Probably born at Nanteague, St Allen, Cornwall
Baptised 1836 (Oct 9) Perranzabuloe, Cornwall

Living with parents at Saveock, Cornwall at 1841 census
Living with parents in Penstraze, Cornwall at 1851 census
  (described as a farm labourer in census return)

Worked as a silver miner and mining engineer in Mexico
(at the Rosario mine, Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo in 1880s)

Married 1881 (Jun 9) Pachuca de Soto, Mexico
    to Emily Veale (1862 - 1923)

Living in Truro, Cornwall at 1901 and 1911 census
  (then retired and living in Mitchell Hill Terrace)

Spouse

Emily Veale baptised 1862 (Sep 26) Penryn, Cornwall
  (her parents were William Veale and Fanny Manley)
  - still living in Mitchell Hill Terrace at 1921 census
  - died 1923 (Dec 13) Truro, Cornwall

Children

John Ernest:
  - born 1883 (Jun 26) Pachuca de Soto, Mexico
  - with parents in Truro, Cornwall at 1901/1911 census
    (described as a tailor's cutter in census returns)
  - still living with mother in Truro at 1921 census
  - married 1935 (2nd Qtr) Truro, Cornwall
      to Lilian Clarice Langdon (1906 - 1983)
  - a tailor's cutter living in Truro, Cornwall in 1939
  - died 1960 (Nov 22) Truro, Cornwall

Mary Jane born 1888 (Feb 21) Pachuca de Soto, Mexico
  - with parents in Truro, Cornwall at 1901/1911 census
  - still living with mother in Truro at 1921 census
  - married 1922 (2nd Qtr) Truro, Cornwall
      to Herbert James Allin Vanstone (1888 - 1939)
  - living in Clinton Avenue, Exeter, Devon in 1939
  - died 1959 (Oct 28) Exeter, Devon

William Henry born 1893 (4th Qtr) Truro, Cornwall
  - buried 1894 (Feb 15) Kenwyn, Truro, Cornwall

Another child was born and died in infancy in Mexico