Identifying HH Hosmer, canoe builder, ? Norway< Maine
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The page at http://www.norwayhistoricalsociety.org/page4.php has a portion of his obituary and the one at http://www.rossbros.com/hosmer.html shows another one of his canoes. The page at http://www.concordlibrary.org/scollect/Fin_Aids/HosmerHJ.htm indicates that a letter from "Henry Hayward Hosmer, Norway, Me., March 16, 1885" is at the Concord Free Public Library in Concord, Mass. The "The Norway register, 1903-4" at http://www.archive.org/stream/norwayregister1900mitc/norwayregister1900mitc_djvu.txt may have a listing for him as a guide. He is not listed at http://wcha.org/legacypages/maine-list.htm so please share anything that you find so that list can be updated. Thanks,
Benson
Benson
Hosmer
The Hosmer family was an important colonial family in these parts. Abner Hosmer was one of the first casualties of the American Revolution. He died next to Isaac Davis of the Acton Militia at Old North Bridge.
There was a forum member by the name of Blue Viking who is from the Norway/South Paris area. He knew some things about Hosmer the canoe builder. Search the forum for "Blue Viking" or "Hosmer" for some information, or contact Blue Viking directly.
Let us know what you find out.
Fitz
The Hosmer family was an important colonial family in these parts. Abner Hosmer was one of the first casualties of the American Revolution. He died next to Isaac Davis of the Acton Militia at Old North Bridge.
There was a forum member by the name of Blue Viking who is from the Norway/South Paris area. He knew some things about Hosmer the canoe builder. Search the forum for "Blue Viking" or "Hosmer" for some information, or contact Blue Viking directly.
Let us know what you find out.
Fitz
pklonowski
Unrepentant Canoeist
If you look in the green menu bar above, all the way to the right, there's a white box. Just under the box it says "Advanced Search". Click on the white box, then type in 'blue viking", and then press the enter key on your keyboard.
All forums have this feature these days, sometimes it's not as easy to find. It also helps if you know to look for it... and if you're new to forums, you might not know that!
I hope this helps... and by all means, feel free to post more questions as you think of them!
All forums have this feature these days, sometimes it's not as easy to find. It also helps if you know to look for it... and if you're new to forums, you might not know that!
I hope this helps... and by all means, feel free to post more questions as you think of them!
The most interesting information about Hosmer can be found at http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?2879-One-Off-W-C-Construction&p=13710#post13710 and http://forums.wcha.org/showthread.php?2229 here. Good luck,
Benson
Benson
