Joaquim left Portugal with his family as a child to escape the Napoleonic War. Oporto had been sacked by the French Army. The family sailed to Baltimore in 1810. In 1811, when the United States conflict with Great Britain threatened the coastline, the family moved to Philadelphia. Joaquim lived there for the next 47 years
In 1826 he served an apprenticeship to Bailey's, a manufactuing jeweler and silversmith.
From 1829 until 1833, Joseph Bishop (quite likely Joaquim), a Jeweler, is listed in the Brix listing of Philadelphia Silversmiths and Allied Artificers.
In 1830 he was listed in The Philadelphia City Directory as a jeweler at the NE Corner of Locust and Dean Streets. After that business failed, he worked as a finisher in a brass foundry.
In 1832 he was employed at the University of Pennsylvania as assistant to Dr. Robert Hare, Professor of Chemistry, and worked as an instrument maker. Here he was introduced to the coterie of scientific men that were to become the early experimenters in photography. While at the University he mastered Dr. Hare's method of refining platinum using the oxy-hydrogen blow torch.
On July 5, 1832, Joaquim married Margaret Cruse, in Philadelphia. They had four children, listed below in order of their birth:
Thomas H. (1833-1863)- Died serving in the GAR in the Battle of Chattanooga
Samuel C. (1835-1900)
Mary A. (1840-1894)
James W. A. (1843-1863)- Wounded and captured in the Battle of Fredericksburg. Died in Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia.
In the 1835 Philadelphia Directory, Joaquim is listed as a jeweler at 364 South 2nd, and in 1835 and 1837 is listed as a jeweler in the Brix listing of Philadelphia Silversmiths and Allied Artificers.
In 1839 he left the University of Pennsylvania and worked as a philosophical and chemical instrument maker at 213 Cherry Street in Philadelphia. Sometime in 1839, Dr. Paul Beck Goddard, who had been an Assistant Professor at the University during the time of Joaquim's employment there, commissioned him to construct a Daguerreotype Camera and Developing Apparatus. This was the first of three early American cameras made by Bishop in Philadelphia in the Fall of 1839, a few months after Louis Daguerre announced his invention before the Academy of Science in Paris. One of the Bishop Cameras is now a part of the collection of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. At the urging of friends, he began platinum work in addition to his other business. Joaquim is listed in the 1840 Philadelphia City Directory as a Chemical Instrument Maker, residing at 213 Cherry Street.
In 1842, he established J. Bishop & Company Platinum Works in Philadelphia. The business was located at No. 5 Pear Street between Dock and Third Streets. In 1845 he was awarded 1st Premium at the Franklin Institute Exhibition for platinum work in the USA.
Joaquim's wife, Margaret died on April 28, 1846 about a week after delivery of a stillborn child. She was buried in the now defunct Lafayette Cemetery in Philadelphia.
On January 7, 1847, the widower, Joaquim married Susanna Bishop, a resident of Chester County, Pennsylvania. They had five children listed below in order of birth:
Howard Mitchell (1848-1849)
Angelica (1849-1904)
Sarah H. (1852-1884)
Clara Frances (1856-1939)-Twin
Laura J. (1856-1911)-Twin
In the 1851 Philadelphia Directory, Joaquim is listed as a Machinist, still working at No. 5 Pear Street, and living at No.18 Ashland.
In 1858, because of health problems he moved his business to Radnor in Delaware County, near the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, about 15 miles outside of Philadelphia between Rosmont and Bryn Mawr. In 1865 he sold his property, which because of its proximity to Bryn Mawr had become more valuable, and relocated both his home and business in Sugartown, an obscure hamlet, located 6 miles from West Chester and 3 miles from Berwyn Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. There he bought 43 acres, remodeled the dwelling, and built his manufactory, where his business prospered.
On September 13, 1870, Joaquim filed a petition with the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Pennsylvania to become a citizen of the United States.
In 1876 he was the only exhibitor of platinum work at the Centennial International Exposition for which he received a 1st Premium medal and diplomas. This had a very positive effect upon his business. At that time he was the only refiner of and dealer in platinum in America. The market for his work included the entire United States, Canada and Europe.
In 1886, Joaquim died and left all his interest in the platinum business to his eldest grandson, Joaquim Bishop Matlack, then almost 18 years old.
In 1931, after much growth and expansion, J.Bishop & Company Platinum Works was purchased by Johnson Matthey & Company, Ltd.
Joaquim owned a family plot in LaFayette Cemetery in Philadelphia. Here many of the Bishop Family members, including his Father and Mother were buried.
The following Obituary was published in the Daily Local News on August 5, 1886:
Daily Local News
August 5, 1886
BISHOP- At Sugartown, Pa., August 4, 1886, Joaquim Bishop, in the 83d year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral on Monday, 9th instant, at 10 o'clock. Carriages will be at Malvern to meet the 7:15 train from Broad street Station.
