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Tom_Trevor assra life no.71 Oldtimer Offline Tom Trevor Posts: 695 Location: Granada Hills Ca. Joined: Jun 16^th, 2004	Hubert Arnold Dec 26^th, 2016 at 12:44pm	Print Post
	A number 6 Ballard with HUBERT ARNOLD MILLS NY 1889 in pencil found in the forend channel. Previous owner I would guess? Ancestry has nothing on him and the Rifle magazines of the era as well. Any New Yorker ever heard of him?


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2846 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Hubert Arnold Reply #1 - Dec 26^th, 2016 at 5:11pm	Print Post
	Did you check both Hubert Arnold in Mills, NY and Hubert Arnold Mills? I found a Hubert Arnold in Gloversville, NY in the early 1880s. He was a glove cutter in a glove factory. Probably could not afford a Ballard , but that is where Ned Roberts lived. There was another Hubert Arnold, a civil engineer in Schenectady in 1909. I found nothing when I checked Hubert Arnold Mills.


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Tom_Trevor assra life no.71 Oldtimer Offline Tom Trevor Posts: 695 Location: Granada Hills Ca. Joined: Jun 16^th, 2004	Re: Hubert Arnold Reply #2 - Dec 26^th, 2016 at 6:14pm	Print Post
	Waterman thank you. I tried various combinations and also checked early issues of the RIFLE reprints as well. Even thought about Arnold Hubert. Wonder what a glove cutter earned piece work a penny or two a pair?


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Online Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16278 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Hubert Arnold Reply #3 - Dec 27^th, 2016 at 11:21am	Print Post
	I love these kind of gun mysteries! They can be fun to attempt to find an owner from over 125 years ago!

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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: Hubert Arnold Reply #4 - Dec 27^th, 2016 at 1:54pm	Print Post
	Did you search Ancestry as a member? My wife found lots of them but there is no info on them. 2 likely suspects born in NY in 1843 and about 1850. There is no Mills, NY on Ancestry. The 1900 NY census has several more but you need more info to find him. She has extensive search experience. About 50,000 relatives in her data base. Unfortunately, it will take more than a name and town that doesn't show to find him.

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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2846 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Hubert Arnold Reply #5 - Dec 27^th, 2016 at 2:05pm	Print Post
	I searched as a member, but I used 1850 as a probable date of birth.


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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: Hubert Arnold Reply #6 - Dec 27^th, 2016 at 2:09pm	Print Post
	That would be my guess too, with 1843 not out of the question. More questions than answers.

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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2846 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Hubert Arnold Reply #7 - Dec 27^th, 2016 at 2:18pm	Print Post
	I found a Hubert Mills in the 1877 NYC directory. He was a carpenter. Lived at 48 Perry Street. Nothing else even close. This time I used 1840 as date of birth.


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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: Hubert Arnold Reply #8 - Dec 27^th, 2016 at 2:23pm	Print Post
	If they had had gun registration this would be easy

	"some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence
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Tom_Trevor assra life no.71 Oldtimer Offline Tom Trevor Posts: 695 Location: Granada Hills Ca. Joined: Jun 16^th, 2004	Re: Hubert Arnold Reply #9 - Dec 27^th, 2016 at 4:23pm	Print Post
	Thank you everyone I thought it a long shot without more information to go on.


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tbird1960 Senior Forum Member Offline He shoulda armed himself. Posts: 331 Location: Brazoria, Texas Joined: Aug 14^th, 2006	Re: Hubert Arnold Reply #10 - Dec 27^th, 2016 at 4:37pm	Print Post
	If they had had gun registration this would be easy Wash your mouth out with soap!

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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: Hubert Arnold Reply #11 - Dec 27^th, 2016 at 4:38pm	Print Post
	Schuetzenmiester wrote on Dec 27^th, 2016 at 2:23pm: If they had had gun registration this would be easy If the same govt workers who recorded the names at Ellis Island also recorded the names for your gun registration, there might be some problems.

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