The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd.

[oasorgard]

Thank you for sending the files whit newspaper articles. May I ask from what newspapers the articles was from, and the dates?

[hanes teulu]

oasorgard,
Apologies - I normally incorporate the newspaper details in each file name before sending. Will be in touch

regards 

[Ruskie]

I have located the same Thomas Collis as found previously in the 1871 census.

In 1861 he is with his family in Lewisham, he's a 'hop merchant' b Lincolnshire. I have been unable to locate him in the 1881 census, however I did find a death which may be him in 1875/Lewisham/age 47. Age and place fits. I had a quick look for wife Harriet in 1881 but haven't been able to locate her or the children - Harriet may have remarried. I will search more carefully if you'd like this information?

I also located Thomas Collis in the 1851 census. This is quite interesting as he is living at home with his mother in Boston Lincolnshire. She is a "hop and timber merchant", and so is Thomas. This may tie in with Thomas Collis being involved in the timber aspect of The North of Europe Land and Mining Coy".

IF this is the correct Thomas Collis, then there is only William Frost to find.  I know that this is quite a common name. The surname is most common around Norfolk/Suffolk ....

[Ruskie]

In the 1871 census there are 361 men with the name William Frost who are head of the family .... so we need another clue to trace him.

I found an article in the Daily News, London, Sat, Jan 9, 1875:
On the 8th at 5 Aberdeen Tce, Blackheath, Thomas Collis, youngest son of the late THomas Collis Esq of Boston Lincolnshire, aged 47.

This may be the Thomas Collis death mentioned earlier and the same Thomas Collis (hop/timber merchant) found in the censuses.

I also found an Alexander Prince in 1881 living in a boarding  house in Marylebone. He is a widower aged 64 born Ealing Middlesex, and a Civil Engineer. Odd place for a Civil Engineer to be living. I wonder if this is the correct Alexander Prince, and the one I found earlier - he may have fallen on hard times if the Company was having financial difficulties?

[Ruskie]

Unusual ... I found Gilbert Collis (son of THomas Collis) in the 1881 census. He is aged 21 and it states he is "son" though he doesn't appear to be a "son" of anyone.  Interestingly he is living at 5 Aberdeen Terrace (stated as the address of the Thomas Collis who died), Lewisham. So undeniably the same family. Gilbert is an "Undergraduate Student of Law".

[Coomkeen]

Hello Oasorgard, JOSEPH RODNEY CROSKEY was my husband's great great great grandfather. He was born 12 April 1810 in Philadelphia, USA, but his father was an English settler from London. He married Maria Teresa Elvira MACOMB in Phil. in  1833, but was widowed shortly after, and remarried in 1843 on the Isle of Wight, England, to Sarah ROPER. His daughter from his first marriage was Isabella Bloomfield CROSKEY born 1834 in Burlington, New Jersey. She was my husband's great great grandmother. He had seven more children with his second wife.

I  have some notes pertaining to JRC, which may be of interest - I will quote them below:-
"In the packet ship Sheridan, palled yesterday for Liverpool—Joseph Rodney Croskey, Ver Planck's Point, NY. (From NY Spectator, May 1842).
To Joseph Rodney Croskey, of Saint Michael's House, Cornhill, in the city of London, for the invention of "improvements in machinery or apparatus for receiving and paying out submarine electric telegraph cables". (From London Gazette, 6 May 1864).
The Bankruptcy Act, 1869. In the London Bankruptcy Court. In the Matter of Joseph Rodney Croskey. formerly of No. 43, Portsdown-road, .Maida Vale, and now No. 31,St. Mary's-terrace, Paddington, both in the county of Middlesex, formerly Merchant and Contractor, but now out ot business, a Bankrupt.
Archibald Scott Lawson, of 32, Essex-street, Strand in the county of Middlesex,. Gentleman, has been appointed Trustee of the property of the bankrupt. Tbe Court has appointed the Public Examination of the bankrupt to take place at tbe London Bankruptcy Court, Lincoln's-inn-fields, on the 16th day of January, 1878, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. All persons having in their possession any of the effects of the bankrupt must deliver them to the trustee, and all debts due to the bankrupt must be paid to the trustee. Creditors who have not yet proved their debts must forward their proofs of debts to the trustee.—Dated
this 10th day of December, 1877. (From London Gazette, Dec 1877)."
JRC died in London in 1886, in the Chelsea Registration District.
I have other info on file but am not sure how much you are interested in. I knew nothing of his dealings in the  N.E.L.M. Co. so this is new information to me. 

