Below are some resources I recommend if any of your ancestors in your family tree were bobbin carriers.

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Description: Someone who worked in the textile industry specifically in the spinning and weaving sections of a textile mill. Conditions in those mills were poor with aching head and limbs and nausea being commonplace, not to mention the over-crowding, the smell, the heat, lack of sanitation, the long hours and the repetitive, boring work. See also: Beater, Weaver, Fustian Cutter, Fuller, Beamer, Cotton Feeder, Cotton Winder, Beetler, Fustian Weaver, Cotton Spinner, Cotton Scavenger, Cotton Weaver, Billier, Bobbin Turner.

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