Mellon died on his 95th birthday, also 3rd of February 1908, at his home in East Liberty. He was survived by his wife, who lived for about a year after his death, and three children. Thomas Mellon and his wife Sarah are buried in Pittsburgh's Allegheny Cemetery.
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Thomas spent the first five years of his life here, before he and his family emigrated to America. In 1870 Thomas Mellon established his banking business which went on to become the Mellon Financial Corporation, one of the world's largest money management firms based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Thomas Mellon, judge, investor and banker was born on this day in 1813.
"I was born in 1813, on the 3rd of February, at the Camp Hill Cottage on my father's farm, Lower Castletown, parish of Cappagh, county Tyrone, Ireland." @ulsteramericanfolkpark.org
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Céad míle fáilte to the Derry Girls. This image appears in the Melbourne Advocate in July 1911 and relates to some 34 shirt workers who went to Melbourne to help set up the Welch Margetson Factory there. The workforce in Derry was unmatched and world leading in skill and quality.
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Rathlin Island Emigration
Rathlin Island off the Antrim coast is struggling to provide work and social outlets for the younger generation of islanders.
Authentic voices of emigration in 1968. One interviewee notes the lack of prospects while another notes the lack of activity on the island. Between 145-1848 some 500 islanders left Rathlin. Correspondence from this time can be found on the Irish Emigrant Database -
www.rte.ie/archives/201...
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The talk will highlight different examples of migration in Ulster related to the textile industry looking at links to America with the "Gilford mill colony" in Greenwich, immigration of Huguenots and Quakers and emigration of 34 Derry shirt workers to Melbourne in 1911.
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We have taken to Bluesky! linktr.ee/MellonCentre...
mellonmigrationcentre.co.uk
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