[Ruskie]

Welcome to rootschat Coomkeen.

I have really enjoyed the search for these men. Your husband's ancestors certainly led interesting lives.

It's quite sad to learn more details of their financial troubles. I hope Oasorgard will return to let you know if he requires further information about the Croskey family, or any of the other families.

[oasorgard]

Hello Oasorgard, JOSEPH RODNEY CROSKEY was my husband's great great great grandfather. He was born 12 April 1810 in Philadelphia, USA, but his father was an English settler from London. He married Maria Teresa Elvira MACOMB in Phil. in  1833, but was widowed shortly after, and remarried in 1843 on the Isle of Wight, England, to Sarah ROPER. His daughter from his first marriage was Isabella Bloomfield CROSKEY born 1834 in Burlington, New Jersey. She was my husband's great great grandmother. He had seven more children with his second wife.

I  have some notes pertaining to JRC, which may be of interest - I will quote them below:-
"In the packet ship Sheridan, palled yesterday for Liverpool—Joseph Rodney Croskey, Ver Planck's Point, NY. (From NY Spectator, May 1842).
To Joseph Rodney Croskey, of Saint Michael's House, Cornhill, in the city of London, for the invention of "improvements in machinery or apparatus for receiving and paying out submarine electric telegraph cables". (From London Gazette, 6 May 1864).
The Bankruptcy Act, 1869. In the London Bankruptcy Court. In the Matter of Joseph Rodney Croskey. formerly of No. 43, Portsdown-road, .Maida Vale, and now No. 31,St. Mary's-terrace, Paddington, both in the county of Middlesex, formerly Merchant and Contractor, but now out ot business, a Bankrupt.
Archibald Scott Lawson, of 32, Essex-street, Strand in the county of Middlesex,. Gentleman, has been appointed Trustee of the property of the bankrupt. Tbe Court has appointed the Public Examination of the bankrupt to take place at tbe London Bankruptcy Court, Lincoln's-inn-fields, on the 16th day of January, 1878, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. All persons having in their possession any of the effects of the bankrupt must deliver them to the trustee, and all debts due to the bankrupt must be paid to the trustee. Creditors who have not yet proved their debts must forward their proofs of debts to the trustee.—Dated
this 10th day of December, 1877. (From London Gazette, Dec 1877)."
JRC died in London in 1886, in the Chelsea Registration District.
I have other info on file but am not sure how much you are interested in. I knew nothing of his dealings in the  N.E.L.M. Co. so this is new information to me. 

Hello, I am sorry for my late reply. The information I want to know about Joseph Rodney Croskey (and the other 4 founders of The North of Europe Land & Mining Co. Ltd) is where and when he was born and died, when and whit who he was married, name and birthdate of his children, and a summary about his life.

[HanneM]

Hi, I'm not sure if this is still active, but I'll try to post anyway.

I'm trying to find my great great grandfather's father, which was one of the englishmen who founded this company. Or, so my grandfather believes. I know for a fact that he worked there, in a high position, so it seem logic that he was one of the co-founders. All I know is that he had an affair with my great great great grandmother, and that they had a son i the late 1800's. She left her son with her sister and her family in Herøy. I don't know if he was married at the time, or had any children. He was a bit older than her, I think. I believe she worked as a maid or something, and I think she lived in Mosjøen. I don't know which one the englishmen that could be his father, I haven't founds a listings which mentions either names. So I wonder if perhaps anyone knows if any of these man had a child in Norway. I would like to know who he was, and if I have any relatives in England. And it would be nice for my grandfather to know where his ancestry is from. All of the Brænden-relatives at that time where blond and blue-eyed, my great great grandfather had dark hair and dark eyes, which I believe is an heritage of his father. If anyone could help me find him, or give examples of pages I might visit, I would be thrilled!
Best regards,
Hanne, from Herøy - Norway :-)