Hi MIke There definately was a silk manufactoring industry in Newton Heath. Several of my early ancestors worled as silk printers including my grt grt grandfather. Dorothy ________________________________ From: Mike Morris <morrisind@rogers.com> To: "eng-manchester@rootsweb.com" <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, 1 August 2013, 15:21 Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] William WATTS in Newton 1706 Hi Ruth, I see no reference to Silk manufacturing in Newton Heath in the 1700's. The industry seems to be cotton weaving. I would assume it was the Cotton industry that he pursued not silk. He was a Weaver....... Mike Morris Toronto Canada >________________________________ > From: Ruth J <ruthgenda@btinternet.com> >To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com >Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2013 3:56:45 AM > > I understand from what I've been able to find on the web that they were both relatively small townships - outlying >rural villages really - and that it may have been a silk-weaving area.  I >tried contacting Manchester RO yesterday but got trapped in a convoluted >telephone messaging system they have, so will try again today.  Any pointers >re literature gratefully received. <snip> > >   :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. Please SNIP when replying. Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No fees!  :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Dorothy, we are trying to prove there was a Silk industry in the late 1700's. Do you have information on that time period? Cheers Mike Mike Morris Toronto Canada >________________________________ > From: D JONES <djedoric1958@btinternet.com> >To: "eng-manchester@rootsweb.com" <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, August 2, 2013 3:03:50 AM >Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] William WATTS in Newton 1706 > > >Hi MIke > >There definately was a silk manufactoring industry in Newton Heath. Several of my early ancestors worled as silk printers including my grt grt grandfather. > >Dorothy > > > > >________________________________ >From: Mike Morris <morrisind@rogers.com> >To: "eng-manchester@rootsweb.com" <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, 1 August 2013, 15:21 >Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] William WATTS in Newton 1706 > > > >Hi Ruth, >I see no reference to >Silk manufacturing in Newton Heath in the 1700's. The industry seems to >be cotton weaving. I would assume it was the Cotton industry that he >pursued not silk. He was a Weaver....... > >Mike Morris > >Toronto Canada > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Ruth J <ruthgenda@btinternet.com> >>To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com >>Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2013 3:56:45 AM >> >> I understand from what I've been able to find on the web that they were both relatively small townships - outlying >>rural villages really - and that it may have been a silk-weaving area.  I >>tried contacting Manchester RO yesterday but got trapped in a convoluted >>telephone messaging system they have, so will try again today.  Any pointers >>re literature gratefully received. <snip> >> >> >  > > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > >Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >Other people can learn from them! > >Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > >Please SNIP when replying. > >Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No fees!  > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >  > > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > >Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >Other people can learn from them! > >Be sure list mail is in PLAIN TEXT. > >Please SNIP when replying. > >Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list.  No fees!  > >:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I should have mentioned , I looked at the Newton Heath Parish church records during the 1700's and did not see any mention of Silk or Silk Weaver as an occupation. But did see lots of Weavers. Ruth did mention her relative was a Weaver. Mike Morris    Toronto Canada >________________________________ > From: Mike Morris <morrisind@rogers.com> >To: "eng-manchester@rootsweb.com" <eng-manchester@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, August 2, 2013 8:10:00 AM > >we are trying to prove there was a Silk industry in the late 1700's. Do you have information on that time period?  <snip[> > > > >