Look-up please: Tullamore Directory mid-1800's : Whyte, "leather business"

[Eamann]

Hello / Dia daoibh!

This is my first post on this forum. I'm from Belfast but I live in Belgium.

I would be very grateful if someone would kindly consult a Tullamore street or commercial directory from the mid-1800's, if such exists.

A great-grandfather called George MAGEE married a girl called Teresa WHYTE in the first quarter of 1888 (according to FamilySearch). I only found the date very recently.

According to my grandmother, Teresa came from Tullamore and basing myself on the 1911 census, she was born in approx. 1863.

According to my granny, her father "was in the leather business".

If anyone has access to a street or commercial directory of Tullamore for that period, I would be very grateful if they would kindly check to see whether they can find any trace of this family.

I've ordered the LDS microfilm of the Tullamore RC parish records in the hope of finding Teresa's baptism in 1863, but it may take up to six months before it arrives...

As regards the marriage certificate, I'm in two minds. A friend told me that it takes months to get copies from the GRO in Roscommon and since I plan to go to Ireland sometime in the coming year it might be quicker and cheaper to wait. Has any one on this forum any recent experience of ordering certificates?

Thanks in advance for any help or advice!

Beir bua is beannacht,

Éamann

[shanew147]

It might be a bit too early but ,Slater's directory of 1846 is available online and shows some leather trades in Tullamore - but no Whyte that I see.

  Tullamore - page 1
  page 2 

Cert from the GRO seem to taking anywhere between 10 days to six weeks, depending on how busy they are... not sure what the backlog is at the moment If you visit the research room in Dublin you can order and collect up to 5 certs a day, any excess are posted out later.


Shane

[Eamann]

Thank you very much for your quick and useful reply! I had tried earlier to consult Slater's from the RootsChat Offaly "Resources and Links" page but it did not work.

Hopefully someone else will have access to a later edition. Thirty or forty years makes a big difference.

Thanks too for the information about the GRO delivery times. If it is no worse than six weeks I'll order a photocopy of the entry.

Beannachtai,

Eamann

[shanew147]

There was a post earlier today on another board about a cert arriving in a week... so looks like there's no backlog at the moment. Just make sure to include the GRO index references on your order -e.g.  name, record type (e.g. marriage), registration district, year/quarter, volume & page

p.s. the next editions of Slater's were published in 1856, 1870 and 1881..



Shane

[aghadowey]

Thank you very much for your quick and useful reply! I had tried earlier to consult Slater's from the RootsChat Offaly "Resources and Links" page but it did not work.

The directories link in Co. Offaly resources has been fixed and if you click on link for 1846 Slater's directory, then link for Leinster you'll see the pages for Tullamore.

[Eamann]

"The directories link in Co. Offaly resources has been fixed and if you click on link for 1846 Slater's directory, then link for Leinster you'll see the pages for Tullamore."

Thanks!

Eamann

[Eamann]

There was a post earlier today on another board about a cert arriving in a week... so looks like there's no backlog at the moment.
Shane

Thanks for that information - I'll send in my request this weekend!

Eamann

[Jack2227]

Slater's Directory of Tullamore 1894 only gives;

Commerical;
White Wm. boot ma. Charlville parade.

[shanew147]

Slater's Directory of Tullamore 1894 only gives;

Commerical;
White Wm. boot ma. Charlville parade.

the same listing appears in the 'Boot and Shoe makers' section of the 1881 edition


Shane