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Harrow, North Benfleet

Harrow, North Benfleet 1915

c. 1915

Provided by Martin Getliffe, the great grandson of Francis William Vickers.

Known Residents

The following entries are in this format:

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

1828/Eleanor Sharp/Licensee/../../Alehouse Recognizances*

1841/Abraham Talbot/publican/30/not Essex/Census **
1841/Jane Talbot/wife/35/Essex/Census **
1841/Abraham Talbot/son/02/Essex/Census **
1841/Mahala Talbot/daughter/6m/Essex/Census **
1841/Eleanor Martin/widow/60/Essex/Census **
1841/George Daniels/servant/14/Essex/Census **
1841/Susanna Potter/servant/20/Essex/Census **
1841/Mary Ann Potter/servant/65/Essex/Census **
1841/Charles Bartholomew/ag lab/20/Essex/Census **

1851/Abraham Talbot/Shopkeeper/../../Post Office

1851/Abraham Talbot/victualler and farmer (137 acres/5 labourers)40/Devonshire/Census **
1851/Jane Talbot/wife/45/North Benfleet, Essex/Census **
1851/Abraham Talbot/son, scholar at home/12/North Benfleet, Essex/Census **
1851/Mahala Talbot/daughter, scholar at home/10/North Benfleet, Essex/Census **
1851/Susanna Talbot/daughter, scholar at home/08/North Benfleet, Essex/Census **
1851/Mary Ann Talbot/daughter, scholar at home/03/North Benfleet, Essex/Census **
1851/John Talbot/son/8m/North Benfleet, Essex/Census **
1851/Mary Collard/servant/17/Ramsden Crays, Essex/Census **
1851/Frederick Smith/lodger, journeyman labourer/30/Great Burstead, Essex/Census **

1855/N. Large/../../../Kelly's****

1861/James Totman/victualler/37/Pleshey/Essex/Census **
1861/Christiana Totman/wife/56/Mucking/Essex/Census **
1861/Sarah Brown/widow/house servant/64/Rayleigh/Essex/Census **
1861/James Roach/reed layer/50/Nevendon/Essex/Census **
1861/Frederick Smith/ag lab/24/Cambridgeshire/Census **

1862/James Totman/../../../Kelly's

1867/James Totman/Shopkeeper/../../Post Office

1870/William Dowman/Shopkeeper/../../Kelly's

1871/William Dowman/Shopkeeper/../../Post Office

1871/William Dorman/innkeeper farming 15 acres/41/Hawkwell/Essex/Census **
1871/Mary Ann Dorman/wife/52/Eastry/Kent/Census **
1871/Emma Dorman/daughter/scholar/11/Rawreth/Essex/Census **
1871/Arthur Dorman/son/scholar/09/Runwell/Essex/Census **
1871/Esther Dorman/daughter/scholar/07/Runwell/Essex/Census **
1871/Stephen J L Pittaway/visitor/unemployed schoolmaster/50/Gosport/Hampshire/Census **
1871/James Roach/lodger/thatcher/61/Vange/Essex/Census **
1871/John Green/lodger/ag lab/25/North Benfleet/Essex/Census **
1871/William Biggs/lodger/ag lab/39/Bowers Gifford/Essex/Census **
1871/James Cross/lodger/ag lab/55/Toppesfield/Essex/Census **

1874/William Dorman/../../../Kelly's

1878/William Dorman/Farmer/../../Kelly's

1881/Frederick Dorman/Publican & Blacksmith/23/Rawreth, Essex/Census
1881/Martha L. Dorman/Wife/23/Hethersett, Norfolk/Census
1881/Laura E. Dorman/Daughter/8m/North Benfleet, Essex/Census
1881/Arthur Wade/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/18/Stanford Le Hope, Essex/Census
1881/Henry Teuse/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/45/Thurston, Suffolk/Census
1881/William Blakeley/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/57/Felsted, Essex/Census
1881/John Austen/Lodger, Agricultural Labourer/31/Essex/Census

1882/Frederick Dorman../../../Kelly's

1886/Frederick Dorman/../../../Kelly's

1890/Frederick Dorman/../../../Kelly's

1891/Frederick Dorman/licensed victualler/33/Wickford/Essex/Census **
1891/Martha L Dorman/wife/33/Hethersett/Norfolk/Census **
1891/Laura E Dorman/daughter/scholar/10/North Benfleet/Essex/Census **
1891/Mildred M Dorman/daughter/scholar/09/North Benfleet/Essex/Census **
1891/Fred W Dorman/son/scholar/07/North Benfleet/Essex/Census **
1891/Arthur G Dorman/son/scholar/05/North Benfleet/Essex/Census **
1891/Ida A Dorman/daughter/03/North Benfleet/Essex/Census **
1891/Elizabeth Warman/barmaid/20/Hethersett/Norfolk/Census **

1894/Edward Dorman/../../../Kelly's

1895/Edward Dorman/../../../Kelly's

1898/James Benson/../../../Kelly's

1899/James Benson/../../../Kelly's

1902/James Benson/../../../Kelly's

1906/Francis Vickers/../../../Kelly's

1908/Francis William Vickers/../../../Kelly's

1910/Francis William Vickers/../../../Kelly's

1912/Francis John Sales/../../../Kelly's

1914/Frederick Vickers/../../../Kelly's

1915/Francis William Vickers/Licensee/../../Family***

1917/Frederick Vickers/../../../Kelly's

1922/James Letham/../../../Kelly's

1925/George Henry John Everitt/../../../Kelly's

1929/George Henry John Everitt/../../../Kelly's

1933/Alec Davidson/../../../Kelly's

1937/Archibald A. Wilson/../../../Kelly's


* Provided by Mike Smith

** Provided by John Mead

*** Provided by Martin Getliffe, the great grandson of Francis William Vickers.

**** Provided by the Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900


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