Talk:Henry W. Howgate

Lady Franklin Bay Expedition should not redirect here
As a polar historian, I'm surprised to see that Lady Franklin Bay Expedition redirects here. Howgate certainly played an important role in planning it, but the expedition is hardly a mere sub-set of his career. Similar articles, such as those on British polar expeditions, are not classed under the biographies of their instigators (if they were, dozens of them would have to be part of the entry on John Barrow). I urge that the redirect be eliminated, and a main-entry redirect be added to the section here. Clevelander96 (talk) 15:23, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree and have moved the section into its own article. --Rosiestep (talk) 04:34, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Henry W. Howgate. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20080412063131/http://members.eunet.at/castaway/history/history.html to http://members.eunet.at/castaway/history/history.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 14:59, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Personal Information
Dear Editor, I am interested where the reference comes from to support the comment "Howgate was the son of a British shopkeeper. At age 21, Howgate immigrated to the United States and worked as a reporter." I am not trying to be rude when I say that all of this appears wrong, in particular the 1900 census states clearly that whilst Howgate was born in the UK that he was in the US all of his life. I have traced his family both in the UK and US (this research is now undeniable but surprisingly does not match any other the other attempts to find his parents I have seen), Hence I can confirm that he arrived in the US some years before 1856 and has a range of living relatives in both the UK and US, none of whom seem to realise that he is a relative. The suggestion that his father was a shopkeeper is very interesting, and would fit to a degree with my research but not an everyday supplies shopkeeper as the article suggests. If you have a reference I would appreciate seeing it - any response can come to my email ihowgate@aol.com. Many thanks Ian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.104.107 (talk) 20:21, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Nellie Burrell
I think the latter half of this note may also be miss-attributed "Howgate met Nellie Burrell of Saline County, Nebraska, early in his military career. She got a job working as a hostess in the United States Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C. through the influence of Senator Algernon Paddock." The fact is that Nellie Burrell was actually Mary J Cornelia Burrell known as Cornelia or Nellie. It is therefore very easy for commentators to mix up Cordelia (HWH's wife) and Cornelia (HWH's mistress). I have been unable to find any record of Nellie working as a hostess or in the Treasury department, however the US register of military, civil and Naval Service has Cordelia Howgate down as a Charwoman (a hostess) in the Treasury Department. Ian Howgate