Add this eBook to your basket to receive access to all 1,311 records. Our indexes include entries for the spelling farmer. In the period you have requested, we have the following 1,311 records (displaying 661 to 670): 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. Great North of England Railway Shareholders
(1837) The return of the railway subscription contracts deposited in the Private Bill Office lists the shareholders in the Great North of England Railway, subscribers towards the £450,995 estimated expense of the project. The list gives witness's name, full name of each subscriber, residence, profession, and sum subscribed. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| London, Salisbury, Exeter, Plymouth and Falmouth Railway Shareholders
(1837) The return of the railway subscription contracts deposited in the Private Bill Office lists the shareholders in the London, Salisbury, Exeter, Plymouth and Falmouth Railway, subscribers to shares amounting to £1,410,865 towards the £1,700,000 estimated expense of the project. The list gives full name of each subscriber (or surname with initials), residence, addition (occupation), and sum subscribed. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Non-Freemen Voters in Oxford: St Ebbe
(1837) A poll of the freemen and non-freemen electors of the City of Oxford took place on 25 July 1837, the candidates being William Hughes Hughes (H), Donald Maclean (M) and William Erle (E). This poll book lists all 2145 voters, as well as those electors who did not vote. In both cases, the lists are divided into a single register of freemen, and then the non-freemen arranged by parish or ward - All Saints, Cowley, Holywell, St Aldate, St Clement, St Ebbe, St Giles, St John, St Martin, St Mary Magdalen, St Mary the Virgin, St Michael, St Peter in the East, St Peter le Bailey, and St Thomas. The votes of those who voted are shown on the right hand side of the page. The names of the freemen are given with address and occupation; those of non-freemen with address, but without stating occupation. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Non-Freemen Voters in Oxford: St Mary Magdalen
(1837) A poll of the freemen and non-freemen electors of the City of Oxford took place on 25 July 1837, the candidates being William Hughes Hughes (H), Donald Maclean (M) and William Erle (E). This poll book lists all 2145 voters, as well as those electors who did not vote. In both cases, the lists are divided into a single register of freemen, and then the non-freemen arranged by parish or ward - All Saints, Cowley, Holywell, St Aldate, St Clement, St Ebbe, St Giles, St John, St Martin, St Mary Magdalen, St Mary the Virgin, St Michael, St Peter in the East, St Peter le Bailey, and St Thomas. The votes of those who voted are shown on the right hand side of the page. The names of the freemen are given with address and occupation; those of non-freemen with address, but without stating occupation. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Trustees and Solicitors
(1837) 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
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| Antigua Slave Owners (1838) Slavery was abolished throughout the British Empire by act of Parliament in 1833. This list, published in 1838, gives details of compensation paid to owners who had suffered by the emancipation of their slaves after abolition. The table gives the date of the award, the number of the claim, the full name of the party to whom payment was awarded, the number of slaves, and the sum paid. Few masters had owned more than 100 slaves; most of the claimants had only a few. The cost of the loss of a single slave was generally assessed at about £13. There were 1076 claims from Antigua, including some that were abandoned, disallowed, or still unsettled because of litigation.
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| Bankrupts
(1838) Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
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| Bankrupts' Assignees
(1838) Assignees of bankrupts' estates (usually principal creditors and/or close relatives of the bankrupt) in England and Wales | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1838) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
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| Dividends of bankrupts' estates
(1838) Dividends from moneys raised from bankrupts' estates in England and Wales | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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