Mrs. Bates, Hat Factory Overseer, about 1912

My Grandmother Bertha Sias (Griffin) worked in the 1910s at a hat factory in West Upton, Massachusetts. Mrs. Bates was her boss at the hat factory.

 

"Bates, Helen Mrs. emp. Knowlton's factory" -- Kathy Cahill kindly found this on Ancestry.Com in an 1898 directory for Upton/West Upton, Massachusetts, Page 35.

 

Helen Bates in the United States Census for 1910:

Age in 1910:... 59

Birthplace:... Scotland

Relation to Head of House:... Boarder

Home in 1910:... Upton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Marital Status:... Widowed

Year of immigration:... 1875

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Uploaded on October 13, 2011
Taken circa 1912