Edward Prince Banks

• Born: 22 Nov 1811, Pejepscot ME
• Marriage: Ellen Soule in 1853 in Portland ME
• Died: 17 Sep 1892, Portland ME

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and instrument maker

  Events in his life were:

• Apprenticed about 1818 to Henry Sleeper Pearson in Portland ME
  

• He worked from circa 1830 to 1837 as a silversmith, jeweler, and instrument maker in Portland ME with a shop two doors below Merchants Bank, Exchange Street (1834) and at No. 6 Exchange Street (1837).

• Compass, c 1835
  Private Collection
  

• He was a partner from circa 1837 to 1857 with William Henry Harrison Hatch in Portland ME as BANKS & HATCH at the Sign of the Quadrant and Watch, No. 6 Exchange Street (1841) and 72 Exchange Street (1844).

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Portland ME, listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Portland ME, listed as a watchmaker.

Edward married Ellen Soule in 1853 in Portland ME. (Ellen Soule was born on 28 Sep 1828 in Freeport ME.)