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 Bulphan
Bulphan, Fen Lane c1955
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Bulphan >> 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
William Ansell, shopkeeper and victualler, Harrow
Francis Bloomfield, shopkeeper
Mrs Sarah Gotts, Wick Place
John Irvine, wheelwright and smith
Thomas Jiggins, parish clerk
James Mann, shopkeeper
John Straight and Jonathan Straight, wheelwrights
Ann Waite, beerhouse
Joseph Went, baker, etc.
Farmers.
George Bash
Henry Buckenham
John Carver
James Cole, Wick
William Colles
Jesse Gotts
Henry Mann, Hall
Jane Mann, Hall
Daniel Stevens, Garlesters
William Steven, Farren
Richard Wallis
Thomas Woollings
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