Gosver Street, Dublin? Or am I misreading this record?

maidofthemist

Hi
Has anyone heard of Gosver Street in Dublin? Possibly around Pearst Street? Came across it on an 1846 Baptism record but can't find it on any maps. Here is the record. Parents names are John and Bridget.

http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/reels/d-30-2-1-199.pdf

P. Breathnach

It looks like a record that is easy to misread!

I am tempted by the thought that it is a version of Gloucester Street South. The apparent absence of the "l" means that I would not bet the farm on my interpretation.

alie

I was looking up records recently and came across this street too.

Waitsian

To my eyes it looks like three words. Could the bottom word be Howth? Or South possibly? The top word could be any number of things, it's very hard to read.

P. Breathnach

mod9maple wrote: »

To my eyes it looks like three words. Could the bottom word be Howth? Or South possibly? The top word could be any number of things, it's very hard to read.

Howth is somewhat outside St. Mark's parish; I'm fairly confident that it is "--- St. South".

Wyldwood

Last word is definitely South. I'm not sure the first letter is a G, it seems to have been written over part of the surname, could it be an L?

shanew

could it be an abbreviated Gloucester St. South, with a smudged 'L' ?

It was in St. Marks CofI / Civil parish and ran between Moss Lane and Peterson's Lane


Shane

shanew

there are a number of births in St. Marks for the street - the spelling varies a bit over time. The oldest records have Gloster, then later Glouster, and Glocester.

The south and north suffix/prefix isn't mentioned in earlier parish listings. Gloucester Street North was close to Gardiner Street/Marlborough Street.


Shane

maidofthemist

shanew wrote: »

could it be an abbreviated Gloucester St. South, with a smudged 'L' ?

It was in St. Marks CofI / Civil parish and ran between Moss Lane and Peterson's Lane


Shane

Yes - I had a look at that too. Maybe that's it. The location would fit. The last name is Higginbotham which he wrote that over 2 lines. No matter how much I look at the address tho, I can't seem to see it ...

shanew

I checked Thom's 1848, and it's the only 'G' street I can see listed in St. Marks parish...

Some of the smaller streets dont appear in the listing..so there a slight possibility that there could be a small lane or side street. I think the 'South' suffix greatly narrows down the possible matches, as this is only used for duplicate streets - e.g. a divided long street, or one with a 'twin' on the opposite side of the Liffey


Shane

maidofthemist

shanew wrote: »

I checked Thom's 1848, and it's the only 'G' street I can see listed in St. Marks parish...

Some of the smaller streets dont appear in the listing..so there a slight possibility that there could be a small lane or side street. I think the 'South' suffix greatly narrows down the possible matches, as this is only used for duplicate streets - e.g. a divided long street, or one with a 'twin' on the opposite side of the Liffey


Shane

Thanks Shane. I think you're right - this must be it. I just found a map from 1798 which spells it Gloster (with the old style f for s) so I guess that's how it is being spelled in the register - http://dublin1798.com/dublin10.htm

Waitsian

P. Breathnach wrote: »

Howth is somewhat outside St. Mark's parish; I'm fairly confident that it is "--- St. South".

Hadn't realised it was that Parish; definitely not Howth then.

Then South, which was my second stab at it.

enfield

Try Grosnover, pronounced Grovener

alie

Grovnoser is in Dublin 6 , never heard of one with a street though.

Victor

enfield wrote: »

Try Grosnover, pronounced Grovener

Grosvenor pronounced Grow-venor.