{"id":610,"date":"2018-07-20T09:58:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T13:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mainebeer\/?p=610"},"modified":"2018-07-20T15:47:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T19:47:49","slug":"history-robert-w-armour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mainebeer\/2018\/07\/20\/history-robert-w-armour\/","title":{"rendered":"History: Robert W. Armour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Armour was born ca. 1826 in England. He traveled from Liverpool aboard the Harvest Queen, arriving in New York City on September 5, 1857. He worked as a shoemaker as late as 1870 before moving from Trenton to Waterville, where he began his brewing venture.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Armour brewed small and hop beers from his location on Common Street, across from Waterville\u2019s City Hall, for approximately five years. He also sold cigars, fruit, and candies. In 1880, he quit the brewing venture to go back to shoemaking. A record from 1893 lists him as a boot repairer in Lewiston. \u00a0He passed away on November 17, 1898, in Lewiston.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Armour\u2019s brewing venture was located across from Waterville\u2019s city hall. Image from Caldwell & Halfpenny\u2019s Atlas of Kennebec County, ME. 1879. Image courtesy of AncestryLibrary.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

See the precise location of the Armour brewhouse on the<\/span> Maine Beer Map<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sources:<\/p>

Will Anderson, The Great State of Maine Beer Book<\/em> (Portland: Anderson & Sons\u2019 Publishing Co., 1996) 32.<\/p>

Lewiston City Directory, 1893<\/p>

Maine Business Directory, 1876<\/p>

Maine State Archives 1892-1907\u00a0<\/p>

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957<\/p>

U. S. Census, 1860, 1870, 1880

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Armour was born ca. 1826 in England. He traveled from Liverpool aboard the Harvest Queen, arriving in New York City on September 5, 1857. He worked as a shoemaker as late as 1870 before moving from Trenton to Waterville, where he began his brewing venture. Armour brewed small and hop beers from his location on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7939,"featured_media":677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[921],"tags":[292],"builder_content":"

Sources:<\/p>

Will Anderson, The Great State of Maine Beer Book<\/em> (Portland: Anderson & Sons\u2019 Publishing Co., 1996) 32.<\/p>

Lewiston City Directory, 1893<\/p>

Maine Business Directory, 1876<\/p>

Maine State Archives 1892-1907\u00a0<\/p>

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957<\/p>

U. S. Census, 1860, 1870, 1880

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