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Alexandre Duncan Gould (abt. 1796 - 1849)

Alexandre Duncan Gould
Born about [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1800 in Anchor Point, Newfoundlandmap
Died at about age 53 [location unknown]
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Profile last modified | Created 13 Aug 2011
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The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.

Spouse Location Guess Newfoundland

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:
User ID: D9D8E86B-70D8-4168-8A4C-19BD10E3FC05
Record ID Number: MH:IF1539

Death

Death: Y
User ID: 6EDB4DFC-EF8D-4A12-866D-ED2C5D9C84BD
Record ID Number: MH:IF1538
Date: 1849

Event

Event:
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Record ID Number: MH:IF1540
Type: Comment
Note: ALEXANDER DUNCAN

About the time that Buckle married one of the Watt’s sisters, a Scotsman lieutenant on board the British warship patrolling the coast happened to land at Anchor Point, and saw the other sister. It was a case of love at first sight, and do what he would to smother the sentiment, he was haunted by the beauty and charm of this lonely maiden of the long lone strand. Embracing every opportunity to see her, he became so enamoured that he resolved upon the dangerous step of deserting his ship and settling on the coast. For many years, Duncan was a hunted man, and when the time camearound for the warship to come back, he had to exercise the utmost vigilance to escape capture. At one time, as master of a vessel of Genge’s, he was in St. John’s, and in some way happened to be in the harbour, and it was reported that Duncan had been seen in the city. A careful search was made, and he barely escaped by hiding under one of the city wharves. The marriage of Alexander Duncan andMary Watts about 1795 or 1800 resulted in the birth of three sons and no less than fourteen children, who grew into beautiful girls. William Dredge and George Coombs were the first settlers at Black Duck Cove on the west side of St. Barbe Bay. They married two sisters, daughters of Lieutenenant Alexander Duncan, who deserted his ship to marry Mary Watts. He had adopted his mother’s surname “Gould” n his desertion, so that all his descendants were called Gould.

Sources

  • WikiTree profile Duncan-1214 created through the import of Richard Roberts Family Tree.ged on Aug 13, 2011 by Irene x. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Irene and others.







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