Hi Karen, Expanding on Rays information, here is James Bates in the surviving Valuation Rolls between 1860-1874. Included for reference, the persons who were living in address' Bates had vacated. YearNo.StreetOccupantOwnerValue (pounds)Property Type1860126Melville StJames Bates Martin McLoughlin 7House1865126Melville StRichard Patterson Robert Worley 7House & Garden1865124Melville StWilliam Kelly Robert Worley 7House & Garden1867124Melville StJames Bates Robert Worley 10Dwelling House & Land1872126Melville StEmpty George Watson 7House & Land 1872138Bathurst StJames BatesHenry Marshall, Hill St 12Dwelling House1874138Bathurst StSamuel BallHenry Marshall, Hill St 12 Dwelling House Interestingly Bathurst Street is listed on Bate's certificate as the place of death. This is crossed out and then Melville Street written above. The undertaker was the informant. Could he have got the information confused?? https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-35346-6421-89?cc=2125029&wc=M7HG-WP8:387523701,387590301,387604401 Cheers, Peter On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Great Bedwyn via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com > wrote: > Hi Karen > > Be aware that the house numbers may well have changed from the late 1800s > to > present. I think for inner Hobart there were two major phases of changes > in > about 1910 and again about 1940 (from fallible memory) but not every > dwelling was affected. > > If you are trying to identify the same house (or location) today, it may > involve a somewhat painstaking trace of the location from the valuation > Roll > of the time (and you will see over time houses being added along the street > in between the existing houses, as blocks are sub divided) forward in time > until Post Office directories kick in about 1900 (consistently), then keep > tracing forward under different owners. > > I've done this a number of times, with mixed success. > > The Metropolitan Drainage Board maps of 1910 and (I think) 1930??? Show > exact numbered property and building outlines, so if you are lucky you can > see the shape of a house and adjacent buildings along the street to see if > it's the same as today. Again, this helps connecting the old numbers to > the > current building. > > Undertakers records have been transcribed by the Tas Family History Society > http://www.tasfhs.org/ and might well reveal the house number of the time. > > Regards > > Malcolm > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-tasmania-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Karen Dunham via > Sent: Monday, 29 September 2014 3:55 PM > To: AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUS-Tas] Addresses in Hobart pre 1895 > > Hi all, > > > > In order to make connections, I'm trying to find out the house numbers of > two people who died in Melville St. Hobart before 1895. James Bates died > 18/1/1873 and his 3 year old daughter died 17/7/1860, both in Melville St. > (But maybe not the same house?) > > > > Are there undertaker's records for those times? Or are there other ways to > ascertain the house numbers in Melville St? > > > > Karen Dunham > > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type > AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >