Hi Roxanne, Coats & Clark Inc was the name of the Paisley company's US subsidiary, which I think was originally set up by the Clark family and later changed its name when the business interests of the 2 families combined in the UK. So if you've got Coats & Clark thread in the USA, it was manufactured there. Their head office was in NYC, and I think their prncipal mill was in Birmingham Alabama. Regards, Ken Mathieson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roxanne Neel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 6:15 PM Subject: Re: [Renfrew] Coats & Clarks > Ken ~ Oh my goodness, I still have spools of Coats & Clarks thread from > years ago when I used to sew! I assumed it was made in America... > Thank you for the information! > Roxanne Neel > Cedarpines Park, California, USA > > > Ken Mathieson wrote: > > >Hi Heather, > > > >The connection between Paisley and Guadalajara is that Paisley was once the > >World's leading town for the manufacture of sewing thread. There were 2 huge > >family businesses, the Clarks and the Coats, which eventually merged as > >United Thread Mills Ltd, a subsidiary of J & P Coats Ltd, which is now part > >of the Coats Viyella Tootal group. By the end of the 19th century, lots of > >countries were erecting tariff barriers to limit imports and foster local > >industry. Mexico was one such, and one of the Paisley companies set up a > >mill there (I'm not sure which), but in the 1960s & 70s when I worked for > >Coats, they had a mill in Guadalajara and another in Mexico City, as well as > >in countless other places around the world. Some googling should yield > >further info. > > > >I hope this helps, > > > >Ken Mathieson, > >Uddingston SCT > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Mariposa Obsidian" <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 8:28 PM > >Subject: Re: [Renfrew] Muir, jamison, Orr > > > > > > > > > >>Hi: Could someone place look ont the early census for me (Paisley) and > >> > >> > >see if you can find the families of: > > > > > >> Joseph Johnston (b. 1832 in Paisley, Scotland) > >> Jean Young (b. 1838 in Paisley, Scotland). > >> > >> They both died in 1896 in Guadalajara Mexico. > >> > >> I am trying to research the family and find out how they ended up in > >> > >> > >Guadalajara of all places! > > > > > >> Thanks! > >> > >> Heather Hess nee Wilson > >> > >> > >> > >>Cualli Tonalli! > >>Mariposita Obsidiana, P.A. > >> > >>http://www.thelensflare.com/u_mariposa.php > >>http://mariposadreaming.blogspot.com/ > >> > >>"I am an amateur and I intend to stay that way for the rest of my life." - > >> > >> > >Andre Kertesz, Hungary, 1930 > > > > > >>--------------------------------- > >>Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >