William Gold, Father of Joseph and William Gold, Grandfather of Abbie and Celia Gold, 1/6th-Plate Ruby Ambrotype, Circa 1858
This eerie ruby ambrotype, which I had to tease back from oblivion, is a late-life portrait of Baptist deacon William Gold (31 Oct., 1780 – 16 March, 1859) who married Anna (or Annett) Vera Dewey (b. 1780, VT). He was the paternal grandfather of Abbie and Celia Gold, of whom you may read about here: www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/12980093504/. The origins of the Gold family were in England. The immigrant had been Joseph Gold, Deacon William's father, who was “born in London, England, in sight of Whitefield Church. He came to this country at the age of nineteen years, and made his home in what was then Northbury, Connecticut. He served in the Revolutionary War for seven years. Afterwards, he was employed at the government arsenal at Springfield, Massachusetts. Thence he went to Stratford, Connecticut, where he followed farming. In 1822, he came to Roxbury, Vermont, to live with his son [deacon] William and died there in 1924. He married, in Northbury, Patience Goodenough, who died in 1826,” states “New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 4."
William Gold, Father of Joseph and William Gold, Grandfather of Abbie and Celia Gold, 1/6th-Plate Ruby Ambrotype, Circa 1858
This eerie ruby ambrotype, which I had to tease back from oblivion, is a late-life portrait of Baptist deacon William Gold (31 Oct., 1780 – 16 March, 1859) who married Anna (or Annett) Vera Dewey (b. 1780, VT). He was the paternal grandfather of Abbie and Celia Gold, of whom you may read about here: www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/12980093504/. The origins of the Gold family were in England. The immigrant had been Joseph Gold, Deacon William's father, who was “born in London, England, in sight of Whitefield Church. He came to this country at the age of nineteen years, and made his home in what was then Northbury, Connecticut. He served in the Revolutionary War for seven years. Afterwards, he was employed at the government arsenal at Springfield, Massachusetts. Thence he went to Stratford, Connecticut, where he followed farming. In 1822, he came to Roxbury, Vermont, to live with his son [deacon] William and died there in 1924. He married, in Northbury, Patience Goodenough, who died in 1826,” states “New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 4."