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Darwin Correspondence Project

George Edwards

1826/7–87

Cloth waterproofer, farmer, and horse breeder. Ran a clothworking business in Peters Hill, London. Farmer on Bromley Common, Kent, 1861; in Sydenham, Kent, 1871, 1881.

Sources

CD’s Address book (English Heritage, Down House)

Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/463/152/11), 1871 (RG10/773/86/45), 1881 (RG11/739/100/25)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 27 July 2017)

Post Office directory of the six home counties 1862

Bibliography

Post Office directory of the six home counties: Post Office directory of the six home counties, viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. London: W. Kelly & Co. 1845–78.

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