Some of the work performed by my Canadian (including my Ireland-to-Canada emigrant) labourer ancestors:
- Worked in agriculture as farm labourers
- Helped build canals (e.g., the Rideau Canal)
- Helped build railways (e.g., The Grand Trunk Railway)
- Helped harvest and transport trees in the logging industry, as “shantymen/shantyboys” (i.e., as lumberjacks)
- Drove teams of horses as teamsters
- Toiled long hours in textile factories
And your ancestors? Why not think of them this Labor/Labour Day?
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