Charles G. Parker

  General notes:

Pewtersmith and silverplater

  Events in his life were:

• He worked from circa 1840 to 1880 as a pewtersmith in Meriden CT as C. PARKER & Co. By the 1870s, the firm had switched to manufacturing silver plate flatware, for which they recieved a number of design patents.

• He was a partner from circa 1860 to 1880 with Russell B. Perkins in Meriden CT as PARKER & PERKINS.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Meriden CT, listed as a silverplate manufacturer.

Charles married Aby Lewis Eddy on 6 Oct 1831 in Berlin CT. (Aby Lewis Eddy was born on 1 Sep 1811 in New Britain CT.)