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The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd.
« on: Tuesday 29 March 11 21:52 BST (UK) »
In 1865 Thomas Collis, Stephen Edward Comyn, Joseph Rodney Croskey, William Frost and Alexander Prince bought around 600,000 hectare of land in the middle part of Norway, and found the company THE NORTH OF EUROPE LAND & MINING CO. LTD. The purpose of this purchase was logging and to establish a sawmill. It was transformed in 1888 to a new company whit other owners. Is here some who know who this five gentlemen was?

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Re: THE NORTH OF EUROPE LAND & MINING CO. LTD.
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 29 March 11 21:56 BST (UK) »
Bagot, Bate, Dominy,  Cox, Frost, Griffiths, Eccleston(e), Godrich, Griffiths, Hartland/Hartlin, Westwood, Spicer, Peake, Pass, Perry, Nuttle, Warrender

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Re: THE NORTH OF EUROPE LAND & MINING CO. LTD.
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 29 March 11 22:03 BST (UK) »
I tryed to open your link, but I just got the message: Sorry, we can't find the page you're looking for.

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Re: The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd.
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 29 March 11 22:31 BST (UK) »
Ah, I'm getting a similar problem with it cut and pasted. Try googling....
Bagot, Bate, Dominy,  Cox, Frost, Griffiths, Eccleston(e), Godrich, Griffiths, Hartland/Hartlin, Westwood, Spicer, Peake, Pass, Perry, Nuttle, Warrender

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Re: The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd.
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 29 March 11 22:35 BST (UK) »
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/norway/northern-norway/mosjoen

This link works.....small write up on it....

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Re: The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd.
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 30 March 11 13:18 BST (UK) »
Quote from: The Mc on Tuesday 29 March 11 22:35 BST (UK)
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/norway/northern-norway/mosjoen

This link works.....small write up on it....

About the link, I am from and live right outside Mosjøen, so that history I know. I am searching for more information about Thomas Collis, Stephen Edward Comyn, Joseph Rodney Croskey, William Frost and Alexander Prince. Where did they come from etc?

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Re: The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd.
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 30 March 11 13:58 BST (UK) »
Welcome to rootschat oasorgard.

I don't know anything specific about this company or these people but just to start you off I can see Stephen E Comyn age 43 living in Cheltenham England in the 1861 census. His occupation is MD Edinburgh not practising (so he's a doctor) born in Bengal Burr??? (I cannot read the place name). He is married but his wife is not home, but there are several children and servants.

Is this the sort of information you are looking for? I can see Stephen in other censuses.

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Re: The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd.
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 30 March 11 14:04 BST (UK) »
In the 1881 census there is a Joseph R.P. Croskey living in Paddington (London). He's a retired merchant born in the USA. There is a dark line through his age but it is transcribed as 70. In the 1851 census he is aged 40, living in Southampton, occupation is 'American Consul for this district', born USA.

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Re: The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd.
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 30 March 11 14:13 BST (UK) »
There are a lot of men with the name Thomas Collis and William Frost, so without knowing a bit more about them (eg date or place of birth) it will be difficult to identify the correct ones. There aren't many Alexander Princes but I can't see an obvious one on the 1871 census.

I will continue looking ...
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