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 Chrishall
The Red Cow Inn, Chrishall
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History of Chrishall >> 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
Thomas Baker, boot and shoemaker
James Bean, corn miller
Mrs S. Brand, grocer and draper
Joseph Cane, shoemaker
Miss Dant, schoolmistress
Breans Miller, parish clerk
James Patches, victualler, Red Cow
Nicholas Walter Soole, carpenter
Rev. Robert Green Hibbert Ware, B.A., vicar
James Wallman, blacksmith and beerhouse
Farmers.
Edwin Brand, Cheswick Hall
Robert Brand and William Brand, Building-End,
Robert Crane, Wire Farm
Joseph Downham, Parsonage
Samuel Jonas, Grange
Peter Nash
Thomas Pigg
Joseph Newman, and shopkeeper
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