Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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Census 1841 - 1911
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The London Gazette
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Trade Directories
History of Aveley
Aveley, Purfleet Road c1955
Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith.
History of Aveley >> 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
Aveley
Reproduced courtesy of Footsteps' Shop on Ebay.
Quality reproductions of old photographs.
Rev. Herbert Bennett (Independent)
Thomas Bousfield, tailor
William Brown, tailor
George Down, carpenter, etc.
Mary Dunn, bricklayer
Isaac Finch, parish clerk
Alfred Francis, schoolmaster
Samuel Gibson, builder and undertaker
Thomas Hayward, gardener, etc.
William Thomas Jackson saddler, etc.
Mrs Margaret Joyner
A. Lee, dressmaker.
George Kittle, hairdresser, etc.
Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, bart., Belhus
Charles Martin, plumber, painter, etc.
John Osborn, bricklayer
Harriet Pappin, schoolmistress
Henry Parnell, gardener
Mrs Henrietta Parrott and Miss M.A. Parrott
William Pepper, wheelwright
Charles Lewis Vidal, Esq.
William Foot Vidal, surgeon
Rev. Richard Marsh White, M.A., vicar
Inns and Taverns.
Crown and Anchor, Charles Cook
Ship, Edward Thurlby Hitching
Bakers.
George Brown
Joseph Kittle
Beerhouses.
George Irvine
Mary Sullings
Blacksmiths.
Richard Langley
William Lee
Boot and Shoemakers.
James Gibbons
William Walls
Butchers.
James Blows
William Cutts
Henry Parnell
Farmers.
James Church
George Cook
Robert Ingram
Henry Joslin
John Joyner, Hall
Percy Smith
Luke Valentine
Edward Woodthorp
Grocers, etc.
Fordham Ellis
Joseph Frostick
Henry Lee
John Warner
Belhouse
print published 1834
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