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 Wethersfield
Wethersfield, the Green 1903
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History of Wethersfield >> 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
Wethersfield
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Marked 2 are at Blackmore-End, and 3, at Beazeley-End.
Alfred Baker, relieving officer and registrar
John Birtles, carpenter, etc.
Mrs Byford
Mrs Hardy
Rev. John Henry Cadonx, (Independent)
2 Thomas Carder and Joseph Carder, bricklayers
Richard Chaplin, straw plat dealer
2 George Cook, cattle, etc., dealer
James Cornell, basket maker
John Day, policeman
John Freestone, bailiff, Rook Farm
Thomas Goldstone, saddler and ropemaker
Thomas Hasler, tailor and draper
Thomas Hutton, veterinary surgeon
Thomas Knight, excise officer
Rev. William Marsh, M.A., vicar, Wethersfield Place
Rev. Nigel Neville, curate
Edwin Potter, painter, plumber, etc.
Thomas Raven, brewer and maltster
Rev. John Roy, B.A., curate and lecturer, Vicarage
Henry Rust, surgeon, Hall
Mr James Salmon
Frederick Smee, parish clerk and shopkeeper
Thomas White, Esq., Manor House
William Wood and Mrs, National Schools
Inns and Taverns.
2 Bull, Jeremiah Player
3 Gock, Mrs Ann Hitching
Dog, William Shead, (and miller)
Red Lion, William Cro
Farmers.
Isaac Adams, Spicer's
2 Robert Brand, Little Codham Sail
John Burder, Great Codham Hall
James Carter, Saffron Farm
Joseph Cornell, Summer's Hall
Christopher Davey, Danvales
Alfred Fitch, Fattens
Joseph Fitch, Codham Mill
Thomas Hall, The Elms
Richard Hitching, Wavers
Thomas Legerton, Hogg's Sail
Charles Benjamin Livermore Greys, etc.
Henry Metson, Pannell's
Thomas Metson, School Green
2 James Metson, (dealer), Blackmore
Mrs Elizabeth Codham Mott, Little Paris
3 William Samuel Parmenter, Woolmers
Abraham Quilter, Beazeley End
Thomas Raven, Russell's
Thomas Smee, Glebe Farm
Walter Whitlock, Baker's
2 William Shaw Wright, Pouches, etc.
Wethersfield
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Bakers, etc.
Henry Bowtle
William Squires
2 James Smith
William Watts
Beerhouses.
2 Joseph Choat
3 Hannah Cockerton
Edwin Martin
James Stanes
Blacksmiths.
John Ashby
3 James Bale
James Gunn
3 Suckling Thomas
Boot and Shoemakers.
2 Reuben Bacon
Joseph Boyton
3 David Johnson
William Mountford
Henry Robertson
2 John Smee
William Westwood
Butchers.
Joseph Davey
Frederick Augustus King
Corn Millers.
Joseph Fitch
2 Edward Mansfield
William Shead
Gardeners.
James Carter
Joseph Tanner
Grocers and Drapers.
Henry Baker
Elizabeth Firmin
2 James Smith
Shopkeepers.
3 Hannah Cockerton
Mary Eley
Frederick Smee
James Stanes
Straw Hat Makers.
Ann Boyton
Caroline Butcher
Ann Westwood
Wheelwrights.
2 Samuel Gunn
Charles Metson
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