Background
Gifford, Augusta Hale was born on February 19, 1842 in Turner, Maine, United States. Daughter of James S. and Betsey (Staples) Hale.
Gifford, Augusta Hale was born on February 19, 1842 in Turner, Maine, United States. Daughter of James S. and Betsey (Staples) Hale.
Preparatory education in Turner, Maine. Classical course, Oberlin College.
United States consul at Basel, Switzerland, August 8, 1869. Went abroad first time, 1877. Nearly half of life spent abroad since then
Extensive foreign correspondence with North.E. journals.
Author: Germany, Her People and Their Story, 1899. Italy, Her People and Their Story, 1905.
New Italy, 1909. Home: Portland, Maine.
Married George Gifford, who has been for many years.