William Kirkham

  General notes:

Silversmith and watchmaker, and silverplate designer

  Events in his life were:

• He worked from circa 1855 to 1865 as a silversmith and watchmaker in Springfield MA

• Advertised in the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Bangor ME), 18 May 1861, as part of a group endorsement of the Waltham Watch Company.

• He was a partner in 1865 with Eugene B. Floyd in Burlington VT as E. B. FLOYD & Co. at 154 Church Street, having bought the business of Charles W. Wingate. ⁷

• Advertised in the Burlington Times (Burlington VT), 9 Sep 1865, calling attention to the "splendid assortment of goods" offered by E. B. FLOYD & Company, especially to the full stock of ". . . coin silver goods mostly of our own make." ⁷

• He worked from circa 1866 to 1871 as a silverplater in Springfield MA

• He was issued design patent number 4,554 on 3 Jan 1871

WILLIAM KIRKHAM, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

Design No. 4,554, dated January 3,1871.

DESIGN FOR AN EGG-STEAMER.

I, WILLIAM KIRKHAM, of Springfield, Hampden county, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented and produced a new and original Design for an "Egg-Steamer," of which the following is a specification.
The nature of my design is fully represented in the accompanying drawing, to which, reference is made, and consists of a steamer for eggs, of the shape, and, as near as possible, the size, of an ostrich egg, surmounted by an ostrich standing upon a field frosted or otherwise made to represent a plain of sand.
Claim.
I claim as my invention—
The design for an egg-steamer, as shown.

William Kirkham

Witnesses:
R. F. Hyde
E. Dudley Chapin

William married Harriet Merriam, daughter of Charles Merriam and Sophia Eleanor Warriner, on 23 Oct 1861 in Springfield MA. (Harriet Merriam was born about 1840 in Springfield MA.)