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Gorham Silver / Research & Consulting
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Roster of Craftsmen: Taylor to Village
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Taylor, Daniel C.
1871, 1 Aug. chaser from London, $20, Indenture #42
1874 chaser; 1876, 21 Aug. room 62; 1877, 1 Jan. $18; 1878 chaser; 1881, 3 Jan. $20; 1882 'electrician'; 2 Jan. $20; 1883, 1 Jan. room 62, $20; 1886 Mrs., dressmaker; 4 Jan. room 62, $20
Chased by Taylor: Cost Book Special E v. 34: B-86 Vase, C-52 Tray, C-95 Cracker Box
Taylor, Thomas
1822 born England; ca. 1847 son William born England; wife Mary; ca. 1850 daughter Mary born PA; ca. 1851 son Edward born CT; ca. 1859 son Albert born CT; 1860 daughter Minnie born Providence
1861, 2 Nov. bloodstone burnisher
1862, 18 Oct. (1st) $24; 1864, 2 July $30
1865, 21 Aug. burnisher; 1868 23 Nov. $40
1870 burnisher, 12 Steeple
1874 bloodstone burnisher mfg. 52 Friendship
Thomae, Charles
1871 Aug. born Marktredwitz, Bavaria; ca. 1887 immigrated to NY; studied medicine at Bellevue Hospital; his anatomy drawings in possession of his grandson Charles F. Thomae
1897, 22 Feb. employed; chaser; 1898 chaser
1899 Feb. switches from die cutter room A to chasers room L
1900 chaser #37, $20; Gorham lists him as 'Chester'
1902, 6 Sept. left to work at Watson, Attleboro, MA as superintendent; developed enameling & a line of novelties and dresserware... Chas Thomae Son, Inc., est. Aug. 1, 1920 by Charles Thomae & his son, Herbert L. Thomae. They made novelty goods of 14K gold & sterling silver (Rainwater, Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, p. 201)
1958, 2 Sept. died
Thompson, Henry. 1866, 18 Jan. Set maker; from Birmingham, $20, Indenture #31
Thompson, William T.
1865, 13 April born England
1886, 12 Oct. employed, $16; 1900 chaser #30; 1905, 27 Nov. $45
1915-1918 chaser; left for another position; 1919 no occupation
1921 watchman, 109 Union Station; 1923 RR police, Union Station; 1929 watchman, 19 Union Station; wife Jeanne A.
1933, 16 July died
Thornton, W.. 3 Jan. 1881, $20
Thurber, Gorham
1825 April born Providence RI, son of Dexter Thurber; entered employ of Franklin Foundry as clerk
1850 entered partnership with cousin John Gorham
1865 first treasurer of corporation
1888 April resigned; 8 Sept. died
Thurber, Isaac B.
1835, 8 April born Providence RI, son of Isaac & Lucy
1851-1859 bookkeeper
1859-1864 agent of Gorham's NY office; 1864 left; 1872 returned
1874 started Assaying Dept.; remained in charge until his death
1893 foreman, room O
1894 'assayer'
1915 'chemist,' age 79; wife Emaline M. D., age 77, physician; son John H., age 51, also chemist
1921, 12 Jan. died, age 85 years, 9 months, 4 days, of cranial damage; was hit by an electrical car as he was crossing the street, Providence. Listed as chemist.
