O'Connor Boots and Shoes - Harbour Row, Queenstown (Cobh) @1900

Hi, I looked at the census record and saw the page for house no. 14 in Harbour Row.  That is not an address. It means the house was the 14th house enumerated by the census taker. I hope this helps.

https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323002 Harbour row ,Queenstown, Co . Cork    Click on the thumbnail prints on the right to see more photo's.

Good day Patricia and Eileen, 

Thank you both for your replies and I hope this email finds you well. 

Patricia - Thank you for pointing out that the Census's house numbers are not necessarily the actual number on the house, but the number in which the numerator was at that house, in order of how his day was going. However, I find it odd that in 1901 and 1911 their house was 14 Harbour Row, also I found a directory for Leather goods and it says Thomas O'Connor's dwelling was 14 Harbour Row. So I will go with that for now. Which still makes me wonder what happened to 14 Harbour Row, and by the description of how many doors and windows it had, and that it was considered a 2nd class home in 1911, that it must have been like one of the thinner and smaller homes, that still stand today. Your assistance is most appreciated.

Eileen - Thank you for the link with photos, as I can almost see the house, but the quality of photos back then were more hazy, so I can not see it for sure. They are wonderful photos, and different than the ones I had seen online with Almay, and a few other sites. Thank you and your assistance as it is most appreciated. 

I am still wondering where they were buried, and if any of them have tombstones. Is there a website for that? 

Also what is the reason the Connor's, and other families, added the O' to their names, now O'Connor, was that a thing to do ion those days?

Thank you again for your assistance, it is most appreciated. 
Take care

Best wishes, 
Laura 

Hi Laura,

People were usually buried in a local cemetery. For instance, my Catholic forebears in Granard, Co. Longford, are buried in the Catholic cemetery there.

I hope this is helpful.

Thank you Patricia.

Hi Laura, looking at the first photograph if you count up the shop fronts from left to right going by the numbers and zoom the photo you can see no 14 was a smaller infill hse between two higher houses that had dormer windows. The front  wall of no 14 appear to have been faced with slate and half of the upper floor windows ran into the roof. If you go to the last photograph showing Harbour Row from the water with the boats. Zoom in to the centre of that photo you will see a building with a glass roof with a small cone shape in the middle on the waterside of the street, to the right of the cone you can get a view of no 14 showing the outline of the slate facade with the 2nd floor windows running in to the roof.  Going to google street view no 14 is demolished no 13 is the Hairdressers dark mauve colour. no 14 lot has grey hoarding . 

Thank you Willmc! Thats very interesting! Slate you say, I thought that was wood slates. I would never have thought about slate, was that common. The person I am doing this for, she lived at number 14 , as a child, and now she also says they rented number 17, as it was bigger than 14 and that was really the store. After all they had 10 kids. She is child of one of those 10 children. She has an amazing memory of Cobh. She says one of her uncles married the daughter of the pub owner of Top of the hill bar - first one in last pub out. Is that now the "Roaring Donkey Pub?" I can't find any old photos of when it was "Top of the hill". Have a wonderful day, 

best regards, 

Laura