Oops! I meant their OWN wool. Teresia Scott Hamilton, VA Genealogy, it's a family thing. Surnames: Sanders/Saunders, Smith, Cathcart, Jones, Combs, Barker, Hawn, Dunlevy, Clegg, Huckleberry, Yeary, Wallace, Russell, McCarty, Lowe, Legg, American Indian Places: Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Ireland, Germany On Jan 12, 2006, at 6:26 PM, [email protected] wrote: > From: Teresia & Jamil Scott <[email protected]> > Date: January 12, 2006 2:02:45 PM EST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Census Terms > > > Bob, > I just went to the site you had a link for. It also says "or one who > spins". Was it very common for woman to spin the who wool? This > would have been 1860. > > Teresia Scott > Hamilton, VA > > Genealogy, it's a family thing. > Surnames: Sanders/Saunders, Smith, Cathcart, Jones, Combs, Barker, > Hawn, Dunlevy, Clegg, Huckleberry, Yeary, Wallace, Russell, McCarty, > Lowe, Legg, American Indian > Places: Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, > Ireland, Germany