Douglas went to see aboard the cable ship Restorer at 17. He served on many CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) boats, and then was made captain of the fire tug in Victoria dockyard until his retirement. He retired the year prior to his death.
Sources
↑ 1911 Census of Canada (1911 Census of Canada (automatedgenealogy.com : 2007)). Rec. Date: 20 Jun 2008, Colwood; p. 6, dwelling 56, family 56, line 27, Gosse, Douglas McNaughton, son; single; b July 1904, B. C.; 6; English; Canadian; C of E.
↑ "Canada, British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD86-YFH : 22 February 2021), Douglas Macnaughton Gosse and Laura Mary White, 23 May 1929; citing , British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B13757, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,074,553.
"Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZ8-T35 : 4 December 2014), Douglas Gosse, 1934; citing Seattle, King, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1383, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,266,186
"Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZ8-RF5 : 4 December 2014), Douglas Gosse, 1934; citing Seattle, King, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1383, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,266,186
"Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZD-17T : 4 December 2014), Douglas M Gosse, 1936; citing Seattle, King, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1383, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,266,198
"Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZD-Q98 : 4 December 2014), Douglas Gosse, 1935; citing Seattle, King, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1383, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,266,188
"Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDZ6-3F2 : 4 December 2014), Douglas M Gosse, 1936; citing Seattle, King, Washington, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1383, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,266,202.
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