The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd.

[Ruskie]

Marriages Mar 1842    
BULLOCK  Francis    Witham  12 379   
CLAPTON  James Philemon     Witham  12 379   
Comyn  Stephen Edward     Tendring  12 379   
Connyer  Stephen Edward     Witham  12 379 ?   
ORPER  Eliza Ann     Witham  12 379   
SMITH  Ellen Harriet     Witham  12 379   
SURRIDGE  Charles     Witham  12 379   
THATCHER  Charlotte     Witham  12 379

Marriages Jun 1861  
Bush  Edwin    Clifton  6a 229   
Comyn  Stephen Edward     Clifton  6a 229    
Crossman  Mary Ann     Clifton  6a 229   
Scott  Charlotte     Clifton  6a 229 ?

Marriages Dec 1866
Comyn  Stephen E    Marylebone  1a 857   
FERRIS  William     Marylebone  1a 857   
GROVE  Marian D     Marylebone  1a 857    
PONTIN  Jane     Marylebone  1a 857

Unsure if these are all the same Stephen. They seem to fit except that it appears that he first married an Emily and is with her in 1851. If the 1861 marriage to Charlotte is correct and the death in 1862, then she may have died in childbirth? (just a guess of course). I think Maria in the 1871 census is Marian in the 1866 marriage - middle initial is D.

[Ruskie]

Joseph Croskey appears with wife Sarah and children in the 1851 census. This appears to be his marriage but to which Sarah?:
Marriages Sep 1843  
CROSKEY  Joseph Rodney    I of Wight  8 341    
DENNISON  Sarah Frances Boiling     I of Wight  8 341   
FANCEY  Edith     I of Wight  8 341   
LASHMAR  Emily Ellen     I of Wight  8 341   
LEE  Joseph     Isle of Wight  8 341   
OSMOND  Daniel     Isle of Wight  8 341   
ROPER  Sarah     I of Wight  8 341    
ROPER  William     I of Wight  8 341   

[hanes teulu]

Ruskie,
Yes, it was the death notice.

The Ipswich Journal Saturday January 8 1842
MARRIED

4th inst. at Rivenhall Church, by the Rev. Bradford Donne Hawkins, M.A, Stephen Edw Comyn, Esq, MD, of Cheltenham, only surviving son of the late Major General Wm Comyn, Bengal Establishment, to Emily Harriet, 2nd daughter of Paul Kneller Smith, Rivenhall Place in the County of Essex, Esq.

regards

[hanes teulu]

Reynolds Newspapers Sunday December 23rd 1860

Carries a lengthy report of the Court case (Comyn v Comyn) where Stephen E Comyn was granted a decree nisi and damages of £2,000 (originally claiming £10,000!) against Emily Harriet Comyn.

Bristol Mercury Saturday May 16 1861
May 11th at Clifton, by the Rev Edward Cockey, MA, Stephen E Comyn, Esq of Cheltenham, to Charlotte, only child of Alexander Innes Scott, Esq, of Lansdown Terrace in the same place.

regards

[Ruskie]

Ah, that's really helpful hanes.  So the 1842 marriage on Freebmd is the correct one, and should read Emily Harriet Smith rather than Ellen Harriet Smith. I wonder why the two registration districts for Stephen?  Not important at this stage ...

I must say that court case sounds fascinating. Is Reynolds newspapers online?

[oasorgard]

Oasorgard,
How much detail do you want about these men? For example are you looking for personal information about them? I can try to locate them in all of the censuses for example, and post all details of family, if that is what you require.

Also, are you looking for birth, marriage and death information as well?

I'm not sure whether you are mainly looking for information about the company or the men.

This is an interesting and unusual request. Do you mind if I ask why you are researching these men and this company? 

I am mainly looking for birth, marriage and death of the men, and children if there are. I am also looking for more general information about them, where they lived and what they worked whit in UK. But if you find any information in UK about the company I am interested in that too. The local historians have written mutch about the company, but almost nothing about the men, that is why I want to know more about them.

When the North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd. (called "Engelskbruket" in norwegian) started up whit logging and established a sawmill, it was in a scale no one had done before in the district. The local community, what now is the municipalitys of Vefsn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vefsn), Grane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grane) and Hattfjelldal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattfjelldal), passed through a deep change from a natural economy to a market economy, and new ideas came to the district. The company was transformed in 1888 to the North of Europe Land Co. Ltd. whit new owners, and the company profile now was to sell hunting and fishing exclusively. But in 1899 it was over, the land was sold, and the company was dissolved. A local company, Nes Trælastbrug, bought some of the land, and few years later they established a new sawmill at the same spot as the English company. And it have been working until last year.

[Ruskie]

That's very interesting oasorgard.

Do you have any more information about Thomas Collis and William Frost? Because these are common names, they are more difficult to trace than the men with unusual names.

Any little thing at all?

Names of wives or children?

[Ruskie]

Reynolds Newspapers Sunday December 23rd 1860

Carries a lengthy report of the Court case (Comyn v Comyn) where Stephen E Comyn was granted a decree nisi and damages of £2,000 (originally claiming £10,000!) against Emily Harriet Comyn.

Bristol Mercury Saturday May 16 1861
May 11th at Clifton, by the Rev Edward Cockey, MA, Stephen E Comyn, Esq of Cheltenham, to Charlotte, only child of Alexander Innes Scott, Esq, of Lansdown Terrace in the same place.

regards

I just read this article in Reynolds - what a scandal.  Mind you Stephen didn't waste any time remarrying.

Would you be interested in reading the article oasorgard?

[Ruskie]

I've had another look for Thomas Collis.

I started with the 1871 census and after eliminating all those who weren't 'head of family', I went through those remaining, then eliminated all those who were farmers, labourers etc.

Now the one which looks maybe, possibly the most likely is one living in Lewisham. He is aged 43, and is a 'Hop Merchant', born in Boston Lincolnshire. He has a wife and many children (all with two middle names  ) and several servants.

Tomorrow I will see if I can locate him in any other censuses.

This may be the marriage of this particular Thomas to his wife Harriet E:
Marriages Sep 1856
Baker  Adolphus    Camberwell  1d 748   
Collis  Thomas     Camberwell  1d 748   
Key  Clara     Camberwell  1d 748   
Pattenden  Harriet Ellen     Camberwell  1d 748

Of course this may not be the correct Thomas Collis - further investigation is required ....