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Gorham Silver / Research & Consulting
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Roster of Craftsman: Salisbury to Swain
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Salisbury, James P. 1850 silversmith, 12 Steeple; one of a committee of 3 who petitioned for reduction to 10-hour day.; 1852-1853 silversmith, 12 Steeple
Salisbury, Owen; 1800 born, son of Richard Elizabeth; 1830 laborer; 1832-1839 laborer, Steeple; 1841-1844; 1848-1859 silversmith, 12 Steeple; 1860, 25 Jan. 1860 died, age 60
Salt, Albert J. 1865, 6 July born, son of Joseph Mary A.; 1892 silver polisher
Salt, Albert T.
1893 silver moulder; 1895 moulder; 1900 silversmith; 1904 foreman, Gorham
1905, 8 June 'Albert T. Salt, maker of castings for jewelers and silversmiths... has removed to 86 Union Street, Attleboro, Mass. ...in a new factory... fitted up with all modern methods. Mr. Salt was formerly with the Gorham Mfg. Co., and... has recently brought out a new composition for his work (Manufacturing Jeweler)
Salt, Ambrose
1865, 31 Aug. 1865 daughter Mary born, mother Mary; 18 Dec. stamper; Die Sinking Room; from Birmingham; $18, Indenture #22; 1866, 26 Feb. Stamping Room; 1897 silversmith; 1907 stamper; 11 Jan., an Ambrose Salt died in Attleboro
Salt, Joseph
1841, 15 April born Stockbridge, England
1862, 14 July employed; foreman, room M, silver polishing finishing
1875 wife Mary A., age 27, born Providence; children Albert Joseph, age 10 Amasa, age 6
1886 silver polisher; 1893 foreman, room M (finishing dept.; 69 men), $35
1905, 1 April pensioned, $83.33/mo.; 1908, 13 Nov. died
Sam, Frederick Ernest
1865, 4 Mar. 1865 born Germany; 1893 silversmith; foreman, room E (69 men), $40; 1894 silversmith; 1895, 27 Oct. died, age 40 years 7 months 23 days, general tuberculosis; widow Mary; 1898 son, age 6, died
Sanders, Walter C.
1873, 9 Oct. born Gloucester MA
1905, 27 Mar. employed 'from Montreal Factory' #41, $0.32/hr; Oct. chaser #41
1925 chasers' photo, '20 years' (Silver Tongue)
1927, 28 Mar. left, 'going to take a change of a job... NY state at $60 per week; workmanship: Excellent.'
Sauthof, George W.
1852, 2 Nov. born Germany; 1864 came to U. S.; 1877 married Agnes, born England 1862; no children
1884, 19 May #3; first entry, $24 raised to $28
1887 chased (2545) Salad Dish; 1888 chased (2997) Coffee
1893-1896 chaser; 1899 naturalized
1900 chaser #25, room L, $32; wife Agnes, personal $1000, no real estate
1907, 14-19 Apr. out till 7 July; 1920 Quarter Century Club; 1921 removed to Rehoboth MA
1927, 23 July stroke at factory; 7 Aug. died; 'In the passing of Mr. George Sauthof we lose one of the greatest repoussé artists in the craft... He was also a master in steel work, cutting dies and rolls for many of the beautiful borders used by the company today... (Silver Tongue)
Sawain, George Munroe
1844 born Marlboro MA, son of Francis
1865, 10 July hired; 1869-1882 silversmith
1905, 1 July pensioned; 1913, 1 Dec. died, age 68 years 11 months 23 days; widow Dorcas H.
