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From: Maureen Grant Hayes <>
Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Irish in Montreal
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 17:59:03 -0700
References: <BC8B3EE5.53AB%bweiler@synchrotel.com>


Thanks for the info.

Maureen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Weiler" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Irish in Montreal


> > Thanks for your reply. Where I'm confused, is that each family is
listed as
> > a separate family and household number? Wouldn't that mean a separate
> > dwelling where at least the head would be listed in the directory?
> > Mine were all in St. Lawrence ward.Any other thoughts?
> >
> > I will go back and review with your comments in mind. Thanks.
> >
> > Maureen
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Janet Starks" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 10:51 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Irish in Montreal
> >
> >
> >> Hello Maureen,
> >>
> >> It's my understanding that the City Directory only included 'Head of
> > Household.'
> >> A secondary problem is that the 'Street Directory only included the
actual
> > City of Montreal and not the suburbs.
> >> I encountered this problem with St. Henri, an area that has
subsequently
> > been merged with Montreal.
> >>
> >> Bill Glover
> >>
> >> Maureen Grant Hayes <> wrote:
> >> This is a more general question:
> >>
> >> I am researching a number of Irish in Montreal in 1881. They show up in
> > the
> >> 1881 Montreal census, and yet when I check the Montreal city directory,
> > they
> >> aren't listed, even though the family is listed all together as one
> >> household.
> >> Can anyone help me figure this out?
> >>
> >> Maureen
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> Maureen:
>
> The street directories were published by a company by the name of
"Lovell",
> and were generally known as "Lovell's Directory".
>
> This was a private publishing firm, and the directories were published to
be
> sold to businesses, etc.
>
> It has been my experience that the people going door to door to collect
the
> data were not all that diligent when gathering the info from some of the
> districts, in some of the years. If, for example, no one was home when
they
> came by, they might not get around to re-calling to update, and may just
> have used the previous year's info, or not included it at all.
>
> This was particularly true in some of the working class districts.
>
> As additional information, the directories would cover 2 year periods,
such
> as (say) 1875 - 1876, then the next issue would cover 1876 - 1877, and
were
> advertised as accurate up to June 15th of the first of the two years, but
as
> mentioned above, were often not so.
>
> Good luck with your search.
>
> Bill Weiler
>
> Ottawa.
>
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