Timeline
- 1869 Birth in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 19
- 1897 Possible marriage to Norma from Ohio
- 1900 US Census in Houston, Texas listing birth year as 1869 and living with Norma and claiming to be married for 3 years. His father was Mexican and his mother Irish
- 1907 First movie for Essanay, An Awful Skate (or The Hobo on Rollers)
- 1907 Marriage to Carrie Le Mieux (1885–1925) aka Catherine of Canada
- 1910 US Census in Chicago, Illinois
- 1917 Work for Mack Sennett
- 1920 US Census in Los Angeles, California
- 1925 Announces retirement to care for ailing wife
- 1925 Death of Carrie Le Mieux (1885–1925)
- 1926 Marriage to German-born Babette Dietz, on July 8
- 1930 US Census
- 1940 Death
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