St. Peter's school in Dublin

[Ida Mae]

I am searching for information on the St. Peter's school in Dublin.  My 3rd great grandfather Thomas Betts was Head Master there some time between 1831 and 1865.  Are there any school records for that time period?

[shanew147]

Do you know anymore about the school that Thomas was head-master of ? i.e. where it was located etc

could it have been at an orphanage ? there is one named 'St. Peter's Roman Catholic Orphanage' at 51 Aungier St




Shane

[Ida Mae]

In his obit writen by his son George Charles Betts it stated he was Head Master of schools in the counties of Donegal and Dublin particularly of St. Peter's school in the city of Dublin.  That is all I know.

[shanew147]

I haven't found any references to Thomas yet, I'm assuming that the RC orphanage is probably not an option as you mention in your Kilkenny post (see: Need help finding Betts) that he was an episcopal minister, and the records you've found relating to the family are from CofI churches.

I did find some Bett's in the teaching profession in Slater's directory of 1846... since they share both a profession and relatively uncommon surname with Thomas it seems possible that they are connected..

Slaters 1846

  Geo. Betts, master of Irishtown charity school, Irishtown (Dublin)
  Sarah Betts , mistress of infants' school, Irishtown (Dublin)

 Mr. Betts, master of parochial school, Clara (Co. Offaly)


Shane

[Ida Mae]

Shane
That is very interesting.  While I was searching the records for St. Matthew's I found baptism's for My Thomas and Eliza Betts Children (the 3 oldest anyway) and I also found several baptism's for George and Sarah's children all living in Irishtown and baptized at St. Mattew's it listed George's occupation as teacher and Head Master.  I also found a burrial record for a Thos Betts burried 5 Jan 1840, age 77.  None of my relatives know much about the Betts family in Ireland but one distant cousin of mine said that Thomas Betts father was born 1762 and died 2 Jan 1840, his mothers name was Anne ? born 1778 died nov 1853.

[Ida Mae]

I forgot to mention,  Thomas and Elizabeth had a son, William Payne Betts born 27 Nov 1843 Clara, Kings county, Ireland.  Is this a mistake or is there a Clara in Kings county and Offaly?

[shanew147]

I forgot to mention,  Thomas and Elizabeth had a son, William Payne Betts born 27 Nov 1843 Clara, Kings county, Ireland.  Is this a mistake or is there a Clara in Kings county and Offaly?

King's county is the old name for Offaly..


Shane

[eadaoin]

in 1873 there were various St Peters National schools in Dublin - 3 in Whitefriar St and another one (not sure where - perhaps in the parish of St Peter.)
some of the references to schools in Thoms give the Principal's name - I think mainly the Protestant ones

the school numbers are 754, 5008, 6268 and 6269.
the district is 38.

you can (could some years ago anyway) look at the Salary books for teachers in National Archive - it's a bit fiddly  - you need to go in and talk to them. (maybe they're on microfilm by now). If I rightly remember, the books had to be ordered a day in advance. I think they start in 1830s/1840s.

eadaoin

[Quaxer]

Ida Mae

Thanks to Eadaoin's input I found a reference to a Schoolhouse at No.14 Whitefriars Street in the 1860-1877 period in my Source Work based upon the Irish Times newspaper but unfortunately there is no reference to the Betts.
If you would like the newspaper references just come back.


Regards     Quaxer