the following was written by Jane his grand daughter: ".....at 12 yrs of age , his father died and being the eldest son, Grandpa went to work in Lynn in the shoe factory in order to support the family. At some point in time he married Mary...and they moved to Salem. They had three children..following the death of Mary her children went to live with their maternal relatives in So. Berwick, ME.... At the time of the great Salem fire in 1914 grandpa's factory was burned.... Because the unions were moving into MA mills and factories, Grandpa made the decision to move to Augusta, ME and took over a factory in Hollewell... Grandpa lost his money in the stock market crash in 1929 (aided apparently by poor investments in Florida real estate suggested by great-grandma Sykes)..they...took in room renters...Grandpa took over the vegetable garden- back to his earliest years as a farmer- and they were able to make a good and comfortable life for themselves...."
h/t Jane Foster
h/t Jane Foster
the following was written by Jane his grand daughter: ".....at 12 yrs of age , his father died and being the eldest son, Grandpa went to work in Lynn in the shoe factory in order to support the family. At some point in time he married Mary...and they moved to Salem. They had three children..following the death of Mary her children went to live with their maternal relatives in So. Berwick, ME.... At the time of the great Salem fire in 1914 grandpa's factory was burned.... Because the unions were moving into MA mills and factories, Grandpa made the decision to move to Augusta, ME and took over a factory in Hollewell... Grandpa lost his money in the stock market crash in 1929 (aided apparently by poor investments in Florida real estate suggested by great-grandma Sykes)..they...took in room renters...Grandpa took over the vegetable garden- back to his earliest years as a farmer- and they were able to make a good and comfortable life for themselves...."
h/t Jane Foster
h/t Jane Foster
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