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George Budgell
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George Budgell (1887-1956) was born in Fogo, Nfld. He worked with the Husdon's Bay Company in Labrador for 35 years, of that time he spent three years in Davis Inlet, one year in North West River, and the remainder in Rigolet. He was the manager of a fur trading post in Rigolet during that time. He married Phyllis Painter and had six children.

George Cartwright
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George Cartwright (1739-1819) was a trader and explorer born in Marnham, England. He was one of Labrador's most reknown early settlers. He voyaged to Newfoundland while a captain in the British army and explored it's interior. He foresaw the extinction of the Beothuk people and the Great Auk due to the assault of Europeans. By 1770, Cartwright had quit his position in the army and joined a partnership with Lieutenant Lucas Perkins and Jerimiah Coglan to trap, hunt, fish, and trade with the Inuit of Labrador. Cartwright had friendly relations with the Inuit and when he returned to England in 1772, a party of seven Inuit went with him, six of which died of smallpox. While residing in Labrador Cartwright wrote "A Journal of Transactions and Events during a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador" which contains more information about the environment of Labrador and his daily hunts rather than his business transactions. In 1784, George Cartwright went bankrupt and returned to England and it is unknown if he ever returned to Labrador. He spent his latter years in Nottingham, employed as a barrack-master known as "Old Labrador".

German Weather Station
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A german weather station was secretly established at MArtin Bay, 32 k south of Cape Chidley, Labrador in the Fall of 1943. The consturcted station was transported across the Atlantic ocean in a submarine, U-537, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Peter Schrew. The German station was labelled 'Candian Weather Service' in an attempt to disguise itand consisted of a 150 watt transmitter an antenna a weather vane and an anemometer for mesuring wind volicity . The stations automatically issued a coded weather report for every two minuted every three hours and functioned for about three months , after which time batteries ran down due to the harsh winter weather

Gill, James Darrell
Person · d.1864

James Darrell Gill (d.1864), trader, was the son of Nicholas Gill, of Gill & Co., a firm based in St. John's. James Gill died at New York on 9 March 1864, leaving a large family.

James Darrrell Gill's father, Nicholas (1770-1855) and his uncle, Joseph Gill, established a trading firm in St. John's in the 1790s. The Gill firm was involved in the West Indian trade, exporting salt cod to the Indies and importing rum and molasses. Nicholas also established a branch of the firm in New York City in the 1830s.

Nicholas Gill sent his son James Darrell to New York to manage the family firm.That firm operated as a distribution centre for Newfoundland products such as seal pelts, seal oil, cod-liver oil, and furs. In return, sugar, corned beef, and clothing were shipped to Newfoundland. The St. John's business premises of Gill & Co. were destroyed in the fire of 1846.