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Darwin Correspondence Project

Samuel Druce

1790/1–1860

Farmer Of Eynsham, Oxfordshire. Originator of the Oxfordshire Down sheep breed.

Sources

BMD (Death index)

Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/889/18/8)

Wrightson 1898, p. 67

Bibliography

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

Wrightson, John. 1898. Sheep. Breeds and management. 3d edition. London: Vinton & Company.

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