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Title Certier, George
Alternate title Certier, George, Jr.
Date b. ca. 1831
Description George Certier, born in France ca. 1831, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia from 1856 to 1859. Certier was employed by Wagner & McGuigan at 4 Franklin Place in 1856 and 34 Franklin Place in 1858. In 1857, he worked for L. N. Rosenthal at the northwest corner of Fifth and Chestnut Streets. Certier shared the same home addresses as lithographers Jerome Bastian (southwest corner of Fifth and Spruce Streets in 1856) and Simon Rosenthal, brother of Louis N. (7 Powell, i.e. Delancey, Street in 1857).
By 1850, Certier resided with his parents in the Chestnut Ward in Philadelphia. Included in their household was German engraver Maurice Geienshoper and French engraver Maximilian Bellay. Certier's father, also George (b. ca. 1803), was a watch spring maker, saloon/liquor store owner, and printer, active in Philadelphia between 1845 and 1873, predominately while tenanting 235 Union (i.e. Delancey) Street . George, Sr. also appears to have been associated with French-born Philadelphia lithographer Alphonse Brett . The two men are listed as passengers who traveled between LeHavre, France and New York on the ship Elizabeth in January of 1851. Whether George, Jr. had an association is undetermined.
Is part of Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
References See Bastian, Jerome; Brett, Alphonse; Wagner & McGuigan; Rosenthal, L. N.; and Rosenthal, Simon.
Call number Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Bibliographic citation Census 1850
Groce & Wallace, 117
Philadelphia City Directories 1856-1859
Philadelphia Inquirer, November 16, 1844
Public Ledger, May 21, 1845
WWWAA, 631