Hi Ed,
If you go to the Mailing List Index, you will find there is a List for
"Irish Famine." I looked at this month's postings, and they do discuss
the orphans.
www.rootsweb.com
Mailing List INDEX
For researchers who haven't looked at the Index lately, they have changed
the format of the Index.
Betty (near Lowell, MA)
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From: "Edward D Costello"
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From: "Hampden County, MA in the War of 1861 - 65", by James L. Bowen.
"The 46th Infantry
The 46th was the most exclusively a Hampden County organization of any
regiment sent from Massachusetts to the war. It was recruited under the
call of the president on August 4, 1862 for 300,000 recruits for nine months
service, and the rendezvous was naturally at Springfield. The regiment was
organized largely trhough the efforts of Rev. George Bowler, of Westfield,
who was made it's first colonel. The sever
I am looking for the death record of George Allen Readio, died in
Springfield, West Springfield, or Florence on Sep 15, 1894. I have him
died in West Springfield somewhere. His family lived there, and his widow
and son still lived there in 1900. But published genealogies give the
place of death as Florence, and there were kin in Northampton. On the
other hand, I'm tracing a family history of bipolar disorder, and I've found
people in Northampton State Hospital. Since this man was only 44
So if in the 1864 city directory it indicates that someone worked at the
armory or was an armorer and not list USA, would that mean that they worked in
another arms manufacturing company other than the USA? Was there another
company in Springfield, MA in the 1860's?
Kathy
Half the population was listed as working as U S A, so I think just one place and it was the armory.
If it was the principal supplier of guns for the Union army, it must have provided alot of employment during the Civil War. Took Amzi Allen right out of the cotton mills! Where he worked in both 1860, adn 1870.
Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
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Ah..
How would I write to the armory and get the payroll records of my ancestor?
Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
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Subject: Re: [MAHAMPDE] What was USA in Springfield in 1864?
The reason I asked is because I wrote to the armory and they sent me copies of payroll records of my ancestors. But there was another ancest
Here is a link to a book referenced at Amazon about the Springfield Armory, 1795 - 1865:
http://www.amazon.com/United-States-Armory-Springfield-1795-1865/dp/0773486208
Teresa
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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:12:48 -0600
From: "Dora Smith"
Subject: [MAHAMPDE] What was USA in Springfield in 1864?
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The 1864 Springfield City Directory at ancestry.com shows alot of people
employed at
You might try USGenWeb for that county in MA - I've found a wealth of
information about different communities and their industries and beginnings. Also
you might do a Google on Brimfield MA history. Good luck.
I am trying to locate a photography studio that existed some time in the
middle of the 19th century. According to the back of the photo, Maxwell,
Photography, was located at 186 Bowery, near Spring. The photo is of
either George Austin Readio, taken before 1865, or his son George Allen
Readio, between 1870 and 1896. Neither George lived in more than a
handful of places. I canot find 186 Bowery St. in South Kingston, RI,
Manchester, NH, Northampton, MA, Springfield, MA, nor West Springfield,
The National Armory:
"By 1864 the new machinery had proven itself worthwhile with an
output of 276,200 weapons, this being ten times the amount produced at the
beginning of the war. Between 1862 and 1864 alone, production doubled, an
specilization increased the number of occupations from 113 in 1860 to
390 in 1865 with a total of 3,000 employed in 1865." Col. MacFarland
Rusty
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The 1864 Springfield City Directory at ancestry.com shows alot of people
employed at U S A, including my ancestor.
What was U S A? No, I don't believe it was the United States of America.
Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, TX
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I learned Francis PRINGLE died July 21, 1900 of Tuberculosis and was Clerk at 46th Regiment. He was from Canada and in 1900 Census a day laborer in Springfield. On the record it looks like he might have died in Chicopee although his residence was Springfield. Does anyone know about the 46th Regiment at that time? Thanks.
The reason I asked is because I wrote to the armory and they sent me copies
of payroll records of my ancestors. But there was another ancestor of mine
that indicated in the city directory that he worked at an armory, but it wasn't
the Springfield one because they had no record of him working there....so
they suggested that perhaps he worked at the "other" armory.
Kathy
Hi Dora,
That is US Army at Springfield Armory where they invented and made weapons.
I lived there in 1958 when my dad was the Armory finance officer, a
Lieutenant in the US Army. The old M-1 rifle of WW II is a famous invention
by Garand made there.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/spar/history.html
Ray Sears
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The 1864 Springfield City Directory at ancestry.com shows alot of people
employed at U S A, including my ancestor.
What was U S A? No, I don't believe it was the United
ToWhomItMayInterest:
With all of the famine orphan discussion, was there an
Irish Famine orphan children's movement to the USA??
Is there any data on this subject?
ie: My Joyce's who migrated to Monson MA USA:
Bridget at 9 years old, her sister Kate at 11 years
old & brother Martin at 6 years old arrived in the USA (NYC)
in 1859 (I realize that the FAMINE had largely subsided by then).
They may have been orphaned. Possible Joyce family members
have not been located in Ireland (Co Mayo) or the USA.
Hello,
I am writing a biography of my great-great grandfather, John Prouty Pepper, who was born in Brimfield in 1833. I haven't been able to find information online that I need about Brimfield in 1833. Can someone help me or at least direct me to someone who can. I want to find some statistical information about Brimfield in 1833, such as, the weather in December, the population, what churches and schools were there, and what industry there might have been. Is there a source online that can give me this inf
Hi again,
I forgot to mention that one set of my great-grandparents were "British Home
Children." They were "shipped to Canada" in 1874 and 1875. The "child
migrant" scheme (British term) existed from about 1860 to about 1930, so
these orphans were sent out of the U.K. slightly after the "famine orphans."
I just checked a web site and the Irish Potato Famine listed from 1845 to
1849 with after-effects lasting for 2 more years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Potato_Famine_(1845%E2%80%93184
Just found his WWI card - date of birth is November 7, 1873 and his full
name is:
ALBERT THEORDORE SNYDER!!
Opps forgot to sign = Lfelixthekat
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I am looking for a ALBERT SYNDER, who lived in Massachusetts (Hampden
County) Springfield, Chicopee.
He first married JOSEPHINE LONCTO (LANCTOT/LANCTO) in 1909, Then she died in
1920. Approx. in 1923 or 1924, he proceeded to marry her sister EMMA
LONCTO (LANCTOT/LANCTO). Dont know