I used to wait on the Osborne’s at the Beverly hills hotel in 1990. Sharon looked nothing like she does today. The kids were tiny. And Ozzy (John), was super polite. They were sweet to the staff.
I absolutely love Sharon. She’s such a strong and beautiful woman. Seeing her reactions to finding out about her family. You can truly see her empathy and sympathy for her ancestors.
My ancestors lived about one mile from Lizzie’s street. Many kids. All worked at the mills. One ancestor killed by machinery at the mill. Another young ancestor lost a finger at the mill. Many of my ancestor’s kids did not make it to adulthood. They died of malnutrition and disease brought on by poor living and working conditions.
@@catzdollz9810 Yes and they would keep the doors and windows closed to keep humidity in for the benefit of the threads. This likely didn’t help with breathing.
My relatives worked in textile mills in Philadelphia. I'm sure it was difficult and they worked long hours but several of them were able to purchase homes.
When the Revolutionary War broke out, the average US soldier was a few inches taller than the average British soldier. This was because the portions of chicken, pork and beef was so bountiful in the colonies. Great Britain was a stratified society. The colonies had no such thing. Industrialization created the new rich in America and peaked with the Vanderbilts, Rockefeller and such.
It's not meat that's a bad thing. It's what the animal was fed, it's the hormones, it's preservatives, it's antibiotics, the environment it was raised, etc... Back then, that want an issue. @@MsPinkwolf
@@MsPinkwolf Just look at North Korea versus South Korea. Just look at China. They’ve grown 9 centimeters over the last 35 years. They’ve had hundreds of millions of poor people move into the middle class. The same thing happened with the colonies versus those stuck back in England. The portions of meat was the big differentiator. Not Brussels sprouts.
did anyone notice that the birthplace of Mother changed from England to Ireland as Sharon read the Fall River birth certificates? I wonder why the country changed.
Every English person has thousands maybe millions of ancestral connections to America. And almost every country they colonized... I live in USA and have tens of thousands of 4th cousins in UK, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, all over the place. They come up on 23andMe and all the places I uploaded that DNA to.
I have zero ancestral connections to the US in my family, they can all be traced back to the UK. My mother’s family didn’t start coming to Canada until 1916 and my father’s family didn’t come to Canada until the 1950’s.
@@laurabailey1054 So cool. My 2 great grandfather was weaver from Pailton Warwickshire. But I have another ancestor who is my 5th great grandfather who lived in Armley West Yorkshire so I assume he worked at one of the mills in Armley. I won't know until I have someone do my family tree.
I was just doing some genealogy research last night and many of my ancestors had 10+ kids, the women having their youngest children in their 40’s. I can’t even imagine as I only have 1 child.
So sad. At least we treat most of our slaves better today. But not all. I wonder if the corporate owners from Fall River Mass. family members generations later are still owners of big businesses in America? I would imagine so.
Most wealth does not last for more than one generation. Even the Vanderbilts wealth ended within 3 generations. He had more money than the US government. Look at all of the abandoned mansions in the UK after WWII. Once colonial based businesses ended after the war, they just walked away from their mansions when the socialists taxed their properties.
A large number of Portuguese immigrated to fall river as well. How horrid it is that they were all taken advantage of by the rich mill owners. Disgusting
The Great Famine or Potato Famine was in 1845-1851. I know that my Irish ancestors on my mom side left Ireland for America due to potato famine. I'm sure that it was something else was going on at the time. :)
@@groovyroses The English left the Irish with no other food as they took their livestock and other food products back to England. The English starved them out.
I used to wait on the Osborne’s at the Beverly hills hotel in 1990. Sharon looked nothing like she does today. The kids were tiny. And Ozzy (John), was super polite. They were sweet to the staff.
Of course we British we don't judge people why I love them with all their money fame it hasn't got to their head
Thank you for sharing this! I always have wondered if they are as nice as I’ve felt like they would be.
I absolutely love Sharon. She’s such a strong and beautiful woman. Seeing her reactions to finding out about her family. You can truly see her empathy and sympathy for her ancestors.
My mother worked in Fall River in the late 1950's in a pajama factory sewing together pajama's.
Fall River is where Lizzie Borden and her family lived.
My ancestors lived about one mile from Lizzie’s street. Many kids. All worked at the mills. One ancestor killed by machinery at the mill. Another young ancestor lost a finger at the mill. Many of my ancestor’s kids did not make it to adulthood. They died of malnutrition and disease brought on by poor living and working conditions.
Can't imagine the LUNG DISEASES going on at that time!
@@catzdollz9810 Yes and they would keep the doors and windows closed to keep humidity in for the benefit of the threads. This likely didn’t help with breathing.
Sharon’s ancestors’ experience was no different from all other immigrants. These are the people that worked very hard to build America. Tough life.
We stand on the shoulders of our ancestors who labored to build this country.
