Hello ... I'm trying to find info on 2rd great grandfather & his brother (Mahlon C Freeman and Dorval J - respectively) that were both canoe / boat builders in late 1800's. Both worked for Rushton then went on to start their own boat works.
Late 1880's Dorval started Watertown (NY) Boat and Canoe Co. Mahlon worked with him.
Early 1890's Dorval started Fulton Pleasure Boat Company (Fulton,NY).
1894/5 Mahlon acquired the company and renamed it M.C. Freeman Boat Company. (A canoe is in the Adirondack Experience Museum)
1894 Dorval moves to Waltham MA and worked at CP. Nutting
1897 Dorval moves to Lawrence, MA and starts Merrimac River Boat and Canoe Company.
If anyone has any info on these companies and their canoes it'd be a great help in filling in the history pages. Thanks
Late 1880's Dorval started Watertown (NY) Boat and Canoe Co. Mahlon worked with him.
Early 1890's Dorval started Fulton Pleasure Boat Company (Fulton,NY).
1894/5 Mahlon acquired the company and renamed it M.C. Freeman Boat Company. (A canoe is in the Adirondack Experience Museum)
1894 Dorval moves to Waltham MA and worked at CP. Nutting
1897 Dorval moves to Lawrence, MA and starts Merrimac River Boat and Canoe Company.
If anyone has any info on these companies and their canoes it'd be a great help in filling in the history pages. Thanks