• 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:

• He was a partner circa 1853-1856 with Jacob and Abiel Carter in Concord NH

• He was a partner in 1856-1857 with Abiel Carter in Concord NH as CARTER & WHITFORD. ³

• He was a partner circa 1857-1864 with George Winslow Drew in Concord NH as WHITFORD & DREW with a shop at 184 Main Street.

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

• Advertised in the The White Mountain Guide Book, 1858,

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at 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 1865 census taken at Waltham MA, listed as a jeweler.

• Tradecard, c 1875
  Private Collection
  

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Waltham MA, listed as a jeweler.

• He was a partner circa 1890 with Robert B. Johnson 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.

• Tradecard, 1892
  Private Collection
  

• Advertised in the Waltham and Watertown Directory, 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.)