School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Worked in Pittsburgh, Allegheny county 1857 to 1860. Worked in Wheeling, Ohio county, West Virginia 1862 to 1866.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Worked in Washington, Washington County 1824 to1860. Worked in Canonsburg, Washington County in 1870.
School: Ohio
Harrison, County 1821-1898
School: Ohio
Harrison, County 1821-1898
School: Huntingdon (Pennsylvania/PA)
Working dates: 1845-1860 Born 1800 Died ? Worked in the Borough of McConnellstown, Walker Township.
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA)
Andreas Albrecht (1718-1802) was one of the patriarchs of Pennsylvania gun building. Born in Germany, he came to America in 1750 and served as the master gunsmith at the Moravian settlement of Christian Springs, the initial place where guns were built within the Lehigh Valley, near present-day Nazareth. Albrecht left the settlement in 1771 and moved to Lititz, a Moravian community in Lancaster County, PA, where he continued gun building. Albrecht was the master of William Henry, Jr. Only one signed A. Albrecht rifle is known to exist today.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Worked in East Birmingham, Allegheny County in1870 to 1871.
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Warwick Township, Lititz, Pa., 1772-1800
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Born August 5, 1772 in Lititz, Pennsylvania. Died January 27, 1845. Son of grand master Andreas Albrecht. Documented as a maker in Lititz/Warwick Twp. as early as 1792. It appears that Henry was a peripatetic gunmaker, moving west to Cumberland County and then to Ohio, later to return to the Moravian communities of Lititz (Lancaster Co.) and Nazareth (Lehigh Co.)
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Warwick Township, Lititz, Pa., 1814-1820
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Warwick Township, Lititz, Pa., 1814-1820
School: Northampton/Lehigh (Pennsylvania/PA)
John Andrew Albright (1770-1822), son of Andreas Albrecht, was documented by scholar Sam Dyke as a gunsmith working in Nazareth in the 1790-1822 period.
Thomas John Albright (1808-1890)was taxed as a gunsmith from 1835-1840 in Stroudsburg, PA, the county seat of Monroe County, PA. He moved west and set up shop in St. Louis, MO, where ran a family business with his sons Thomas John, Jr., and William. Primarily makers of percussion longrifles.
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
County records cite a Metschl Aldenderfer, gunsmith, working in Cocalico Twp., Lancaster Co., PA. Not much is known about the man; some scholars have dated him as working as early as the 1760’s. Researcher Sam Dyke was able to find only one tax record for him…1800.
School: Lancaster (Pennsylvania/PA)
Cocalico Township, 1800-Only
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Worked in German Township, Fayette County in 1850 to 1852.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Worked in German Township, Fayette County in 1850 to 1852.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Worked in Sewickley Township,Allegheny county in 1860.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Worked in Sewickley Township,Allegheny county in 1860.
School: Western Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania/PA)
Worked in Peters Township, Washington County 1807 to 1818. Worked in New Sewickley Township, Beaver County 1819 to 1836.
