Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wells akaberekerwa muNorwich, uko akadzidziswa kuva muvezi. Akashanda pachiso cheSt Mary Moorfields muLondon, pashure pacho akava mugadziri, achiratidza mabasa ake paRoyal Academy muna 1823 na1828. Achishandisa mukana wokukura nokukurumidza uye kuwedzera kwevanhu, akasvika muMontreal munenge muna 1830. Basa rake rokutanga rakanga riri rokuvaka jeri idzva, uye pashure pacho akavaka Ste. Ann's Market (1832), yakamira kusvikira paParamende yeMontreal yapiswa
. Muna 1834, akapiwa basa naJohn Redpath naPeter McGill rokugadzira nokuvaka musha mutsva weSt. Paul's Presbyterian Church. Akapedza zvivako zvechitendero zvakawanda zvemasangano ose, kusanganisira Chalmers-Wesley United Church, uye mukurumbira wake wakamuita kuti awane makomisheni akazvimirira kune vamwe vevakuru vakuru veMontreal mukati meGolden Square Mile - seNotman House (1845) uye Prince of Wales Terrace, yakapedzwa muna 1860 kuna Sir George Simpson. Nyaya youpenyu hwake iri muThe Canadian Encyclopedia, inoti "nemhaka yokunyangarika kwezvizhinji zvemabasa ake, iye akafuratirwa somutongi wezvakagadzirwa muVictorian Montreal yokutanga". Akafira muMontreal musi waApril 26, 1864, uye akasiyiwa nemwanakomana mumwe (G.H. Wells) uye mwanasikana mumwe (Mrs Deborah Wadsworth).