Ancestors lost in the crowd?
New to family history research?
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 Prittlewell
Prittlewell, Village 1891
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Prittlewell >> 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
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Prittlewell
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Quality reproductions of old photographs.
Blacksmiths.
Humphrey Adcock
Thomas Lindsell
Alfred Page
Samuel Wolf
Boot and Shoe Makers.
James Dowsett
Henry Dowsett
Edward Garrard
Jeremiah Prime
Stephen Saunders
Bricklayers and Builders.
George Dixon
William Gusterson
Stephen Gusterson
Thomas Spendelow
Butchers.
James Potter Wade
Carpenters and Builders.
James Bragg
William Bragg (and cabinet maker),
George Laver
William Price
William Reed
William Robinson
Coal Merchants.
Thomas Bragg
William Vandervord
Corn Millers.
George Cooper
William Staggs
Drapers.
Thomas Hindes
Benjamin Lewin
Grocers, etc.
Henry Garon
James Howard
James Stockwell
James Potter Wade
Charles Webb (and druggist)
Milliners, etc.
Mrs M. Bragg
Mary A. Garon
Mrs A. Grant
Mrs Garrard
Miss Mead
Prittlewell
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Quality reproductions of old photographs.
Gardeners, etc.
William Prior and Henry Prior
Plumbers, Painters and Glaziers.
Frederick Garon
Saddlers, etc.
John Goodman
John William Grant
Tailors.
Samuel Garrard
Joseph Hunt
George Johnson
Wheelwrights.
Henry Binks
E. E. Hart
Thomas Lindsell
Thomas Worsfield
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Are your ancestors from this location? Why not tell us their story. When were they here? Who were they? What they did they do? Where did they go? Have you an interesting story to tell about them?
Go to the home page of the parish, village or town, and follow the 'My Ancestors' link halfway down the page.