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W.H. PENTZ & Co.

Summerside, Prince Edward Island


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W.H. Pentz & Co. - Summerside, P.E.I. - 1892

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N. MARKS & Co.

65, Sparks Street, Ottawa


N. Marks & Co., Jewellers, etc., Wholesale and Retail, 65 Sparks Street—One among the most attractive jewellery establishments in Ottawa, is that of the firm of N. Marks & Co., which is located at No. 65 Sparks Street. The store is large and spacious, and fitted up with elaborate plate glass show cases, which contain the rarest gems in diamonds and other precious stones, and a splendid stock of American and Swiss watches, and beautiful articles of every description, suitable for presents; eye-glasses, spectacles,opera glasses, etc. Everything is fully warranted as represented, and in the firm are gentlemen well known in the community, where they have been engaged in business the past 20 years; what they say can always be relied on. Repairing watches, clocks and jewellery receives attention, the work being done by those thoroughly competent and proficient in this line. The business is conducted both wholesale and retail, and the house stands at the front of the jewellery trade in this section of the Dominion.

Source: Industries of Canada - 1886


N. Marks, Ottawa, was in Montreal last week buying stock.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 19th September 1894

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W.H. THORNE & Co.

King Street, St. John, New Brunswick


An example of the retailer mark of W.H. Thorne & Co., applied to forks manufactured by Roden Brothers:

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W.H. THORNE & Co.


Established in 1867.


Some images from 1911 of the shopfront windows and store layout of W.H. Thorne & Co.:

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Thorne, William Henry, Hardware Merchant, St. John, New Brunswick, was born on the 12th September, 1844, in St. John, N.B. His father, Edward L. Thorne, came from Granville, Nova Scotia, settled in St. John, in 1814, and was for many years one of the leading business men of that city. The members of the Thorne family who first settled in Granville, N.S., were of the old loyalist stock who left New York on the close of the revolutionary war and came over to the Maritime provinces. The mother of the subject of our sketch was Susan Scovil, and her parents settled in New Brunswick about the same time as the Thornes did in Nova Scotia, and belonged to the same body of loyalists who refused to sever their allegiance with the mother country. W. H. Thorne educated at the Grammar School in St. John, and afterwards adopted the mercantile profession. He had several years' experience as clerk with the firm of J. & F. Burpee & Co.; and commenced the hardware and metal business on his own account, in 1867. In 1873 he admitted R. C. Scovil as a partner, This gentleman having died in 1884, Mr. Thorne continued the business, taking into partnership, in 1885, two young men who had been in his employ for several years—namely, Arthur T. Thorne and T. Carlton Lee, and who are still members of the firm, and actively engaged in the business, under the style of W. H. Thorne & Co. The business of this firm has steadily grown until it is now amongst the largest in the Maritime provinces. The stock kept by it is the largest and best selected of its kind in the province, and their travellers may be daily met with in Quebec, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Mr. Thorne, the head of the firm, takes a deep interest in everything that tends to advance the interests of his native city. He is a vice-president of the Board of Trade, and is connected with several other useful institutions. He is a progressive man, and may be classed among the Liberals; and in religious matters he is an adherent of the Episcopal church.

Source: A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography - George Maclean Rose - 1888

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CARL C. SCHMIDT

67, King Street, St. John, New Brunswick


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Carl C. Schmidt - St. John, N.B. - 1892

Diploma awarded at St. John Exhibition, 1890.

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ELECTRIC CHAIN COMPANY OF CANADA

Toronto


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ECCO - STERLING

The Electric Chain Company of Canada were established c.1916. The were taken over by the Rembrandt Jewelry Manufacturing Ltd. in the 1950's and their spoon dies acquired by the Breadner Manufacturing Co.

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ECCO - STERLING

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WILLIAM N. VENNING

60, King Street, St. John, New Brunswick


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William N. Venning - St. John, NB - 1862

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MOSES COCHENTHALER

165, later, 149, St James Street, later, 448, St. Catherine Street West, Montreal


Established in 1850.

Moses Cochenthaler, Montreal, has been made the official jeweler to Lady Aberdeen as an acknowledgment of the skill shown in resetting and cleaning the jewels of Her Excellency, recently entrusted to him for that purpose.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 11th October 1893



The Proceeds of a Jewelry Store Theft went to Charity

Montreal, Can., Feb. 6.—A couple of years ago several thousand dollars' worth of jewelry was stolen from Cochenthaler's establishment. No trace could be made of the goods, and the loss was eventually paid by the Dominion Burglary Guarantee Co., with whom they were insured. Recently John Kiernan, a night watchman on St. James St., was arrested for robbery, and he confessed that he had stolen the jewelry. He further stated that about a year ago he had confessed to the robbery to Father Laurin, of Notre Dame church; that the latter had at first told him to return the goods to the owner, but when informed that the loss had been paid, he had ordered him to dispose of the stolen articles for charity, which had been done, the proceeds going to the Indian school's fund. Father Laurin states that Kiernan did not mention the name of the owner. The Guarantee Co. will likely take action to recover the proceeds, and an interesting legal suit will be the result.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 10th February 1897



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M. Cochenthaler - Montreal - 1885


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M. Cochenthaler - Montreal - 1889


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Cochenthaler - Montreal - 1898


M. Cochenthaler, Montreal; has issued an execution against T. M. De Villeneuve tor $42.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 2nd March 1898


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Cochenthaler - Montreal - 1911

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A.J.H. BARTSCH

76 1-2, Prince William Street, St. John, New Brunswick


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A.J.H. Bartsch - St. John, NB - 1862

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TOD & MANNING

574, Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia


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Tod & Manning - Vancouver, B.C. - 1934


R. M. Tod, of Tod & Manning, is back from a most enjoyable fishing trip in the Kamloops district. Bob came back with a nice string of trout for the delectation of his many friends and says he certainly had a most wonderful time. Billy Kerr, jeweler, of Kamloops, acted as the official guide and piloted Bob in his trusty McLaughlin to the most likely pools of Fish Lake, about 4,200 feet above sea-level.

