Beryl - Worcester was an industrial city during this time. I can't say for sure, but I suspect it has something to do with weaving - warp and weft are the names of the threads - warp goes one direction and weft goes the other (sorry I don't know which is which!) There were many textile mills in New England, and businesses which manufactured the associated machinery [like Draper Mills in Hopedale MA, which manufactured all the looms for the mills] If anyone on this list has access to a Massachusetts library with Worcester City Directories, maybe they can find an advertisement for this company in one of them. Take a look at this web site http://www.worcesterhistory.org/ Worcester Historical Museum Maybe someone there can help you? Good Luck, Lisa llepore@juno.com On Fri, 03 Jan 2003 16:36:16 -0600 John Henry <jehenry@sk.sympatico.ca> writes: > Hi > > Has anyone heard of the Warp Compressing Machine Co of Worcester > City? > It was founded by David McTaggart around 1895 and run by family > members > into the 1950s. It was situated on Exchange street. I'm researching > McTaggart family because of a link to my family. Our great > grandmother > was a sister to David's wife, Margaret. > > What I have is sketchy. They lived at 19 Schussler Road. Margaret > nee > COSTELLO and David McTAGGART had 5 children: Martha, David, Dorathy, > Ann > and Ethel. David was married to Agnes who died in 1957. Dorathy was > married to A. Miller and was a accomplished singer. > > I'd like to learn more about their business(what they made > (compressing > machines?), what jobs the various family members had, etc and > history of > the family in the US and UK. > > Thank you. > Beryl ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com