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- 1821 Naversdale Orphir age (5 - 10), parents George (50 - 60) Farmer 24.Black Cattle 4.Sheep 24.Geese 6.Swine 1.Plough 1.Cart, Margaret nee Leask (30 - 40), James (10 - 15), John 1,(under 5).
1835-1836 Labourer/Middleman General Charges.
1836-1837 Labourer/Middleman Columbia
1837-1839 Labourer/Middleman Fort Vancouver
1839 Home on the Nereide
1835-1839 HBC, Canada. Labourer/Middleman in Columbia and Fort Vancouver. Came home on the "Nereide".
Gunn, Adam date of first engagement; 1835 Labourer Orphir.
1841 Orphir age 25, father George 70, John 20 tailor, William 15 mason, Margaret 15, Morison 10, Mary 9, mother Margaret Leask 50.
1851 Bonin Side Orphir age 36 Farm Labourer, wife Inga 35, sons; James 8, William 6, George 3, Morison 3 months.
1861 Lochend Orphir age 47 Farmer of 4 acres, wife Inga 44, children; James 18 mason, George 12, John 7, William 5, Jessie 2, Robina 1 month.
1871 Burnside Orphir, age shown as 36 (56) Farmer 6 acres, wife Enga 54, children; William 15, Jessie 12, Robina 10.
1881 Union St Kirkwall age 66 widower, General Labourer, daughter Jessie 22.
1891 Nearhouse Saint Andrews age 75 widower, and a Margaret Gunn 60 single.
From HBC archives;
In a letter dated 24 October 1839, Fort Vancouver, from James Douglas to William Smith, the following is recorded; Through my representation Chief Factor McLoughlin has thought proper to grant a passage, in the Nereide, at the man's own earnest request to Adam Gunn, a labourer who has been laid up for the last 14 months by a disease in the ancle [sic], which equally disqualifies him for every kind of country duty and for the overland journey to YF, from whence he might have proceeded to England. You may possibly procure him admission into one of the London hospitals where he will obtain the best medical treatment, and should his recovery not follow, he may still earn a living, at any Sedentary trade, in his native place,instead of remaining a burden upon us here, and receiving food and pay, while really unfit for duty (fos. 42-42d).
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