Apprenticed to a knife maker in Sheffield in 1811
Served in the British Army from 1812 to 1816
Transported to Australia for larceny 1819 to 1826
Married (date and place unknown) to Sarah Towers
Working as a sawyer in Wells, Somerset in 1832
A labourer in Westminster, London at 1841 census
(then living with his family in Great Peter Street)
Married 1844 (Oct 23) Chelsea, London
to Selina Jane Fisher (née Barrett or Bassett)
(then described as a servant living in Symons Street)
A drill sergeant in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire in 1847
Emigrated to South Australia, arriving 1849 (Jan 3)
Died 1875 (Jan 6) Sandhurst, Bendigo, Victoria
Buried 1875 (Jan 8) White Hills, Bendigo, Victoria
Spouses
Sarah Towers:
- probably born about 1804 (no details known)
- died 1843 (Apr 26) Westminster, London
(she was then in the Dean Street Workhouse)
Selina Jane Fisher:
- her father was William Barrett or Bassett
- died 1851 (Sep 7) Adelaide, South Australia?
Not Known
Any further details of either of his wives