I am looking for my ancestors William and Bridget Condron.
In the 1911 census, they lived in a house 2 in the townland of Busherstown.
Does anyone know how to find house 2. Its a very rural area
John:
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I'm going to alert our parish liaison in the nearby parish of Dunkerrin to see if she can assist. Busherstiwn is a 712 acre townland and the 1853 Griffiths Valuation records show that a George Minchin Esq. held all the land with five tenants including a Golden Conroy who may or may not have a connection to William Condron.
When the RIC constables took the census they went to a townland and the first house they visited was labeled house 1, the second house 2 etc. So it was not an address.
Roger McDonnell
http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNam…%27S&parishname=&unionname=&baronyname=&totalrows=135&PlaceID=0&wildcard=
Hello John,
William appears to have been a Heardsman/caretaker prior to his death and his wife in 1911 being an agricultural labourer. The accommodation may very well have been very basic as they would not have appeared to have any long term attachment to farming their own land.
They as a family unit may never have been recorded in a Griffith type valuation other than the surviving census returns of 1901/1911. Their lifestyle may well have been very transitory finding work and accommodation where they could.