Born c1828 in Temple parish, the brother of James Gale II (51C, 81C).
He was said to have been employed by C. & J.R. Price, stoneware potters, to work on their steam engines, and the mills and machinery attached, from the 1850s to the 1880s (see James Gale II).
| 1851 | Labourer, 1 Wilmotts Crescent, Temple parish (23), living with his widowed father James, a labourer, and siblings (51C). |
| 1861 | Locomotive engine driver, 8 Spring Street, Bedminster (32), living with his wife Mary Ann (31), born in Bristol (61C). |
| 1871 | Engine driver at factory, 60 Mead Street, Bedminster (43), living with his wife Mary Ann (41) (71C). |
| 1881 | Engine driver, 1 Tower Street Terrace, Temple parish (52), living with his wife Mary Ann (50), born in Temple parish (81C). |
| 1891 | General shop keeper, 18 Mill Lane, Bedminster (64), living with his wife Mary Ann (61) (91C). |
| 1894 | Probably the William Gale who died in Bedminster, aged 68 (Ancestry website). |