Posted by Dan in North Houston on January 30, 2012 at 05:33:41 from (38.100.70.66):
In Reply to: Why here?? posted by flying belgian on January 29, 2012 at 20:35:57:
At various times in the US, industries would use labor brokers to seek out immigrants to work, since there was not enough (cheap) workers for the steel, mining, and timber industries. These labor brokers are one of the reasons we saw waves of immigrants from particular regions at particular times. In the late 1800's and early 1900's, the labor brokers were taking advantage of the tough times in Italy to recruit workers for the coal mines of Appalachia. The labor brokers were the start of the process, then the workers who went over sent for their families to come join them. Neighbors and friends see the process and join them. My great grandfather left San Giovanni in Fiore (Calabria region of southern Italy) in 1900. A friend had gone earlier and had promised to write and let him know how it was. He never received any letters, but he got suspicious, so he sent the friend a letter telling him to write him but to send the letter to a mutual friend. Turned out his wife (my g-grandmother) was intercepting the letters and destroying them, because she did not want to leave her home. So he finally got a letter telling him how good it was - compared to starving in what is still one of the poorest parts of Italy. He left Italy at age 29, leaving behind a pregnant wife and a son. After 6 months, he finds work at a coal mine near Fairmont, WV, earning $1.80 per day. It took him 2 years to save enough for passage for his family. He sent for his wife, who did not want to leave her sick mother. He told her to either come or he would get a new wife. She somehow made it from San Giovanni in Fiore to Naples, about 175 miles, with her two sons, age 7 and 2. At Naples, she caught a ship to New York, where we assume she was met by my g- grandfather. My grandmother was born in WV in 1913, and the rest is history. And we complain because the Atlanta or Chicago airport is a little confusing?
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