He was born on a pilot schooner in the Gulf of Bothnia.
He came to the Pacific coast in 1864.
He was qualified as a Mate (MM).
He served in the coastal trade north from San Francisco CA since 1864.
He served as Mate for 11 years in the bark Tidal Wave.
In 1895 he was Mate in the bark Mercury.
Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1895 reprinted 1967)
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