I have photocopies of a transcription of the records of the Manufacturers Sunday School at Hagley and of some Dupont records that relate to my Toys & McKennas. Evidently, DuPont employees could arrange for a payroll deduction that would go towards paying for relatives to come over from Ireland. I think that DuPont then used it's connections to get volume discounts on the passage costs. It also looks like my ancestor may have worked as a recruiter to fill up Dupont 'chartered'(?) ships with workers. This is just speculation right now but I thought I'd throw it out for those of you who know more that I do about these things. Margaret

If you go to the Hagley Museum, you can see the payroll ledgers on the workers. It has the employee name written in beautiful script on the top and then the salary given and deductions made by them, i.e., postage, contributions to churches, rent paid, etc. It's fascinating to see. Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Malloy" <vdamore@frontiernet.net> To: <DENEWCAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 12:11 PM Subject: [NewCastle] Re: Irish to Wilmington > I have photocopies of a transcription of the records of the > Manufacturers Sunday School at Hagley and of some Dupont records that > relate to my Toys & McKennas. > > Evidently, DuPont employees could arrange for a payroll deduction that > would go towards paying for relatives to come over from Ireland. I > think that DuPont then used it's connections to get volume discounts on > the passage costs. It also looks like my ancestor may have worked as a > recruiter to fill up Dupont 'chartered'(?) ships with workers. This is > just speculation right now but I thought I'd throw it out for those of > you who know more that I do about these things. > > Margaret > >