Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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Census 1841 - 1911
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The London Gazette
Newspaper archives
Trade Directories
History of Bowers Gifford
History of Bowers Gifford >> 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
Eliza Bell, schoolmistress
Charles Ellison, blacksmith and victualler, Gun
James Gates, policeman
Mrs Susan Read
J. Pomfleet, shoemaker
George Savall, shoemaker
James Smith, parish clerk
Rev. William Walter Tireman, M.A., rector
William Webb, grocer and draper
Farmers.
Mrs Sarah Blakeley, Blue House
Charles Masters
Charles Revans
William Moore, Little Charlton
Charles Shuttleworth, Bower's Hall
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