> > Hi, > Here's a web site which tells about the mills in Lawrence. I think you'll find it interesting. A lot of the buildings are still standing having been made into condos, restaurants etc. There's a national park in Lowell, MA, in the old mill buildings there which explains about the mill workers experience etc. It's extremely informative and interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence,_Massachusetts http://www.nps.gov/lowe/ Carol White NH > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:22:56 -0500 > From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> > Subject: [GENMASSACHUSETTS] "operative" in boarding house in Lawrence > To: <genMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com>, <MAESSEX-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <36C00E7EF3094454BB320FD93A69094F@LivingRoom> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Hello, > > Someone on a Maine List asked for a look-up in the 1860 census. She was > looking for an Amanda CROCKETT, then as a child. I didn't find her in > Maine. But, I found an Amanda in 1860 in Lawrence, MA. This Amanda > was 22 and living in a Boarding House with many other people in the 15 to 30 > age range. They were all listed as "operatives." > > CROCKETT, AMANDA (1860 U.S. Census) > MASSACHUSETTS , ESSEX, 2-WD LAWRENCE > Age: 22, Female, Race: WHITE, Born: ME > Series: M653 Roll: 498 Page: 91 > > This Amanda was older than the person looked for, but she was born in Maine. > (Strangely there were several CROCKETT children living in Maine in 1860 - > all in different families' homes.) > > The previous page shows the keeper of the Boarding House has the name > MOFFETT (sp?). > > The next page shows another boarding house, with the Keeper having the name > SHIPPARE (sp?). > > And another look shows another boarding house next door, with the name which > looks like MORRIS (sp?) (MORRIE?). > > Next door? Another ! This one a lady Keeper with name, BACON (sp?). > > The streets are not mentioned, but it seems there was a whole set of > boarding houses on the street in 1860. > > I just looked at my dictionary and see the word, operative, has several > definitions. But, in this case, it probably means an operator of > machines. > > There must have been mills or factories in that area of Lawrence in 1860. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > > > (By the way, I found another Amanda CROCKETT, 16, also born in Maine, living > in NH in 1870.) > > > >