Ham, Francis W. (1828-1905)

Name:

Ham, Francis W. (1828-1905)

Title:

Member, Rockingham Bible Society, 1865

Born:

01/28/1828

Birthplace:

Portsmouth, NH

Died:

01/25/1905

Death Location:

Portsmouth, NH

Residence:

Portsmouth, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Jeweler
Watchmaker 1860
Watch and clock repair 1870, 1880; - listed in 1869 and 1871 Portsmouth directories.

Father:

Ham, Supply (1788-1862)

Mother:

Osborne, Elizabeth Walton (1789-1845)

Relations:

Partnership, H. H. Ham & F. W. Ham, Portsmouth, 1865-1866
(Henry H. Ham and Francis W. Ham)
Part of the Portsmouth family of Ham clock and watchmakers.
Father: Supply Ham was a watchmaker and silversmith.
Siblings:
Ham, Henry Horatio (1814-1893; watch and clock maker; res. Portsmouth NH; father of Henry H. Ham Jr., who patented the ship's bell clock, used at Portsmouth Navy Yard)
Ham, Joseph (watchmaker; res. Philadelphia)

Spouse:

Elvira H. Grace (1829-1909), January 17, 1856

Children:

Charles Frederick, born 1857; died 1859
Eloise Haven Grace, born 1863; died 1935
Frederick Lincoln, born 1866; died 1920

Notes:

Printed label appears in clock 1972.89.16: "FRANCIS W. HAM / WATCHES / AND / JEWELRY / 33 CONGRESS ST. / PORTSMOUTH, N.H.".

"Rockingham Bible Society," Portsmouth Jounral of Literature and Politics, Porstmouth, NH, February 18, 1865, 2.

Copartnership Notice, Portsmouth Jounral of Literature and Politics, Porstmouth, NH, March 11, 1865, 1.

Dissolution of Copartnership Notice, Portsmouth Jounral of Literature and Politics, Porstmouth, NH, April 21, 1866, 2

Proprietors Burying Ground, Portsmouth, NH