Hello, Just thought I'd add that it was not only single women from Great Britain who came to the U.S. and sought out jobs as a domestic (or mill workers, etc.). I don't have any on my family-tree that I know of. But, my husband's grandmother left the Azores when she was 12 years old ! She came to MA and went to live with a family on "Beacon Hill" in Boston. She was an "indentured servant" and had to stay with the family for 7 years. And, on the other side, his grandmother, nee' Annie Mary Magdalene McLAUGHLIN, seems to have come over as a single woman. I believe she moved from Ireland to England with her mother and was sent to live in a Convent, and then came to the U.S. And those of us who have access to Census information, especially 1900, will see how many women are living in "other people's homes" and who came from many countries, especially Germany, Italy, Greece, Poland, etc. In New England and New York (U.S)., the so-called "mill cities" were divided into neighborhoods - each for a different "ethnic community." The City of Lowell, MA, is an example of that. There is one section, called the "Acre" .. because early on there was an acre of land designated for the "poor Irish" ! Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) P.S. The 1880 and 1881 Census data is found at www.familysearch.org P.S.2 Don't forget all the "single women" who might have left Ireland and got on the ships sending the "British Home Children" to Canada. They could have been accompanying the children, or they could have gotten on the ship - if there was room for them ! Remember to check the archives of all the Lists and Boards for your surnames and place-names. And, please remember to check the on-line auctions for for your surnames and place-names.