Biographies Of Individuals

Most of these posts will contain at least some details about any spouses or family members but are primarily about the individuals. See also graves, wills etc. To see a list of every mention however small of every person on this blog go instead to Person Index on the drop down menu. Many, many more people are listed there (over 7,000). New posts are currently added twice weekly to the blog so if you can't find your family here yet, check back soon! 

 Abbott, George - Greyhound Innkeeper here

Adams, John toy and fancy good seller etc here

Anson, Jane - a troubled life here

Badger, Henry Wildsmith, census taker and parish clerk here

Barnard, Arthur, shop keeper here

Barney, Ann almswoman here

Battie, Dr here

Belcher, Charles tragic young coal heaver -here

Blake, Rebecca photographer here

Boddy, Emma here

Boddy, Harriett here (distressing) 

Bonny, Charles here 

Bowles, Sarah and her criminal career here *Updated Jan 2024*

Bridgman, Albert - head gardener at Thames Bank and seedsman here

Burt, Mary Ann child thief and scholar here

Rev Frederick Bussell, of All Saints - here

Butler - John Charlton, Postmaster features in post here

Butler, Sarah almswoman here

Camden, Steadman shopkeeper here

Cannon, George bookseller and chemist etc here

Carter, Emma - butcher of Spittal Street here

Cassidy, (also Cassaidy) Nurse and hospital  matron Mary Ann here 

Clark, Edwin - engineer, scientist, inventor. Biography included within post here

Clark, Latimer - engineer and inventor brother of Edwin above here

Cleobury, Martha gentlewoman here

Clifford, Theophilus stonemason- Here

Cole, Mary nurse matron here

Columbine, James - drill instructor, Colour Sergeant etc here

Corby, Arthur Harry here

Cocks, Charlotte of The Glade / Cedar House - here

Crake, William -  tax collector and Baptist here

Creswell, Abraham farmer here

Creswell, Nellie Victorian sportswoman - here

Cres(s)well, William - of Compleat Angler - here

Cres(s)well, William farmer and rebel- here

Croker, Edward - head gardener here

Croxon, James - baker, prisoner, campaigner here

Culhane, Doctor Francis his career and romantic troubles here

Dixon, Dr John Dunbar here

East, Robert tragic asylum patient here

Eddowes, John and Lillian here

Edmonds/Edmunds, John here

Edwards, George (Revd) of the Congregational Church / Salem Chapel here

English, Mary (née Sneath) here

Evans, Sarah almswoman here

Foottit, Charles Miller chemist, hotel keeper, fireman and sportsman here

Frith, Emily of Gun Lane. here

Gibbons, Jane almswoman and school nurse here

Gidley, John Presbyterian minister here

Gratton, George Alexander - child "performer" "The Spotted Boy" here

Hall, Rachel, butcher of West Street here

Hammond, Sarah Bliss a spirited gentlewoman here

Harding, Richard - cabinet maker, bird preserver and amateur barge builder here

Harman, Bernal - chemist here

Harman, Henry - Lane End schoolmaster here

Hatch, William- baker and trouble maker here

Hatton, Edward Town Crier here

Haynes, James boatbuilder and carpenter - here

Henderson, Alexander Congregational minister here

Higginson, Martha artist and Jewish convert - here

Hunt, Elizabeth "Lizzie" schoolmistress  here

James, Joseph railway guard here

Keene, Elizabeth (née Windsor) almswoman here

Kilham, Charlotte (née Frith) almswoman here

Langley, John "Jack" X2 Publicans, fruiterer, philanthropists and bookmaker - here

Lee / Tyler Elizabeth the pub landlady with an executed father here

Lomax, Martha, female Victorian lock keeper at Hambledon, here

Lovell, Young builder- here

Lovegrove, Walter (distressing)  - within a post here

Maneely, Police Sergeant John James here

Mather, Revd William Morton of Congregational Church here

Mazongoo, Edward a Victorian African servent here -updated Dec 2023.

Meakes, Joseph ironmonger here

Mearns, Andrew (Revd) - of Congregational Church / Salem Chapel here  

Mitchell, Isabella almswoman here

Moody, Jane - Married name Anson here

Mountain, Revd James- here

Neighbour, Alfred Edmund  here

Neighbour, Hannah nee Hoare here (same post as Alfred above)

Neighbour, John -  convict and brickmaker here

Neighbour, William -  gardener here

Neighbour, Catherine - pub and lodging house keeper - here

North, Ruth toy dealer here

Oetzen, Olga Von - early female dentist short biography and gravestone pic here

Parslow, Mary Ann - Compleat Angler landlady here

Pearce, Thomas postillion and fly proprietor here

Perry, William and Avis, beer shop keepers, poacher here

Phelps, George- Georgian lock keeper - here

Piggott, Jane market gardener here

Plucknett, Ann almswoman here 

Plumridge, Daniel - Victorian postman - here

Plumridge, Frederick - builder here

Plumridge, William  Victorian Lane End sub postmaster and baker- here

Pocock, George early Victorian town beadle here

W T (William Thomas) Porter, coal merchant and cartage contractor here

Povey, Jason butcher, bribed voter here

Price, Sarah midwife here

Ransom(e), Jacob and Hannah - shoemaker and private hotel keepers - here

Riley, Edward chemist, metallurgist and philanthropist - here

Rivers, Peter highwayman here

Roome, Revd William here

Round, William- Spade Oak ferryman here

Rush, David - Victoria Cross holder here

Russell, Joseph - commercial clerk here

Russell, Louisa - pioneering female registrar here (short profile)

Sawyer, Owen baker (distressing content)- here

Shaw, Robert - king of the Thames here

Shaw, William Humphrey - no end of trouble! here

Sheppard, Ephraim landlord of the Greyhound here

Smith, Bernard (Very Reverend / Canon) of St Peter's Catholic Church- here  

Smith, Robert Hayes journalist and stationer- here

Sparkes / Neighbour, Catherine  here

Spicer, Ralph solicitor- here

Stallwood, Edmund - Chartist campaigner here

Henry Stallwood - reformist, returning officer, parish constable etc here

Styles, Thomas (Revd) of the Congregational Church / Salem Chapel here

Susan, Charles radical and emigrant here

Tavender, Revd Frederick Congregational minister- here

Thimblethorp, Harriet - headmistress here

Tyler, William poetic postmaster here

Wallop, Alicia of Marlow Place -here

West, Susan (of the Crown, sad content)- here

Wiggington, Mary Ann, shopkeeper- here


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