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Darwin Correspondence Project

Charles Ballance

1825–73

Silk throwster and pigeon fancier. Silk throwster in Taunton, 1841, 1851; retired, 1861. Government contractor living in Hackney, Middlesex, 1871.

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/972/5/39/23), 1851 (HO107/1922/630/21), 1861 (RG9/1616/81/4), 1871 (RG10/325/38/14)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 17 June 2019)

London, England, Church of England births and baptisms, 1813–1917 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 17 June 2019)

Tegetmeier 1867, p. 75.

Bibliography

Tegetmeier, William Bernhard. 1867. The poultry book: comprising the breeding and management of profitable and ornamental poultry, their qualities and characteristics; to which is added ‘The standard of excellence in exhibition birds’, authorized by the Poultry Club. London and New York: George Routledge & Sons.

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