These occupations are still dangerous as are many factory jobs. Farming is also a dangerous occupations and every year a few farmers are injured or killed whilst working the land. Lauraine > > From: "MASmith" <momsmith@fnwusers.com> > Date: 2009/09/30 Wed PM 11:59:20 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] "Lumber" Exporting it to Where you Want to Build > > Those occupations were VERY dangerous.... as were a lot of the factory jobs > in the early years. > > -----Original Message----- > From: can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:can-usa-migration-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of syrnick@mts.net > Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 3:40 PM > To: can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] "Lumber" Exporting it to Where you Want to Build > > Some families made their fortunes in the lumber trade both in Canada and the > U.S. England was hungry for lumber so often the ships brought new > immigrants - often the very poor England wanted off the Parish poor rolls - > and returned to England with lumber. > > My Dad used to tell about cutting wood with his brothers. They would cut in > a wood lot and haul the wood to someone who needed it for heating, etc. > Horse and sleigh were used and this was one way to make a bit of money. > > Had two uncles who ran a sawmill in the Gault, Ontario area. This area is > now called Cambridge, Ont. Think my late uncle told me that they cut the > timbers that were used to help build the Toronto subway. No idea if that > was a true story or not. Know they had a sawmill as one of my uncles was > killed when a log rolled on him. > > Lauraine > > > > From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> > > Date: 2009/09/27 Sun AM 05:33:33 CDT > > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] "Lumber" Exporting it to Where you Want to Build > > > > Hello, > > > > I thought I would start a conversation on - lumber ! I read earlier > this > > month about people either carrying wood / lumber a long distance in order > to > > start building a house or building. Or, if a train was available, > lumber > > was brought to them that way. And, of course, if very early settlers > had > > a "horse & wagon," they could use them. > > > > And, if you read on the early history of New England, and probably the > > Maritime Provinces, important trees were found here. And people in > > England wanted some of that wood ! So, businesses were started ! > > > > If you watch "Antiques Roadshow," you often hear the furniture experts > > mentioning the special wood that a piece of furniture was made of. If > my > > memory is working correctly, "White Pine" is one that is mostly found in > > New England. Are there special trees which are found in Canada and not > > > so much found in the US? > > > > Of course, the very early houses / cabins / shacks in the 1600's on the > East > > Coast and 1700's after people starting heading west of there -- had to > > become lumbermen ! If they wanted a house to live in, they needed to > cut > > down / chop down a few trees. Think of all the tools these settlers > > would have needed in order to get the wood into a shape which was needed > to > > build a cabin. > > > > How many of you have ever cut down a tree? Or skinned the bark off of a > > > tree? I have. In the 1950's, my father was fortunate enough to > find > > a piece of land in MA but on the NH border which was available for sale at > a > > reasonable price. It was all woods. In order to have a clearing to > > put tents on, or build a small shack, my siblings and I had to help cut > > down a few trees. We learned about "2-man saws." And then he had > one > > sister and I build a very small A-frame house. With his help, we did > it. > > Once built we could set up the cots and sleeping bags inside it. > > > > And, he found that land because it was a couple miles from a "State Park" > > which we visited all during the 1950's and 1960's. "Willard Brook State > > > Forest" had 4, authentic Log Cabins in it, and people could rent them for > a > > week or 2 - at a very reasonable price. As children, we loved those > > cabins. In the 1950's there were "no" utilities. So, we were > > "roughing it." > > > > And, how many of you had an ancestor who had a sawmill or worked at one? > > My Calvin KIDDER from southern NH went to New Brunswick ~1784. He was > 18 > > or 19, and we don't know how he spent the next 15 years. But, when we > > first find him, he was a part-owner of the "Harmony Sawmill" on the shore > of > > the (then) Schoodic River. I was told that, when you were a > part-owner, > > that meant you owned which part of the day you were allowed to use the > > sawmill. For instance, maybe he was able to use it from 2 am to 4 am. > > He sold it around the time he got married to Mercy GREENLAW in the summer > of > > 1798. > > > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > > List Administrator > > > > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find > it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT > from the post you are responding to !! 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