Schaumuller, Leopold K., born Vienna, Austria; wife Olga
1902 hired; 1925 chasers' photo, '22 years' (Silver Tongue)
1928 principal chaser with Jean Sermon on ETT candlesticks compote (Herman White said Schaumuller Jean Sermon were close friends)
1949, 21 July wife Olga M. died; 1951, 15 Feb. died
Schemabenback, Stephen. 14 Jan. 1867, $12; later same year, $15
Scott, Edward. 3 Jan. 1881 apprentice, $3; 2 Jan. 1882, $4; 1 Jan. 1883, room 62, $5; 7 Jan. 1884, $6; 5 Jan. 1885, $7; 4 Jan. 1886, $15
Seagraves, Louis K. 23 Nov 1848 born; 26 July 1869 employed; 1900 clerk, Gorham; 1915 foreman, Gorham; 5 Feb 1922 retired, $96.27; 26 May 1926 died
Sebring, Burr A., Director of Design
1928, 6 Feb. born; 1954-1958 studied at School for American Craftsmen, Rochester NY, earned BFA; 1958, 28 July hired; designer, dept. 751
1965 handwrought Coffee Pot; 1966 Manager of Design; 1972 wife Mary C.
1973 Octette Coffee Set; Director of Design; succeeded J. Russell Price. Ed Money said when pressures built up Sebring would go out to the floor and hammer out some silver.
1979 designed Gorham's President's Cup
1983, 22 April departed; works as freelance designer. Sebring left Gorham because Textron kept sending executives with no preparation to 'lead' Gorham. It took Sebring about two years to break them in; then they would be moved along. Burr tired of the process. Christopher Monkhouse said Sebring was the last of the great designers at Gorham.
Seifert, Alois, chaser #7 in 1900
March 1859 born Germany; 1890 immigrated
1891, 11 Feb. employed, $0.30; 1893, 2 Oct. , $0.28 1/3
1895 chaser; 5 Dec., $0.23 1/3; 1896, 23 Mar. $0.28 1/3; 4 June left
1897, 2 Mar. returned; room L, $0.28 1/3; 14 Dec. to room G, $0.15; 28 Dec. room L, $0.28 1/3; 1898 chaser; 2 Oct. 1899, $0.30; 1900 chaser #7; wife Sophia; daughters Augustia, Lilian, Helena
1901-1906 chaser; 18 June, $0.33; 1907, 18 May left; 1908, 24 Mar. returned; room V2, $0.33 1/3; 13 April to room V7; 1911, 30 Aug. to room O-2, $0.30; 23 Dec. left; 1915, 1 June room V, $0.33 1/3; 1916, 29 Jan. left, no work
Sermon, Jean B., chaser #11
1874, 18 Nov. born Belgium; wife Grams
1903, 24 Jan. hired; 1924 chaser; 1925 chasers' photo, '22 years' (Silver Tongue)
1928 one of the principal chasers for ETT set
1936, 28 Mar. 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. Herman White said Sermon was a good friend of Leopold Schaumuller
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Sermon, Lucien D., designer
1906, 19 Sept. 1906 born Providence RI, son of chaser Jean Sermon; 1930 draughtsman, Gorham
1941 wife Elisa, hairdresser, French, never learned English; 1942-1945 spent World War II in Washington as mapmaker; was reportedly bitter that Gorham did not credit his time of government service toward his pension
1950-1960 designer Gorham; wife Jeanne; 1964-1971 designer Gorham; wife Elsie G.
1980-1985 retired; wife Elise G.; 1987, 5 Jan died
Seton, James G.
1846, 7 Oct. born Edinburgh
1882, 2 Jan., $14; 1883, 1 Jan. room 62, through 4 Jan. 1886, $16
1900 wife Elizabeth; real estate $2400; 1900-1906 chaser #27, $20
1907, 18 May transferred to room O2; 1908, April transferred to room V2
1909 June returned to room O1 from room V1; 19 Oct. left; 1910, 1 Nov. died, cirrhosis of liver
Shakel, Albert Edward
1864, 29 April born London, son of George S. Sarah Furby; 1885 to US
1886, 2 Nov. hired; room 62, #33; married Elizabeth Flore Dredge (b. 1865)
1900 chaser #32; 1917, 21 Oct. wife Elizabeth F. died; 1919-1928 chaser; worked on ETT set
1929 chaser; 1 June pensioned; 1951, 7 Dec. died; Member of Gorham's Quarter Century Club, Loyal Order of Moose, British Club, Independent British Club
Shakel, Frank, chaser #26
Sept. 1890-26 Nov. 1894 chaser #26
1899, 12 Dec. left desk 36; became musician in NY; replaced by G. Achillertim
1923, 29 April died, NYC
Shakel, George W. F.
1857, 1 July born England
1880, 8 Mar. chaser #16; 1881, 3 Jan., $18; 10 Jan. chaser #17; 24 March, 'Eglantine chasing' on oblong waiter, 260 hours; 1882, 2 Jan. room 62, through 1 Jan. 1883, $20
1900 chaser #33; 17 Sep. last pay; listed through November but no pay entries
1901, 1 Jan. replaced by apprentice E. L. Lewis; 'removed to England'
1902 July returns from England; 1905 'removed to New Hampshire'
1906 'at Gorham's'; 1924 wage reduced; 1926, 24 Dec. died
Shale, J. 1 Jan. 1866, $17
Shaw, Thomas
1839 born England; 1865, 27 Mar. was advanced $46.80 for passage; 29 May employed
1866-1867 silversmith
1870 Jan. room 50; 20 June 'works for silversmith'; age 31 at last birthday; 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 RI; Flora, age 2, born RI; Walter, age 7 months, born RI
1872-1874 silversmith, 12 Steeple St.; 22 Jan., $35
1876 Adams Shaw Co., electro platers, 33 Beverly; for career after Gorham see Carpenter, Tiffany Silver
Shirley, John. Room T, M-6
1844, 28 July born Birmingham; 1881, 7 Feb. employed, Gorham, $16
1882-1890 silversmith; 1894, 6 Aug., $0.40; 1900 silversmith; 1903, 2 Nov., $0.37
1905-1916 silversmith
1920, 15 May pensioned; Q. C. C., $39.30/mo.; 1929, 19 Mar. died[?]
Shirley, John Alfred
1867? born, son of John, silversmith; 1883? apprenticed
1890? completed apprenticeship; 7 Sept. 1893 married Lucy A. Stokes
1895-1941 silversmith; 1959, 15 Sept. died
Shurrocks, Thomas Henry
1839, 11 Aug. born England, son of William Margaret H.
1863, 1 Nov. hired; 1880-1893 silversmith, 12 Steeple St.
1893-1900 foreman, room AA (4 men), $25
1905, 1 Nov. retired, $45; 1906, 12 Feb. died, age 66 years 6 months 1 day, nervous exhaustion, chronic asthma, emphysema, dilation of heart
Sims, Charles. Sept. 1928 ad in House Garden shows sandwich tray designed for Gorham by Sims
Singleton, Thomas S.
1886, 14 Oct. born England; 1902, 2 Oct. apprentice silversmith
1908-1914 silversmith
1919, 3 May left; head silversmith for R. Wallace Son for 9 years
1930 Superintendent; wife Elizabeth; 1948 Assistant to Executive Vice-President
1956-1957 supt.; 1959 Elizabeth, widow of Thomas
Small, James. 5 Aug. 1871, polisher; from Birmingham, $18, Indenture #58
Smart, George. 1935 foreman, Making Room of Electroplate Dept.
Smith, Eugene C.
1868, 19 Oct. born Philadelphia, son of John Joseph Charles Smith (born Germany), who sold die casting method to Gorham, Caroline Staff of Philadelphia
1896, 6 Aug. hired at Gorham; 1903 silversmith; 1907, 3 May appointed foreman
1910-1916 silversmith; 1918, 29 June married Bertha H. Lang, secretary stenographer at E. A. Johnson Co., printers, Cady Moving, and other firms.
1920-1927 foreman Gorham
1934, 24 Mar. died, age 65 years 5 months 5 days, pernicious anemia, chronic endocarditis, cardiovascular renal disease
Smith, Henry Thurston
1865 born Warren RI; educated in local public schools; apprenticed as silversmith at Gorham
1888, age 23, invented process for making seamless wire; 1925, Jan. died, age 60
Smith, Victor Edmund
1870, 3 July born Somerville MA, son of John J. Smith, well known inventor
1890, 21 Aug. came to Providence with brother Eugene C. Smith to install demonstrate 'Smith Process' of casting, which Gorham had bought from his father
1896, 29 June married Margaret L. Saunders
1914, 2 Feb. Factory Supt.; 1915 son G[eorge] Farnum, age 17, born 30 May 1898; daughter Selma C., age 14; son Victor E. Jr., age 7; daughter Margaret M., age 6; servant Ella L. Shea, age 25, born Ireland
1916 foundry superintendent, Gorham; 1919 General Manager, Bronze Division
1925, 3 Jan. died
Smith, William Folster
1847, 21 June born Sheffield, England, son of Richard Mary
1880-1893 silversmith; 1893 foreman, room U (16 men), $30
1900 foreman at Gorham; 1910 silversmith; 1916 foreman, Gorham
1920, 29 Mar. died, age 72 years 9 months 8 days, cerebral hemorrhage
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Sorum, John Martin
1863, 14 Feb. born,Norway, son of Ole Marn
1898, 11 Jan. hired; silversmith. 'He used to bring a jar of jam and some bread and his lunch was jam sandwiches' (Charles Brandreth)
1910-1929 silversmith; wife Ingeborg
1931, 1 Aug. pensioned; 1932, 23 Jan. died, age 69 years 11 months 9 days
South, William J. 2 Jan. 1882 apprentice, $2.50; 1 Jan. 1883 room 62, $4; 7 Jan. 1884, $5; 5 Jan. 1885, $6; 4 Jan. 1886, $7
Spencer, W. C. 1838 born; 1 Aug. 1906 pensioned, $125/mo.; 2 April 1922 died
Sperry, Edward Peck
1850 born New Haven CT, son of Peck Sperry, importer distributor of musical instruments, Caroline Augusta Lake Sperry; educated in New Haven public schools; employed by Skinner Sperry; 1875 entered Yale School of Fine Arts; 1876 went abroad to study in Paris Rome; ca. 1888 stained glass artist with Tiffany Co. for 15 years; 1903 MFA, Yale University
1904, 28 Jan. contract to supervise design of stained glass at Gorham
1906, 20 July terminated. Formed Church Glass Decorating Company with artists Carol Coleman Russell Foot; 1922 retired to Stockbridge MA because of health; 1925, 19 Sept. died, age 75 years
Staf, [Axel] Herman, sculptor, taught at RISD
1869, 2 Dec. born Varmland, Sweden; wife Hulda Amanda Danielson
1896-97 sculptor; 1899-1907 modeler
1915-1920 designer at Gorham; daughter Ella H., teacher, Gilbert Stuart Jr. High; son Lawrence H., physical instructor, Kenyon St. School
1941, 1 Feb. died, age 71
Stark, Frederick W.
1885, 4 Mar. born; 1902, 14 May employed, apprentice
Feb. 1907, $18; 1910, $26; 1911, $28; 1919, Aug., $50; 29 Sept. to salary roll
1923, 31 Mar. left; to International Silver
Stehr, Henry Bernard, chaser #29 in 1900
1870, 20 April born New York City, son of German parents Bernard Clara
1895, 5 Dec. employed; 1900 chaser #29; wife Bertha
1903 chaser; 1904 chaser; 30 Oct. died, age 34 years 5 months 10 days, diabetes coma
Stevens, Hiram King
1825, 1 July born New York, son of Philip Welthy B.
