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Table 4:2, Householders with Non-farming

Occupations31 1871 1881

Blacksmiths: Simon Nolan Owen Moan

Hugh Moan Pat Moan Carpenters: John Hacket Allen McDonald

Francis Murphy John McKenna Carriage James Kelly James Kelly

Builder: Ambrose Monaghan

Innkeepers: Pat Keefe

Mrs. McGuigan Mill Owners: John J. Wright Pat Duffy

John J. Wright Stephen Wright

Shoemakers: Owen McCarvill Patrick Mulligan

Patrick Rooney Frank Murphy

Patrick Trainor Patrick Trainor Stonemason: Peter Murphy Tailor: John Murphy Veterinarian: Simon Nolan Weaver: Thomas McCarvill Wheelwright: Thomas McBride Thomas McBride

Table 4:3, Young Adults & Employment, 188132

With Occupations Without Occupations Females: 10 55

Male 41 5

While more than half these young people had no occupa— tions, young women were most disadvantaged, with 85% of them without employment. Among the ten who had work, four were teachers, and the others were dressmakers or housemaids. With these meagre skills many young women left the Island to find work in the homes of more affluent New Englanders, as the accompanying adver-

___._______' r _______ __ Girls, Girls, Look Here. WANTED !

1 (1001-) SMART; GIRLS. to do general I House and (juninhor Work, in private families in Boston. Wages $21.51) to $1.00 per week. Passage ptiiil. Apply in per- son every 'l‘liurmlny, from ‘J Lu 1 p.iri., at H. H. Smith's, Dominion House, or by

Although the economic situation appears positive for most householders in the 18705 and 18805, it was not so pro—

mising for the young adults in these communities. Table 4:3 Shows the employment situation for 111 men and women between the ages of seventeen and thirty—two, and who were not in school, in 1881.

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