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 Burnham-on-Crouch
Burnham-on-Crouch, Town Steps c1965
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Burnham-on-Crouch >> White's Directory 1863
White's Directory of Essex 1863 - list of inhabitants.
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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
Coal Merchants.
George Booking
William Edwards
John Kemp
Isaiah Richmond
Peter Richmond
John Smith
Farmers.
John Bowles
John Bygrave
George Carter
Thomas Carter
Henry Croxon
Abraham Croxon
William Elphick, Hollowell
Christopher Gardner
Charles Grimwade
William Newman, and gardener
William Page
Mrs S Pannell
Orwell Peacock
George Richardson
John Rogers
Grocers and Drapers.
Stephen Argent
John Camping, and carpenter
James Bloomfield
William Hawthorn, and ironmonger
George Hurrell, druggist
Jeffrey Manning
John Prior
J. Rolph, Ostend
John Stoneham
William Westhorp
Oyster Merchants.
John Gillson Auger
William Anger
Mrs Mary Bowton
John Hawkins, Cupola House
Dansey Henry Hawkins
Peter Richmond
Thomas Rogers
Thomas Rogers, jun.
John Smith
Laban Sweeting
John Wright
Oyster Police.
William Piper
William Rogers
Andrew Rome, inspector
William Wallace
Richard Willsteed
Plumbers, Painters and Glaziers.
George Garrood
Edwin James Trussell
Ship Masters.
James Bryant
William Cole
John Cottis
Samuel Fleming
William Taylor
Tailors.
Thomas Bell
Robert Hasler
Vessel Owners.
George Booking
Abraham Clay
William Candy
William Edwards
John Pitt
Isaiah Richmond
Peter Richmond
Samuel Richmond
John Smith
Robert Tracey
Daniel Woolfe
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