Source: The Trader - August 1920


R. C. Manning, of Tod & Manning, represented the local jewelers at the convention at Rose City, and he reports having a most enjoyable time. It certainly could not have been a dull convention, for there were no less than seventy-eight brass bands, numbering 2.300 musicians, right on the
job all the time.


Source: The Trader - August 1920

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W. PURCHASE

28, Germain Street, St. John, New Brunswick


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W. Purchase - St. John, N.B. - 1862

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H. ELLIS

14, Wellington Street West, Toronto


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H. Ellis - Toronto - 1890

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GEORGE P. STAPLES

38, King Street, St. John, New Brunswick


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R.A. DICKSON & Co.

Corner of Notre Dame and St. Peter streets, later, 2201, later, 2259, St Catherine Street, Montreal


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R.A. Dickson & Co. - Montreal - 1898


R. A. Dickson, the Montreal jeweler, has removed from the corner of Notre Dame and St Peter Sts. to his new store, 2201 St Catherine St. The store, as completed, is one of the handsomest in the city. It is no less than 100 feet in depth by 26 feet in breadth.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 16th June 1897


Geo. Chillas, the Canadian agent of the Pairpoint Mfg. Co., has sold out his stock and samples to R. A. Dickson, jeweler, St. Catherine St., Montreal.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 2nd March 1898


Montreal, Can., Nov. 9.—Dollie Seybold, aged 10, and Maggie Cogan, aged 14, visited the jewelry store of R. A. Dickson & Co. in August last to buy a cheap watchguard. Near where they stood a lady assistant was showing a tray of expensive diamond rings, and having occasion to go with her customer to another part of the store for a moment, the girl Cogan took the opportunity to steal four of the rings, valued at $500, and made off with her companion. Although Messrs Dickson soon became aware of their loss, they could not imagine how the rings had disappeared, or who had taken them, and they finally gave the case into the hands of the detectives. The case has been pursued with vigor, but it was not until Saturday last that the goods were traced and four arrests were made, viz., the two girls, the mother of Seybold, and a street car conductor, named James Trentor—the two latter charged with receiving. It appears that neither of the girls received any direct pecuniary benefit from their crime.

According to the evidence, Cogan yielded to a sudden temptation, and shortly realizing her offence, returned to restore the property, but was afraid of the consequences, and did not do so. The Cogan girl gave her share of the spoils to a sister of Trentor, a ring worth about $150, and the latter has been wearing it publicly ever since. The Seybold girl gave her share of the rings to her mother, who pawned them for $50, the real value being over $300. All the jewelry has been recovered. At the enquete proceedings, it was proved to the satisfaction of the magistrate that Trentor and his sister thought the ring to be of little value, and, furthermore, had no reason to suspect the person from whom it was received; he was therefore honorably acquitted. Cogan pleaded guilty and Seybold and her mother not guilty, and were remanded.


Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 23rd November 1898

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THE INLAID SILVER Co.

Toronto


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The Inlaid Silver Co. - Toronto - 1890

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ALBERT S. HAY

58½, King Street, St. John, New Brunswick


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Albert S. Hay - St. John, NB - 1862

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CANADA PLATING Co.

759, Craig Street, Montreal


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Canada Plating Co. - Montreal - 1898

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CHARLES DAVIES

59, King Street West, Toronto


A Cool Thief.—Shortly after ten o'clock on the night of the 19th March, the attention of a street car driver was drawn to the jewelry store of Charles Davies, 59 King Street West, by the breaking of glass. He observed a man running away from the store, and on driving as far as the corner of King and Yonge streets he told a policeman of the affair. The policeman went along to the store, and found the side portion of the window facing the entrance broken and the wire guard lying against the wall. He immediately aroused Mr. Davies, who stays up-stairs, who, on making an examination, found that two nickel-plated watches had been stolen from the window, valued at about $10. The thief had evidently been scared away by the approaching car before being able to make a bigger haul. It appears that the thief had broken off the nut which held the wire guard in position, and then pulled the guard away, broken the glass with his fist or knee, thereby enabling him to secure whatever articles he thought fit from those displayed in the window.

Source: The Trader - April 1885

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JAMES A. WHITEFORD

224, Water Street, St. John's, Newfoundland


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J.A. Whiteford - St. John's, Newfoundland - 1868

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WATSON & PELTON

53, St. Sulpice Street, Montreal



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Watson & Pelton - Montreal - 1884

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Watson & Pelton - Montreal - 1885


It is said that a new firm of jewelers will start business in St. James St., Montreal, early next year. Mr. Watson, of Watson & Pelton, dealers in fancy goods who recently dissolved, will be the head of the new firm.

Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 28th October 1891

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J.F. DOBBIN

29, Buade Street, Quebec


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