. 26 Towner	PCD 663
1 Sept. 1914	pensioned	33.05/mo.
24 Nov.	died, age 72 years			PDR 25: 89

Young, Frederick
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
9 Aug. 1839	born, England, son of Anthony & Hannah
1880	silver polisher, 12 Steeple		h. 2 Willow Court	PCD 394
1893	finisher		h. 309 Public	PCD 701
	foreman, room N (60 men)	30.00		PBk N #16
1894	'finisher'		h. 309 Public	PCD 727
1900	foreman, Gorham Mfg. Co.		h. 457 Public	PCD 842
14 May 1904	died, age 66 years 9 months 5 days			PDR 22: 45

Young, William C.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
5 Oct. 1883	born, Germany
4 Oct. 1899	employed; apprentice
15 Oct. 1900	transfer to room PP (silversmithing)
8 Nov. 1904	Room M4
10 April 1907	left
10 May 1909	returns; Room M4
7 Sept.	Room M6
13 Nov.	left; obviously unhappy about the switch from M6 to M4
15 Nov.	Room M6
6 June 1910	Room M7
26 Sept.	Room M6
4 Oct. 1911	Room M8
1913	'silversmith'		h. 133 Pontiac	CCD
23 Dec. 1918	M-8-32	0.43
11 Feb. 1920	M-8-25	0.70
	'silversmith'		h. 464 Reservoir	CCD
25 Nov. 1921	left; no work
1922/23	'silversmith'		464 Reservoir	CCD
1924/25	'gardener'		464 Reservoir	CCD
1941/42	'gardener'		464 Reservoir	CCD
1954	'gardener'		464 Reservoir	CCD
4 April	article in PSJ identifies him as being 71 years old, of 464 Rochambeau Ave., 'who did some of the silversmithing for the pieces' of the St. Louis/ RISD table CCX.
19 April 1955	died
1956				CCD

Youngberg, Walter E.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1941	hired at Gorham; designer
	Russell Price's right-hand man. Price treated him like a servant-- and Youngberg would come up with working drawings. Very prolific; worked quickly; great ornament designer. Youngberg was very religious and very respectful of authority. Provided mini-sermons when given an opening.
1980	retired; had a summer home on Salt Pond at Point Judith; source, Money & Rogers, Oct. 1997

Ziegler, Franz F., sculptor & modeller
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
5 Dec. 1869	born, Hamburg, Germany
1892	emigrated to U.S.
	entered studios of Karl Bitter		h. 17 Mawney St.
29 Feb.	employed
1900	Census Ward 7 E.D. 64 s. 7: 'Ziegler'		rents 29 Reservoir Av.
1*901	Frank, silversmith		29 Reservoir	PCD
1907	Frank, silversmith		21 Burnett	PCD
1913-17	Frank, silversmith		254 Lenox	PCD
1925	Frank, designer		17 Mawney St.	PCD
23 April	songs were sung by FZ [& others] at Bronze Bowling League banquet
1926	modelled bronze General Custer trophy			cf. Mettle 1: 5, Oct. 1926, p. 4
1 Oct. 1932	pensioned	80.00/mo.
16 Aug. 1934	died, age 64; obit. PJB. 17 Aug. 1934, p. 17; in death records as Franz F.

Zior, Edward, chaser #39 in 1900; later #23.
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
5 April 1868	born, New York City
29 May 1899	employed
1900	chaser #39
1903		0.38
May 1907	became chaser #36, changed from #39
1911		0.40
1912			141 Waterman Ave., Cranston	CCD
1925			res. 141 Waterman	RIC Bk. 98 reel 34
	Census 98: 9 Ward 2, V.D. 2: age 57, born N. Y.; wife Emily age 56, born N. Y.; daughter Josephine, age 28, born Conn.; steno 1920-1927, res. 141 Waterman Ave., Eden Park (CCD); 1927-28 & after, CCD* ; no death record; father George P. Zior, age 87, born Germany; res. 141 Waterman
1926		0.80
	Silver Tongue 2: 2, Oct. 1926, p. 2, on his fame -- billboard advert.
19 Feb. 1927	died
'Edward Zior of Eden Park, the only Cranston man to ever have his picture appear in the Saturday Evening Post and a figure known to thousands as one of Gorham's 'Master Craftsmen,' committed suicide by shooting himself in the head Saturday morning. Fear of an expected layoff at the plant is assigned as reason for his action.' -- Cranston News, 23 Feb. 1927, p. 8 ''Eddie' was well known to everybody at the Gorham plant, he possessed the happy faculty of making friends at sight and he had a host of them. Because of his genial and generous disposition he will be greatly missed by all who knew him.' -- Silver Tongue 3: 1. 16, June 1927
1928-29	father George P. Zior removed to Newark, N. J.			CCD
1932	widow Emily removed to Narragansett			CCD

Zior, Edward (Jr.)
Date	Event	Pay	Address	Source
1895	born, New York City, son of Edward & Emily
1925	age 30, no profession		res. 141 Waterman
1926	married to Doris (born R. I.)		res. 141 Waterman w/ parents
				CCD 1926-27
1927	silversmith		108 Oakland Ave. Eden Park	CCD
	Charles Brandreth (31 August 1997) said that Zior was capable but chose to be a postman.
1932	superintendent, Post Office		108 Oakland Ave.	CCD
	remained until his death
2 Nov. 1958	died

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