• Born: 9 Feb 1810, Salem MA
• Marriage (1): Catherine Elizabeth Duncan on 18 Oct 1841 in Salem MA
• Died: 24 Jun 1881, Boston MA

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

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• Apprenticed: Edmund M. Currier, about 1826, in Salem MA.

• Partnership: Edmund M. Currier, in 1831-1840, in Salem MA. As CURRIER & FOSTER with a shop at 11 Derby Square. ³

• He worked circa 1840-1850 as a watchmaker in Boston MA for the firm of HARRIS, STANWOOD & Co.

• Example: Cup, circa 1840, in Private Collection. H: 3 3/4"
  wt: 4.5 oz
  Engraved "Hannah Bemis / to / Caroline E. Bemis"

• Example: Teapot, circa 1840, in Metropolitan Museum of Art. H: 8 1/4"
  w: 9 1/2"
  wt: 20 oz, 19 dwt

• He worked circa 1850-1870 as a watchmaker in Boston MA
  Listed in city directories at 33 Tremont Street. In addition to watchmaking, he retailed silver hollow- and flatware.

• He appeared on the census in 1850 in Roxbury MA. Listed as a trader.

• He appeared on the census in 1855 in Roxbury MA. Listed as a silver ware merchant.

• He appeared on the census in 1865 in Roxbury MA. Listed as a merchant.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Boston MA. Listed as an artificial leg maker.

George married Catherine Elizabeth Duncan, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 18 Oct 1841 in Salem MA. (Catherine Elizabeth Duncan was born on 12 Aug 1813 in Salem MA.)