Surely somebody has pieced together clues from all the episodes and at least come up with an outline! Just some basics -- year and place of birth, date of death, at least one ship he sailed on, ports he was in, significant people in his life and afterlife. I"d love to see it!
shareI would love to say yes, but truth to tell, the writers wrote what was handy for the show, and back then, nobody kept "bibles" about the show's characters and events, especially the Captain's.
I have belonged to a yahoo group for GAMM since 2001. The group started in 1999 and I thing there was some sort of online group before that.
Back circa 1999 or so, one on the Gammies put together everything they could about DG's life based on what was said on the show, and the dates just don't tie. For instance if you take the date of the Battle of Vera Cruz, and the Captain's part in that, one might assume his birth date is somewhere between 1825 and 1827. But if you work with that idea, which is pretty much a have to, it puts him at 14 when he is supposed to be arguing in court about not tearing down the Mansion House in Spirit of the Law. Also, that would make the date of his painting mentioned in Not So Desperate Hours (1832) way off. The only thing in concrete is he died November 13, 1869. That was mentioned in Surprise Party.
The only ship we know he commanded was "The schooner Mary Ann" from Captain Gregg's Whiz Bang."
Though it isn't gospel, most fan fiction writers use April 8th as DG's birthday, as an honorarium to Edward Mulhare, who was born on that date. Likewise for Carolyn's, Martha's and Claymore's. The kids both have November birthdays because of the air dates of their birthday episodes... Uncle Arnold The Magnificent (Candy) and Surprise Party (Jonathan). If you are interested in more info, I might be able to dig out that timeline, or you can join the Yahoo groups I was talking about earlier.
Hope this helps!
Thanks! I just wanted to have more accurate daydreams about the house! I own a very old house myself, built some time prior to around 1870, as far as I can guess, much less grand since it was originally servants' quarters. Essentially, it's a two-story box with another two-story box grafted on prior to 1889 and another two-story addition stuck on after that, probably some time after the popularization of indoor plumbing. But I'm interested in restoration and renovation and wish I could move into Gull Cottage and fix it up to the Captain's exacting standards while including modern conveniences and safety. (Gull Cottage would be a fire trap by modern standards!) The stove could be retrofitted with modern nozzles into a very safe and convenient gas stove without changing the looks at all. I'm not sure how the ice box could be turned into a modern fridge/freezer but I'm guessing it could be done.
Of course, I'd also toss out all that 1960s furniture Carolyn brought in and go about finding period pieces, preferably restored.
I want to pay closer attention to the walls some time. Since the house is pre-Victorian I'm assuming it won't have arsenic-laced wallpaper that would have to be replaced!
Yikes! Maybe we can just hope that Captain Gregg didn't like wallpaper... and went for straight plaster walls...
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