About September 1870 Born at Ormskirk, Lancashire
1871 Census Living with parents and family at Lathom, Lancashire
1881 Census Living with parents and sister at Lathom, Lancashire. Scholar.
1891 Census Living with parents and sister at Lathom, Lancashire. Farm Labourer
1900 Married Elizabeth Smith at St Peter & St Paul, Ormskirk, Lancashire
1901 Census Living with parents and sister at Lathom, Lancashire. Labourer. Wife Elizabeth is shown a couple of doors down on the 1901 census with the Smith family.