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 Berden
St. Nicholas' Church, Berden
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History of Berden >> 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
John Beard, grocer and draper
George Chipperfield, tailor
Rev. Christopher Flood Cook, B.A., incumbent
John King, swine dealer
Joseph Knightly, parish clerk
William Rayment, Raven Inn
John Sibley, wheelwright and smith
Farmers.
John Beard
Daniel Sibley
William Hayden, Brick House
Mary Elizabeth Hodges, Berden Hall
John Raymont, Little London
Elizabeth Seabrook, Priory
George Seabrook, Little London
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