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 Little Wakering
History of Little Wakering >> 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
John Brown, parish clerk
Edward Burgess, bricklayer, etc.
William Oilman, gardener
Joseph Harvey, baker and shopkeeper
John Nichols, victualler, Castle
William Norden, bailiff, Wic Farm
Samuel Taylor, shoemaker
Farmers.
Charles Asplin, Wakering Hall
Abel Cause, Barrow Hall
William Cockerton, Champs Farm
John Gower, Vicarage
William Holmstead, Dam-head
Cristopher Parsons, New England Island
Mrs Louisa Pissey, Abbot's Hall
John Rumble, Wic Farm
James Whitwell, George Whitwell, and William Whitwell, Little Potton Island
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