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 Great Clacton (Clacton)
Clacton-on-Sea, Christchurch 1891
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Great Clacton >> 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
Edmund Almond, veterinary surgeon
T. Bagley, victualler, Ship Inn
James Beckworth, corn miller
James Bevans, tailor
Rev. Henry George Nassau Bishop B.A., Vicarage
Cornelius Coughly, inspector, Towers
Philip Dennis, gentleman
William Dixey, victualler, Queen's Head Inn
John Gilder, maltster
William Gladding, butcher
Henry Hand, tailor
Philip Joy, plumber, glazier, etc.
Abraham Maskell, glover, Post Office
William Ormes, tailor
John Henry Parker, surgeon
Edward Quinn, battery keeper
Charles Riches, builder
Hurren Riches, baker
Joseph Rouse, baker, Green
Clere William S Sadler, butcher
Peter Scrutton, butcher
Mrs Mary Warner
John Wilson, carpenter
Samuel Wilson, schoolmaster
William Wilson, bricklayer
Beer Houses.
William Reed
Robert Vinall
William Wilson
Blacksmiths.
William Pigg
Thomas Pyman
Boot and Shoe Makers.
Daniel Clark
Henry Ennever
Philip Mann
Jacob Reed
George Sealey
Joseph Wink (and parish clerk)
Grocers, etc.
Sarah Granger
Philip Harris
James Hawes
Farmers.
George Brandon
Thomas Brown
William Feedham
Henry Giles
William Hackney
Daniel Howard
Joseph Howard
George Ianson
Robert Large, maltster
Robert Newman, Can Hall
William Nicholson, Sladburies
James Page
Robert Page
William Peeling
Stowers Posford, Burrs
Widow Pudney
Sarah Rayner
Cleere Sadler
C.W.S. Sadler
John Salmon
Joseph Salmon, Wash
William Skeet
John Smith, Aulton Park
Philip Baker Smith, Wick
Wheelwrights.
Bejamin Granger
William Nevill
William Reed, Green
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