• Born: 13 May 1818, Albany NY
• Marriage (1): Frances Emily Roberts on 1 Dec 1852 in Albany NY
• Marriage (2): Sarah Kip Miller on 31 Aug 1847 in Albany NY
• Died: 31 Aug 1898, Albany NY

  General notes:

Jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed: Henry Hoyt, in 1830, in Albany NY.

• He worked circa 1839-1842 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Albany NY ¹⁸

• Partnership: John Hutchinson Mulford, in 1842-1860, in Albany NY. As MULFORD & WENDELL, listed in Munsell's 1852 City Directory at 480 Broadway. In the late 1850s, the firm also did jobbing work as silverplaters. ¹⁸

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• Partnership: Robert L Mulford and William P. Feltman, in 1854-1860, in Albany NY. As MULFORD, WENDELL & Co.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Albany NY. Listed as a jeweler.

• Partnership: William P. Feltman, in 1861-1864, in Albany NY. As WENDELL & FELTMAN ¹⁸

• Partnership: Richard Hubbard Roberts, circa 1865-1876, in Albany NY. As WENDELL & ROBERTS. ¹⁸

• He appeared on the census in 1870 in Albany NY. Listed as a wholesale jewelry dealer.

• He worked in 1877-1883 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Albany NY as WENDELL & Co.

• He appeared on the census in 1880 in Albany NY. Listed as a jeweler.

William married Frances Emily Roberts, daughter of Elijah Hubbard Roberts and Emily Matilda Pratt, on 1 Dec 1852 in Albany NY. (Frances Emily Roberts was born on 27 Mar 1827 in Middletown CT and died on 3 Feb 1886.)

William next married Sarah Kip Miller on 31 Aug 1847 in Albany NY. (Sarah Kip Miller was born in 1826 and died on 19 May 1850 in Albany NY.)