• Born: 4 Jan 1796, Portsmouth NH
• Marriage (1): Sarah Little on 6 Jan 1825 in Portland ME
• Died: 3 Dec 1888, Portland ME

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• Apprenticed in 1810 to John Gaines in Portsmouth NH ¹
  

• He worked in 1817-1819 as a goldsmith and jeweler in Boston MA as a journeyman for various firms. ³

• Portland ME, 1819-1888: president of Portland Savings Bank, Secretary and Treasurer of Relief Fire Society, a prominent Mason, and active in a large number of charitable and philanthropic organizations. ³

• He worked in 1819-1857 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Portland ME taking the stand formerly occupied by Joshua Tolford at 6 Jones Row, Exchange Street. ³

• Master to Abner Lowell c 1825 in Portland ME.

• Master to William Senter Abt 1828 in Portland ME.

• Watch paper, c 1833
  American Antiquarian Society
  

• Master to Nathaniel Pearson Abt 1840 in Portland ME. ⁷

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Portland ME, listed as a jeweler. Nathaniel Pearson is also listed as a jeweler in his household.

• Advertised in the The Portland Reference Book and City Directory (Portland ME), 1850,

• He was a partner in 1858-1877 with Nathaniel Pearson in Portland ME as GERRISH & PEARSON with shop at 74 Exchange Street. ³

• Alternate Mark for GERRISH & PEARSON.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Portland ME, listed as a jeweler. Nathaniel Pearson is also listed as a jeweler in his household.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Portland ME, listed as a jeweler. Watchmakers Nathaniel Pearson and Charles W. Lamson are also listed in his household.

• He worked in 1877-1880 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Portland ME

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Portland ME, listed as a jeweler.

Oliver married Sarah Little, daughter of Paul Little and Sarah Reddington, on 6 Jan 1825 in Portland ME. (Sarah Little was born on 20 Mar 1802 in Newburyport MA and died on 26 Oct 1888 in Portland ME.)