Gaadn wena di sekan a iet pitni baan tu wah Skatish plaanta, Juozif Gaadn (Joseph Gordon) (1790?–1867) ah wah mulato sliev, An Rachre (Ann Rattray, 1792? – bifuo 1865). Ih weh self-edikiet, ah don-tiich ihself fi riid, rait, ah du simpl akountin. Wen im a ten ier uol, Gaadn eh-lou fi go lib wid ih gadfaada, Jiemz Dieli (James Daly) a Blak Riva. Widin wan ier, Gaadn taat wok ina Dieli bizniz. Gaadn ton biznizman ihself ah lanuona ina di parish a Sin Tamas-ina-di-Iis (St. Thomas-in-the-East). Ih siblindem a Mieri An Gaadn (Mary Ann Gordon, 1813?), Maagrit Gaadn (Margaret Gordon 1819?), Janet Izabela Gaadn (Janet Isabella Gordon, 1824?), Jan Gaadn (John Gordon, 1825?), Jien Gaadn (Jane Gordon, 1826?), An Gaadn (Ann Gordon, 1828?) ah Ralf Gaadn (Ralph Gordon, 1830).