Tomey, Alfred
1892 'Removed from City' (no other entry)
Tomey, Mary
1858 May born England; 1882, 4 Oct. married Henry Heath, chaser at Gorham
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Tomey, Samuel, polisher; lists himself as glasscutter in later directories
1834 born, son of Nathaniel & Mary
1881, 24 Oct. hired
1882 Alfred, George, William, silversmiths
1883 'Polisher'
1884 room 36 #15
1886 Polisher
1888 room 36 #15
1890-1898 'Glasscutter'
1900 Room Y, #15
1905 'Glasscutter'
1909, 1 May pensioned, $13.50/mo.; 1911, 2 April died, age 77; widow Hannah; daughter Esther, dressmaker
Tomey, William H., chaser #5 1880-1892
1880, 9 Aug. design, Room 11; 25 Oct. Design Room (chasers are in room 62)
1881 'silversmith'; chaser, room 38, #5
1882, 2 Jan., $25
1883, 1 Jan. room 62; irreg., $26
1886 chased 1310 Pitcher
1887 March $27; 2 May $30
1888, 17 Sept. $30
1889 Nov. executed 'a fine specimen of damoscened work in iron, with gold and silver decorations' for 1889 Paris Exposition; on the damascened plate see my article in Silver, Sept./Oct. 1994
1890 chaser
1891 Jan. chasers in Room D, #5
1892, 8-13 Aug. gone; space blank
Toner, John, designer, born Ireland
1893, 15 Mar. hired, Room FF
1900 'silversmith'
1903, 20 June left; with brother Luke (born Ireland, 2 May 1862), 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 / night ($0.375 per hour)
Totten, Lowell E., 'last of the engravers'
1921, 10 April born
1937 began apprenticeship as spinner but supervisors thought someone larger required & he was moved to engraving to complete training; 27 April hired
1942 Oct. joined US Navy, served on destroyer in Pacific theatre; 1944, 14 Nov. married Dorothy E. Smith; Oct. 1945 end of military service; 16 Nov. returned to work
1946 filer, Gorham
1961 filer, Gorham
1972 eng. Gorham
1984 retired
Tucker, Alfred Albert
1879, 8 Jan. born Providence, son of Michael Tucker & Mary Diamond (b. New Jersey)
1904 at Gorham
1905 'mechanical draughtsman'
1908 at Gorham
1913 (Tucker Guilemette) 1056 Westminster
1934 Designer; wife Elizabeth J. Mahoney Tucker
1940, 25 Dec. died, Providence, age 61 years 11 months 17 days, 'Jewelry Designer
Tucker, Alpheus C.
1848, 14 April born Johnston RI, son of William C. & Dorcas A. (parents US-born)
1864, 17 Nov. hired
1880-1893 silversmith; foreman, room J (11 men), $30
1900 foreman, Gorham
1905 Census: silversmith, Gorham; Baptist; age 57
1907, 1 July retired, $44/mo.
1927, 14 Oct. died, age 75 years
Tuelle, Charles. 1866, 1 Jan. $1.50
1867, 14 Jan. $2
1868, 13 Jan. $3
1869, 4 Jan. $3
Turner, George L.
1898, 14 Feb. hired
1900-1901 modeler
1905 One of 15 designers who signed testimonial to Edward Holbrook
1906 modeler; 17 Feb. left
Turner, Samuel J.(senior), chaser
1865-1866 silversmith; 1 Jan. $25
1867-1868 silversmith
1869 chaser; 4 Jan. $25
1870 chaser; 10 Jan. $18
1871, 2 Jan. $24
1874 chaser
1876 worked ten and a half weeks on Century Vase
1878-1883 chaser
Turner, Samuel J. Jr.
1856 born, son of Samuel & Emily
1869, 4 Jan. apprentice, $1.50
1870, 10 Jan. apprentice, $1.20
1872, 1 Jan. listed, not paid
1874-1878 chaser
1881, 3 Jan. chaser, $15
1882, 2 Jan., $14
1883, 1 Jan. room 62, $14
1885, 22 Feb. died, age 29
Turner, Thomas
1867, 14 Jan. $21; chaser
1869, 4 Jan. $18; chaser
1874 chaser
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Twilton, F. H.. 1881, 3 Jan., $22
Tysall, Alfred. 1871, 19 July Silversmith, from London, $18, Indenture #5
Underwood, Edward. 18 Jan. 1866, Brazier; from Birmingham; $20; Indenture #36
Vierling, Frank X.,chaser #37; son of John; no employment card
1903, 23 Feb. 1st entry Payroll bk. W
1907, 17 April last entry Payroll Bk AA
1909-1911 chaser
1919 chaser
Vierling, John J., silversmith
1879 born, son of John & Margaret
1904, 29 Aug. hired; 1905, 14 April left; 23 May returned at reduced salary; 1906, 23 Feb. left; 1907, 23 Aug. died, age 28
Vigurs, George Edward
1868, 8 Sept. born England; married Jennie
1891, 15 Jan. hired
1892-1930 at Gorham
1934, 1 Feb. pensioned
1949, 14 Dec. died, age 81
Vigurs, Lester S.
1897, 26 Mar. born Providence RI, son of George Vigurs, English-born silversmith
1911, 26 June 1911 c/o W. B. Durgin, $0.07
1912, 18 Nov., to O3; 30 Dec. to O1, $0.05
1918, 8 April, $0.34; 29 May left, Govt. work
1919, 8 Mar. reinstated, O1, #14, $0.50
1920 Gorham
1921, 25 May left, no work; to International in Meriden, Conn. as chaser with John Rutland, who worked as model maker at Gorham 1996-97.
Village, Thomas
1866, 1 Jan., $16
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