Heritage: Irish
· My Great Great Grandfather, Martin Conlin was born in 1849
· His family immigrated here from Sligo, Ireland because of the devastating Potato Famine
· They came to America in 1848 and settled in Lawrence, MA
· They and many immigrants came to Lawrence for the mill's that provided lots of jobs with little skills. Martin worked at the Everett mill in Lawrence as a painter. It was while he was painting that he fell off scaffolding and ended up dying within minutes
· It seemed like my ancestors from Ireland truly valued work and success. Many focused hard on the “American Dream” and on providing for themselves and their families.
· My Great Grandfather started a pharmaceutical company which remains in my family today. If it was not for him, my father would not own his own business today.
· My Great Great Grandfather, Martin Conlin was born in 1849
· His family immigrated here from Sligo, Ireland because of the devastating Potato Famine
· They came to America in 1848 and settled in Lawrence, MA
· They and many immigrants came to Lawrence for the mill's that provided lots of jobs with little skills. Martin worked at the Everett mill in Lawrence as a painter. It was while he was painting that he fell off scaffolding and ended up dying within minutes
· It seemed like my ancestors from Ireland truly valued work and success. Many focused hard on the “American Dream” and on providing for themselves and their families.
· My Great Grandfather started a pharmaceutical company which remains in my family today. If it was not for him, my father would not own his own business today.
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