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Facts and Events
Name |
Michael Driscoll |
Gender |
Male |
Birth[1] |
12 Mar 1859 |
Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
Occupation[6] |
1869 |
Greene, Kent, Rhode Island, United StatesWorker Polk & Steere Woolen Mill |
Occupation[1] |
Abt 1875 |
Webster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United StatesWeaver, Old Slater Mill |
Occupation[2] |
5 Jun 1880 |
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United StatesWeaver, Arnold Woolen Mill |
Marriage |
Abt 1883 |
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United Statesto Catherine Tuite |
Occupation? |
1889 |
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United StatesMill Superintendent, Carmichael Mfg. Co |
Residence[9] |
1889 |
Pawcatuck, New London, Connecticut, United States17 Grove Avenue, owned house where he and brothers boarded |
Residence[8] |
Abt 1890 |
"Removed to 'Summerville' NJ" from Pawcatuck |
Occupation[1][11] |
Abt 1895 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesDobson Mills, blanket manufacturers |
Occupation[1][12] |
Abt 1896 |
Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey, United StatesGeneral Manager, Raritan Woolen Millls |
Residence[3][13] |
1 Jun 1900 |
Bridgewater Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United StatesWall Street, with wife and two sons lived around the corner from |
Census[4] |
6 May 1910 |
Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey, United StatesFirst Ave.; Lived with wife and two sons |
Residence[7] |
1914 |
Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey, United States134 West End Avenue |
Other[6] |
3 Jan 1918 |
Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesTestified before the Committee on Military Affairs, United States Senate |
Occupation[5] |
19 Apr 1920 |
Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey, United StatesSuperintendent, Woolen Mill; 134 West End Avenue |
Death[1][10] |
2 Sep 1932 |
Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey, United States |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 William Starr Myers. Prominent Families of New Jersey Vol. II, p. 1130. (originally publsuhed as Vol. V "The Story of New Jersey", pp 700 - 1340).
- ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).
- ↑ United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623).
Father born Ireland, mother born Maryland
- ↑ United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624).
- ↑ United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T625).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Investigation of the War Department: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs United States Senate
Part 3 pp 1193ff.
- ↑ 1914 Somerset City Directory.
- ↑ 1890 Westerly City Directory.
- ↑ Westerly City Directory 1888 - 1889.
- ↑ Considered one of the most knowledgeable manutacturers of woolen goods in the US East Coast. Called on to testify before
US Senate Committee investigating sales of poor quality woolen blanckets to the US Army during WWI
- ↑ also for a time at a mill in Bridgeport, PS
- ↑ Held position of General Manager of the mill for almost 40 years. During much of this time his son, Allen V. and his son in law, Augustus Chamberlin were employed in the mill
- ↑ Augustus Chamberlin and family (incl daughter) Ethel lived on an adjacent street. Ethel and Allen V were married 3 years later
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