Jno. S. Bird & Co.

On King Street.

A listing proves a year, not a span. A house in the 1854 book and the 1858 Review was there in 1854 and in 1858. The years between are not evidenced here, and nothing on this page should be read as saying the firm traded through them.

1854

• Military goods, spectacles, looking glasses, picture frames, surveyors' instruments — Sign of the Gold Spectacles No. 225, in the Bend of King-streetcity from the chapter head, not the cardSouthern Business Directory and General Commercial Advertiser, 1854, p. 369no city tag; same card in De Bow's 1858

1858

• Sign of the Gold Spectacles — spectacles, looking-glasses, picture frames, gilding, surveyors' instruments, thermometers, barometers, telescopes, microscopes, engravings No. 225, in the Bend of King StreetDe Bow's Review, 1858, pp. 41, 53, 71, 105'mar-ly'; same card in 1854

Possibly the same house in the 1852 directory

Entries that share a surname with this firm on the same street. Matched on those two things only; the directory and the advertisement have not been reconciled, and a reader should compare the lines.

• Bird, J S & co, fancy and military goods 225 KingBird, J S & Co, fancy and military goods, 225 King
• Bird, J S fancy and military goods 225 King" J S fancy and military goods, 225 King
• Bird, C H clerk 225 King res. 16 Coming" C H clerk 225 King, 16 Coming

Possibly the same house in the census of 1861

Houses on the same street whose owner or occupant carries the surname. Ford’s register gives no occupation, so this is a name at a number and no more.