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a. Note:   George Burnettt and his wife Maria lived on Falling Foss Farm where George raised pheasants for the owner of the farm who owned the estate on which the farm was situated.
 Obviously Uncle Albert learned a lot from his dad during that time.
 Uncle Albert quit school at the age of 14-went to work in a grocery store in 1901. He came to the U.S. with his mother and sisters in 1907. They settled first in Scranton, Pa. He built a twin house in Pecksville, Pa. near Scranton. He worked
 the coal mines as a pump operator for 25 yrs. (usually 7 days a week) Later, He hatched chicks for a living-worked four months of the year. During the four months, he had to watch the eggs continuously. Close friends lived next door in the twin
 house and helped with the hatching of the chicks. He built his first incubators, but later bought more sophistocated models. He hatched mostly chickens, but tried turkeys and ducks also; these weren't as profitable, however. He most enjoyed
 hatching pheasants for the Pa. Game Commission. At the time of his retirement., he was hatching as many as 3000 eggs per day. When Albert and wife Mae later moved to Staten Island(he built another house there), the friends came down also.
 Uncle Albert was in love with his friend's wife for years, but they never got together. She died long before his wife did. After his wife died, U. Albert moved to St. Petersburg, Fla. where he now lives (1975). He retired at the age of 45?
 Albert quit school at the age of 14 to work in a grocery store in 1901. He came to the U.S. with his mother and sisters in 1907. They settled first in Scranton, Pa. He built a twin house in Pecksville, Pa. near Scranton. He worked the coal mines as a pump operator for 25 years. (usually 7 days a week) Later, he hatched chicks for a living - worked four months of the year. During the four months, he had to watch the eggs continuously. Close friends lived next door in the twin house and helped with the hatching of the chicks. He built his first incubators, but later bought more sophisticated models. He hatched mostly chickens, but tried turkeys and ducks also; these weren't as profitable, however. He most enjoyed hatching pheasants for the Pa. Game Commission. At the time of his retirement, he was hatching as many as 3000 eggs per day. When Albert and wife Mae later moved to Staten Island where they built another house, the friends came down also. Uncle Albert was in love with his friend's wife for years, but they never got together. She died long before his wife did. After his wife died, he moved to St. Petersburg, Fla. He retired at the age of 45.


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