| Birth | 11 April 1842 | informant: Mary Duff, mother - Bexleyheath, Bexley, Kent, England | | | |
| Baptism | 2 May 1842 | Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bexley, Kent, England | | | |
| Residence | 13 May 1842 | at the time of his birth - Essex Place, Bexleyheath, Bexley, Kent, England | | | |
| Arrival | 28 July 1864 | on the Inman Line steamship the ''City of Washington'' - New York, New York, United States of America | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 28 May 1868 | married Clara Claudia Ayars - St John's Episcopal Church, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America | | | |
| Census | 7 June 1880 | Lancaster Avenue, Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America | | | |
| Will | 8 April 1898 | witnesses: Samuel A. Black, Joseph W. McFadden | | | |
| Residence | 8 April 1898 | at the time he made a will - Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America | | | |
| Census | 8 June 1900 | 315, West Lancaster Avenue, Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America | | | |
| Residence | Bef 12 February 1905 | at the time of his death - Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America | | | |
| Death | 12 February 1905 | cause of death: neuralgia of heart - Lancaster Avenue, Downingtown, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America | | | |
| Burial | 16 February 1905 | Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America | | | |
| Probate | 22 February 1905 | executor: Clara C. Duff - County Courthouse, West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America | | | |