Hi Bruce, The Carpenter line in my family through my Grandmother came to Fall River for work in the textile mills. Her father, however, was a "carpenter" by talent. He had built the house they lived in on Gondola Point, NB. and it was said "Jud" could look at a piece of furniture in a store window and if my greatgrandmother liked it he would go home and build the exact same thing. You could not tell the difference between his and the original when he was done. That also sounds like a skill passed down. Gail