Rathgar Road (then ) Co.Dublin

[anneb]

Does anyone know how long Rathgar Rd is? according to the 1911 census my husband's great-grandfather lived at house no 159 Rathgar rd.

[corisande]

Shane's reply at no.28 on this thread says 195 numbered houses

[shanew147]

159 Rathgar Rd is located on the east side of the road to the north of the junction with Frankfort Road. So across the road from numbers 23/24 and a bit to the south.

The house is named 'La Choza' in the 1938 edition of Thom's.


Shane

[anneb]

Thank you-that must be the house. The name " La Choza" is familiar. Is Thom's online? My husband's great grandfather died in 1935 so it would be interesting to see if any of the family-the Browns- were still around in 1939.

[shanew147]

Some city extracts of older Thom's (1850's/60s) are online but not the more recent ones. I have some of the actual directories... I'm checking for other listings for your Browns at the moment


Shane

[shanew147]

1914
  159 Rathgar Rd, P. Brown, La Choza

1927
   159 Rathgar Rd, P. J. Brown, La Choza
 
1938
   159 Rathgar Rd, Mrs. Byrne, La Choza 
   160   "         "  , Charles Brown

(all Thom's)


Shane

[anneb]

Thank you for looking that up. My husband's great grandfather was Patrick Joseph Brown so he must be the PJ Brown who was there in 1927.

It's interesting to see that there was a Charles Brown at no 160 in 1938-I wonder if he was related to Patirck

[shanew147]

The 1939 electoral register for Dublin city is available online on the Dublin City Library website at www.dublinheritage.ie  (Rathgar is right on the edge of the area covered)

I had a quick look but didn't see a listing for Harriett..



Shane

[anneb]

I'm getting a bit confused now. I knew that the house name "La Choza" seemed familiar but having looked through the information that I have on my husband's family I've discovered that it was another great grandfather, Mark Blake who died at a house called "La Choga" on Rathgar Rd in 1924.

I suspect that "La Choza" and "La Choga" are the same house and that perhaps he was living with the Brown family for some reason.