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House numbers on Main Street Moville, Co. Donegal
« on: Tuesday 23 February 16 09:02 GMT (UK) »
Hi, I was looking to trace a house that relatives of mine lived in around 1911 on Main Street in Moville, Co. Donegal. The address is 31 Main Street, but none of the houses have numbers on them. Are there any resources available to find house numbers ?

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Re: House numbers on Main Street Moville, Co. Donegal
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 23 February 16 09:16 GMT (UK) »
When you say "address is 31 Main Street" do you mean household #31 on Main Street in 1911 census?
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Donegal/Moville/Main_Street/496117/

The number 31 is merely the enumerator's number for that particular census and you can see by 'additional pages' that there is no actual house number-
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002095700/
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Re: House numbers on Main Street Moville, Co. Donegal
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 23 February 16 10:51 GMT (UK) »
Thx for the reply, it was actually the 1901 census that I was referring to. It could well be just the enumerators number and not the actual house no.

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Re: House numbers on Main Street Moville, Co. Donegal
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 23 February 16 10:54 GMT (UK) »
I gave the link for 1911 census since you mentioned that year in your post but the same applies to 1901 census- the numbers are enumeration numbers and not street address.
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