In 1826 he served an apprenticeship to Bailey's, a manufactuing jeweler and silversmith.
From 1829 until 1833, Joseph Bishop (quite likely Joaquim), a Jeweler, is listed in the Brix listing of Philadelphia Silversmiths and Allied Artificers.
In 1830 he was listed in The Philadelphia City Directory as a jeweler at the NE Corner of Locust and Dean Streets. After that business failed, he worked as a finisher in a brass foundry.
In 1832 he was employed at the University of Pennsylvania as assistant to Dr. Robert Hare, Professor of Chemistry, and worked as an instrument maker. Here he was introduced to the coterie of scientific men that were to become the early experimenters in photography. While at the University he mastered Dr. Hare's method of refining platinum using the oxy-hydrogen blow torch.
On July 5, 1832, Joaquim married Margaret Cruse, in Philadelphia. They had four children, listed below in order of their birth:
Thomas H. (1833-1863)- Died serving in the GAR in the Battle of Chattanooga
Samuel C. (1835-1900)
Mary A. (1840-1894)
James W. A. (1843-1863)- Wounded and captured in the Battle of Fredericksburg. Died in Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia.
In the 1835 Philadelphia Directory, Joaquim is listed as a jeweler at 364 South 2nd, and in 1835 and 1837 is listed as a jeweler in the Brix listing of Philadelphia Silversmiths and Allied Artificers.
In 1839 he left the University of Pennsylvania and worked as a philosophical and chemical instrument maker at 213 Cherry Street in Philadelphia. Sometime in 1839, Dr. Paul Beck Goddard, who had been an Assistant Professor at the University during the time of Joaquim's employment there, commissioned him to construct a Daguerreotype Camera and Developing Apparatus. This was the first of three early American cameras made by Bishop in Philadelphia in the Fall of 1839, a few months after Louis Daguerre announced his invention before the Academy of Science in Paris. One of the Bishop Cameras is now a part of the collection of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. At the urging of friends, he began platinum work in addition to his other business. Joaquim is listed in the 1840 Philadelphia City Directory as a Chemical Instrument Maker, residing at 213 Cherry Street.
In 1842, he established J. Bishop & Company Platinum Works in Philadelphia. The business was located at No. 5 Pear Street between Dock and Third Streets. In 1845 he was awarded 1st Premium at the Franklin Institute Exhibition for platinum work in the USA.
Joaquim's wife, Margaret died on April 28, 1846 about a week after delivery of a stillborn child. She was buried in the now defunct Lafayette Cemetery in Philadelphia.
On January 7, 1847, the widower, Joaquim married Susanna Bishop, a resident of Chester County, Pennsylvania. They had five children listed below in order of birth:
Howard Mitchell (1848-1849)
Angelica (1849-1904)
Sarah H. (1852-1884)
Clara Frances (1856-1939)-Twin
Laura J. (1856-1911)-Twin
In the 1851 Philadelphia Directory, Joaquim is listed as a Machinist, still working at No. 5 Pear Street, and living at No.18 Ashland.
In 1858, because of health problems he moved his business to Radnor in Delaware County, near the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, about 15 miles outside of Philadelphia between Rosmont and Bryn Mawr. In 1865 he sold his property, which because of its proximity to Bryn Mawr had become more valuable, and relocated both his home and business in Sugartown, an obscure hamlet, located 6 miles from West Chester and 3 miles from Berwyn Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. There he bought 43 acres, remodeled the dwelling, and built his manufactory, where his business prospered.
On September 13, 1870, Joaquim filed a petition with the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Pennsylvania to become a citizen of the United States.
In 1876 he was the only exhibitor of platinum work at the Centennial International Exposition for which he received a 1st Premium medal and diplomas. This had a very positive effect upon his business. At that time he was the only refiner of and dealer in platinum in America. The market for his work included the entire United States, Canada and Europe.
In 1886, Joaquim died and left all his interest in the platinum business to his eldest grandson, Joaquim Bishop Matlack, then almost 18 years old.
In 1931, after much growth and expansion, J.Bishop & Company Platinum Works was purchased by Johnson Matthey & Company, Ltd.
Joaquim owned a family plot in LaFayette Cemetery in Philadelphia. Here many of the Bishop Family members, including his Father and Mother were buried.
The following Obituary was published in the Daily Local News on August 5, 1886:
Daily Local News
August 5, 1886
BISHOP- At Sugartown, Pa., August 4, 1886, Joaquim Bishop, in the 83d year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral on Monday, 9th instant, at 10 o'clock. Carriages will be at Malvern to meet the 7:15 train from Broad street Station.
