City Directory

Searching out what happens between the ten year census is always a challenge. In the 1900 Census my grandfather is listed as messenger. What about after 1900. That is where the City Directory becomes important. The bad part is that not all cities published directories. Toledo did, but Charleroi did not. He is not listed in the 1901 Toledo directory and there was none published in 1902. Trying to follow my grandfather I think he was in Charleroi having been sent there by Mac Beth Evans to work in the glass factory maybe as early as 1901. There he married in 1903 and my father was born in 1906. Without a City Directory it has been difficult to follow him there. Back in Toledo from 1907 to 1915 in the City Directory he is listed as a glass worker. In 1916 his occupation changed to owning a restaurant. The city directory also provides the address for the family, important if you want to follow the homes where your family lived. The question is when was he sent to Charleroi?