Joseph Raynes

• Born: 1810, York ME
• Marriage: Martha Moore
• Died: 17 Feb 1879, Lowell MA

  General notes:

Silversmith and jeweler

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark

• He worked from circa 1831 to 1860 as a silversmith and jeweler in Lowell MA with a shop at 69 Central Street. Listed in the New England Mercantile Union Business Directory between 1839 and 1860 as a silver manufacturer. He also maintained a branch store in Portsmouth NH c 1834-1860. ⁴

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

• He was a partner from 1860 to 1879 with George W. Raynes in Lowell MA as J. RAYNES & Co. Harry Raynes joined the firm inthe mid 1860s.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Lowell MA, listed as a jeweler.

Joseph married Martha Moore. (Martha Moore was born on 22 Nov 1817 in Pembroke NH and died on 19 Mar 1912 in Lowell MA.)