The Guines Family

The Guines Family 

The Guines Family were the original founders of the Caribbean province of Guines. The province was founded when Gareth Guines I, a poor European farmer, moved to the Caribbean with his close family in search of a new start. After several years of hard work and some shrude dealing he managed to take ownership of major parts of the Caribbean and eventually named all the combined land he owned Guines.

Guines Family History 

Gareth Guines I, moved to the Caribbean in 1680 at age 30. He was a struggling farmer from Ireland with a drinking problem. His drinking problem caused him to go bankrupt so he sold his farm and used the money to buy a ship just big enough to carry his family across the Atlantic Ocean and stock it with ale and rum. He crossed the Atlantic with his wife, Lucile Guines, his three sons, Gareth Guines II, Isaac Guines and Gordon Guines, and his only daughter, Mary Guines.

They arrived in a province of the Caribbean known as Exuma. They started out on one of the biggest islands in the Caribbean, Padres Del Fuego, hoping they could farm the land and earn a living. The family soon learnt that Padres Del Fuego was not ideal for farming because of its dryness, so they moved to Tortuga. They felt at home with the drunken pirates and although they drank they did not turn to piracy.

Gareth Guines I, set up a small farm and farmhouse just outside of Tortuga Town in a smaller village known as Miner's Town. Gareth II and Mary, being the oldest of the siblings, had to go find jobs to support the family. Mary became a waitress at a local tavern and Gareth II worked at the island's shipwright. The younger siblings would help around on the farm and other small jobs for their father.

Because of the cheap prices of rum on Tortuga, this didn't cause financial trouble for the Guines family this time round. They slowly made money from the farm and eventually managed to save up some money.

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