Robert H. Cogswell
Title
Robert H. Cogswell
Type
Individual
Company
Coverage
Halifax, NS
Begin Date
1865-01-01
End Date
1907-01-01
Location
65 Upper Water Street, Halifax, NS (1865-1866)
175 Barrington St., Halifax, NS (1866-, 1876-)
Product Areas
Nautical
Clocks
Activities
Supplying
Repairing
Timeline
1865 – Reportedly takes over William Crawford's business and advertising sales of chronometer and maritime instruments. (Halifax and its Businesses)
1866 – Listed as active as a watchmaker at 65 Upper Water Street, Halifax, NS. (Hutchinson's Nova Scotia directory for 1866-67)
1871 - Active and listed as a maker of chronometers, watches and nautical instruments. (Brooks, 50)
1906-7 – Dies and is succeeded by Headley V. McLeod. (Brooks, 50)
1866 – Listed as active as a watchmaker at 65 Upper Water Street, Halifax, NS. (Hutchinson's Nova Scotia directory for 1866-67)
1871 - Active and listed as a maker of chronometers, watches and nautical instruments. (Brooks, 50)
1906-7 – Dies and is succeeded by Headley V. McLeod. (Brooks, 50)
Sources
Brooks, R.C. "Nautical Instrument-Makers in Atlantic Canada" Nova Scotia Historical Review Vol. 6 (1986): 36-54.
Hutchinson's Nova Scotia directory for 1866-67 (1866) (https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/archive/Hutchinson-s-Nova-Scotia-directory--for-1864-65---containing-alphabetical-directories-of-each-place-in-the-province--with-a-post-office-directory-and-an-appendix-containing-much-useful-information-2R3BF1OVSDWSJ.html): 374
White, G.A. Halifax and Its Businesses (McAlpine & Co., 1873): 49
Hutchinson's Nova Scotia directory for 1866-67 (1866) (https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/archive/Hutchinson-s-Nova-Scotia-directory--for-1864-65---containing-alphabetical-directories-of-each-place-in-the-province--with-a-post-office-directory-and-an-appendix-containing-much-useful-information-2R3BF1OVSDWSJ.html): 374
White, G.A. Halifax and Its Businesses (McAlpine & Co., 1873): 49
Citation
“Robert H. Cogswell,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed October 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/64.
Item Relations
| Item: William Crawford | dcterms:isReplacedBy | This Item |