Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Squier, Jerome Bonaparte

b. 1838

May be living

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston, 1640–1936, Ayars, Christine Merrick. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1937. Page 198, scan 224.
Jerome Bonaparte Squier, called by violin teachers the Stradivarius of America, was another noted Boston violin maker. He was listed in Boston business directories from 1886 to 1906 at [address hidden] as J. B. Squier or J. Bonaparte Squier & Co. Later his shop was on [address hidden] for a time and then at his home, [address hidden], Roxbury. He was born in Ohio in 1838, and was originally a shoe pattern designer. Mr. Squier came from Michigan to Lewis-
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Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 1 more Squier page under S.