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 East Tilbury
Tilbury, Fort Grounds c1960
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of East Tilbury >> 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
Archibald Thomas, victualler, Ship
Charles Asplin, farmer
Misses barnard, farmers
Charles Bond, shopkeeper
William Creed, victualler, World's End, Tilbury Ferry
Rev. William George Goodchild M.A.., vicar
James Sawall, farmer
John Sawall, farmer
Eleazar Williams, Esq., Rectory
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