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Boiler Makers' Arms, 21 Victoria Dock Road, Canning Town

A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Essex. The Essex listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.

Canning Town index

Also see the History of Canning Town

The address is 21 Victoria Road in 1891, 1906 and 1911 census

Known Residents

The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

1862/James Giles/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's

1870/James Giles/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's

13/9/1872/James Giles/Beer Retailer/../../Petty Sessions ****

1871/James Giles/Beer Seller/32/St James's, Middx/Census ***
1871/Eliza Giles/Wife/34/North Netherton, Somerset/Census
1871/James Giles/Son/7/West Ham, Essex/Census
1871/Hannah Lewis/Niece/23/North Netherton, Somerset/Census

1874/James Giles/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's

15/8/1874/Henry Payne/Beer Retailer/../../Petty Sessions ****

15/7/1876/Henry Payne jun/Beer Retailer/../../Petty Sessions ****

1878/Henry Payne/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's

1881/Henry Payne/Beerseller/28/Limehouse, Middlesex/Census
1881/Sarah Payne/Wife/28/Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales/Census
1881/Sarah Davis/Niece/8/Cardiff/Census
1881/William Lemon/Barman/17/Poplar, Middlesex/Census
1881/Kate Daley/Barmaid/16/Rotherithe, Surrey/Census

1882/Henry Payne/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's

1886/Henry Payne/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's

1891/Thomas Waters Haws/Beer House Keeper/32/Brentwood, Essex/Census ****
1891/Elizabeth Mary Haws/Wife/31/Romford, Essex/Census
1891/Ellen Sophia Haws/Daughter/5/Battersea, Surrey/Census
1891/Mable Gertrude Haws/Daughter/2/Upton Park, Essex/Census
1891/Adelaide Hester Staden/General Servant/17/Millwall, London/Census
1891/William Albert Austen/Potman/19/Wanstead, Essex/Census

1906/Wm A Haines/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's ***

In 1907, there was the marriage of my great aunt, Janet Mc Phedran Langham (nee Baxter) to William Alfred Haines - beer house keeper at the Boiler Makers Arms, Victoria Dock Road. By the l9ll census he had left this address ***

1907/William Alfred Haines/Beer Retailer/../../Mariage certificate ***

1908/John Smith/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's

1911/John Smith/Beer House Keeper, Widow/31/Spitalfields, London/Census ****
1911/Edward Hart/Assistant, Widow/62/Spitalfields, London/Census
1911/Charles Whiteman/Barman/18/Bow Common, London/Census

1912/John Smith/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's

1917/Henry Cecil Unicume/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's

1925/Charles W. Graves/Beer Retailer/../../Kelly's


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