Born c1855 in Bristol, the son of James Gale II and the brother of John Gale (51C, 81C).
| 1880s | Employed by C. & J.R. Price, stoneware potters, as a stoker on their steam engines. Sacked for repeated negligence and became a dock labourer (see James Gale II). |
| 1881 | General labourer, 9 Bedford Place, St Philip’s parish (25), living with his wife Cathrine (25), born in Bristol (81C). |