Osborne & Patton - Shipquay Street

[dhalaughlin]

My grandfather was general manager of Osborne & Patton (Wine & Spirits Merchants) on Shipquay Street in Derry for the better part of the first half of the 20th Century. Wondering if anyone could shed some light on the background of this establishment and its owners. I have some old photos c. 1913. I was very recently in Derry and very surprised to see the painted Osborne & Patton wood facade at the front of the building. Any further historical details would be much appreciated.

[Schoch]

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jlopp/patton.htm

Not sure if this is related but with the coincidence of the 2 names it might be worth looking at.

[JJen]

Hi,

This could be of interest to you -

Owners/Tenants
1858 Smith Osborne and Joseph Patton

Source -
http://foylecivictrust.org.gridhosted.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Shipquay-Street.pdf

Death record of William Alexander McCurdy in 1956, he is recorded as carrying out a business as Osbourne & Patton.

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Belfast/issue/1864/page/73/data.pdf

JJ

[JJen]

There's a news article available on FindMyPast about Joseph Patton's death (6 November 1899) -

10 November 1899 - Derry Journal - Londonderry

Smith Osborne died 3 Juluy 1891.

Calendar of Wills -

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ5C-2VN

JJ

[dhalaughlin]

JJen & Schoch. Very good information. Especially from the Foyle Civic Trust. Thank you very much. All the best...

[aghadowey]

If you want more details of the property have a look at the Griffith's Valuation Revision books- which go from the printed version of Griffith's until c1930:
http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/val12b.htm