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Gorham Silver / Research & Consulting
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Roster of Gorham Craftsmen: La Bree to Luther
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La Bree, Frank R., chaser #21 in January 1900
1867, Sept. born NH, son of Benjamin F., grocer & Elizabeth
1884, 7 Jan. apprentice, room 62, $2.50; 1885, 5 Jan., $4; 1886, 4 Jan., $5
1888 chased 2035 Salad Dish; 2562 Jardiniere; 310 Meat Dish
1892-1898 silver chaser; chased gold Tea Set X118-X122
1900 Jan. chaser #21, $22; Feb.-Mar. left chasing room; die sinker
1901-1902 chaser; 1903-1920 hub cutter; 1925-1931 die cutter; 1945, 13 Oct. died; 13 Feb. 1954 wife May died
Laflamme, Joseph E.
1863, 4 May born Woonsocket RI; 1895, 29 April employed; 1900, 8 Jan., $32.50; 1906, 16 July left
1915, 27 Sept. employed, room O2, $36; 1918, 23 June room 02, #19, $0.51/hr
1920, 2 Feb. employed, O-1-56, $0.66/hr; 14 Aug. left; no work
Lancaster, John Eaton. 1839 born Suffolk, England, son of Samuel & Susan; 1865, 6 Dec. employed as silversmith, from London; $20, Indenture #13; 1870-1905 silversmith; 1906, 1 April pensioned; 1912, 12 May died, age 73 years, 1 month, 10 days
Langstaffe, E. F. 14 May 1909, contracted as "glass painter in the Stained Glass Factory", $35/wk
Lannon, John E. 1875, 13 Dec. born; 1891, 5 Jan. hired; 1925 chasers' photo, 26 years; bachelor; lived with sister; untidy; drove old Hudson with spittoon; 1943, 1 Feb. pensioned; 1957, 13 May died
Lathrop, Henry E. 1834 born, son of Joseph & Lucy; 1857-1871 plant superintendent; 1859 clerk, 12 Steeple; 1861 superintendent; 1862 clerk, 12 Steeple; 1863 held 20 shares of new corporate stock; 1871, 13 Jan. died, age 37, 'softening of the brain'
Lawton, Charles. 1924 'Chas. Lawton is getting his arm in condition cranking Bill Achurch's Ford' (Silver Tongue)
Lawton, Fred C.
1866 born Providence RI; 1881 employed Bullion Dept., assistant to Charles Henry Baker in Pricing Dept.; 1882 clerk, 12 Steeple St.; 1892 assistant superintendent to Baker; 1899, 1 Aug. appointed superintendent, age 33; 1913, 25 Oct. resigned; 1926, 15 Dec. died, Woodstock CT
Lawton, John Frabracius P.
1837, 26 Sept. born Philadelphia
1859 employed
1865 Secretary of Gorham; 1879 signed a petition to Brown University not to build Slater Hall where it would block view of East Siders (i. e. of Charlotte R. Goddard)
1893 J.F.P. Lawton, Secretary of Gorham, delivered lecture before Franklin Lyceum on The Spitzer Collection; left city to supervise arrangement of Gorham exhibit
1894 assistant treasurer; 1907, 26 Sept. 70th birthday & 48 years employment given a loving cup; 1909 Testimonial; 1919, 19 Sept. died
Lawton, William Gorham. 1864, 30 Oct. born Pawtucket RI; 1882, 28 Nov. apprenticed at Gorham; 1883, 1 Jan. room 62, apprentice, $3; 1884, 7 Jan., $4; 1885, 5 Jan., $5; 1886, 4 Jan., $6; 1900 chaser #22, $16; 'supt. Gospel mission & Rescue Home'; 1911-1916 chaser; 1920, 23 July left, no work; 1921 laborer; 1926-1927 no occupation; wife Carrie D.; 1945, 12 April died
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Lee, John Mosely. 1840, 5 Aug. born Chatham CT, son of Henry D. & Abby; 1865, 15 May hired; 1870 silversmith; 1880-1893 'burnisher'; foreman, room Z; 1894 'burnisher'; 1900 foreman, Gorham; 1912, 1 April pensioned, $50; 23 June died, age 71 years 10 months 18 days
Leger, Joseph L. 1865, 18 Dec. employed as figure pattern chaser; from London; $30, Indenture #20; 25 Dec. Stanyon, 8th; 1866, 1 Jan. Turner, 15th, $30; 5 Nov. head of Turner's room; 1867-1869 chaser, 12 Steeple; 4 Jan., $30; 11 Oct. last week paid; 1876, 14 Aug. on payroll again, $24; 1877, 12 Mar. last week paid
Lewin, James M. 1836 born Swansea MA; apprenticeship at Gorham, at close of which he learned from Mrs. Chapin to paint photographs & was engaged by Manchester Chapin, largest photographic studio in Providence
1864 removed to Boston; 1877 died
Lewis, Edmund L.
