He was born in Scotland, in a typical weaver's cottage with only one main room consisting of half the ground floor which was shared with the neighbouring weaver's family. The main room served as a living room, dining room and bedroom. He was named after his paternal grandfather. Falling on very hard times as a handloom weaver and with the country in starvation, His father decided to move with his family to Allegheny, Pennsylvania in the USA in 1848 for the prospect of a better life. His family had to borrow money in order to migrate. His first job at age 13 in 1848 was as a bobbin boy, changing spools of thread in a cotton mill 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. Hid started off working in a cotton mill but then would earn money weaving and peddling linens. Who ?
A-Andrew Carnegie
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