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From: "helenware" <>
Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Milford: Carroll Hixson & Jones Straw Factory
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:21:58 -0500
References: <20061217.131722.2480.0.southern_heart_ranch@juno.com>


I live in Milford go up Pearl St. often. There is a big vacant lot behind
the Store24, where , I am sure a building once stood and there is the old
armory--my mind is now drawing a blank as to what adjoins the vacant lot but
the houses are big and old all the way to the merge with Purchase St.(I live
just off Purchase St.)

Maybe there is a Historical Society that would have more on the subject--or
the town librarian may look it up for you.
Helen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joyce & Bill Manuel" <>
To: <>
Cc: <>
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Milford: Carroll Hixson & Jones Straw Factory


> Lisa,
> Gosh no I haven't a clue as to whats there now as I have been in Texas
> for 27 years now. I was brought up in Milford and went to school there
> all my life.
> The last time I was there was back in 2003 for a visit.
> By the way is Pearl st off Central st. I know I have seen that building
> before! Now its going to drive me nutty!!!
> Joyce
> On Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:53:43 -0500 "Lisa Lepore" <>
> writes:
> > Hi Carol -
> >
> > I looked up your guy in the Milford City directory at ancestry.com
> > [Bass & Company's Milford Mass. 1904-1905 Milford & Hopedale]
> > I'll send you a copy of the page.
> >
> > The Hixon was Charles D. Hixon. Carroll was another family.
> > The name of the business was [William] Carroll, [Charles D.] Hixon
> > & [Harry F. ] Jones - 3 separate people.
> >
> > The factory was located at 57 Pearl Street, Milford in the
> > 1904-1905
> > directory, and the 1911-1912 directory. They also had an office at
> > 585 Broadway, NY, NY.
> >
> > 57 Pearl is a residential area now. There is a house at that
> > address.
> > I'll try to take a ride over there and see what's there now, unless
> > Joyce
> > knows what it is. The map seems to show a large parking lot behind
> > it,
> > but I can't tell what it's for.
> >
> > Lisa
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Joyce & Bill Manuel
> > To:
> > Cc:
> > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 4:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] Milford: Carroll Hixson & Jones Straw
> > Factory
> >
> >
> > That building looks like the building that sits at the bottom of
> > Central
> > st as your going up Bear Hill. Isn't it Archer Rubber now???
> > Joyce
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:44:49 -0500 Carol Botteron
> > <>
> > writes:
> > > Has anyone ever heard of the Carroll Hixson & Jones Straw Factory
> > > in Milford? Someone is selling a postcard on Ebay. It doesn't
> > > give a date but I know that the manufacture of straw hats was a
> > > big industry in the 1800s.
> > >
> > > I'm especially interested in who the Hixson was, because I'm
> > > doing a study of Hixson / Hixon / Hickson people in New England.
> > > (Queries welcome.)
> > >
> > > From the postcard it isn't clear whether Carroll and Hixson were
> > > separate people, or whether there was one named Carroll Hixson
> > > (which is less likely because the only one I have found was born
> > > in 1901, which seems too late).
> > >
> > > I have looked online, including a history of Milford on Heritage
> > > Quest:
> > >
> > > History of the town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts:
> > > from its first settlement to 1881 by Ballou, Adin (1882) says on
> > > page 348 that for the year ending April 1, 1837: "Straw bonnets
> > > manufactured, 4,000; value of same, $12,000." The amounts for
> > > 1845 and 1855 declined. The 1875 state census listed 15 males
> > > and 168 females as straw-hat makers. Page 365 has a paragraph
> > > on the manufacture of straw goods but does not mention Carroll
> > > Hixson & Jones.
> > >
> > > Any pointers welcome. adTHANKSvance!
> > >
> > > Carol B.
> > >
> >
> >
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