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Haas, George
Description:
George Haas was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. According to the City Directory, He resided at 10th above Spring Garden. He worked with George Meyers as Haas and Meyers in 1830. Haas died in 1844.Biography…
Member number:
307*
Date elected:
1/1/1833
Johnson, Jonathan
Member number:
308*
Date elected:
1/1/1833
Govett, Robert A.
Description:
Robert Annesley Govett was a master builder in Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. He served as a Company Warden from 1838-1840 and on the Managing Committee from 1841-1843. In 1835, Govett lived at 9 Bonsall…
Member number:
309*
Date elected:
1/1/1833
Govett, Joseph
Description:
Grandson of Joseph Govett and son of William Govett, Joseph Govett, II joined the Carpenters' Company in 1833. Biography from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings site, a project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Written by Sandra L. Tatman.
Member number:
310*
Date elected:
1/1/1833
Stewart, James
Description:
James Stewart was a builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. Stewart had served an apprenticeship with John Warner, an earlier master builder and member of the Carpenters' Company. Stewart resided at 17 Plum street. In…
Member number:
311*
Birth date:
1/1/1787
Date elected:
1/1/1833
Weer, William
Description:
William Weer was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. According to the 1830 Philadelphia City Directory, he lived at 179 Cherry street. Weer was also spelled Weir. William Weer died in 1857.Biography from the…
Member number:
312a*
Date elected:
1/1/1833
Day, George
Description:
George Day was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. Day was a Company Warden from 1868-1870 and served on the Managing Committee from 1871-1873. He lived on Marlborough street near Queen street. According to…
Member number:
312
Date elected:
1/1/1833
Leigh, S. Smith
Description:
S. Smith Leigh was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1833. His address was 117 N. 11th street in the 1830 City Directory. Leigh was placed on the Carpenters' Company list of quarterly allowance in 1869.Biography from the…
Member number:
313*
Date elected:
1/1/1833
Amos, Jacob
Description:
Jacob Amos was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. His business address was 45 Coates Alley. His home address was 48 Vine street in 1824, and 67 New street (Callowhill) in 1845. For more…
Member number:
314*
Date elected:
1/1/1833
Ellis, William H.
Description:
William H. Ellis was a master builder of elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1833. In 1830, he lived at 213 N. 4th street as a carpenter. In 1840, he was listed as a lumber merchant at N. 7th street above Brown street. In 1850, he…
Member number:
315*
Date elected:
1/1/1833
Knight, Robert Tower
Description:
Robert Tower Knight was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1833. His father and brother, both named Daniel, were members of the Carpenters' Company. Robert and his brother were the contractors for building the Philadelphia…
Member number:
316*
Birth date:
1/1/1807
Date elected:
1/1/1833
Moore, Joseph
Description:
Joseph Moore was a master builder in Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1834. In 1835, he was listed as a carpenter at 12th below Spruce street. Later City Directories have three Joseph Moores listed as carpenters. Moore served the…
Member number:
318*
Date elected:
1/1/1834
Williamson, Samuel
Member number:
319*
Date elected:
1/1/1834
Woods, James
Description:
James Woods was a master builder of Philadelphia and was elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1834. He served as a Warden of the Company from 1850-1852 and on the Managing Committee from 1853-1855. According to the 1830 City Directory, he resided at…
Member number:
320
Date elected:
1/1/1834
Shaffer, Michael
Description:
Michael Shaffer was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1834. He served on the Company's Managing Committee in 1852-1854. In the 1830 City Directory he was listed as a house carpenter living at 356 North 5th street.…
Member number:
321
Date elected:
1/1/1834
Williamson, Jesse
Member number:
322
Date elected:
1/1/1834
Thomas, Jacob
Description:
Jacob Thomas was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1834. He served as a Company Warden from 1842 to 1844 and served two terms on the Managing Committee, first from 1845 to 1847 and again from 1849 to 1851.…
Member number:
323
Date elected:
1/1/1834
Tresse, Thomas K.
