Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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Census 1841 - 1911
Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
The London Gazette
Newspaper archives
Trade Directories
History of High Laver
All Saints Church, High Laver
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History of High Laver >> 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
Daniel Byford, shopkeeper
John Burgess, parish clerk
Thomas Cooper, carpenter and victualler, Chequers
George Ellis, baker
Mr Thomas Heath
Charles Godfrey, wheelwright and beerhouse
John Redington, wheelwright
Rowland Robinson, blacksmith
Rev. Horace Smith, B.A., rector
Samuel Scott, tailor
John Stock, carpenter, etc.
George Vale, basket maker, etc.
William Barnard, High Laver Hall
Tobias Benson
Charles Blyth
James Cassidy
James Caten
George Gingell
James Hazlewood
John Snow, and castrator
John Stone
John Thurgood
Francis Stone, and maltster
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