Immigrate by steam at the age of 18 to the US, where he worked in Wisconsin as a lumberjack for several years, and then in Wheaton, MN as a farm laborer.

Took over their daughter-in-law’s parents farm in Midale,SK, after they decided to move back to Wheaton,MN.

Moved to Little Woody,SK in the RM of Willow Bunch,SK in 1910.