1875 Apr 26 Born Golborne, Lancs
1881 census in Pennington Lancs.
1891 census at Ince in Mackerfield. A Lodger & ailway Engine Cleaner
1892 Jan 5 Enlists in Oxfordshire Light Infantry
1894 Aug 4. Discharged medically unfit (Melancholia with suicidal impulses)
1896 Jan 13 A series of jail sentences
1908 Jul 9 Convicted of Cattle Stealing
1919 Dec 22. Married in Kent to Helen G Rainford
1920 Dec 10 enlisted with RIC no 77023. Painter & ex-Soldier
1939 Jan/Mar Died Rotherham, Yorks