Emigration around 1888/1889 - Forest of Dean FHT Forum

I'm discovering that a number of my extended family emigrated to the US in the 1888/1889 timeframe. These were not adventure-seeking twenty-somethings, but parents in their forties and fifties with their whole families.

I was wondering whether there was any particular economic downturn in the Forest around that time?

Martin

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