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 Stondon Massey
Bricklayer's Arms, Stondon Massey
©John Winfield
Photograph by kind permission of John Winfield,
contributor to the Geograph Project
History of Stondon Massey >> 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
Harriet Bailey, schoolmistress
John Gann, victualler, Bricklayers' Arms
Philip Herman Meyer, Esq., Stondon Place
William Rainbird, gamekeeper
Rev. Edward James Reeve, M.A., rector
William Sawkins, blacksmith
Robert Smith, poulterer
James Storey, shopkeeper
Richard Wren, shoemaker
William Wren, parish clerk
Farmers.
Mrs Frances Collyer
George Gandy
Newman Cook
William Saggers
Thomas Gann, wheelwright and shopkeeper
James French, Stondon Hall
William Page, Stondon Villa,
Edmund Saunders
David Prentice
James Webb
James Webb, jun.
Jeremiah Wooltorton
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.