• Born: 3 Jul 1819, Portland ME

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler (tentative identification)

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner in 1848-1860 with Jeremiah Fenno in Bangor ME as FENNO & HALE, listed in the 1860 city directory at 24 Main Street. ⁴

• Alternate Mark

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Bangor ME, listed as a merchant.

• Advertised in the The Maine Register, and Business Directory, 1856, for FENNO & HALE

• He worked circa 1860-1865 as a silversmith and jeweler in Bangor ME ⁴

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Bangor ME, listed as a jeweler.

• He worked circa 1865-1875 as a silversmith and jeweler in Grafton NH ⁴

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Bangor ME, listed as a jeweler.

• He worked circa 1875-1880 as a silversmith and jeweler in Bangor ME ⁴

• Tradecard, c 1880
  Private Collection
  

• He was a partner circa 1880 with Frank Herbert Lowell in Bangor ME as CHARLES HALE & Co. with a shop at 24 Main Street. The venture was short lived; by 1881 jeweler John Tibbets was advertising from the same address.