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WALTER F. COURTMAN
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WALTER F. COURTMAN, of West Hoboken, N. J., was born in London,
England, December 24, 1858, the son of Joseph Courtman and Mariah
Barker. He received his education in the schools of London and vicinity,
and came to America in 1872, settling in New York City. Since 1888 he has
been a resident of West Hoboken. He engaged in the preparation of bronze
and vault work, chiefly along artistic lines, and did extensive work for Tiffany
& Co., of New York. For about nineteen years he was foreman of the
bronze and chandelier works of J. F. Palmer & Co. Subsequently he was
with John Williams. who did the bronze work for the famous Vanderbilt
marble mansion at Newport, R. I., and also for the residence of the late C.
P. Huntington in New York City. Since 1893 Mr. Courtman has been engaged in business on his own account, in West Hoboken, as proprietor of architectural iron works. He has recently been engaged in erecting improvements in connection with St. Michael's Monastery and St. Joseph's Church, of West Hoboken, and St. Joseph's Church at Jersey City. He is a Democrat, and a member of the Holy Name Society, of the Catholic Benevolent Society, and of Palisade Council, No. 127. Mr. Courtman married Mary Mooney, of New York City, and has two children: Walter and Margaret.
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