Birth certificate records birth date as 1877 (Jan 29)
Baptised 1877 (Jan 15) St Peter, Liverpool
Living in Back Lodwick St, Kirkdale at 1881 census
Living in Maria Road, Walton at 1891 census

Living in Evelyn Street, Kirkdale at 1901 census
  (then described as a railway engine stoker)

Married 1902 (May 13) St Nicholas, Liverpool
    to Margaret Hughes (1880 - 1962)

Living in Howe Street, Everton at 1911 census
  (then described as an iron foundry labourer)
Living in Bute Street, Everton at 1921 census
  (then described as a steelworks labourer)

Living in Bute Street, Everton, Liverpool in 1939
  (then described as a shipyard labourer)

Buried 1962 (Nov 30) Everton cemetery, Liverpool

Spouse

Margaret Hughes:
  - possibly born 1880 (Apr 1) Liverpool, Lancashire
    (father named as John Hughes, mother unknown)
  - buried 1962 (Oct 10) Everton cemetery, Liverpool

Children

John born 1903 (Mar 3) Liverpool, Lancashire
  - baptised 1903 (Mar 24) Liverpool, Lancashire
  - living with parents in Everton at 1911/1921 census
    (working as a coal merchant's driver in 1921)
  - probably married Mary Ann Turner 1930 (3rd Qtr)
  - a ship's scaler in West Derby, Liverpool in 1939
  - probably died 1963 (Jan 16) Chadderton, Lancs

William born 1905 (Aug 6) Liverpool, Lancashire
  - living with parents in Everton at 1911/1921 census
  - probably married Sarah Ellen Ward 1934 (2nd Qtr)
  - a labourer living in West Derby, Liverpool in 1939
  - died 1988 (1st Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire

Robert born 1909 (1st Qtr) Liverpool, Lancashire
  - living with parents in Everton at 1911/1921 census
  - possibly died 1949 (1st Qtr) Battersea, London