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A Few Murphys From Brockton (Paperback)
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A Few Murphys From Brockton (Paperback)
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Loot Price R548
Discovery Miles 5 480
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This is the tale of a son and daughter of Ireland, who emigrated at
the turn of the twentieth century. They met and married in
Brockton, Massachusetts. The "shoe city" was at its peak with
almost 100 shoe and boot factories. The average worker earned $3.75
a day, the highest wage in the world. Mary Ann Sullivan grew up in
a dirt-floor, stone hut in Derrylea, County Mayo. One by one, Mary
Ann's father put his seven children on Cunard liners bound for
America. In 1908, it was Mary Ann's turn and, soon enough, she
became a domestic servant in Brockton. Denis Murphy was from
Killarney, County Kerry, and sailed to America in 1894 with his
mother and three siblings. His father went on ahead to work at R.
B. Grover Shoes in Brockton. Eventually, Denis Murphy became a
hoseman with the Brockton Fire Department. In 1918, Mary Ann met
Denis at a dance. Two years later, they married and birthed three
boys-Thomas, Robert and Edward. By dint of native intelligence and
hard work, the boys all became medical doctors. Brockton's shoe
industry was a tree lying across a raging river that allowed a few
Irish-Americans to reach higher ground. Soon enough, the water tore
the tree away, just as Brockton's 100 chuffing, snorting shoe
factories relocated or closed their doors. Today, every last one is
gone.
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