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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 10-10-2002 06:55 PM I would appreciate any information on the brothers John Ayers (1806-1867) and William Travis L'Hommedieu (1817-1834)who worked together c 1830 in Mobile AL. IP: Logged
Bill H Posts: 31 Registered: Jan 2002	posted 10-10-2002 11:18 PM Listed in Mobile Silversmiths and Jewlers 1820-1867 by Sidney Adair Smith..."About 1840 both the L'Hommedieu brothers and James Conning arrived in Mobile from the East. The L'Hommedieus had the patronage of many of the prominent citizens from the 1840's until the outbreak of the Civil War. John A. Campbell, a justice of the Supreme Court and a member of the Confederate cabinet, was one of their patrons as evidenced by some handsome examples owned by a descendant of Campbell. William L'Hommedieu seems to have left the firm for New Orleans or Meridian about 1850. A son, William, served as a telegraph operator at Mobile and Natchez in 1862. John carried on the business until after the close of the war, returning to the North in 1867 when Zadek & Caldwell took over the business." A copy of a newspaper advertisement indicates that J.A. L'Hommedieu was an importer, manufacturer and dealer in fine gold watches, rich and fashionable jewelry, silver ware made from coin, plated castors, waiters, candlesticks; guns rifles, Sharp's rifles, pistols and Colt's pistols; table and pocket cutlery. IP: Logged
Marc Posts: 414 Registered: Jun 2002	posted 12-23-2002 03:31 AM Hi there, I have had the pleasure of owning a L'Hommedieu brothers double ended marrow scoop when I first got into the business in 1980. The mark on it was "L'H Bros" in a rectangular cartouche. It came from a coin dealer whose wife's Great Grandfather was mayor of Mobile back in the 1880's. It is now in the collection of the Museum of the city of Mobile. Hope this may help a little MArc IP: Logged
bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 11-06-2008 03:23 AM In 1868 John Ayer L'Hommedieu sold his business in Mobile, Alabama and with his Vermont born wife Cynthia Ann May moved to Lee, Massachusetts. John died in Lee, Massachusetts on 13 December 1883. IP: Logged
bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 01-20-2009 05:31 PM Another L'hommedieu was Charles L who worked in Wallkill, New York in 1857 as a watch repairer. There is a Julia A L'hommedieu in his household in the 1860 U S Federal census for Wallkill, New York who was born in about 1801 in New York. Charles was born in New York in about 1834. IP: Logged
Tad Hale Posts: 120 Registered: Jul 2005	posted 02-06-2009 05:10 PM L'Hommedieu Brothers, (John A. and William T.) Mobile, Alabama, 21 or 24 Dauphin St. in 1842, Corner of Water & St. Francis St. in 1855, and 54 Dauphin St. in 1859. Began as Smith and Sloat in 1838. Listed in 1842 as Jewelers and Advertised in 1844 as importers & manufacturers of watches, clocks, jewelry, silver-plated ware, guns and military equipment. Listed in 1859 till 1861 as jewelers. 1866-67 as J.A. L'Hommedieu, jewelry at 54 Dauphin and then 30 Dauphin in 1866-67. IP: Logged
bascall Posts: 1629 Registered: Nov 99	posted 04-20-2009 03:13 PM Devoe's 1851 Review of the Southern and Western States has a Mobile Business Registry that places J A L'Hommedieu at 16 Dauphine Street. James Conning is shown at the same address and advertises the same goods. IP: Logged

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