Plane, Rabbet
| Nom de l'objet : | Plane, Rabbet |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Woodworking T&E |
| Numéro d'accession : | 1970.105.001 |
| Description : | Rabbet plane. |
| Commentaires : | These tools were the property of Enos Willis Mosher (1875-1940), a carpenter. His tools would be stamped with the following names: Will Hurley; John Ward; Enos Mosher This is due to the fact that he acquired these tools himself or from his in-laws - Will Hurley and John Ward.; [Taken from Genealogy Folder] Enos St. Clair Willis Mosher was born March 8, 1875, at Cow Bay, Halifax County, Nova Scotia. He married Edith Marion Ward, December 31, 1896 and was the father of Hazel Dorothy, Elise Mae, Ralph St. Clair, Inez Pearl, Marjorie Gordon, Laura Elizabeth, Clyde Cameron, Leona Madeline, Doris Bernice, Roy Enos, and Robie Stewart. He left Halifax August 1, 1906, on the steamer Adventure to build barracks for the mounted police at Fort Churchill. The work commenced on the 9th of September. He superintended the construction of six buildings: a barracks; officer's quarters; and several storehouses. The coldest weather was -39 degrees Fahrenheit (-39 to -40 Celsius) at the end of September. The buildings were completed on the 4th of January 1907; two days later Enos started for home accompanied by a Native guide and a dog driver. The distance travelled was 900 miles, mostly on snowshoes. On February 17 they reached a small station named Hateking on the Canadian Northern Railway and left his guide after giving him his gold pocket watch. Enos took a train for Winnipeg where he proceeded home. While in Churchill, Enos was one of the party who went in search for Dr. Flood, the surgeon attached to Major Moodie's party who lost the trail in a snow-storm, and was found frozen to death, on November 29, 1906, after three-day's search. When found the doctor's dog was lying across the body and refused to allow the searchers to go near the body. Enos made the coffin in which the doctor was buried. Enos Mosher died January 22, 1940, in Halifax and was buried in Silver Sands, the Mosher cemetery at Cow Bay. His death occurred a few minutes after he arrived for work at the office of J. MacInnes and Son Limited. He had been employed as foreman with the MacInnes lumber and contracting firm for 40 years. |
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Dartmouth Heritage Museum
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Dartmouth |
| Province de l'établissement : | Nova Scotia |
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