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Author: BasketLady420
Surnames: Calder, Spencer, Niles, Boise
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William Calder, Born: 18 Jul 1792, Providence RI. Died: 5 Dec 1856, Providence RI.
His parents: James Calder (1755-1843)and Agnes Elizabeth Boise (1759-1840)
Apprenticed about 1805 to Samuel Hamlin in Providence RI 10
He worked from 1817 to 1850 as a pewtersmith in Providence RI
Listed in the 1824 city directory with shop at 166 North Main Street and at 182 North Main
Street in the 1835 edition.
William married Eliza Treadwell Spencer, daughter of Lawton Spencer and Martha Niles, on
23 Sep 1818 in Rhode Island. (Eliza Treadwell Spencer was born on 24 Jul 1795 in East
Greenwich RI and died on 12 Dec 1872 in Providence RI.)
I am not related to this family, just passing on this information, which comes from a
website called "American Silversmiths." The link for the site is listed below.
Joyce
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~silversmiths/makers/silversmiths...
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