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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

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                  CAPTAIN EDWARD ZEALAND, JR. As far back as ancestry can
               clearly be traced the Zealands have been sailors. The father
               of our subject, whose name he also bears, was on a man-of-
               war with Nelson.
                  The family of EDWARD ZEALAND, SR., consisted of five
               sons, all of whom were sailors, viz.: EDWARD, WILLIAM,
               THOMAS, JOHN, HENRY.  THOMAS ZEALAND for the greater part of
               his life except the year 1849, which he spent in California,
               passed his time on the lakes. JOHN was on the water all his
               life, and HENRY is now captain of the Mariska. WILLIAM, the
               second son, was captain at sea for about ten years, the rest
               of his life being spent on the lakes.
                  Edward Zealand, Jr., received a common-school education
               at Hamilton, Ont., the place of his birth, and during the
               summer of his seventh year he went on the lakes as cook's
               assistant, and thus began his marine career, to which he
               devoted his whole life.  When he was still young he passed
               rapidly though the steps of advancement, and was early in
               command of small boats owned by his father.
                  **EDWARD, our subject, was married to MISS JANE G.
               GIBSON, a Canadian woman of Scotch descent, who is still
               living at her home in Canada. She is a sister of the Hon. J.
               M. GIBSON, who was formerly Provincial Secretary of Canada,
               and is now the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
                  Mr. and Mrs. Zealand have had five children: EDWARD G.,
               who was on the lakes for several years, and is now the
               deputy sheriff of Hamilton, and a major in the Canadian
               militia; WILLIAM O., captain of the Modjeska; MARY G.,
               married to W. J. WRIGHT, an attorney of Brockville, Ont.;
               JOHN J., who is in the hardware business at Sault Ste.
               Marie; and EDITH, who still remains at home unmarried.
                  CAPTAIN ZEALAND met his death in 1880 on Lake Ontario,
               while on the steamer Zealand, which, with all hands, was
               lost in a storm.**

               [Transcriber's Note: Between the ** is an exact duplicate
                of his father's biography, printed on this page in error,
                and transcribed exactly as it appears within the book.]

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