Richard E. Gosse, born in Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland, was the son of William Gosse and Catherine Menchions.
He worked in the North Labrador fisheries as a young man. He and his family moved to Vancouver in 1887 and began to engage in fishing, trying various methods until they had success. In 1894 he built a cannery, followed by many others in subsequent years. He was involved in several cannery businesses, the final one being Gosse Packing Company Limited.
Sources
1891 Census of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario). Rec. Date: 16 Aug 2008, New Westminster, p. 25, line 11, Gosse, Richard; male/ 38/ married/ he & parents b Newfoundland/ Methodist/ carpenter; Library & Archives Microfilm, item Ancestry.ca, frame Dist 2, Div 29
"1901 Census of British Columbia," (www.automatedgenealogy.com/Census : 2007). Rec. Date: 15 Aug 2008, Vancouver, entry for Richard E. Gosse; male/ head/ married/ b Jul 11, 1852, Newfoundland/ imm 1887/ English/ Canadian/ Methodist/ Cannery manager; citing automated genealogy 14, SD D-10, Dist 1, Film T-6428
"Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHVJ-SF3 : 27 April 2017), Richard J Gosse in household of Clarimaud Gosse, Burrard, British Columbia, Canada; citing p. 14, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
"Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV95-931Y : 16 March 2018), Richard C Gosse, 1911; citing Census, Vancouver Sub-Districts 1-18, British Columbia, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,661.
1921 census of Canada, district 21, sub-district 3, Skeena, p. 3, dwelling 28, family 28, Gosse, Richard; head/ owner/ single f/ wood/ 5 rooms/ male/ widowed/ 69/ he & parents b Newfoundland/ imm 1887/ Canadian/ English/ Methodist/ Cannery owner; RG 31;
British Columbia Archives, Death Registration Index. Vital Statistics-Death Registration Index (http:/www2.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca :1999.). Rec. Date: 3 Jul 2008, Death Index 1872-1979." MF B13130, 1927-09-382299, Richar d Edward Gosse
"The Halfyard Family Register" 1994, compiled and edited by Robert R. Halfyard
Hibbs, R, Who's Who from and in Newfoundland 1927. (St. John's: Hibbs, R, 1927)
Who's Who and Why, Canada, 1921, p. 522, Google eBook
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 March 2019), memorial page for Richard Edward Gosse (11 Jul 1852–1 Mar 1927), Find A Grave: Memorial #26304305, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada ; Maintained by Headstone Genealogist (contributor 46999396) .
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