 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akaberekerwa muBallymacash, Ireland muna 1813 uye akauya kuMontreal, uko vakoma vake vakanga vagara, muna 1827. Muna 1834, akabatwa semunyori mukambani yemidziyo yaishandiswa naJohn Frothingham nemuninina wake William; akazova mudiwa muna 1843 uye muridzi wega muna 1859. Akashandawo semutungamiri weMolson Bank uye mutungamiri weSun Mutual Life Insurance Company muMontreal, achishanda semutungamiri kubva muna 1871 kusvika muna 1889. Akashanda somuzvipiri kuti abatsire kudzvinyirira Kumukira kweLower Canada. Muna 1866, akanzi mutongi worugare. Akasarudzwa kuHouse of Commons muna 1867, asi haana kumhanya zvakare kusvikira 1875 by-election muMontreal West mushure mekunge nhengo iripo ichibviswa. 