| Birth | 7 Apr 1866 | Houston Square, Johnstone, Renfrewshire | | | |
| Residence | 1871 | with his parents - 9, Houston Square, Johnstone, Renfrewshire | | | |
| Residence | 1881 | with his widowed father - 21, Grahame Street, Johnstone, Renfrewshire | | | |
| Occupation | 1881 | apprentice carpenter - Johnstone, Renfrewshire | | | |
| Immigration | 13 Sep 1887 | New York USA | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 13 Sep 1887 | arrived aboard the SS Circassia from Glasgow - the Port of New York | | | |
| Marriage | 5 Nov 1891 | Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts - Jennie FRASER (possible) | | | |
| Naturalization | 12 May 1894 | the US District Court, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Residence | 12 May 1894 | 59, Springvale Avenue, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Occupation | From 1900 to 1940 | Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts |  | | |
| Residence (family) | 1900 | 33, Springvale Avenue, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts - Jennie FRASER (possible) | | | |
| Residence (family) | From 1910 to 1930 | 59, Springvale Avenue, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts - Jennie FRASER (possible) | | | |
| Marriage | Abt 1938 | Massachusetts - Edith W CHEW | | | |
| Residence (family) | 1940 | 59, Springvale Avenue, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts - Edith W CHEW | | | |
| Death | 22 Oct 1948 | Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Burial | | Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts | | | |