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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Batley woollen workers, Germany 1880s
« on: Saturday 01 December 18 12:41 GMT (UK) »
This seems to be a very old post but, if anybody is still out there, my family called Whitfield emigrated from the Idle and Calerly area of Yorkshire in the late 1870s.
They went to work in the woollen industry in Grunberg as it was then called.
My GG grandfather was called Israel Whitfield and his wife who died there in 1884 was called Marria.
I would love to know more about their lives there. Are there any censuses or factory records?
They went to work in the woollen industry in Grunberg as it was then called.
My GG grandfather was called Israel Whitfield and his wife who died there in 1884 was called Marria.
I would love to know more about their lives there. Are there any censuses or factory records?