Birth* | circa 1868 | He was born circa 1868 at Nova ScotiaG.1 |
| 1871 | He appeared on the census of 1871 in the household of William Gould and Johanna Murphy, age 3, b. NS; (neis. Mary Gould (age 61, b. England), fam. 333; George (age 60, b. NS) and Mary (age 54, b. Ireland) Gould, fam. 335; Ellen Gould, age 53, b. Ireland.)2 |
| 1881 | He appeared on the census of 1881 in the household of William Gould and Johanna Murphy, as Cornelius, age 13, b. NS; (neis. Thomas and Lucy Gould, fam. 432; Joseph Gould and mother Mary, fam. 434; Ellen Gould, age 63; George and Mary Gould.)3 |
| 17 April 1891 | He appeared on the census of 17 April 1891 in the household of William Gould and Margaret _____ at Amherst, Cumberland Co., Nova ScotiaG; (neis. several Gould families.)4 |