Bride Street Wexford

[zakiemya10]

Hi.  I am now trying to find info on Bride Street, Wexford Town in the 1920's.  My Father was born there in a building called Wetherings Court. ?? (I cannot find any info as I think the spelling is incorrect)  Any information would be great.  Thanks.

[nickr90]

The court was a lane off Bride Street. Sadly it no longer exists.

[nickr90]

In Coolcotts Lane lived one of the characters of the 1940s, Sam Wetherald. His family had
owned property at the back of Bride Street towards the Stonebridge called Wetherald’s Court.
He had a monkey and a sailor’s cap and a liking for porter. When he made his way home in the
evenings, and was in danger of colliding with the wall, the local boys would call out, ‘Port your
helm Sam, port your helm.’

[shorts]

I hadn’t heard the name of this place before now but it helps me pin down roughly where in Bride Street my Gt.GF John Dalton (b1860) was living with his family at the time of the 1911 census.

Bridget Carroll from Wetherald’s Court was fined for drunkenness per an article in an edition of the Free Press in 1909 – see below.

She appears to still be resident in Bride Street in the 1911 census, at dwelling 15 in the St Mary’s parish end of Bride Street.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003620095/

Looking at the attached map if it’s assumed the enumerator started at the South Main Street end of Bride Street and count 15 buildings up on the left it takes you into Wetherald’s Court.

(I assume the lane entrance was from Bride St, the map below seems to have a house where the entrance should be but it looks like an X has been put through it indicating it’s a mistake on the map)

As the enumerator went around the court and came back out I can guess that dwelling 23, where my Gt GF lived, would be just a couple of houses up the street on the left from the entrance to the Court.     

[zakiemya10]

Thanks so much Shorts for that info.  After living in Wetheralds Court my dads family moved to Wolfe Tone Villas.  My mum was born in Dukes Lane then they
moved to Wolfe Tone Villas a few years later.  My Mum and Dad knew the Daltons well.
My Mums friend Margaret Fenlon married John Dalton but her life time friend was Katie Sullivan (nee Fenlon) Margarets sister.  Sadly both Katie and my Mum died last year within 3 months of one another.

Thats why I would like to know about her family but struggling.

Regards
Zakiemya

[shorts]

Hi

Although the Dalton surname is quite uncommon in Wexford Town the John Dalton you refer to was not a direct descendant of the Dalton family who lived in Bride Street in 1911. Not quite sure at the moment which John Dalton this is but he'll almost certainly be related.

Do you have any information re your Grandparents, e.g. surnames, ages at death etc?

[zakiemya10]

My grandparents on my Fathers side were Bridget Callaghan (nee Swanson) who was born in Wexford in 1888 and died in Wexford in 1972.  She had a brother James but dont know if she had anymore siblings.  She lived in Wolfe Tone Villas as did her brother James.  I have checked the census but the names and ages dont match.  I dont know anything about Bridgie's parents.

My Grandfather was Richard Callaghan born in 1889 and died in 1953.  I cant find anything on his parents or siblings.  I was told he had a sister Ellen and I think she married a Waters from Wexford but I could be wrong as I cannot remember what my dad said all those years ago.  It could also be that Bridgie also had a sister.
I do remember that my dad said he had first cousins named Whitmore and Waters
but I dont know what side of the family they were and who married who.

Cannot find any Swanson's at all.  Maybe all gone now.

As you have seen from my previous posts I am looking for the Doran side of my family.  My Great Grandmother on my Mothers side was a Barbara Doran from New Ross and married John Berry from Wexford in 1902.  No success on this side so far.

Thanks for all your help
Zakiemya

[shorts]

My grandparents on my Fathers side were Bridget Callaghan (nee Swanson) who was born in Wexford in 1888 and died in Wexford in 1972.  She had a brother James but dont know if she had anymore siblings.  She lived in Wolfe Tone Villas as did her brother James.  I have checked the census but the names and ages dont match.  I dont know anything about Bridgie's parents.

My Grandfather was Richard Callaghan born in 1889 and died in 1953.  I cant find anything on his parents or siblings.  I was told he had a sister Ellen and I think she married a Waters from Wexford but I could be wrong as I cannot remember what my dad said all those years ago.  It could also be that Bridgie also had a sister.
I do remember that my dad said he had first cousins named Whitmore and Waters
but I dont know what side of the family they were and who married who.

Cannot find any Swanson's at all.  Maybe all gone now.

As you have seen from my previous posts I am looking for the Doran side of my family.  My Great Grandmother on my Mothers side was a Barbara Doran from New Ross and married John Berry from Wexford in 1902.  No success on this side so far.

Thanks for all your help
Zakiemya

You state "My Grandfather was Richard Callaghan born in 1889 and died in 1953.  I can't find anything on his parents or siblings."

Does this mean you've discounted the Richard Callaghan aged 12 living in Sinnotts Lane, Wexford Town in 1901 and then in Furlongs Lane aged 21 in 1911?

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Wexford/Wexford_Urban_No__2/Sinnotts_Lane/1805503/

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Wexford/Wexford_No__2_Urban/Furlong_s_Lane/696946/

[shorts]

Bapt of William Callaghan in the The Bride St Church parish register - dob: 20/12/1925