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Lewis B. HILER
16 Jun 1825 - 30 Jan 1885
Repository ID Number: I24440
Original Submitter (General Source): [S1040]
Mother: Ruth GARRIGUS |
Family 1 : Mary Louisa BALL
- MARRIAGE: 13 Feb 1855 [S1199]
- MARRIAGE: AFT 12 Apr 1869
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Was a pattern maker and mining expert. When that hardy, courageous, pioneer expedition went west in 1849 he joined the explorers, convinced of the unfolding of a wonderous 'gold-bearing to-morrow.' Later he located mines in Canada, finally returning to New Jersey. Pattern Maker: A patternmaker constructed forms from fine woods and leather fillets to form sand molds in which metal was cast. This is done today, but the craft of patternmaking has changed. Dressmaking and tailor patterns are also made by patternmakers, but that is not the way their trade is listed. A Pattern maker is the man who makes the *patterns* that automatic milling machines, lathes, etc, follow to make parts of autos etc. I imagine that it's being computerized today. A pattern maker is a person who takes blueprints and makes a mold for castings. He usually works in wood, shaping the Pattern to look like the finished product. I wouldn't call it an 'old occupation' because it is stll practiced in the casting of steel and cast iron products. The job description has been around as long as items have been cast from metals and some waxes. Mostly found now-a-days in automotive foundries and various casting shops. Patterns are usually made of various kinds of wood, sanded and finished to look like the metal part that is desired. Damp sand is packed around it in wood boxes or frames. The wooden model is then removed and molten metal - be it zinc, iron, white metal or what - is poured into the shaped hole. The result is a casting used for many items such as auto engines, outboard motors, toys, etc. Essentially a pattern maker was a very talent wood worker and model builder. It seems likely that your pattern maker, who was also associated with the mining industry, was a foundry worker. Patternmakers (usually one word) made the wooden master molds used to construct sand and clay forms into which molten metal was poured to make a casting. They were the creme-de-la-creme of woodworkers. Their skill, knowledge, and responsibility were awesome--far surpassing that of any other woodworker. A patternmaker had to master both precision woodworking and metallurgy. For example, allowances for metal shrinkage during cooling (which varied with the kind of metal) and for machine finishing of the casting had to be compensated for. The wooden pattern had to be designed for easy removal from the wet sand molds, so that the sand shape remained undamaged. Even the amount of shaking or tapping required to loosen small castings had to be taken into consideration. The trade developed many specialized woodworking tools now much in demand among antique tool collectors.
_Jacob HILER ________+
| (1734 - ....) m 1757
_John HILER _________|
| (.... - 1821) |
| |_Ann VANWINKLE ______
| m 1757
_John HILER _________|
| (1797 - 1858) m 1818|
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| |_Mary ? _____________|
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|--Lewis B. HILER
| (1825 - 1885)
| _Jacob GARRIGUES ____+
| | (1716 - 1798) m 1748
| _John GARRIGUS ______|
| | (1760 - 1850) m 1782|
| | |_Sarah_______________
| | m 1748
|_Ruth GARRIGUS ______|
(1796 - 1871) m 1818|
| _Samuel SHIPMAN _____
| | m 1777
|_Elizabeth SHIPMAN __|
(1750 - 1833) m 1782|
|_Margaret JOHNSON ___+
m 1777
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Daaniel LAMPSON
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Repository ID Number: I29807
Original Submitter (General Source): [S1040]
Family 1 :
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Ellen ROACH
1838 - ____
Repository ID Number: I14269
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David ROACH Mother: Mary HARRISON |
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_Francis ROACH ____________|
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