Description:
Thomas K. Tresse was a house carpenter of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1835. He belonged to an early Philadelphia Family and was likely descended or related to an earlier Philadelphia carpenter of the second half of the 1700s…
Member number:
324
Date elected:
1/1/1835
Clark, Jr., James
Description:
James Clark Jr. was a Philadelphia House Carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1835. He was likely the son of another Carpenters' Company member, James Clark (elected 1813). James jr. lived at 320 Coates street at the time of his election…
Member number:
325
Date elected:
1/1/1835
Miskey, John Adam
Description:
John Adam Miskey was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1835. The City Directory for the same year lists him as a carpenter living at Apple street above Mechanic street. Miskey died in 1882 and was buried in Woodside…
Member number:
326
Birth date:
10/13/1807
Date elected:
1/1/1835
Taylor, John D.
Description:
John D. Taylor was a Philadelphia master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1835. He lived at 434 N. 4th street. In addition to working on and building domestic dwellings, Taylor also built factory buildings. He died in 1871.Biography from…
Member number:
327
Date elected:
1/1/1835
Lawton, George R.
Member number:
328
Date elected:
1/1/1835
Howell, Zachariah
Description:
Zachariah Howell was a house carpenter of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1835. He resided at 4 Poplar lane. His relation to the other Howells of the Carpenters' Company is unknown. Portraits of Zachariah and his wife, Elizabeth,…
Member number:
329
Date elected:
1/1/1835
Sterr, Sr., George
Description:
George Sterr Sr. was a house carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1836. Sterr was born in 1784 to German-American parents. In 1824, he lived at 154 N. 8th street and, in addition to being a carpenter, was a shopkeeper.…
Member number:
330
Date elected:
1/1/1836
Wills, Joseph C.
Description:
Joseph Wills was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1836. He served as a Warden of the Company from 1840-1842. Wills built or worked on the Western Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.In 1845 he lived on 13th…
Member number:
331
Date elected:
1/1/1836
Colladay, Jacob W.
Description:
Jacob W. Colladay appears in the Philadelphia city directories as a carpenter and builder from 1866 to 1868. In 1866 he is associated with the building of the "Wigwam" for the National Convention in Philadelphia at 21st Street and Girard Avenue, a…
Member number:
332
Date elected:
1/1/1836
O'Neill, Presley B.
Member number:
333
Date elected:
1/1/1836
Durfor, William
Description:
William Durfor was a house carpenter of Philadelphia who lived from 1807 to 1883. While little is known about his background and early life, he was elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1837. He continued building through the 1870s,…
Member number:
334
Date elected:
1/1/1837
Conard, Charles
Description:
Charles Conard was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1837. He served on the Company's Managing Committee and its Book Prices Committee as well as Company Secretary (1863-65), Vice President…
Member number:
335
Birth date:
1801
Date elected:
1/1/1837
Leslie, James
Description:
James Miln Leslie was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters Company in 1837. He resided on Locust above 12th street before moving to 200 Locust street around 1840. By 1845 Leslie was listed at 262 Locust street. He is credited…
Member number:
336
Date elected:
1/1/1837
Little, Henry
Description:
Henry Little was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1837. After joining, he served on the managing committee in 1848-1850. He is known to have built, or worked on, atleast two churches: the Methodist Protestant…
Member number:
337
Date elected:
1/1/1837
Shuster, Henry
Description:
Henry Shuster was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1837. He served as a Company Warden and and six terms on the Managing Committee. Finally, he served as the Treasurer of the Carpenters' Company from 1881-1888.…
Member number:
338
Date elected:
1/1/1837
Forsyth, William T.
Description:
William Forsyth was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1838. Forsyth lived at 85 North Juniper street and worked at Brown above Cherry street in 1845. He moved his residence to 256 Cherry Street by 1850 and his…
Member number:
339
Date elected:
1/1/1838
Cownover, Ferdinand
Description:
Ferdinand Cownover was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1838. He resided on Parrish street below 10th street. Ferdinand Cownover died in 1865 and the following year his widow was added to the…
Member number:
340
Date elected:
1/1/1838
McClure, John
Description:
John McClure was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1839. He served on the Carpenters' Company Library Committee from 1854-1857. In 1835, McClure was listed at 64 Spruce street in the City Directory. The Directory…
Member number:
341
Date elected:
1/1/1839
Rice, John
Description:
According to his 1880 obituary, John Rice was born in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia and apprenticed as a carpenter. After finishing his apprenticeship, he undertook the business of building, at which he flourished. According to the…
Member number:
342
Date elected:
1/1/1839
Bartholomew, Jacob
Description:
Jacob Bartholomew was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia 1839. In the 1840 City Directory, Bartholomew was listed as a carpenter at 4th above German street with his residence at 43 Union street. Bartholomew was listed…
Member number:
343
Date elected:
1/1/1839
Patterson, Thomas B.
