He was came to Victoria around the horn on the ship Celesta as a small child with his parents.
He joined the firm of R.P. Rithet & Co. in 1888.
He was a junior partner in Wilson Brothers wholesale grocers of Victoria BC.
He was a member of the firm of W. & J. Wilson retail clothiers in Victoria joining in 1892.
In 1913 he was a Pilotage Commissioner.
Howay, F.W. (1914)
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