Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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History of Rawreth
History of Rawreth >> 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
Joseph Adams, parish clerk
George Brown, blacksmith, and victualler, Carpenters’ Arms
Thomas Budd and Mrs, school
James Pavitt, corn factor and miller, Battlebridge
William Pepper, bailiff, Telfords
Rev. Stewart Smyth, B.A., curate
Rev. John Calcutta White, M.A., rector
Farmers.
John Allen, Beches
Robert Brown, Burrel's and Price's
William Clark, Tryndehay
Mrs Charlotte Foster, Beches
John Goldstone, Beke Hall
John Grout, Chichester Hall
William Taylor Meeson, Telford's; and coal and lime merchant, Battlebridge
Joseph Peace, Withertons
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