Description:
Thomas Patterson was a carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1839. The 1845 City Directory listed Patterson as a Carpenter at Marshall street above Brown street and his house at 7th street above Brown street. In the 1854…
Member number:
344
Date elected:
1/1/1839
Palmer, William C.
Description:
William Palmer was a carpenter elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1839. In 1845, his business address was Shippen street above 8th street and his house was 161 Queen street. He died in 1847 and his widow was placed on widows'…
Member number:
345
Date elected:
1/1/1839
Williams, John
Description:
John Williams was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1839. He served as a Warden in 1854-56, on the Managing Committee from 1857-59 and 1862-64, as Secretary from 1860-1862, Vice President from 1863-65 and as…
Member number:
346
Date elected:
1/1/1839
Errickson, Michael
Description:
Michael Errickson appears in Philadelphia city directories from 1832 through 1868. From 1832 to 1864 he notes an occupation as carpenter, but in 1865 he changes to "gentleman." It appears that he was one of a group of architects and carpenters…
Member number:
347
Date elected:
1/1/1839
Betts, Richard K.
Description:
Richard K. Betts was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1841. He served as Company Warden in 1854, on the Library Committee from 1853-87, on the Managing Committee from 1855-57, 1859-61, 1863-65, 1868-70, and…
Member number:
348
Birth date:
1/1/1807
Date elected:
1/1/1841
Doan, George W.
Description:
George W. Doan was a master builder from Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company elected in 1841. Doan mostly built row houses all across the city. According to the 1845 Philadelphia Directory, Doan resided at 3 Union Square and was a…
Member number:
349
Date elected:
1/1/1841
Bockius, Henry J.
Description:
Henry J. Bockius was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company in 1841. He was elected as the Company Warden in 1851 and served until 1853. He served on the Managing Committee from 1854-1856, from 1858-1860 and finally from…
Member number:
350
Date elected:
1/1/1841
Betts, William Cary
Description:
William Cary Betts was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1842. Betts was listed at 43 Cherry street in the 1840 Philadelphia Directory. He worked on the construction of Pennsylvania Hall in 1835. Betts was marked…
Member number:
351
Birth date:
1/1/1813
Date elected:
1/1/1842
Rubicam, Charles A.
Description:
Charles A. Rubicam was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1844. He served on the Carpenters' Company Library committee in 1853 and on the Managing Committee from 1858-1860. He was elected a Company Warden serving…
Member number:
352
Date elected:
1/1/1844
Price, Jacob S.
Description:
Jacob S. Price was a master builder of Philadelphia elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1844. Price was elected as a Company Warden in 1878 and served a two year term. He also served on the Managing Committee from 1881-83. In the…
Member number:
353
Date elected:
1/1/1844
Ketcham, John
Description:
John Ketcham was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1846. He served as a Company Warden from 1859-1861 as well as on the Managing Committee from 1862-64 and again in 1867. The 1850 City Directory lists Ketcham as a…
Member number:
354
Date elected:
1/1/1846
Rain, Samuel
Description:
Samuel Rain was a master builder elected to the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia in 1847. He served many leadership capacities in the Company, first as a Warden in 1856-1858, on the Managing Committee from 1859-61, in 1863, 1865, 1876-78, 1884 and…
Member number:
355
Date elected:
1/1/1847
Doan, Aaron
Description:
Aaron Doan was a carpenter, contractor and sometime architect who appears in Philadelphia directories as a carpenter or builder beginning in 1850 and continuing through 1885, except for the years 1874-1875 when he styles himself an architect. Briefly…
Member number:
356
Birth date:
1/1/1815
Date elected:
1/1/1848