Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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Perhaps these articles on our website may help:
Census 1841 - 1911
Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
The London Gazette
Newspaper archives
Trade Directories
History of Althorne
Althorne, the Corner c1955
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History of Althorne >> White's Directory 1848
White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants.
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1848 directory is the 1851 census. There are a number of commercial providers of census returns. These include:
Note: the directory lists the names in the following order: Surname, First Name. It also abbreviates names. These have been reversed and typed in full to assist research.
My ancestor lived here at this time, but why aren't they listed here? Answer: Not everyone appeared in a trade directory. Please read our Trade Directories article
Althorne
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Rev. James Bruce, rector
William Bruce, veterinary surgeon
William Carruthers, farm bailiff
William Firbank, baker
Thomas Harris, blacksmith
Joseph Linn, bricklayer and victualler, Lion
Thomas Newman, blacksmith and beerhouse
John Panton, parish clerk
Joseph Potter, wheelwright
T.D.F. Tatham, Ash Cottage
Carpenters.
John Fincham
George Linn
Isaac Raymond
Althorne
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Farmers.
Ann Bourne
James Frost
Richard Gardener
Joseph Green, Bridge Marsh
Joseph Howe
Henry George Kemp
Henry Peacock
W. and A. Schreiber, Stoke Hall
William Russell
T.F. Wilson, Hall
Grocers, etc.
Samuel Beard
Thomas Wicks
Shoemakers.
Samuel Beard
Robert Dean
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