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The Green family home in Trinity.
1899
Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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The Green Family Home is located directly behind the Green Family Forge in Trinity. It was in the family until the Summer of 2003 when Ada Nemec (nee Green) decided to sell the home.

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John James Green
1938

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Thomas Green died working in the family forge in 1907. His son John James took over the business after his father's sudden passing. He had been apprenticing with his father previous to this for a number of years.

John James married Mary Anne Fowlow on June 24, 1890 in St. Thomas' Church in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

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John James Green and his wife Mary Anne (Fowlow) Green posing for a picture in their garden.
1938
Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Copy book that belonged to John James Green.
1885
Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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A mercantile copy book that Ada Nemec (nee Green) found when she was cleaning out the family home after it was sold. These books were used by merchants to practice their book keeping and writing skills.

The covers of these books read as follows:

Swans Mercantile Copy Book. Preparatory to book keeping, containing the most approved forms used in Business and Designed to improve the tasks for writing to prepare young men for the Counting House.

Written by John Green 1875

To be had of all Stationers & Booksellers In the United Kingdom
Published by Joseph Swan, Engraver and Lithographer, Glasgow

The inside of the copy book is organized in such a way that the person doing the practicing has an example at the top of the page and then gets to practice writing it twice. This photograph is of an account rendered. The book also contains retail invoices, wholesale invoices, foreign invoices, account sales, form of receipts, ship letters, etc..

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Members of the Green Family posing in front of the family home in Trinity.
1938
Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Members of the Green Family posing for a picture outside the family home.
1938
Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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The Green family at home for a holiday.

The Green's have been blacksmiths for six generations as explained earlier. According to Mrs. Ada Nemec (Green) "Dad worked in the forge the same year he died (1955). Grandpa (John James) continued to work in the forge almost until the day he died, and Great Grandpa (Thomas) actually died in the forge while he was working. Dad became ill in 1955 and went to hospital in August. He died in November, having worked at the forge until he could no longer do the job."

Andrew was born September 13, 1893, and died 1955. He married Jessie Bartlett born October 15, 1893 died 1968. They were married in 1924. Andrew was the last blacksmith in the Green family, after his passing the building was closed and boarded up.

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Members of the Green family posing in front of the family home.
1938
Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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Taking a break from work at the forge.
1942
Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Three men taking a break from work outside of the Forge.
1942
Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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John James Green and his son Andrew taking a break outside of the forge after a long days work. Gus Locke who was an apprentice at the forge was also working that day.

Most blacksmith shops hired one boy -sometimes two- who took care of the chores of pumping the bellows, turning the grindstone, sweeping up and running the errands. The sons of blacksmiths learned the trade from their fathers and were soon promoted to shoeing horses and basic chores. When the sons had gained enough skill and experience they became apprentices and eventually took over their father's shop. This was the case with the Green family, Andrew taking over from his father John James, and being the last blacksmith in the Green family.