Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Wells na Norwich, bụ́ ebe a zụrụ ya ịbụ kapịnta. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ n'ihu ụlọụka St Mary Moorfields na London, mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị ọ ghọrọ onye na-ese ụkpụrụ ụlọ, na-egosipụta ọrụ ya na Royal Academy na 1823 na 1828. N'iji mmụba ngwa ngwa na ịrị elu nke ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị bi na ya eme ihe, ọ bịara Montreal n'ihe dị ka 1830. Ọrụ mbụ e nyere ya bụ iwu ụlọ mkpọrọ ọhụrụ ahụ, mgbe nke ahụ gasịkwara, o wuru Ste. Ann si Market (1832), nke guzo ruo mgbe
Ọkụ nke Ụlọ Nzukọ Omeiwu na Montreal. N'afọ 1834, John Redpath na Peter McGill nyere ya ọrụ imepụta na iwu ụlọ ọhụrụ maka St. Paul's Presbyterian Church. Ọ rụchara ọtụtụ ụlọ okpukpe maka ụka niile, gụnyere Chalmers-Wesley United Church, na ewu ewu ya mere ka o nweta ọrụ onwe ya maka ụfọdụ ndị isi Montreal n'ime Golden Square Mile - dị ka Notman House (1845) na Prince of Wales Terrace, nke emechara na 1860 maka Sir George Simpson. Akụkọ ndụ ya n'akwụkwọ bụ́ The Canadian Encyclopedia, na-ekwu na "n'ihi na ihe ka ọtụtụ n'ihe ndị o dere adịghịzi, e legharawo ya anya dị ka onye na-ekpebi ụdị ụlọ ndị e wuru na Montreal n'oge ọchịchị Victoria". Ọ nwụrụ na Montreal n'April 26, 1864, ma ọ dịkarịa ala otu nwa nwoke (G.H. Wells) na otu nwa nwanyị (Nwunye Deborah Wadsworth) lanarịrị.