He was the son of Thomas, a salesman. He arrived in Western Australia on 28/05/1884 aboard the South Australian. Thomas' wife and children followed on 28/06/1884 from Victoria. He married first to Mary Ellen Gordon, but she sadly passed away 03/02/1888 and married again on 08/06/1889 in Perth at the Church of England to Alice Naughton, a widow. Alice was the daughter of Frederick Witherd, a watchmaker. Their children were all baptised as Roman Catholics in Perth in 1884. Their names were Rachel, Mary Anne, Marie Ellen, Joseph, Walter Michael and Mary Rachel. When he lived in Guildford, he was an overseer on the Midland Railway construction from 1887-1888. Thomas was also a Perth-Bunbury Mail Contractor in 1889.