Hi Marie- Several of my ancestors worked at Gosnold Mill, though I'm not absolutely positive it was in Tauton. I don't have access to my genealogy database at the moment so I'm unable to check.
Textile mills were a good place for immigrants to find steady work as weavers, seamstresses, blacksmiths, etc. The towns grew around the mills with multi-family dewllings springing up in the vicinity of the mills. Usually these dwellings were two floors with one complete residence on each floor. I Googled Gosnold Mill quite some time ago and learned a wealth of information. Good luck in your research. Greg Lima Olympia, Washington On 8/17/10, Marie <ma...@volbeda.com> wrote: > My grandmother is long gone and I was too young to think about asking > the right questions when I could have. Among my many questions are > how could a very shy 16 year old young girl come to the US alone, > without knowing any one ( that we know of) not speak the language, > find a place to live and get a job in a cotton mill in Taunton??. She > lived in a boarding house, we assume . Does anyone know what cotton > mill she might have worked at in Taunton? She worked with thread, if > I recall correctly. What is the history of immigrants from the Azores > finding jobs in the mills. Too many questions, not enough answers > from the last survivng family that might know??? > > > Thanks for your help > > Marie Borba Volbeda > > Researching Topo, Sao Jorge: Borba, de Borba, Carvalho, Silveira > Carvalho, Brasil > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions > when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
