James CLIFT Esq. ⁷⁸¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth, Cir 1790. ²²⁵

2. Membership: Inducted as an "old mason" - member of the Newfoundland Lodge, Freemasons, 1806, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁶³⁷ James Clift
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Name:James Clift
Gender:Male
Initiation Date:1806
Year Range:1771-1813
Profession:Merchant
Lodge Location:Newfoundland
Lodge Number:248
Folio Number:249

3. Occupation: Merchant, 1806, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁶³⁷

4. Occupation: Merchant, Between 1814 and 1830, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^3940,5389

5. Interesting: Business Premises of James Clift destroyed in great fire of St. John's, 1816, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹⁴⁸⁴ From SOS! Canadian Disasters on the www.collectionscanada.gc.ca website:

"In the 19th and early 20th centuries, major fires occurred in St. John's, Newfoundland (February 12, 1816, November 7, 1817, November 21, 1817, June 9, 1846, and July 8-9, 1892)"

According to the Certificate of Discharge following the bankrupcy of James Clift Esq., which was dated in the Supreme Court on March 15, 1817 (the Ides of march!) the bankrupcy itself occurred the previous November 23, that is to say in 1816.

I believe Galgay got it wrong and it was the first great fire in 1816 that actually ruined the Clift enterprise and led to the bankrupcty of James Clift, Esq. rather than the second or third, which both occurred in 1817 when Galgay said it occurred.

6. Membership: Inducted as a member of the St. John's Benevolent Lodge, Freemasons, 7 Oct 1816, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁶³⁷ Wm Hart Gaden
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Name:Wm Hart Gaden
Gender:Male
Initiation Age:23
Birth Year:abt 1800
Initiation Date:3 Feb 1823
First Payment Year on Register:1823
Year Range:1813-1836
Profession:Merchant
Lodge:Benevolent Lodge
Lodge Location:Newfoundland
Folio Number:38
A Lodge Number:312A
B Lodge Number:220B

7. Occupation: Merchant, 7 Oct 1816, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁶³⁷

8. Court: Declared bankruptcy following the great fire in St. John's, 23 Nov 1816, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁵³⁹⁰

9. Court: Writ against edward Sullivan for 17/-/- cost of writ -/15/6 #214, 1819, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁰⁶⁴

10. Court: Writ against James Langmead for 19/11/1 cost of writ /15/6 #251, 1819, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁰⁶⁴

11. Court: Writ against John Norris for 24/5/6 cost of writ 1/2/6, 1819, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁰⁶⁴

12. Court: Writ against Martin Gary for 19/6/7 cost of writ /15/6, 1819, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁰⁶⁴

13. Court: Writ against Patrick Howard for 24/-/6 cost of writ 1/2/6, 1819, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁰⁶⁴

14. Court: Writ against Thomas McGrath for 90/16/- cost of writ 1/13/6 #130, 1819, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁰⁶⁴

15. Alt. Death, Cir 1841, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹²⁰⁶

James married Flora SHANNAN, daughter of Alexander SHANNON and Living, on 11 Mar 1813 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ^420,1794.^,5388 (Flora SHANNAN was born in 1792 in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland ⁵³⁹¹, christened on 23 Jan 1792 in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland,⁵³⁹¹ died on 16 Nov 1863 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸¹⁴ and was buried on 19 Nov 1863 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ⁸¹⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Minister/Priest: David Rowland, Missionary, 11 Mar 1813, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^420,5388

2. Witnesses: Jesse Shannan, A. Pritcher, Neil Shannan, 11 Mar 1813, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^420,5388