Josiah Giles Batchelder

• Born: 24 May 1815, Portsmouth NH
• Died: 10 Aug 1882, Brookline MA

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• He was a partner from 1838 to 1845 with Julius Aboyneau Palmer and Thomas Aspinwall Davis in Boston MA as DAVIS, PALMER & Co. ⁴

• Alternate Mark for DAVIS, PALMER & Co.

• Alternate Mark for DAVIS, PALMER & Co.

• Alternate Mark for DAVIS, PALMER & Co.

• He was a partner from 1846 to 1865 with Isaac M. and Augustus Edwin Batchelder, Jacob P. and Julius Aboyneau Palmer in Boston MA as PALMERS & BACHELDERS. Listed in the 1855 Boston city directory at 91 Washington Street and in the 1865 edition at 164 Washington Street. ⁴

• Advertised in the City Directory of Boston (Boston MA), 1848,

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Boston MA, listed as a jeweler.

• He was a partner from 1865 to 1884 with Augustus E., Jacob P. and Julius Aboyneau Palmer, George T. Houghton, and others in Boston MA as PALMER, BACHELDER & Co, continuing at 162/164 and later 394 Washington Street. ⁴

• Alternate Mark

• Tradecard, c 1870
  Private Collection
  

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Boston MA, listed as a silverware and jewelry merchant.

• Tradecard, c 1880
  Private Collection
  

• Tradecard, c 1880
  Private Collection
  

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Brookline MA, listed as a jeweler.

• Tradecard, c 1880
  Private Collection
  

• Tradecard, c 1880
  Private Collection
  

• Tradecard, c 1880
  Winterthur Library