Submitter's First Name
Mary Jane
Submitter's Last Name
George
Relationship to Honoree
daughter
Submitter's Phone Number
508-336-8352
Submitter's Email Address
yardsailor43@comcast.net
Donation Amount
0.00
Mill Employee First Name
Mary
Mill Employee Middle Name
Agnes
Mill Employee Last Name
Sullivan
Mill Employee Maiden Name
Mathewson
Mill Employee Birth Date
Mill Employee Birthplace
Providence, R.I.
Mill Employee Workplace 1
Wanskuck Mill (Branch Avenue)
Job Title 1
sewer and speeder tender
Mill Employee Start Date 1
1930
Mill Employee End Date 1
1935
Mill Employee Photo
Mill Employee Ethnic Identity
English
Mill Employee School
Other/Not Listed
Mill Employee House Worship
St. Edward's Church (Providence)
Biography Text
Marie left school in the eight grade, she always said " I am good with my hands, not so much with the books." She always lived in the Wanshuck area in Providence except for a 20 year period after marriage when they lived in Foxpoint. They returned to Wanshuck in the 60's and she died there in 1996. She always walked to work at the various mills in the neighborhood. She did go back to work after I was born in 1943, my Nana was with us and she watched me. The last year she worked was 1947 for a short time after the birth of my brother.
My mother was always proud of the work she did in the mills and always gave the mill credit when she had to mend something, "I learned that in the Wanshuck Mill."