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Show ALFRED HILLIAM HC CUNg BIRTH AND EARLY YOUTH IN INDIA Alfrod ~/!.illimn NcCuna entorGd tho ti'orld July 11. 181.~9, at Fort D1.U(l DLUn r.G.9.1' Calcutta India t tho 7th of 8 childl'on in his f.:lmily. Ills pa4'ents, Sergollnt Natthow l1cCuna and Sarah Elizaboth Curolin3 Scott, Here completing thoir nUlotsonth yoar with the BenGul Art:t1101'Y of the Mat India Company. Alfred nas born into aristocracy compared to tho squalid standard of living of the ",ativ€! Hindu and JUhlc But lif ,qas not yet aware of the real ,.,.1'i stocrtl He life hac l<US oV'ontually going to be able to live. '1'ho NcCune 9 s Iivod in ro1a tive British mill tarl oomtort. A brick bUYlt;alOH I;Ti th separnte rooms for the ohildran and a U'(:)ll kept gard.on 1n tho environs vrOl"O their home. Alfred spent his fir st f ivo ye ars in 'cllls environment. Ulon bro more in Burma. An elder sintol", Agno s Jane, diod a.t ago 1, an aldol" brother, Alcxindor' John, died from a: ra.bbioo. dog bite·. and two othel' b1'otlH'>rS ~ Alfr&d RobDrt llndltrillinm Thomas. died of Asiatic cholol'>l bafore Alfred rms born. But his t'110 remaining elder b po th o l'8~ Honry Fredorick and George, and his younger bl~other, (dnaI'd J.:unas a 5Ul"Jivcd the perils of India and gltGW to manhood ,: l ong Hi th A. HQ Tho boys onj oYE'Jd lU.£', ny opportunities to be adventureBome, mingl ed lli til t ho l'w.tive childreft arourrl the Fort, and quickly pickt.;d up Hindustani along w.i.th their English. r.1'ho1r father (~alliO 1nto contact Hi til the doctrinos of HOl'l.nol'lism in 8. raligioull ntuciy m00 ting jus t fivo month s aftar Alfred's birth. an avant i1hich Hun dO ~i'tinod to chnnga nll of their lives, for H8.tthaw p,cceptcd tl1e plvi nciplc:J of this nau found. faith and oogan preparution:r vihich 'i;lould ovontually l~ad tho family to Arilsrlca. Alfrod W£\S throe yea}"D old when hilll father '01&3 Du:f'ma w:1. th UlG Pagua D1v.l.slon to assist tile Bl'l. tish Socond BCtrmOSB !/lul° of 1852. A. \"1 •• mother, and hi5 l ivin,;; bl"otlwrs \mit(,-d~ l1atJ.}hed~ arid prayed for his ca1l6d to in the throo ):'oturn in Calcutta. Tho f ti.i1J:Uy joinoo their father in Rungool1, BUl'lJlIl, for> tHO yoars b9gir1l1ing; in 1854- aftor ",(.ha Bul"lllOSG \vu:t- ho.d b6coma cooL vlhi1e in fuu'.goon , Alfrod llnd his brothers atull1dt3d a. HOR}ION CONVERT, PIONEER, SHEEP HSHDEH, FA IlHEll, RANCHER FREIGHTER, CONTRACTOR. FATHER, LEADER, OHGANIZER OF' HEN RAILROAD BUJ;LDER, ADVENTURER, BUSINESSHAH, HERCHANT TIMBEru1AN~ l.fINING HAGNATE, TRAVELER, STA'l'ESHAN PHILANTHRQPIST, ENTREPRENEU;R, MULTI·..HIILIONAIRE I A DOCU11ENTEO BIOGRAPHY OF HLS LIFE AND HORKS A. D. JULY 11, 1849 TO MARCH 28, 1927 ·by George H. HcCune 1972 |
