From 1841-45 he sailed as a crew member of the whaling barque Hecla out of New Bedford, MA, to the Indian Ocean and South Pacific. He stayed in Sydney, Australia from 1845-56. In Evansville, Indiana, he worked as a cabinet maker.
(Sources: Australia marriage records, New Bedford Whaling Museum ship records, U.S. Census and city directories.)
From 1841-45 he sailed as a crew member of the whaling barque Hecla out of New Bedford, MA, to the Indian Ocean and South Pacific. He stayed in Sydney, Australia from 1845-56. In Evansville, Indiana, he worked as a cabinet maker.
(Sources: Australia marriage records, New Bedford Whaling Museum ship records, U.S. Census and city directories.)
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