#52ancestors Post Thirty-Four: Find Descriptions of Your Irish Family's Homes in the Census

Last week's writing prompt for #52ancestors is Non-Population. This term, related to the census, does not count people as in the Population schedules but counts those items related to resources and needs. In the United States, these non-population schedules were used to identify and quantify information related to agriculture, mortality, and manufacturing. 

In Ireland, the 1901 and 1911 census records include non-population information about the homes of our ancestors on the House and Building Return and the Out-Offices and Farm-Steadings Return.

Click to enlarge. James Murray's home is found on line 21 of this 1911 census record. 

James Murray was reported as the landowner of a house with 5 to 6 rooms in Ballyvelaghan on both the 1901 and 1911 House and Building Returns. The walls were made of stone, brick, or concrete. The roof was a perishable material such as wood or thatch and there were four windows in the front of the home. In 1901, there were three outbuildings; a stable, a piggery, and a barn. In 1911, there were also three outbuildings; a stable, a barn, and a cowhouse.  The home was considered a 2nd Class House.  James, Celia, Patrick, Kate, Julia, and Susan (my husband's grandmother at age 15) were living in the home in 1911. 

In 1911, the only first-class structures near the Murray home were this former police barracks and the post office building. 

In 1901, William Quinn was a landowner and lived in a private dwelling in Caheravoneen South, County Galway with his family; Bridget (his wife), John, Mary Anne, Margaret, William (my husband's grandfather - age 6), Peter, Celia, Bridget (Delia), and a servant Bridget Lyons.  

The walls of the house were made of stone, brick, or concrete and the roof was made of a perishable material (probably thatch).  There were 2, 3, or 4 rooms and two windows in the front making this a 3rd class house. Outbuildings included a stable, a cowhouse, and a piggery. 

This was the Fahy home in Caheravoneen South. In 1981, the owner, Michael Fahy, told us the Quinn home was next door until the Black and Tan burned the home in 1921. 

In 1911, Bridget Quinn was the head of the household and the landowner. She lived in the same home with five children; John, William, Peter, Celia, and Delia. 
This same home was described as stone, brick, or concrete with a perishable material for a roof. This time, It was said there were three windows on the front and it was deemed a 2nd class house. There were four outbuildings; a stable, barn, cowhouse, and shed. 

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Diana
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Sources

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Diana Bryan Quinn

FamilySearch Wiki." Non-Population Schedules Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Aug. 2018. <https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Non-Population_Schedule

Former Barracks at New Quay - Ballyvelaghan Townland cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Mac McCarron - geograph.org.uk/p/832541 Geograph Britain and Ireland. Web. 25 Aug. 2018. <https://www.geograph.org.uk/reuse.php?id=832541>.

Residents of house 3 in Caherawoneen South (Cahermore, Galway). 1911.  Web. 25 Aug. 2018. <http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Cahermore/Caherawoneen_South/461634/>.

Residents of house 3 in Caheravoneen South (Cahermore, Galway). 1901. Web. 25 Aug. 2018. <http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Cahermore/Caheravoneen_South/1384551/>.

Residents of house 28 in Ballyvelaghan (Abbey, Clare). 1901. Web. 25 Aug. 2018. <http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Clare/Abbey/Ballyvelaghan/1066704/>.

Residents of a house 21 in Ballyvelaghan (Abbey, Clare). 1911. Web. 25 Aug. 2018. <http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Clare/Abbey/Ballyvelehan/350534/>.