Unfortunately the book "The Campbells of Martintown..." is mainly a genealogy of the various Campbell families in the area of Martintown, Glengarry Co, Ontario and gives very little information on the particular family I'm looking for and nothing further about his weaving. I suspect because none of the family was left in the area at the time the book was created. There may have been descendants of the daughter Janett but so far I've not been able to locate a marriage or death record for her. It would be interesting to learn more about his weaving and where he was trained. I'll keep working on it. Debra On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Jan Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Debra, > > "John Campbell born c1784 in Scotland, a weaver by trade...." > > Many men emigrated from Scotland and Ireland, trained as professional > weavers, about > the time your John came to this continent. There is a well-known and > well-documented > John Campbell, trained in Paisley, who was a prolific weaver in Ontario > during this same > period. I don't know if he is the same John for whom you are looking > but his weaving > records have been preserved and might contain familial information. > "Keep Me Warm > One Night: Early Handweaving in Eastern Canada", Burnham and Burnham, > 1972, Univ. > of Toronto Press, has several pages on this John Campbell. Since he > lived and worked in > New York for a while, he is also listed in weaving histories about the > United States. > > "The book "The Campbells of Martintown...." > > I'm not related to these Campbells and therefore am not familiar with > the book you wrote > about above but if it discusses your John's weaving in any way, I would > be interested in > how to obtain a copy. I'm happy to scan and send you the information I > have if you think > it would help you. > > Jan Thomas > Textile Historian > > > > > _______________________________________ > > Remember to search the archives use this address > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=CAMPBELL > > Browse the archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/CAMPBELL/ > > Contact the List Manager > mailto:[email protected] > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >