Both the 1881 and 1891 Census lists him
as a boarder with the Joseph Potts family on Lord Street, Bollington,
near The Rising Sun
inn (the house with three steps).
In 1901 he was
living with his wife in Church Street, Bollington and was employed at the
paper mill (Lower Mills) as a Paper Stainer.
Awarded a medal, at the age
of 22, with his
name on it (see Happy Valley:
Allaby family) but what this medal was for is not known.