1841 - living in Stoke, Plymouth with his wife and niece, Margaret Ann Peek. 1856 - master shipwright in Malta. 1857 - submitted transverse sections showing the Dockyard extension at Valletta, Malta. 1858 - reported on the state of HMS Coquette in Malta. 1862 - master shipwright at Deptford. 1866 - Master Shipwright at Woolwich. 1869 - retired. 1872 - involved in the Megaera Royal Commission.