Thomas Duder and his wife Ann Congdon of St Mary's Church Devonshire moved to St John's with their children.
Their eldest son John Congdon Duder b. 1817 moved to Twillingate as branch manager of the family business there. He married Joanna Pearce of that place. He died at Little Bay Islands 3 Feb. 1899.
The second son Charles married Catherine McLachlan in 1848. The McLachlan's (sp?) were merchants whose very large home opposite the Railway Station was taken down in the 1950's to make way Hickman Motors. Charles worked in the family business. He became active in politics and was successful in two elections. His daughter Laura Muir Duder married Richard White. His father Edward White was a prominent sealing Captain and Politician. Their daughter Dorothy Catherine White married George E. Storey the son of the Rev. George Storey a Methodist Clergy. They had 5 children and I knew of George Morley Storey MUN Professor, Janet Storey, director of Nursing for Newfoundlandand Ann Storey, secretary for the Mananger of Harvey Lumber and Hardware when I worked there in 1946.
A third son, Henry John Duder married Sophia Pitts. He was involved in lumber, shipping and the fishery. Sophia's sister Mary married Capt. Thomas Ebsary. A third sister Ann Louisa married William Coyell another South Side Merchant.
Henry John and Sophia Duder's daughter Emma married Campbell McPherson. Mary and Thomas Ebsary's daughter Ann Sophia and her husband William Henry Cook were parents of Sir Tasker Cook.
Henry John Duder lived on a large farm at the western end of the university property. Westernland farm where the MacPherson's brought the Nfld dog back from near extinction was once the Duder estate. To the east lay the farm of William Henry Cook and Ann Sophia. This farm took in much of the land where the Confederation Building stands now.
A fourth son *Edwin Duder had a son Edwin Jr. whose fleet of two hundred vessels was the largest fleet in the world. The bank crash of 1894 he lost everything.
From the 21 census (Nfld Grand Banks)there were a family of Coyells's still of the South Side:
COYELL Edgbert M Head Married 1869 Sep 52 St John's
COYELL Winifred F Wife Married 1870 May 51 Hants Hr
COYELL Bertha F Dau Single 1896 Jul 25 St John's
COYELL Marian F Dau Single 1901 Feb 20 St John's
COYELL Harry M Son Single 1905 Feb 15 St John's
COYELL Sophie F Cous Single 1857 Mar 70 St John's
JACKIE EBSARY
