Biografía
He began his career sailing out of European ports on steamships in the Mediteranean to the Orient as an engineer.
He was qualified as a Chief Engineer (MM).
He came to San Francisco in 1875 in the steamship Oceanic.
He worked on several steamers on the Pacific coast, firstly in the China trade.
He spent eight years as Chief Engineer of the Wellington from Nanaimo BC.
Referencias
Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1895 reprinted 1967)