1883, 31 Oct. born Providence RI, son of Edmund L., of Welsh origin, who was brought up in Kingston, Jamaica; who left home as teenager to join Confederate Navy but didn't like it so deserted & joined Union Navy (two comrades who remained were killed at Vicksburg). Came to Providence; lived on Elbow Street; met & on 10 October 1873 married Mary E. Lynott, whose sister was wife of chaser James Albert Major
1899, 3 Dec. hired as clerk; 13 Dec. apprenticed as chaser, $3
1900, 4 Sept. transferred to L desk #45, $0.05/hr; assigned desk #33 when George Shakel went to England; 1905, 6 Mar., $0.30/hr; 1906, 30 July, $0.33/hr; 1908, 12 Aug. left
Edmund Jr. took classes at RISD; decided he didn't want to be chaser. Went to Attleboro, then Filene's, Boston; spent life in retail, which he loved ('he could sell ice to Eskimos'). From Filene's went to Baltimore (where Elizabeth was born), then Brooklyn, ending as assistant manager of G. Fox in Hartford.
Lewis, Henry H. 1850-1852 jeweller, Gorham's block, 12 Steeple; 1852-53 jeweller, 54 Friendship; 1853 jeweller, 56 Friendship
Lewis, Henry S.. 1850-1853 jeweller, 12 Steeple
Lewis, Thomas. 1852, 29 Sept. born England; 1865 Sept. hired; apprenticed as chaser; 1877, 1 Jan., $18; 1882-1900 chaser #5, W room, $17; 1920, 13 June pensioned; 1926, 6 Sept. died
Leyh, Werner
born near Stuttgart; at age 14 apprenticed 4 years with Johann Franz Co.
1958 employed at Gorham; worked in Plated Ware until drafted into US Army, 2 years; when he returned from Army ca. 1961 Plating Dept. didn't want him but Fred Barron thought Leyh was talented (Barron very proud that he spotted Werner's great talent)
1970 repair of #400 Coffee Pot; 1972 repair of damaged pitcher; 1996 smith for 'Triple Turf' trophy; 1997 Mar.-May crafted Indy Racing League Trophy, incl. hand-raising the bowl.
Lindvall, Carl
1851, 6 April born Sweden; 1881, 3 Jan. employed, $16; 1883, 1 Jan. room 62, through 4 Jan. 1886, $20; 1887 chased 2120 Tea Set
1900 chaser #24; wife Minnie (born Canada 1863), real estate worth $2560; son George born US June 1893; daughter Alice born US Nov. 1895
1905 Sept. left, illness; 29 Oct. died, age 54 years 6 months 23 days, chronic nephritis; 1937, 7 Dec. son George died
Lloyd, Herbert C. 1865, 11 Nov. born England; 1881 immigrated; 9 May employed; 1882, 2 Jan. apprentice, $2.50; 1883, 1 Jan. room 62, $4; 1884, 7 Jan., $5; 1885, 5 Jan., $6; 1886, 4 Jan., $7; 1892 wife Alice S.; 1900 chaser #3, $20; 1928 chaser on ETT set; 1930, 1 Dec. pensioned, $85.90/mo.; 1951, 17 Sept. died
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Lloyd, Percival H., silversmith, resided Providence 1893-1901
Lloyd, William H. 1841 born; 1880, 29 Mar. hired; 1882 silversmith; 1913, 1 July pensioned; 1921, 3 Feb. died
Loch, Robert. 1868, 3 Jan. born; 1882, 1 Sept. employed by Gorham; 1930, 1 June pensioned, $208.33/mo.; 1947, 28 Jan. died, age 81, West New York NJ
Logan, Joseph F. 1925-1965 chaser
Long, George W. 18 Jan. 1866 employed as mounter; from Birmingham; $18, Indenture #32; 1870 silversmith
Loveday, Nathan. 7 Dec. 1865 employed as silver polisher; from London; $18, Indenture #16
Luther, Len. Made candelabra & ecclesiastical wares. Joe Barone began by working with Luther, filling pitch; later replaced Luther
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