[By Fred Lynch in Norwich Connecticut, USA]
John J. Lynch, my great-great uncle, lived here in 1900 with his wife Delia. Their home was the left one of the four in this multi-family building. It’s within walking distance of the big factories of downtown Norwalk, Connecticut. Both John and Delia were from Ireland. John worked as a “cotton weaver” according to census records. They shared their rented space with a mother and daughter, also from Ireland - Ellen and Delia Sullivan.
The second home from left was rented by the Bauch family from Germany. John, the father was a tailor and his wife Annie was a laundress. Their oldest boy, age 13, was not in school. He was a farm worker.
Behind the third door was the family of brick mason Frederick Carter and his family. They were also immigrants - from England. They had six kids in there and yet they shared their place with a family of four from Germany, the Berger’s. Alfred , the father, was a “file cutter.”
The home on the right also contained two families, both American born. The Vergasons were a young couple - he was a machinist, and she was a dressmaker. The other family was headed by Samual Frink, a conductor for the “street railroad.”
The building is empty now. Maybe I got here just in time.
John J. Lynch, my great-great uncle, lived here in 1900 with his wife Delia. Their home was the left one of the four in this multi-family building. It’s within walking distance of the big factories of downtown Norwalk, Connecticut. Both John and Delia were from Ireland. John worked as a “cotton weaver” according to census records. They shared their rented space with a mother and daughter, also from Ireland - Ellen and Delia Sullivan.
The second home from left was rented by the Bauch family from Germany. John, the father was a tailor and his wife Annie was a laundress. Their oldest boy, age 13, was not in school. He was a farm worker.
Behind the third door was the family of brick mason Frederick Carter and his family. They were also immigrants - from England. They had six kids in there and yet they shared their place with a family of four from Germany, the Berger’s. Alfred , the father, was a “file cutter.”
The home on the right also contained two families, both American born. The Vergasons were a young couple - he was a machinist, and she was a dressmaker. The other family was headed by Samual Frink, a conductor for the “street railroad.”
The building is empty now. Maybe I got here just in time.
