Born in Kendal, Westmorland, to James and Elizabeth (nee Hebson). He married Annie Elizabeth Blackburn on 27 Oct 1906 at Archway Road Weslyan Chapel, Upper Holloway. They had three daughters and a son. He worked as a Clerk in the Engineering Department of the General Post Office (Telecoms). He died at 10 Welhome Road, Grimsby, the home of his daughter, Sylvia.