| Birth | 5 Jan 1896 | 21, Grahame Street, Johnstone, Renfrewshire | | | |
| Residence | From 1901 to 1911 | with his parents - 12, Grahame Street, Johnstone, Renfrewshire | | | |
| Marriage | 30 Oct 1917 | 90 1/2, Great Hamilton Street, Glasgow - Susan McKenzie BRUCE |  | | |
| Residence | 30 Oct 1917 | 12, Grahame Street, Johnstone, Renfrewshire | | | |
| Occupation | 30 Oct 1917 | commercial traveller - Johnstone, Renfrewshire | | | |
| Military | 30 Oct 1917 | with the 4th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant | | | |
| Occupation | Abt Jan 1920 | commercial traveller - Bedford, Bedfordshire | | | |
| Immigration | 8 Feb 1920 | New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 8 Feb 1920 | arrived on the SS Adriatic from Southampton - the Port of New York USA | | | |
| Marriage | 17 Aug 1929 | Manhattan NY - Catherine MCGUCKIN | | | |
| Residence | 13 Oct 1929 | American Mechanic's Building, Trenton NJ | | | |
| Residence (family) | 2 Apr 1930 | 224, Grove Street, North Plainfield, Somerset, New Jersey - Catherine MCGUCKIN | | | |
| Occupation | 2 Apr 1930 | department store clerk - North Plainfield, Somerset, New Jersey | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1940 | West 85th Street, New York NY - Catherine MCGUCKIN | | | |
| Occupation | 1940 | salesman with securities company - Manhattan NY | | | |
| Residence | 26 Apr 1942 | 29, East 34th Street, Bayonne NJ | | | |
| Occupation | 26 Apr 1942 | worker for the Unexcelled Manufacturing Company - 1208, Richmond, Port Richmond, Staten Island NY | | | |
| Death | 5 Mar 1951 | Florida | | | |
| Burial | | Potter's Field, Woodlawn Cemetery, Tampa, Florida | | | |