In the 1901 census, he is living in Ottawa with his family (and widowed mother-in-law, Elizabeth). He is listed as having immigrated to Canada in 1870 from England (The census taker was french, so they used the french spelling of England), and he is a butcher.

By the 1901 census, the family had moved to Saint Boniface, Manitoba. They do have a boarder with them at the time.

In the 1916 census, he and the family are still in Saint Boniface, and is still listed as a butcher.

By the 1921 census, they are listed as being in Winnipeg, and only Herman/Sherman, Bessie, Thurston and Bessie are still living at home.