1880 Mar 29 born Abertillery, Wales (USA)
1881 census at Abertillery
1891 at New Inn, Monmouthshire
1892 arrived USA (on 1910 census form)
1900 USA Census at Newcastle Ward 5, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, The whole of his family is there too
1901 Dec 2 Enlisted in US Army
1908 May 15 Discharged from US Army by purchase
1909 Mar 2. Married in Pa, USA to Bessie Plant
1910 census at Cleveland Ward 2, Cuyahoga, Ohio with wife Bessie
There was one child of the marriage, and the wife had custody of the child on divorce plus 25 dollars a month alimony (army records which contain a copy of divorce))
1918 May 2 enlisted. #256281 in RFA. He seems to have had his medial in Cleveland Ohio. He is a Cook
transfers as #313245 in Tank Corps
1918 Nov 22. Army record shows he married in Risca, Monmouth to Ethel Down
1918 From an index of US Residents serving with British Expeditionary Force
1919 Mar 25 Discharged from the army
1919 May 31 Arrived USA from UK
1921 Jun 16 enlisted with RIC no 81593. ex soldier & ex-railway policeman