about 1840 - moved to Leicester

by 1846 - established himself as a "fancy hosiery manufacturer" in Humberstone Gate, Leicester

1849 - owned an India Rubber business, Turner and Pegg in Hill Street, Leicester

1855 - listed as being an elastic web manufacturer in Belgrave Gate, Leicester. Several patents and a boom in business led to the construction of a new factory on King Richards Road entitled 'Bow Bridge Works'.