Biografie
He married Matilda Ann Graham of Denman Island in 1884.
He arrived in 1876.
He pre-empted land on Denman Island at what is now Filongley Park.
He did not improve the land.
He then pre-empted land at Phipps Point and cleared eight acres about 1879, built a house and planted an orchard.
In 1896 he built a new seven-room house called Maplehurst.
He sold his Hornby Island property in 1902.
He moved to Victoria BC where he married again.
He purchased a property called Glen Lea there, subdivided and sold out.
He then moved to Tasmania, went broke and moved to New Zealand.
Referenzen
Smith, Elizabeth and David Gerow (1988)