My grandfather was a coal miner in Scranton, who started as a breaker boy in about 1898 and worked until the mines closed during the Depression. He was of German descent (BOYER, ERBACH, SHELLHAMMER) and mentioned once that he remembered the Molly McGuires and their activities. Shirley in Ohio, but from NJ

Shirley and others: My grandfather Michael McAndrew(whom I never met) was a breaker boss in Throop, arriving about 1903. According to family lore, his job was to supervise the breaker boys. He later was promoted to breaker boss. Which mine, I don't know. The Mollies were active throughout the region. Among those convicted and hanged was another McAndrew. How he was related to my grandfather - and me - I don't know. It was a fascinating era. Mike Walsh Muskegon, Michigan 231-726-1400 --- Shirley Harlow <slh50@msn.com> wrote: > My grandfather was a coal miner in Scranton, > who started as a breaker boy in > about 1898 and worked until the mines closed > during the Depression. He was > of German descent (BOYER, ERBACH, SHELLHAMMER) > and mentioned once that he > remembered the Molly McGuires and their > activities. > > Shirley in Ohio, but from NJ > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the > word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz

If you want more information about the dates, I'd suggest the Schylkill county USGenWeb page. However, the activities of the Molly's predates your grandfather by two decades, so I'd really doubt that he "remembered" them. More than likely his recollection was that of the activities of "The Black Hand" of the era 1900 - 1912. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Harlow" <slh50@msn.com> To: <PALACKAW@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 2:13 PM Subject: [PALACKAW] Molly McGuires in Scranton : My grandfather was a coal miner in Scranton, who started as a breaker boy in : about 1898 and worked until the mines closed during the Depression. He was : of German descent (BOYER, ERBACH, SHELLHAMMER) and mentioned once that he : remembered the Molly McGuires and their activities. : : Shirley in Ohio, but from NJ : : : : ------------------------------- : To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PALACKAW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message :