1860, 22 May hired by Gorham; 1880 carpenter, 12 Steeple; foreman, room DD, $24; 1900 foreman, Gorham
1901, 1 Feb. pensioned, $45; 1904, 30 Nov. or 3 Dec., died, age 80 years 4 months 29 days
Stevens, S. 3 Jan. 1881- 2 Jan. 1882 , $16
Stone, Frank E. 14 Jan. 1867- 4 Jan. 1869, $24; 1870 silversmith; 1 Jan. 1872, $22; 1874-1878 silversmith
Storre, William. 14 Jan. 1867, $6
Straker, Herbert J., silversmith in die sinking room; born Providence RI. 1886, 21 April apprentice papers, #76, 5 yrs., $3, no co-signer; no place of origin. 'Straker Bros. of North Attleboro have opened a die cutting establishment at 77 Page St. Providence.' Manufacturing Jeweler Dec. 1900
Straker, J. Edward, silversmith. 4 Aug. 1879 apprentice for five years, $3; 3 Jan. 1881, $4; 2 Jan. 1882, $5; 1 Jan. 1883 room 62, $6; 7 Jan. 1884, $7; 5 Jan. 1885 - 4 Jan. 1886, $15
Straker, Joseph Edward
1843, 26 Mar. born; married Elizabeth Otley
1865, 4 Dec. employed; silversmith; from London, $22, Indenture #10; was advanced $101.45 to defray expenses, repaid at $3/wk
1872 silver chaser; in payroll books in Beckwith's Room; 1898 real estate value $3000
1900 Awarded Gold Medal at Paris Exposition.
1905, 1 Aug. pensioned, $80/mo.; 1912, 2 Jan. died
Straker, L. 2 Jan. 1882 room 63, apprentice, $2.50; 1 Jan. 1883 room 62, $4; 7 Jan. 1884, $5; 5 Jan. 1885 - 4 Jan. 1886, $6
Strater, Henry
1833 born Westphalia, Prussia; father John, mother Catherine; learned silversmith's trade in Boston with Larforme Bros.
1857 employed by Gorham; 1870-1893 silversmith; 'He was one of the company's best and most reliable workmen' (Manufacturing Jeweler); 1897, 30 Mar. died
Strater, Victor J. 1867? born, son of Joseph Hortense; 1888 chased 720 Butter Dish; 1890 chaser; 1892 'removed to Europe'; 1893, 26 May died, age 26, in Providence
Stringer, Walter. 1858, 18 April born England; 25 July 1881 hired; 2 Jan. 1882, $14; 1 Jan. 1883 room 62 through 4 Jan. 1886, $18
1925 chasers' photo, '35 years' (Silver Tongue). 'The Gorham Chess and Checker Club of twenty-five or thirty years ago... Walter Stringer of the Chasing Department could tell us a whole lot about it' (Silver Tongue)
1927, 18 April pensioned; 25 Jan. 1932 died
Stursberg, Emil. 4 Feb. 1873 born Germany; 7 Aug. 1899 employed; 1900 chaser #42, $22; 17 July 1907 chaser #34; 1921 chaser; wife Mary M.; 1 April 1938 pensioned, $43.95/mo.; 4 Feb. 1954 died
Sumner, H. 1 Jan. 1872- 6 Jan. 1873, $18
Swain, George. 1847 born England, son of Joseph Susan; 8 Sept. 1892 employed; 1893 silversmith; 5 Feb. 1900, $35; 11 Feb., $40; foreman, Gorham; 9 Feb. 1903, $45; 1905 foreman, Gorham; 14 July died, age 58 years, meningitis
Swain, John Field
1876, 14 Aug. born Birmingham; 1905, 21 Dec. Founding member, British Club of Rhode Island (defunct 1965)
1906, 13 June arrives New York City aboard SS Caronia; last English address Sheffield; 18 June begins work in O2 room; 1907 chaser
1915, 19 Nov. wife Lillian died, age 38 years; 1918, 8 July married Mary Bogan Lynch; 1924 son John F. Jr. also at Gorham
1925 chasers' photo, '20 years' (Silver Tongue); 1928 worked on ETT set; 1931 chaser #24
1952, 5 Dec. son John F. died; 1958, 20 Sept. wife Mary died
Swain, Thomas Edward, designer; 1887, 1 Sept. born New York City; 1 Aug. 1905 employed; 1928 assisted in design of ETT set; 25 May 1929 'left A. position'; went to Watson in Attleboro, Mass.
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