[Here are all the Francis C. Brown entries from the volumes of the Trow’s New York business directories and other N. Y. business directories on Ancestry.com, and some other sources.]
Apr 29, 1851, born in Haysville, Ontario, Canada.
Feb 10, 1877, arrived in the United States, and contributed the funds to help launch
D. MacKinnon & Co.
1878, p.165, Frank [sic] C., pens, 21 Park Row, h 349 W. 14th, no MacKinnon or Fountain Ink Co.
1879, p.174, still Frank C., pens, p.946, and Duncan MacKinnon, and D. MacKinnon & Co., all at 21 Park Row.
1880, p.177, Francis C., pens, and p.991, D. MacKinnon & Co., 200 Broadway Ave., and Duncan MacKinnon, h Canada.
[1881, no volume in Ancestry.]
Nov 10, 1881, applied to become a naturalized American citizen.
1882, p.191, Francis C., sec., p. 540, Fountain Ink Co., and p.1060, MacKinnon Pen Co., all at 192 Broadway Ave.
Illustrated ads for the MacKinnon stylograph appear on almost every second or third page of the 1882 volume.
1883, p.193, Francis C., sec., h St Denis, p.543, Fountain Ink Co., and p.1073, MacKinnon Pen Co., all at 75 John St.
Apr 23, 1883, married Marie E. Laurie.
1884, p.205, Francis C., treas., and p.571, Fountain Ink Co. at 62 Cliff St., no more MacKinnon Pen Co.
[1885, no volume in Ancestry.]
1886, p.223, Francis C., pres., h New Brighton, S. I., and p.623, Fountain Ink Co. at 62 Cliff St., no listing for Caw’s.
[1887, no volume in Ancestry.]
1888, no listings, but instead there is a predatory ad on p.642 for “A. S. Barnes & Co. inks, pens” where the Fountain Ink Co. listing should be. Perhaps he was preoccupied with moving, or with the ligation by Wirt.
1889, no listing for Brown, but a Caw’s Ink And Pen Co. ad appears on p.316, 157 Broadway Ave.
[1890, no volume in Ancestry.]
1891, p.166, Francis C., pens, and p.219, Caw’s Ink And Pen Co., 104 Broadway Ave.
Feb 2, 1892, became a naturalized American citizen.
1892, p.172, Francis C., pens, h New Brighton, S. I., ad on p.226, Caw’s Ink And Pen Co., 104 Broadway Ave.
The first Caw’s Raven trademark and logo, 1892, p.226.
[1893, no volume in Ancestry.]
1894, p.169, Francis C., mgr., h New Brighton, S. I., p.222, ad, Caw’s Pen And Ink Co., 42 Dey St.
[1895, no volume in Ancestry.]
[1896, no volume in Ancestry.]
1897, p.177, Francis C., mgr., h New Brighton, S. I., ad on p.233, Caw’s Pen And Ink Co., 168 Broadway Ave. & 42 Dey St.
1898, p.162, Francis Cashel, mgr., 168 Broadway Ave. & 42 Dey St. , h New Brighton, S. I., but no listing for Caw’s.
1899, p.162, Francis C., mgr., 168 Broadway Ave. & 42 Dey St. , h New Brighton, S. I., but no listing for Caw’s.
[1900, no volume in Ancestry.]
[1901, no volume in Ancestry.]
1902, pp.658, & 980, Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., office & salesroom 227 Broadway Ave., factory 53 Vesey St.
1903, pp.692, & 1033-34, Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., office & salesroom 227 Broadway Ave., factory 53 Vesey St.
[1904, no volume in Ancestry.]
[1905, no volume in Ancestry.]
1906, pp.541, 812, & 813, Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., 46 Vesey St., with a banner ad as well as a name listing.
The new Caw’s Raven-in-a-capital-letter-C logo, 1906, p.812.
[1907, no volume in Ancestry.]
[1908, no volume in Ancestry.]
[1909, no volume in Ancestry.]
1910, p.181, Francis C., mgr., h New Brighton, BR, p.234, Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., 46 Vesey St.
1911, p.185, Francis C., mgr., h New Brighton, BR, p.237, Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., 46 Vesey St.
1912, p.194, Francis C., mgr., h New Brighton, BR, p.249, Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., 76 Duane St.
1913, p.196, Francis C., mgr., h New Brighton, BR, p.251, Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., 76 Duane St., Tel WOR 3366.
1914, p.159, Francis C., mgr., p.161, Marie, ink, 76 Duane St., h New Brighton, BR, but no listing for Caw’s.
1915, p.393, Francis C., br. mgr., h New Brighton, BR, p.396, Marie, p.452, Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., 77 Duane St.
1916, p.329, Francis C., mgr., h S. I., p.331, Marie, p.384, Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., 76 Duane, Tel WOR 3366.
1917, p.433, Francis C., mgr., h New Brighton, S. I., p.435, Marie, p.496, Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., 76 Duane St.
1917, Francis Cashel Brown’s 56-page book, Walk on Your Head: How I Found the Pathway to Perfect Health at Sixty-five, was published this year. [It should actually be titled “Stand on Your Head”, or “Walk on Your Hands”. Also see his 1917 photo here.]
1918, p.407, Francis C., mgr., h New Brighton, S. I., p.409, Marie, p.471, Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., 76 Duane St.
Two Waterman’s predatory ads, 1912, p.194, and 1918, p.471, the ads were placed on the same pages as the listings for Caw’s,
so if someone were to try to look up Caw’s, they would find the larger Waterman’s ad in close proximity.
[1919, no volume in Ancestry.]
1920, no listings for Francis C. and Marie, p.444, Caw’s Pen & Ink Co. (Francis C. Brown) 78 Reade St.
[1921, no volume in Ancestry.]
1922, Francis Cashel Brown, Insurance, also Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., both at 30 Church St.
Feb 18, 1923, Marie Brown, his wife, died.
[1923, no volume in Ancestry.]
[1924, no volume in Ancestry.]
1925, Francis C. Brown and Caw’s Pen & Ink Co., both at 30 Church St.
[1926, no more listings for the pen company in this volume, and in the volumes hereafter. He became an insurance underwriter in his last years.]
Feb 1, 1939, after a long career in the pen business as the head of “the old, long-established firm Caw’s Pen & Ink Co.”, one that spanned the years 1877-1925, Francis C. Brown died.
George Kovalenko.
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