Thanks for everyone's help!! His occupation was in Paint manufacturing. It seems like he was worth a lot. Does anyone know how much 35,000 dollars in 1870 would be today ? Thanks again --- Linda Russell Shepherd <russherd@email.msn.com> wrote: > Hope this helps! > Linda > > > CARPENTER, GEO O > Age: 42 M W > Born: MA > County: SUFFOLK > Locality: 10-WD BOSTON > Roll: 646 > Page: 394 > > The Carpenter family > > Name age sex occupation > birthplace > George O. 42 M (ret) ??? and oil MA > Maria J. 41 F keeping house > MA > George O. Jr 18 M attending School MA > Fred B. 8 M attending school > MA > Three boarders, Emily F. Wallace age 58 no > occupation born in NH > Two domestic servants, Catherine Cunningham 26 from > England > and Mary Smith 28 from Ireland > Real estate worth $20,000 and Personal estate > $15,000 > > Occupation of George Sr was hard to read, it could > be pickles, or pineapple > or another word beginning with p with an I in the > front and some tall > letters in the end. The (ret) means retired, as > were many of his young > neighbors of wealth. > > > > > > ==== MA-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== > To Unsubscribe from digest mail mode, send the > command "unsubscribe" to > MA-CENSUS-LOOKUP-D-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy > access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

There is an inflation calendar at: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ What cost $35000 in 1870 would cost $436893.26 in 2000. Mary MA: Knowah,Barker,Cloues,Lewis,Low,Norwell,Wellman,Strovink, Fitzgerald, Scannell, Fram NH: Chapman,Hobart,Simonds,Southmead,Wescott LT: von Vagner,Wagner,Dagys,Oleinik,Jakovenskaite,Drevinskas