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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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                  EDWARD ZEALAND. As far back as ancestry can clearly be
               traced the family of whom the subject is a descendant have
               been sailors. His father, whose name he bears, was on a man-
               of-war with Nelson.
                  The family of EDWARD ZEALAND, SR., consisted of five
               sons, all of whom sailed at times. THOMAS ZEALAND sailed for
               the greater part of his life, except the year of 1849, which
               he spent in California. JOHN was on the water all his life,
               and HENRY is now captain of the Mariska, and WILLIAM com-
               manded the Lake Michigan during the season of 1898.
                  EDWARD, JR., received a common-school education at
               Hamilton, Ontario, 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 a marine life, to which he devoted
               his entire time. When he was still young he passed rapidly
               through the steps of advancement, and was early in command
               of small boats, which were owned by his father.
                  EDWARD ZEALAND is married to MISS JANE 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. They have had five children:
               EDWARD G., who was on the lakes for several years, and is
               now the deputy sheriff of Hamilton, Ont.; WILLIAM O., cap-
               tain of the Modjeska; MARY G., married to W. J. WRIGHT, an
               attorney at Brockville, Ont.; JOHN J., who is in the hard-
               ware business at Sault Ste. Marie; and EDITH, who still
               remains at home, unmarried.
                  CAPTAIN ZEALAND met his death in November, 1880, on Lake
               Ontario, while on the steamer ZEALAND, which was lost in a
               storm with all hands.

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