Joaquim left Portugal with his family as a child to escape the Napoleonic War. Oporto had been sacked by the French Army. The family sailed to Baltimore in 1810. In 1811, when the United States conflict with Great Britain threatened the coastline, the family moved to Philadelphia. Joaquim lived there for the next 47 years
In 1826 he served an apprenticeship to Bailey's, a manufactuing jeweler and silversmith.
From 1829 until 1833, Joseph Bishop (quite likely Joaquim), a Jeweler, is listed in the Brix listing of Philadelphia Silversmiths and Allied Artificers.
In 1830 he was listed in The Philadelphia City Directory as a jeweler at the NE Corner of Locust and Dean Streets. After that business failed, he worked as a finisher in a brass foundry.
In 1832 he was employed at the University of Pennsylvania as assistant to Dr. Robert Hare, Professor of Chemistry, and worked as an instrument maker. Here he was introduced to the coterie of scientific men that were to become the early experimenters in photography. While at the University he mastered Dr. Hare's method of refining platinum using the oxy-hydrogen blow torch.
On July 5, 1832, Joaquim married Margaret Cruse, in Philadelphia. They had four children, listed below in order of their birth:
Thomas H. (1833-1863)- Died serving in the GAR in the Battle of Chattanooga
Samuel C. (1835-1900)
Mary A. (1840-1894)
James W. A. (1843-1863)- Wounded and captured in the Battle of Fredericksburg. Died in Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia.
In the 1835 Philadelphia Directory, Joaquim is listed as a jeweler at 364 South 2nd, and in 1835 and 1837 is listed as a jeweler in the Brix listing of Philadelphia Silversmiths and Allied Artificers.
In 1839 he left the University of Pennsylvania and worked as a philosophical and chemical instrument maker at 213 Cherry Street in Philadelphia. Sometime in 1839, Dr. Paul Beck Goddard, who had been an Assistant Professor at the University during the time of Joaquim's employment there, commissioned him to construct a Daguerreotype Camera and Developing Apparatus. This was the first of three early American cameras made by Bishop in Philadelphia in the Fall of 1839, a few months after Louis Daguerre announced his invention before the Academy of Science in Paris. One of the Bishop Cameras is now a part of the collection of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. At the urging of friends, he began platinum work in addition to his other business. Joaquim is listed in the 1840 Philadelphia City Directory as a Chemical Instrument Maker, residing at 213 Cherry Street.
In 1842, he established J. Bishop & Company Platinum Works in Philadelphia. The business was located at No. 5 Pear Street between Dock and Third Streets. In 1845 he was awarded 1st Premium at the Franklin Institute Exhibition for platinum work in the USA.
Joaquim's wife, Margaret died on April 28, 1846 about a week after delivery of a stillborn child. She was buried in the now defunct Lafayette Cemetery in Philadelphia.
On January 7, 1847, the widower, Joaquim married Susanna Bishop, a resident of Chester County, Pennsylvania. They had five children listed below in order of birth:
Howard Mitchell (1848-1849)
Angelica (1849-1904)
Sarah H. (1852-1884)
Clara Frances (1856-1939)-Twin
Laura J. (1856-1911)-Twin
In the 1851 Philadelphia Directory, Joaquim is listed as a Machinist, still working at No. 5 Pear Street, and living at No.18 Ashland.
In 1858, because of health problems he moved his business to Radnor in Delaware County, near the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, about 15 miles outside of Philadelphia between Rosmont and Bryn Mawr. In 1865 he sold his property, which because of its proximity to Bryn Mawr had become more valuable, and relocated both his home and business in Sugartown, an obscure hamlet, located 6 miles from West Chester and 3 miles from Berwyn Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. There he bought 43 acres, remodeled the dwelling, and built his manufactory, where his business prospered.
On September 13, 1870, Joaquim filed a petition with the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Pennsylvania to become a citizen of the United States.
In 1876 he was the only exhibitor of platinum work at the Centennial International Exposition for which he received a 1st Premium medal and diplomas. This had a very positive effect upon his business. At that time he was the only refiner of and dealer in platinum in America. The market for his work included the entire United States, Canada and Europe.
In 1886, Joaquim died and left all his interest in the platinum business to his eldest grandson, Joaquim Bishop Matlack, then almost 18 years old.
In 1931, after much growth and expansion, J.Bishop & Company Platinum Works was purchased by Johnson Matthey & Company, Ltd.
Joaquim owned a family plot in LaFayette Cemetery in Philadelphia. Here many of the Bishop Family members, including his Father and Mother were buried.
The following Obituary was published in the Daily Local News on August 5, 1886:
Daily Local News
August 5, 1886
BISHOP- At Sugartown, Pa., August 4, 1886, Joaquim Bishop, in the 83d year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral on Monday, 9th instant, at 10 o'clock. Carriages will be at Malvern to meet the 7:15 train from Broad street Station.
