Thanks for the information Stephen will check it out. Jackie Stephen Barnes wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jackie Serna" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:25 AM > Subject: re Whiteabbey > > > Could anyone tell me > > - the population of the town of Whiteabbey would have been around 1883 > > and was there any particular type of work that may have brought people > > to live there? Would there have been many railway workers there at that > > time? > > - were children in that era usually born at home or in a hospital and if > > a hospital would anyone know the name of the one that would have served > > the area? > > Thanks > > Jackie in Canada > > > > Whiteabbey would have been primarily farmland, so farmers and labourers would > have been in the majority. However there were a couple of medium sized flax and > cotton mills in Whitehouse, Monkstown, with a very large one in Mossley. > Finally, yes, the railway was built through the area, and there was a major > junction at Greenisland. The Bleachgreen Viaduct was built around 1840 and was > another major junction. See http://www.irrs.ie/0106%20BleachGreen.htm for a map > and further information. > > At the time were were quite a few level crossings, most of which were manned. > The railway would have required quite a manpower to keep it running in these > days before automation. > > I don't know exactly what the population would have been, I'd imagine about > 1000... > > Stephen. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237