Edward Howard
- Born: 6 Oct 1813, Hingham MA
- Marriage (1): Harriet McAllaster on 25 Apr 1839 in Boston MA
- Died: 4 Mar 1904, Dorchester MA
General notes:
Watchmaker
Events in his life were:
- He worked in 1842-1882 as a watchmaker in Boston MA the complete chronology is:
• 1842 E. HOWARD CLOCK Co. founded
• 1845 HOWARD CLOCK factory built in Roxbury
• 1850 AMERICAN HOROLOGUE Co. founded by E. Howard and Aaron Lufkin Dennison, with financial backing from D. P. Davis
• 1853 The first production watches completed, signed "WARREN MANUFACTURING Co.," which evolved into the Waltham "Model 1857," the first successful industrially manufactured watch.
• 1854 The firm is renamed the BOSTON WATCH Co.
• 1857 BOSTON WATCH Co. fails; Royal E. Robbins and partners purchase the machinery and most of the inventory, but Edward Howard teams with lienholder Chas. Rice to remove about 500 watches in progress to Roxbury; Both Robbins and Howard claim succession from the BOSTON WATCH Co.
• 1857-8 Howard finishes left over BOSTON WATCH Co. Model 1857 material under the name "HOWARD & RICE"
• 1858 Howard buys out Rice and the name of the watchmaking operation is changed to E. HOWARD & Co.
• 1858 Production of "E. HOWARD & Co." watches begins based on Reed's divided plate 6-pillar design
• 1861 HOWARD WATCH AND CLOCK Co. incorporated
• 1879 WALTHAM WATCH AND TOOl Co founded
• 1881 Company reorganized as E. HOWARD WATCH & CLOCK Co.
• 1882 Edward Howard retires
- He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Roxbury MA, listed as a watch manufacturer.
- He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Boston MA, listed (as Edwin) as a watch and clock manufacturer.
- He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Boston MA, listed as a watch manufacturer.
Edward married Harriet McAllaster on 25 Apr 1839 in Boston MA. (Harriet McAllaster was born on 6 Dec 1818 in Boston MA and died on 14 Jan 1851 in Boston MA.)
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