Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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Census 1841 - 1911
Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
The London Gazette
Newspaper archives
Trade Directories
History of West Mersea
West Mersea, the Strood c1955
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of West Mersea >> White's Directory 1848
White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants.
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1848 directory is the 1851 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
West Mersea
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Quality reproductions of old photographs.
John Bacon, butcher
Henry Banks, tailor
William Boley, shoemaker
John Collard, coast guard
Charles Downes, miller and baker
William Francis, policeman
Daniel Halls, coal and corn merchant
John Haxall, parish clerk
Lieut, J.B. Kooystra, commander of the coast guard schooner
John Ladbrook, bricklayer
William McCullen, riding officer
Henry John May, oyster merchant
Thomas May, Esq.
Joseph Munson, blacksmith
Samuel Munson, wheelwright
William Munson, tailor
John Sargeant Norman, surgeon
Miss Overall, schoolmistress
Stephen Overall, coal merchant
William Skelton, decoyman
Charles Southgate, ship owner
William Robert Stedman, victualler, White Hart
Capt. Alfred Edward Williams, Hall
Beerhouses.
Robert Gentry
William Rogers
Farmers.
Simon Baldery
Edwin Bean
Henry Bean
Francis Blyth
Thomas Blyth
Thomas Boley
Matthew Bonner
Thomas Brand
Charles Cock
George Croyden, Brick House
Thomas Fenner, (and baker)
Martin Harvey, Pette Hall
Thomas Green Harvey
Henry Medcalf Hawes
John Hawes
Thomas Keable
Thomas Strutt
Thomas Tracey
Arthur Watling
Joseph Watson, Bocking Hall
Fishermen (Oysters, etc.)
Arnold Freshwater
Thomas Freshwater
William Freshwater
John Innes
Henry John May
William Spitty
Gardeners.
Elijah Pullen
John Pullen
Mrs. Pullen
Grocers, etc.
James Kemp
William White (and draper)
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