Gideon Tremaine (1783-1838) was a dock master and shipowner from Port Oxheller who represented his town on the rebel committee and died of wounds after running the British blockade of his port.

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KEY INFO

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🌱 Born : 3 August 1783

🪦 Died : 22 January 1838 (aged 54)

📍 Birthplace : Port Oxheller, Archipelago of Lochburn

🪪 Nationality : British, colonial born

💼 Occupation : Dock master, shipowner

🗝️ Associated place : Port Oxheller, Lochburn County

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TIMELINE

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• 1783: Birth in Port Oxheller

• 1808: Dock master at twenty-five

• Spring 1824: The fleets threatened

• Winter 1824 to 1825: Voice of Port Oxheller

• December 1837: Running the blockade

• 22 January 1838: Death in Port Oxheller

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RELATED FIGURES

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• Elias Ravenscroft : Friend and leader
• Abigail Stanhope : Travelling companion
• Nathaniel Bramwell : The martyr

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TO GO FURTHER

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Abigail STANHOPE

Elias RAVENSCROFT

[1824] Lochburn Rebellions

Nathaniel BRAMWELL

Pamparina Bay

Port Oxheller

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FUN FACT

He is said to have recognized any ship entering Port Oxheller by the sound of her bell, a talent that served him well when he ran the blockade on moonless nights.

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MASTER OF THE DOCKS

∟ A port-born man

Gideon Tremaine was born in Port Oxheller in 1783, in a family of fishermen. Since the decree of 1712 had made Port Oxheller the colony's only commercial port, he grew up watching every ship, settler and cargo pass through its docks.

∟ Dock master at twenty-five

In 1808, Gideon was appointed dock master. In the years that followed, he bought ships of his own and became one of the port's shipowners.

VOICE OF PORT OXHELLER

∟ The fleets threatened

The tax of 1824 on fishing and timber struck the fleets and cargoes that made the port live. Gideon refused to collect it on his docks, and the dockworkers followed him.

∟ The committee

In the winter of 1824, he became one of the four representatives on the committee led by his friend Elias Ravenscroft. With Abigail Stanhope, he traveled by boat from Utopia and Port Oxheller to the secret meetings at Pamparina Bay, always under cover of darkness.

THE BLOCKADE

∟ A port under siege

During the war, the Crown blockaded Port Oxheller to cut the supplies reaching the Utopians from America.

∟ Death

In December 1837, Gideon broke through the blockade with his own ships, carrying American supplies, but he was wounded. He died in Port Oxheller on 22 January 1838, five years before the independence he had fought for.

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