This Fall River story was heartbreaking. 😢
9:13 Australia ex London, I knew you in London, a group of us went to a holiday camp? How did your family end up in Highbury, prior to meeting Ozzie?
Are these from a new season or older?
My relatives worked in textile mills in Philadelphia. I'm sure it was difficult and they worked long hours but several of them were able to purchase homes.
When the Revolutionary War broke out, the average US soldier was a few inches taller than the average British soldier. This was because the portions of chicken, pork and beef was so bountiful in the colonies. Great Britain was a stratified society. The colonies had no such thing. Industrialization created the new rich in America and peaked with the Vanderbilts, Rockefeller and such.
Did you even watch the film?
And apart from protein (which you can also get from a lot of healthy foods) eating a lot of meat is not a good thing.
It's not meat that's a bad thing.
It's what the animal was fed, it's the hormones, it's preservatives, it's antibiotics, the environment it was raised, etc...
Back then, that want an issue. @@MsPinkwolf
@@MsPinkwolf Just look at North Korea versus South Korea. Just look at China. They’ve grown 9 centimeters over the last 35 years. They’ve had hundreds of millions of poor people move into the middle class. The same thing happened with the colonies versus those stuck back in England. The portions of meat was the big differentiator. Not Brussels sprouts.
did anyone notice that the birthplace of Mother changed from England to Ireland as Sharon read the Fall River birth certificates? I wonder why the country changed.
Every English person has thousands maybe millions of ancestral connections to America. And almost every country they colonized... I live in USA and have tens of thousands of 4th cousins in UK, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, all over the place. They come up on 23andMe and all the places I uploaded that DNA to.
We are all cousins
I have zero ancestral connections to the US in my family, they can all be traced back to the UK. My mother’s family didn’t start coming to Canada until 1916 and my father’s family didn’t come to Canada until the 1950’s.
I have ancestors on my mom side of the family back in England worked in one of the mills and I know that one of them was a weaver.
My nana was a weaver in the early 1900’s in Manchester when she came to Canada in 1916 she worked at the local textile mill
@@laurabailey1054 So cool. My 2 great grandfather was weaver from Pailton Warwickshire. But I have another ancestor who is my 5th great grandfather who lived in Armley West Yorkshire so I assume he worked at one of the mills in Armley. I won't know until I have someone do my family tree.
THERES A SAYING THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER THE OTHER SIDE 😅
Or, as Erma Bombeck said in naming her book, "The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank."
That's nothing! My parents were both 1 of 12 kids! Lol
I'm the oldest of eight, she thinks six is a lot?
My dad was #6 of 16 children!!!
@@tobysmom1111 I’m 2nd oldest of 16, recently lost my father and mother. Married 60+ years. Great people
@@MaryFaulkner-r3k Sixteen! That's a big family isn't it? I'm sorry for your loss.🩷 Both of my parents have passed away too.
I was just doing some genealogy research last night and many of my ancestors had 10+ kids, the women having their youngest children in their 40’s. I can’t even imagine as I only have 1 child.
So sad. At least we treat most of our slaves better today. But not all. I wonder if the corporate owners from Fall River Mass. family members generations later are still owners of big businesses in America? I would imagine so.
You have slaves today?
Most wealth does not last for more than one generation. Even the Vanderbilts wealth ended within 3 generations. He had more money than the US government. Look at all of the abandoned mansions in the UK after WWII. Once colonial based businesses ended after the war, they just walked away from their mansions when the socialists taxed their properties.
I'm not sure what slavery has to do with this.
A large number of Portuguese immigrated to fall river as well. How horrid it is that they were all taken advantage of by the rich mill owners. Disgusting
Yes, and many of them immigrated further south as it had better living conditions with less factories and more trees/bigger towns
No birth control back then!!!
Who the heck *edits* these videos? Children?
it was an employee.
Osbourne family connection on Dad's side. Still wondering if the US or Australia was a penal colony for non slaveowners. Be happy
Isn't Fall River Massachusetts the same town Lizzie Borden lived ?
I got fluff on me lungs!
That reminded me of the book called North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell about the mills even the BBC version of the book. Its a must see.
50th !!!!
How does she have an English accent if her family move to Massachusetts
She was born in London.
At some point they moved back to England, or at least her great grandmother did.
Sharon was born in London raised in UK
Ozzy also and never ever forget were they came from there kids have British Accents love it
Fah Reevah
Potato famine.
The Great Famine or Potato Famine was in 1845-1851. I know that my Irish ancestors on my mom side left Ireland for America due to potato famine. I'm sure that it was something else was going on at the time. :)
@@groovyroses The English left the Irish with no other food as they took their livestock and other food products back to England. The English starved them out.
@@vegasr8iders43 I knew that and it's probably why my 3x great grandfather and his family left Ireland.