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Subject: [IRL-LIMERICK] Occupations
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:35:27 -0500
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Chris and all,

In looking at the Lydia's passenger list 'occupations' column, it occurs
to me that some clarification is in order. A woman listing her
occupation as "spinster" is not just a single woman. For the 1826 time
frame she undoubtedly is a spinner by trade. This was true for one of my
Dutch grandmothers, and her father, of this era.

Kelly Ward (also a spinner)
Schoolcraft, Michigan USA

Chris Kervick wrote:
> There is some evidence of boatloads of Irishmen coming to America
> specifically for the purpose of canal labor. The Brig Lydia of Haddam
> arrived from Cork to New Haven, Connecticut on June 30, 1826. New Haven was
> not a frequent port of entry at that time but the date of arrival coincides
> with the construction of the Farmington Canal (New Haven, CT to Northampton,
> MA). It seems that these individuals were brought to New Haven specifially
> for the purpose of working on the canal and some corporatate, or large
> contractor sponsorship of the trip seems likely. See the passenger list at
> http://www.immigrantships.net/v2/1800v2/lydia18260630.html
> Chris Kervick
> Windsor Locks, CT
>
>

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