In 1826 he served an apprenticeship to Bailey's, a manufactuing jeweler and silversmith.
From 1829 until 1833, Joseph Bishop (quite likely Joaquim), a Jeweler, is listed in the Brix listing of Philadelphia Silversmiths and Allied Artificers.
In 1830 he was listed in The Philadelphia City Directory as a jeweler at the NE Corner of Locust and Dean Streets. After that business failed, he worked as a finisher in a brass foundry.
In 1832 he was employed at the University of Pennsylvania as assistant to Dr. Robert Hare, Professor of Chemistry, and worked as an instrument maker. Here he was introduced to the coterie of scientific men that were to become the early experimenters in photography. While at the University he mastered Dr. Hare's method of refining platinum using the oxy-hydrogen blow torch.
On July 5, 1832, Joaquim married Margaret Cruse, in Philadelphia. They had four children, listed below in order of their birth:
Thomas H. (1833-1863)- Died serving in the GAR in the Battle of Chattanooga
Samuel C. (1835-1900)
Mary A. (1840-1894)
James W. A. (1843-1863)- Wounded and captured in the Battle of Fredericksburg. Died in Libby Prison in Richmond, Virginia.
In the 1835 Philadelphia Directory, Joaquim is listed as a jeweler at 364 South 2nd, and in 1835 and 1837 is listed as a jeweler in the Brix listing of Philadelphia Silversmiths and Allied Artificers.
In 1839 he left the University of Pennsylvania and worked as a philosophical and chemical instrument maker at 213 Cherry Street in Philadelphia. Sometime in 1839, Dr. Paul Beck Goddard, who had been an Assistant Professor at the University during the time of Joaquim's employment there, commissioned him to construct a Daguerreotype Camera and Developing Apparatus. This was the first of three early American cameras made by Bishop in Philadelphia in the Fall of 1839, a few months after Louis Daguerre announced his invention before the Academy of Science in Paris. One of the Bishop Cameras is now a part of the collection of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. At the urging of friends, he began platinum work in addition to his other business. Joaquim is listed in the 1840 Philadelphia City Directory as a Chemical Instrument Maker, residing at 213 Cherry Street.
In 1842, he established J. Bishop & Company Platinum Works in Philadelphia. The business was located at No. 5 Pear Street between Dock and Third Streets. In 1845 he was awarded 1st Premium at the Franklin Institute Exhibition for platinum work in the USA.
Joaquim's wife, Margaret died on April 28, 1846 about a week after delivery of a stillborn child. She was buried in the now defunct Lafayette Cemetery in Philadelphia.
On January 7, 1847, the widower, Joaquim married Susanna Bishop, a resident of Chester County, Pennsylvania. They had five children listed below in order of birth:
Howard Mitchell (1848-1849)
Angelica (1849-1904)
Sarah H. (1852-1884)
Clara Frances (1856-1939)-Twin
Laura J. (1856-1911)-Twin
In the 1851 Philadelphia Directory, Joaquim is listed as a Machinist, still working at No. 5 Pear Street, and living at No.18 Ashland.
In 1858, because of health problems he moved his business to Radnor in Delaware County, near the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, about 15 miles outside of Philadelphia between Rosmont and Bryn Mawr. In 1865 he sold his property, which because of its proximity to Bryn Mawr had become more valuable, and relocated both his home and business in Sugartown, an obscure hamlet, located 6 miles from West Chester and 3 miles from Berwyn Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. There he bought 43 acres, remodeled the dwelling, and built his manufactory, where his business prospered.
On September 13, 1870, Joaquim filed a petition with the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Pennsylvania to become a citizen of the United States.
In 1876 he was the only exhibitor of platinum work at the Centennial International Exposition for which he received a 1st Premium medal and diplomas. This had a very positive effect upon his business. At that time he was the only refiner of and dealer in platinum in America. The market for his work included the entire United States, Canada and Europe.
In 1886, Joaquim died and left all his interest in the platinum business to his eldest grandson, Joaquim Bishop Matlack, then almost 18 years old.
In 1931, after much growth and expansion, J.Bishop & Company Platinum Works was purchased by Johnson Matthey & Company, Ltd.
Joaquim owned a family plot in LaFayette Cemetery in Philadelphia. Here many of the Bishop Family members, including his Father and Mother were buried.
The following Obituary was published in the Daily Local News on August 5, 1886:
Daily Local News
August 5, 1886
BISHOP- At Sugartown, Pa., August 4, 1886, Joaquim Bishop, in the 83d year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend his funeral on Monday, 9th instant, at 10 o'clock. Carriages will be at Malvern to meet the 7:15 train from Broad street Station.
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