2 Replies to “Dublin Keatings: 1800 Gentleman’s and Citizen’s Almanack”
Are women included?
Sadly, not in the earlier almanac(k)s and directories. In later editions, they start to show up, but all too often, their identity is often hidden behind “Mrs. Keating” or “The Misses Keating”. Occasionally, we get an initial or even a partial name. One “Mrs. E. Keating” (perhaps my teaching ancestor) ran an ad in the Dublin Free Press newspaper that does include her full name and the address, but sadly, that’s uncommon.
I’m hoping (expecting, really) that once I start digging into the church archives, we’ll see more of the population, and not just the gentlepeople and business owners.
Are women included?
Sadly, not in the earlier almanac(k)s and directories. In later editions, they start to show up, but all too often, their identity is often hidden behind “Mrs. Keating” or “The Misses Keating”. Occasionally, we get an initial or even a partial name. One “Mrs. E. Keating” (perhaps my teaching ancestor) ran an ad in the Dublin Free Press newspaper that does include her full name and the address, but sadly, that’s uncommon.
I’m hoping (expecting, really) that once I start digging into the church archives, we’ll see more of the population, and not just the gentlepeople and business owners.