Individual Details
Thomas Joseph TREACY
(13 Apr 1881 - 13 Apr 1969)
The sponsors at Thomas's baptism was Sarah Carew, probably his aunt. There was no other sponsor listed on the baptism record.
Thomas began his career working at the gasworks in Tipperary town; according to the 1911 census he was a "gas account collector". On 28 September 1914 he took over the management of the gasworks in Carrick-on-Suir (located on the Quay), eventually buying the Carrick gasworks from the owner, Mr. Anderson. I am unsure as to the year of purchase but it would probably have been during the mid- or late 1930s as it is known that Mr. Anderson still owned the Carrick gasworks in 1933.
Difficulties in getting parts from England for gasworks repairs during World War II led to problems in manufacturing gas at the Carrick works so Thomas decided to switch to the making of charcoal and in 1942 the large gasometers were dismantled. The business eventually concentrated on the sales of coal, coke and briquettes, and subsequently incorporated sales of gas stoves and heaters.
Thomas began his career working at the gasworks in Tipperary town; according to the 1911 census he was a "gas account collector". On 28 September 1914 he took over the management of the gasworks in Carrick-on-Suir (located on the Quay), eventually buying the Carrick gasworks from the owner, Mr. Anderson. I am unsure as to the year of purchase but it would probably have been during the mid- or late 1930s as it is known that Mr. Anderson still owned the Carrick gasworks in 1933.
Difficulties in getting parts from England for gasworks repairs during World War II led to problems in manufacturing gas at the Carrick works so Thomas decided to switch to the making of charcoal and in 1942 the large gasometers were dismantled. The business eventually concentrated on the sales of coal, coke and briquettes, and subsequently incorporated sales of gas stoves and heaters.
Events
| Birth | 13 Apr 1881 | Murgasty, Co. Tipperary | |||
| Christen | Abt 13 Apr 1881 | Tipperary | |||
| Marriage | 12 Jan 1915 | Church of S.S. Peter And Paul, Cork - Ellen O'SULLIVAN | |||
| Death | 13 Apr 1969 | Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary |  | ||
| Burial | New Cemetery, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary |
Families
| Spouse | Ellen O'SULLIVAN (1887 - 1972) |
| Child | Patrick TREACY (1915 - 1915) |
| Child | Mary Frances (Joan) TREACY (1920 - 2003) |
| Child | Sheila TREACY (1923 - 2012) |
| Child | Thomas Noel (Noel) TREACY (1926 - 2009) |
| Father | Thomas TREACY (1821 - 1895) |
| Mother | Mary CAREY (1851 - 1929) |
| Sibling | John TREACY (1873 - 1874) |
| Sibling | John TREACY (1874 - ) |
| Sibling | Edmund TREACY (1875 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Timothy (Timmy) Joseph TREACY (1878 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Martin Joseph TREACY (1883 - 1977) |