At age 18 he left the farm to learn the carpentry trade, and in 1833 moved to Chicago, Illinois to work as a builder.
He learned the carpentry trade there, then set up shop in Stockton.
Some of the westward settlers entered the medical profession, patented inventions, or followed the carpentry trade.
Jesus was learning the carpentry trade from his father.
He wanted his son to follow in his footsteps in the carpentry trade.
He attended local schools and worked with his father in the carpentry trade as a young man, becoming interested in mechanics.
The vast majority started out in the carpentry trade, but soon moved into shopkeeping.
He initially worked in the carpentry trade alongside his father, but began listing his services as an architect in 1872.
Mr. Silverstein, who was born in the Bronx, attended public school and learned the carpentry trade.
He was apprenticed to his father in the carpentry trade before working in several Victorian towns.