gduffy42

Thank you, Bubblewrap, annswabey and Cliff Ton. The photo of Popham Street shows a church towering over the scene. . The before mentioned John Duffy (my grandfather's brother) and his wife, Bridget Daley, were married there in 1882. What a beautiful church! Annswabey -- two associated families of the Duffys were the Corcorans and the Donoghues. The Corcorans mostly remained in Longton and live in that area to this day. The Donoghues (Donohues or Donahues) may have moved to Nottingham, as well. I need to do more research on them. I spent a week in Longton in 1979 and nosed around a bit. Th

I want to particularly thank Annswabey for her census search for nearby streets (why didn't I think of that?). Also thanks to Cliff Ton for that wonderful map. I would very much like to know the title of that map and its date. That photo is fantastic! Wow! Thank you so much, Bubblewrap. I wonder, too, what year it might have been taken? Thanks!

Thank you all for your interest and excellent replies. It does indeed seem to be Foundry Yard where my grandfather lived as a boy. George Duffy had two older brothers who worked as bricklayers. They were born in Longton, Staffordshire (the Potteries) but apparently came to Nottingham (circa 1879) for steadier work. I presume that a lot of buildings were going up in Nottingham at the time. Within a few years of moving there, they emigrated to Rhode Island (circa 1885) and on to Trenton, NJ (circa 1888). A recent search of the Nottingham Sentinel for this period (via Find My Past) turned up a f

Hello! This is my first posting to Nottstalgia. According to the 1881 census of Nottingham, my Duffy family lived at 31 Foundry Rd. I suspect that this road's name was changed sometime in the interim. I wonder if anyone might know where this place exists now? Are there any old maps on-line that might show it? I also suspect that it fell within the district known as Narrow Marsh. Not sure about that, but on the census return, it was located in the ward of St. Mary. Thanks for any help.