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Show 57 be acknowledged, howver, of the case emigrants that sometimes the occupational structure does indicate of the prosperous Some socio-economic motive. of Renfrew and th e i r weavers terparts of Ayr and Lanark, Taylor points Scottish Mormon emigration of weavers to the was In the depressed coun- fact that almost Poll derived f r orn the latter . c ount i e s l It i in Britain s ho ul d be remembered, pushed the emigrants would tend to prevent them from however, toward that if poor conditions America these going through lack conditions s am e of funds. From in 1861 Robert Sands commented that: Glasgow In consequence of the present American branches of trade good number they could as are of Saints wis h. . struggle some considerably aff e cte d, wh i c h prevents a from saving for their emigration so fast .2 . John McNeil found it necessary to borrow LlO from friends when he emigrated,3 tish members in 1862 lp. Historical were and David M. to go Did British Mormons see also affluent reported that more anx iou s becoming A. M. Taylor, "Why Quarterly, XXII, 266; Stuart more Liverpool home the Scot- to Zion Emigrate," Emisration Utah Rec For an account of the effect of industrialization ords for years 1850-70. weavers in Ayrshire see John Livingstone, Alexander Morton, upon 1844-1923, Pioneer of the Lace Industry in Scotland, W. {Ki.l ma r no ck Morton 2Letter, 27, 1861, 3 1851, , Kilmarnock Robert Sands, Millennial Star, John McN eil, Glasgow, XXIII, Journal Standa,rd, (MS to edited by William 1960), 2l-4. George Q. Cannon, August 616. in Church Historian's Office), April, |
