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Dublin / Re: Dublin employee records of London and Northern Railways
« on: Monday 07 August 23 21:50 BST (UK)  »
The first reference shows the transcribed record and if you choose "Show all information" it gives his occupation as Shipping Clerk.
The second reference shows an image of the Census Record itself and it shows it recorded as  "Sipping Clerk"
The 1911 record shows him at 13 New Wapping Street and listed as Railway Clerk.

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Dublin / Re: Dublin employee records of London and Northern Railways
« on: Monday 07 August 23 20:04 BST (UK)  »
That sounds like the record source that I was being directed to - many thanks.

I must confess I got my generations and relationships a bit confused in my first posting.
My GGF was Christopher J. Byrne and was listed as the Horse Keeper for the railway company on his census records. His son Peter (my Great Uncle ) was listed as a Shipping Clerk in1901 but according, to  conversation records with his daughter by a relative doing family research, he became Chief Clerk of the company later on.  My GF and his wife were door porters for the company.
I was trying to convey all this to my niece visiting Dublin last week, hence my mix up.

Thanks for your post, I will follow it up.

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Dublin / Re: Dublin employee records of London and Northern Railways
« on: Tuesday 01 August 23 21:32 BST (UK)  »
Cheers - I'll see if they have anything relevant.
Thanks

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Dublin / Re: Dublin employee records of London and Northern Railways
« on: Tuesday 01 August 23 21:10 BST (UK)  »
Thanks - that's the railway company my relatives worked for. Any idea where I might find employee details or company photos from the Dublin line.

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Dublin / Re: Dublin employee records of London and Northern Railways
« on: Tuesday 01 August 23 16:22 BST (UK)  »
Sorry - I should have said London and North Western Railway Company.
I found this reference to the Dublin line.

"In 1861 the London and North Western Railway Company which had been operating a steam packet service across the Irish Sea, moved its Irish terminus from Kingstown (Dun Laoghaoire) to North Wall Quay.
 In 1883 the company bought the Prince of Wales Hotel, and soon afterward replaced it with the London and North Western Hotel. It was later known as the British Rail Hotel. With the demise of the ferry services from North Wall, the building was taken over by CIE, and it now contains offices of Irish Rail. It was later known as the British Rail Hotel.
Dublin Street Directory 1862 places the Prince of Wales Hotel between 55a and 55b North Wall Quay."



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Dublin / Re: Dublin employee records of London and Northern Railways
« on: Tuesday 01 August 23 14:15 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks for your response - I'll give them a try.

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Dublin / Dublin employee records of London and Northern Railways
« on: Tuesday 01 August 23 11:55 BST (UK)  »
I had a GGF Peter Byrne who was a clerk in the dublin offices. I was told that company records are available to search in Dublin. Does anyone have any information about this please?

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Galway / Re: Church income from marriages/baptisms
« on: Thursday 24 December 20 16:53 GMT (UK)  »
I was looking at Parish Registers for St Nicholas North and East, Galway for 1845 and earlier.
 I only noticed the money columns when I found an ancestor record and realised they were listed as 0.0. The impression I had from the Baptism registers was that the modal payment was about 2/6d with variations between 0/0d and £1/0/0d.
When I looked at the Marriage registers the modal payment seemed to be around £1 to £1/10/0d.
There were a very few listed at 0/0d and a sprinkling of £3/£5/£6 and even the odd £10.

I would guess that the average rural wage at that time would be around £15-£20 per annum, so even £1 might have seemed a huge amount.

The registers are freely available at "registers.nli.ie" so by all means form your own opinion.

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Galway / Re: Church income from marriages/baptisms
« on: Wednesday 23 December 20 13:12 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks for the replies and the research sources that went into them. Much appreciated. I was struck momentarily by the thought that when I started  work in the 60's my weekly wage was less than some of the amounts provided for a church service more than a century before! Apparently the £3 to £5 of the 1840's is now valued at £300 to £500, which still seems rather high. Oh well, thanks again.

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