Thanks for that Brian! Long shots are worth trying! Lyn IrishRecordFinder <irishrecordfinder@yahoo.com> wrote: For what it's worth Lyn, there was a Letitia Hart running a Ladies Boarding School, 18 Eccles St, in 1829. Coincidentally there is also a Margaret Hart listed at 14 Lr Pembroke St but this Margaret is a Tallow Chandler so unlikely. The wealthy in Dublin were too numerous to list. Brian --- Lyn Freeman wrote: > Thanks Adele. Do you know anything about the landed > gentry in Dublin in those days? > > Lyn > > Adele wrote: > most likely landed gentry in Dublin in those > days... like my Gt. Gt. > Grandfather some years later than 1804 in Liverpool > .. he came from Dublin, > he had a massive house and employed many staff to > run it, and had a business > there too..Adele > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lyn Freeman" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 7:21 AM > Subject: [Dublin] Governess in Dublin > > > > Hello list! > > > > My 3 x great grandmother, Margaret HART was born > in Dublin in 1804. I > > believe she was a governess. My 3 x great > grandfather, John MARTIN was a > > coastguard stationed at Kilmichael near Wicklow, > Dalkey nee Dublin, then > > Dublin South. Apparently they eloped together and > moved to Kent where he > > continued to be in the coastguard service. > > > > Would there have been many places in 1829 where > she could have been a > > governess? Who were the wealthy people in Dublin > at this time who could > > have employed her? > > > > Any help much appreciated! > > > > Lyn Freeman > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > All New Yahoo! Mail - Tired of Vi@gr@! come-ons? > Let our SpamGuard protect > > you. > > > > > > ==== IRL-DUBLIN Mailing List ==== > > List Administrator for the Dublin Mailing List is > Jan Cortez. Email me at > > janacortez@charter.net with any concerns about the > list. > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million > records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the > world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Inbox full of spam? Get leading spam protection and > 1GB storage with All New Yahoo! Mail. > > > ==== IRL-DUBLIN Mailing List ==== > List Administrator for the Dublin Mailing List is > Jan Cortez. Email me at janacortez@charter.net with > any concerns about the list. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death > Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger NEW - crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail