• Born: 24 Jul 1829, Billerica MA
• Marriage (1): Martha Ann Stickney on 11 Aug 1854 in Concord NH
• Died: 2 Dec 1906, San Diego CA

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Partnership: Jacob and Abiel Carter, circa 1853-1856, in Concord NH.

• Partnership: Abiel Carter, in 1856-1857, in Concord NH. As CARTER & WHITFORD. ³

• Partnership: George Winslow Drew, circa 1857-1864, in Concord NH. As WHITFORD & DREW with a shop at 184 Main Street.

• General: New Hampshire Agricultural Society, in 1857, in Concord NH. The firm of WHITFORD & DREW awarded $5.00 for the best exhibition of silverware. William B. Durgin was awarded second place.

• Advertised: The White Mountain Guide Book, in 1858.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Concord NH. Listed as a jeweler.

• He worked circa 1865 as a silversmith and jeweler in Waltham MA with a shop in the Whitford Building at 363 Main Street.

• He appeared on the census in 1865 in Waltham MA. Listed as a jeweler.

• Example: Tradecard, circa 1875, in Private Collection.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Waltham MA. Listed as a jeweler.

• Partnership: Robert B. Johnson, circa 1890, in Waltham MA. As WHITFORD & JOHNSON, with a shop at 663 Main Street. Whitford also maintained a second firm in Boston as G. H. WHITFORD & Co at 421 Washington Street.

• Example: Tradecard, in 1892, in Private Collection.

• Advertised: Waltham and Watertown Directory, in 1895.

George married Martha Ann Stickney on 11 Aug 1854 in Concord NH. (Martha Ann Stickney was born on 11 Oct 1835 in Concord NH and died on 21 Feb 1903.)