Thanks again, in particular to Seanmac and Shanew, for looking up the Tullamore street directories. The shoemaker William Whyte advertised in them is indeed my newly-discovered g-g-grandfather!
I received today the marriage certificate of George Magee and Teresa Whyte and William the shoemaker is her father. The marriage took place on 8 January 1888 and Teresa was aged 25, so presumably she was born in 1862 or 1863.
Could you please confirm that the advertisement spelt the name "White" and not "Whyte"?
I note too that the advertisements gave his address as Charleville Parade whereas the marriage certificate gives the address of Teresa as Charleville Road. Perhaps he lived in one place and had his workshop around the corner? Or do you have another explanation?
Could you also give me the address of the Catholic church in which they were married? Am I right in thinking that that church was knocked down and replaced by a newer church some years after the marriage?
In the LDS database the only William Whyte from Tullamore is given as dying in the first quarter of 1900 aged 68. That could well be Teresa's father.
Have you any suggestions to make about how I could take my research further, in particular to find out the identity of Teresa's mother?
My grandmother believed that Teresa was an only child. In any case there are no other Tullamore-born Whyte's in Tullamore in the 1911 census.
I have ordered the LDS microfilm of the Tullamore Catholic records, but that may take several months to arrive, in the hope of finding William's marriage and Teresa's birth.
Once again, thank you very much for your help and for any more information or advice you can give me.
Beannachtai,
Eamann