• Born: 31 Dec 1837, Rockport MA
• Died: 26 Dec 1894, New York City NY

  General notes:

Jeweler (tentative identification)

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: PALMER & BATCHELDER., in 1853-1863, in Boston MA. He remained at the firm after his term, working as a journeyman.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Cambridge MA. Listed as a clerk.

• Partnership: Jonas A. Eaton and James Pardon Snow, in 1863-1865, in Boston MA. As GALE, EATON & SNOW. The mark shown is stamped over FARRINGTON & HUNNEWELL. ⁴

• Advertised: Lowell Massacusetts Courier, in 1864, in Lowell MA.
  GALE, EATON & SNOW,
  221 Washington Street, Boston,
  Nett Cash Jobbers in
  Watches of all kinds and qualities, and Jewelry in great variety.
  Also, agents for Rogers, Smith & Co.'s celebrated Silver Plated Ware.
  All the above goods for sale at prices which defy competition.

• Partnership: James Pardon Snow, in 1865, in Boston MA. As GALE, SNOW & Co. with a shop at 221 Washington Street. ⁴

• Example: Receipt, in 1868, in Historic New England.

• He worked in 1870-1874 as a jeweler in Boston MA as W. T. GALE & Co. with a shop at 221 Washington Street.

• Alternate Mark.

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Cambridge MA. Listed as a jeweler.

• Advertised: The Missionary Herald, in 1872.

• He worked circa 1875-1880 as a jeweler in New York City NY

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in New York City NY. Listed as a jewelry merchant.

• His obituary was published in the New York Times on 28 Dec 1894 in New York City NY. William T. Gale, who died at his home,-125 West One Hundred and Twenty-third Street, on Christmas night, had been actively engaged in the jewelry business for about forty years, and for nearly twenty years had been favorably known to the patrons of Tiffany & Co. He was the son of a clergyman of Rockport, Mass., and one of eight children. The limited means of his father prompted a wealthy uncle, Daniel Safford, to invite his nephew William to come to live with him in Boston, and there complete his education.
  He was graduated from the Latin School in 1853 at the age of seventeen, and began his business career by entering the employ of the old-time jewelry firm of Palmer & Bachelder, on Washington Street, Boston, He remained with this firm and their successors for about twenty years, and in 1873 [sic] embarked in business for himself in Boston under the firm name of Gale, Eaton & Snow, but after about two years this partnership was dissolved, and in 1877 he entered the employ of Tiffany & Co., and remained with the house until his death.
  Mr. Gale was one of the salesmen selected by Tiffany & Co. to preside at the firm's exhibition in the Tiffany Pavilion ,at the Paris Exposition in 1889, and in recent years he was connected with the diamond department of the Union Square store.