EXAMINING PATTERNS OF ITALIAN IMMIGRATION TO ...

PROFESSIONALS AND SKILLED TRADESMEN
Blacksmith 4 Machine apprentice 1 Physician 1
Blacksmith helper 1 Marshall 1 Plumber 2
Clergyman 1 Mattress maker 1 Priest 1
Dressmaker 11 Milling apprentice 1 Tailor 14
Deputy 1 Musician 3 Umbrella repairer 1
Electrician 1 Nurse 2 Undertaker 1
Engineer 1 Organizer West. Fed. 1
Fireman 3 Platman 4
GENERAL OFFICE JOBS
Agent 1 Collector/bank 1 Secretary/insurance co. 1
Bookkeeper 6 Employment agent 2 Treasurer/village 1
Banker 1 Interpreter/law office 1 Typesetter/printing co. 3
Clerk/post office 1 Office girl 1 Manager/telegraph 1
GENERAL MERCHANDISE SALE
Clerk 4 Saleslady 13 Storekeeper 1
Merchant 2 Salesman 5
Peddler 1 Store proprietor 4
UNSKILLED
Housekeeper 8 Laundress 2 Waiter 9
Ironer/steam laundry 1 Maid 1 Washwoman 5
Janitor 3 Odd jobs 2
Laborer 21 Servant 35
Not clear 32
OTHERS
Own income 10
57
(3.1)
20
(1.1%)
30
(1.6%)
91
(4.9%)
42
(2.3%)
TOTAL 1,848
The number of Italians in the group of Food and drink selling considerably increases
to 169 (9.1%). More specifically, saloonkeepers and proprietors of saloons are forty-two.
Bakers and grocers do not increase proportionally.
The third group is Unskilled (4.9%) and it interestingly includes a majority of women
working as servants and housekeepers. In fact the number of women working outside the
household in 1910 rises to 129 and besides servants and housekeepers, there are many
clerks, salesladies, laundresses, and boarding house keepers.
The fourth group of employed people in 1910 is Professionals and Skilled Tradesmen
(3.1%), most of whom, twenty-five, are tailors and dressmakers.
As for the group of Building, the number of masons is still below expectations at just
thirteen. However there are twenty-three Italian masons working in the mines.
The group of Boarding includes just women, sixteen boarding house keepers and two
proprietors. However, as in the previous years, many more households included boarders
than the number of boarding houses indicated by the census.
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