Carnegie Before Corporation The Early Years Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25 185 in Dunfermline Scotland His father was a linen maker and his mother repaired shoes to help support the family (both working people/ commoners) His family moved to the United States when he was 13 and his father business was beginning to fail Lived in Alleghany, Pennslyvania He began working as a bobbin boy in a linen factory at that young age for $1.20 a week (a very small wage even then)
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