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 Wimbish
Wimbish, the Village Shop c1950
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Wimbish >> 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
Henry Barker, shoemaker
William Butcher, parish clerk
John Chapman, beerhouse
Mrs Coe, schoolmistress
Edward Harrison, carrier and shopkeeper
George Jackson, carpenter and beerhouse
John Jeffery, blacksmith
John Kitteridge, bricklayer
Henry Matthews, boot and shoemaker
William Mynott, jun., miller and beerhouse
John Parkin, boot and shoemaker
Rev. George Ranking, Vicarage
John Richardson, shopkeeper
Farmers. (* are owners)
Henry Archer
John Boatman
* John Baynes
* Daniel Emson
* John Bunton, Rayments
John Franklin
Mrs Franklin
Edward French
Henry Giblin
Thomas Westrop Gayton
Richard Hill
Elizabeth Heard
Charles Ketley, Abbot’s Farm
Mary Mills
Thomas Norris
William Mynott
John Mynott
John Surrey
John Thurgood, Lower House
George Townsend, Burnt House
Matthew Winder, Thunderley Hall
Charles Wisbey, Frogs Green
* William Wiseman, Cold-End
Thomas Wright
William Woodham
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