Burnham Surname Ancestry ResultsOur indexes 1000-1999 include entries for the spelling 'burnham'. In the period you have requested, we have the following 424 records (displaying 231 to 240): Single Surname Subscription | | | Buying all 424 results of this search individually would cost £2,358.00. But you can have free access to all 424 records for a year, to view, to save and print, for £100. Save £2,258.00. More... |
These sample scans are from the original record. You will get scans of the full pages or articles where the surname you searched for has been found. Your web browser may prevent the sample windows from opening; in this case please change your browser settings to allow pop-up windows from this site.  British merchant seamen
(1835-1836)
At this period, the foreign trade of ships plying to and from the British isles involved about 150,000 men on 15,000 ships; and the coasting trade about a quarter as many more. A large proportion of the seamen on these ships were British subjects, and so liable to be pressed for service in the Royal Navy; but there was no general register by which to identify them, so in 1835 parliament passed a Merchant Seamen's Registration Bill. Under this act this large register of British seamen was compiled, based on ships' crew lists gathered in British and Irish ports, and passed up to the registry in London. Each seaman was assigned a number, and the names were arranged in the register by first two letters of the surname (our sample scan shows one of the pages for 'Sm'); in addition, an attempt was made to separate out namesakes by giving the first instance of a name (a), the second (b), and so on. But no effective method was devised to prevent the same man being registered twice as he appeared in a second crew list; moreover, the original crew lists were clearly difficult for the registry clerks to copy, and some of the surname spellings appear to be corrupted. A parliamentary committee decided that the system devised did not answer the original problem, and this register was abandoned after less than two years: but it is an apparently comprehensive source for British merchant seamen in 1835 to 1836. The register records the number assigned to each man; his name; age; birthplace; quality (master, captain, mate, 2nd mate, mariner, seaman, fisherman, cook, carpenter, boy &c.); and the name and home port of his ship, with the date of the crew list (usually at the end of a voyage). Most of the men recorded were born in the British Isles, but not all (for instance, Charleston and Stockholm appear in the sample scan). The final column 'How disposed of' is rarely used, and indicates those instances where a man died, was discharged, or deserted his ship during the voyage.BURNHAM. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Insolvents
(1836)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksBURNHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Insolvents
(1837)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksBURNHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Proprietors of Hull Banking Company
(1838)
The provincial banks of England and Wales made annual returns to the Stamp Office of their proprietors or shareholders. These returns, registered in March 1838, from the 103 banks then in existence, contain the full names and addresses of about 30,000 shareholders.BURNHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Bankrupts
(1839)
Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
BURNHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Dividends of bankrupts' estates
(1839)
Dividends from moneys raised from bankrupts' estates in England and WalesBURNHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1839)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsBURNHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Trustees and Solicitors
(1839)
Trustees appointed to take over bankrupts' estates in England and Wales, and their solicitors. Trustees are often friends or relatives of the bankrupt: and/or principal creditors
BURNHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Householders of the parish of St Thomas in the city of Oxford
(1841)
A parliamentary poll of the freemen and electors of the City of Oxford was taken 30 June 1841, the candidates being Donald Maclean (Mac), James Haughton Langston (Lan) and Neill Malcolm (Mal). The poll book records the names, addresses and occupations of the householders, district by district, as well as the names of the freemen of the city, and shows for whom they voted.BURNHAM. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Members of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
(1841)
The Royal Agricultural Society of England was founded in 1840 and rapidly attracted a wide membership of agriculturists. This list of members who joined between 1840 and 1841 was printed in the second volume of the society's journal. It gives each member's name in full (surname first), town residence (if any), and country residence.
BURNHAM. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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