The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 37, September 12, 2004, Article 12

ENGRAVER G. W. DURFEE INFORMATION SOUGHT

  The following note came to us at the suggestion of Rich
  Hartzog: "My name is Kathy Cunningham and I am
  researching a person named "G. W. Durfee" who was a
  passenger on the S.S. Republic.  I have not as yet been
  able to learn much about the person.  However, I
  believe that "G. W." may be George Washington Durfee,
  the engraver.  Additionally, if our Durfee is in fact the
  engraver, if you could direct me to information linking
  him to the SS Republic or point me to to any other relevant
  information (images or photos of him, spouse or family
  life, etc.) I would be quite grateful.  My email address is
  she_is_now at yahoo.com.  Thank you."

  Dick Johnson was also contacted, and his response
  was: "There are six American artists with the last name
  Durfee. One has the name "George H. Durfee" (who was,
  incidentally, active in Civil War times).  [Perhaps our source
  had misread the middle initial.]  This artist did a sketch of
  a CW soldier which is in the Abby Rockefeller Folk Art
  Center in Williamsburg VA. He is also mentioned in
  McMahan "Artists of Washington DC."

  There are no American coin or medal engravers with the
  last name Durfee. The nearest name is "C. W. Dury (or
  Druy) but there are no records of his vita.

  If you are certain of the spelling the person was probably
  not an engraver, but of some other profession."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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