Add this eBook to your basket to receive access to all 99 records. Our indexes include entries for the spelling gander. In the period you have requested, we have the following 99 records (displaying 21 to 30): 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. Patrons and officers of hospitals and public charities
(1791)
Lists from the Royal Hospitals at Greenwich, Chelsea, Haslar and Plymouth; Charter House; St Bartholomew's; Christ's Hospital; Bethlem; St Thomas's; Guy's; Westminster Infirmary; St George's; the Foundling Hospital; the Lying-in Charity; London Hospital; Middlesex Hospital; Smallpox Hospital; Hospital for French Protestants; Lock Hospital; Corporation of Sick and Maimed Seamen; the British Lying-in Hospital; the City of London Lying-in Hospital, &c. &c., from the Universal British Directory | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Traders and Merchants in London
(1791)
The Universal British Directory was published in five volumes, starting in 1791. The professions included in the London section are very diverse: the addresses are mostly from central London. Some are marked 'F. M.', meaning Freeholder of Middlesex. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|  Apprentices and clerks
(1795)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 2 January to 31 December 1795. IR 1/36 | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Inhabitants of Chelsea
(1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Bath). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
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| Inhabitants of Sherborne in Dorset
(1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Nottingham). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
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| Masters of apprentices registered in Sussex
(1802)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces. These collectors generally received duty just from their own county, but sometimes from further afield. The indentures themselves can date from a year or two earlier than this return. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Bristol return. Each entry has two scans, the other being the facing page with the details of the indenture, length of service, and payment of duty.) IR 1/70 | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Hospital governors, staff and officials
(1805)
Governors, surgeons, officers and clerks of several hospitals, both official and charitable, are listed in Holden's Triennial Directory of 1805 to 1807: St Bartholomew's in West Smithfield; Christ's, in Newgate Street; Bridewell and Bethlehem on New Bridge Street; St Thomas's, in Southwark; the Royal Hospital in Chelsea; the London Hospital in Whitechapel Road; Guy's, in Southwark; St George's, on Hyde Park Corner; St Luke's, for lunatics, in Old Street; and the Royal Hospital in Greenwich. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Officials and officers of the Secretary of State
(1805)
Officials and clerks in London of the Home Department of the Secretary of State's Office in Whitehall, the Department for Foreign Affairs in Downing Street, the State Paper Office in Scotland Yard, and the Treasury in Whitehall, including the King's Messengers, are listed in Holden's Triennial Directory of 1805 to 1807. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Traders and professionals in London
(1805)
Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet of Businesses, Professions, &c.': coverage is good; about 30,000 individuals are recorded. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Bankrupts
(1786-1806)
William Smith's abstracts of bankrupts, dividends and certificates for England and Wales from 1786 to June 1806. Bankruptcy causes abrupt changes in people's lives, and is often the reason for someone appearing suddenly in a different location or in a different occupation. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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