Thank you one and all for the wonderful information. I read every answer carefully. I had no idea the occupation had more than one possibility, and I had never heard of candlewick fabric. With a bit of research I learned that candlewick bedspreads were very popular in colonial times (1700's), but by the 1840's with the appearance of a machine-made bedspread, candlewick bedspreads declined. This probably explains why I could find no mention of candlewick spinning in the Fall River mills as most of the mills were built after 1840. Jan

I had candlewick bedspreads as a child, and when first married (I'm now 65, living in the Staffordshire Moorlands, UK). Xx Sent from my iPad On 3 Apr 2014, at 22:20, "Jan Fortado" <janfortado2007@hotmail.com> wrote: > Thank you one and all for the wonderful information. I read every answer carefully. I had no idea the occupation had more than one possibility, and I had never heard of candlewick fabric. With a bit of research I learned that candlewick bedspreads were very popular in colonial times (1700's), but by the 1840's with the appearance of a machine-made bedspread, candlewick bedspreads declined. This probably explains why I could find no mention of candlewick spinning in the Fall River mills as most of the mills were built after 1840. Jan > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message