Biografie
He went to sea at age ten sailing with his father from Nova Scotia ports.
He arrived in the Pacific northwest in command of the bark M. & S. Cox which loaded lumber at Vancouver for Callao.
He took the bark to London from there and sold her, returning to Nova Scotia.
He purchased the bark Von Moltke.
He took her from New York to Shanghai via Australia.
He made three voayges from British columbia to the orient selling her in December 1886 to Captain Meyers.
He purchased the schooner Sapphire at Halifax and brought her around the Horn.
He became associated with E.B. Marvin & Co.
He spent time in London and Japan representing the interests of the company.
In 1908 he was the Chairman of the Victoria & Esquimalt Pilotage Authority.
Referenzen
- Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1895 reprinted 1967)
- Victoria City Directory (1908)
