Category Archives: Directories

New York City Directories 1849 &1850

Entries for 1850[1] r = rear Buggy, James     laborer                 430 Cherry Buggy, William   tailor                      r. Trinity Pl. Buggy, William   harnessmaker      r. 48 Roosevelt Entries for 1849[2] Buggy, James     laborer                 430 Cherry [1] Ensign &Thayer, compilers. Ensign and Thayer’s Street and … Continue reading

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New York City Directory 1871

Entries from the 1871 New York City Directory.[1] h = home address                                                                                                                        Wash’n = Washington Buggy, John        driver    h 743 Ninth av. Buggy, John        laborer  h 420 Cherry Buggy, John        laborer  h 272 tenth av. Buggy, John        tailor      h 18 … Continue reading

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Pigot and Co.’s Provincial Directory of Ireland 1824

Countless individuals give huge amounts of their free time towards making genealogical records more accessible to those conducting family history research. One such person is John Hayes at his website failteromhat.com. On this site he has various transcriptions and scanned … Continue reading

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Slater’s National Commercial Directory of Ireland 1846

The expanded version of Slater’s National Commercial Directory of Ireland began in 1846 and was published intermittently for the rest of the century.[1] It was very much the successor to Pigot’s Commercial Directory of Ireland which began publication in the … Continue reading

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Trow’s New York City Directory 1856

I have previously featured some directories from Ireland and Philadelphia on this blog. Continuing in this vein, this listing of Buggy names comes from Trow’s 1856 New York City Directory. It was compiled by H. Wilson and published by John … Continue reading

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McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory 1855

McElroy’s Philadelphia Directory was first published in 1837 and these entries are taken from the 1855 edition. [1] In all, three Buggy men are listed. Two worked in manufacturing in Manayunk and the other worked in the north Pennslyvania area … Continue reading

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Thom’s Directory of Ireland 1852

Directories began to appear in Ireland in the 18th Century. Two of the first include Peter Wilson’s in Dublin in 1751 and Ferrar’s Directory of Limerick in 1769. By the mid 19th century all-Ireland directories were in publication. One of … Continue reading

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Kilkenny City and County Guide and Directory 1884

The following entries come from Kilkenny City and County Guide and Directory. It was compiled by George Henry Bassett and published in 1884 by Sealy, Bryers and Walker in Dublin. Fifteen men with the Buggy name are listed below. They … Continue reading

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