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 Alresford
History of Alresford >> White's Directory 1863
White's Directory of Essex 1863 - list of inhabitants.
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1863 directory is the 1861 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
Edward Abbott, saddler, etc.
Joseph Barton, brick maker and builder
James Grimwood, blacksmith,
William Warwick Hawkins, Esq., Hall
Edward Henry Howchin, grocer and draper, etc.
Mrs Nancy Malby, butcher
Rev. James Hopkins Swainson, M.A., rural dean and rector
Charles Taylor, victualler, Pointer
Benjamin Wade, carpenter
Samuel Watsham, shoemaker
Mrs Charlotte Watsham, schoolmistress
John Wells, baker and parish clerk
Farmers.
Matthew Henry Barton, Brook Farm
Joseph Barton
David Carter
Samuel Candler, Lodge
William Cockrell
Edward Stammers
Henry Emeny
Frederick Wade
Benjamin Wade
Thomas Ward
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