With a huge number of people found in London and surrounding areas, and the difficulty of pinpointing their birthplaces from the information they left behind them, it has been challenging to subdivide these people. We have placed many of those technically born in Essex, Surrey and Kent within those historic counties, and have tried to place the rest in logical areas, according to where they indicated most often that they were born. Any of you who have searched for London ancestors will know how their places of birth often changed from one census to the next, so please treat these places of birth/baptism with some flexibility.
Any corrections or clarification would be gratefully received.
Scroll to the bottom of this page for a listing of beneficiaries from wills we have transcribed and for a long list of Londoners we have researched but whose place of birth is still not clear.
All images by Eric Thompson, taken 1969-1970
Charlotte BUCK, Abt 1901
Edward BUCK, Abt 1902
James Thomas HARDING, 1 April 1869
William HOLLINGSHEAD, 14 Dec 1794
Alfred James JUDGE, Abt 1876
Clara MARSHALL, Abt 1857
Jane MILLS , Abt 1864
John Collier MILLS, 1863
Rose Louisa MILLS, 1865
Ann ODAM, 1671
Eleanor ODAM, 1670
Phillip ODAM, 1673
Joseph William G REVELEY, 1909
Alfred WHITE, Abt 1844
John Albert BELLENGER, 13 January 1859
Joseph Henry BELLENGER, 28 November 1857
Louisa Jane BELLENGER, 22 June 1871
Wynyard BOUCHER, 15 November 1855
John DOUGLAS, 1920
Alfred MATTHEWS, Abt 1849
Jane MATTHEWS, Abt 1851
John MATTHEWS, Abt 1853
Sarah MATTHEWS, Abt 1847
Alfred George ALBROW, 1882
Alfred Stanhope ALBROW, 1881
Emma Harriett ALBROW, 12 August 1868
Ethel Blanche ALBROW, 21 October 1882
Hetty Mary ALBROW, 7 October 1865
Gesche Louisa BOSCHEN, 1871
Henry MOWTLOW, 1705
Rebecca MOWTLOW, 1712
Jane Prudence CLARKE, 17 Apr 1834
Sophia CLARKE, 5 Aug 1837
Thomas CLARKE, 26 May 1835
Jane Louisa DOUGLAS, Abt 1784
William EADY, 1793
James Henry HARRIS, 4 February 1881
Jessie Rosina HARRIS, 4 December 1885
Mary Ann VINNICOMBE, Abt 1804
Elizabeth Cooper WHITE, 5 February 1806
Violet Nichols COOK, 1866
Thomas HOWELLS, 22 October 1849
Ann NORMAN, Abt 1810
Elsie Eunice PAUL, Abt 1890
Josiah Henry PAYTON, 1872
Dorothy Jane RICE, Abt 1889
Edward John RICE, Abt 1891
Frank Paul RICE, Abt 1894
Gertrude Lilian RICE, Abt 1887
James George A BAKER, 1868
Augusta L FINDLEY, Abt 1877
Harry FINDLEY , Abt Dec 1880
Reginald Vincent HOSKING, Abt 1896
Annie Elizabeth NUNN, 1891
Anne Beatrice STARTUP, 1882
James R TULLOCK, Abt 1887
James ALBOROUGH, 1836
Alfred HARTNOLL, Abt 1907
Dorothy PAUL, 1909
Winifred PAUL , Abt Dec 1910
Margaret May RIDGEWAY, 1908
Eleanor Rosie ASHLEY, Abt Oct 1900
Frederick George ASHLEY, Abt 1899
Edward Victor BLOFELD, 1894
Annie Frances GOLDSTONE, Abt 1864
Everard Alexander HERIOT, 1872
Charles HUTT , Abt 1884
Georgina Leoneth HUTT, Abt 1886
Nellie G HUTT, Abt 1882
William Algernon LOCKER, 1864
Eliza PRESTON, Abt 1821
Ann PRICE, 23 July 1843
Harold O WADE, Abt 1905
Winifred Lilian McGUINN, 1895
Alice MORRISON, Abt 1899
Donald Simpson PAUL, 1905
Florence Violet PAUL, 1894
Grace Lilian PAUL, Abt 1898
Leslie Ernest PAUL, 1900
Nina Marion PAUL, 1908
Percy James PAUL, Abt May 1900
Reginald Henry James PAUL, 25 November 1898
Rose Maud PAUL, Abt 1891
Ada Louisa SHIPP, 17 Nov 1883
Kate GRAFTON, 1854
Maria Tidswell GRAFTON, 1851
Charles Alfred HARTNOLL, 1871
Blanch Rebecca NELSON, Abt 1873
Thomas Henry PAYNE, Abt 1876
Alfred William ROFFEY, 19 Dec 1893
John Robert ROFFEY, 1903
Charles RYDER, Abt 1878
Caroline BARTLETT, Abt 1870
Annie Elizabeth GADSBEE, 1870
Robert Benjamin GRAFTON, 1844
Ellen L OVERALL , Abt Jun 1850
James ROBINSON, Abt 1841
Charles RYDER, Abt 1901
Charles Frederick WELCH, 17 Jan 1820
Charlotte Catherine BAWCOMBE, 1855
Ethel BROWN, Abt 1887
John Garwood CAMPBELL, 1871
Caroline MARKHAM, Abt 1860
George Alfred James MOORE, 1890
Ivy Mariah Ellin MOORE, 1893
Lily Hester Ada MOORE, 1902
Maude Lydia Harriett MOORE, 1895
Maria PASS, Abt 1809
Francis ROBINSON, Abt 1802
Edward Wicks SMITH, 28 November 1806
Jane BYNES, Abt 1847
Richard John BYRNE, 1899
Frederick Nathaniel COLLIER, 1867
Edward DAVILL, Abt 1909
Arthur Albert HARMON, 1892
George HARMON, Abt 1895
Florence Janet HARRIES, 1884
Joseph HARRIES, 1885
Susan E MAYOR, Abt 1891
Albert William PEACH, 1909
George Frederick PEACH, 1910
Lillian RIDGEWAY, Abt 1893
Eliza SAWARD , 1882
Harry SMITH, Abt 1900
William THOMPSON, Abt 1849
William BRIDGES, Abt 1903
Eliza HOCKING, Abt 1878
George HUDSON, 1874
John Gregory HUDSON, 1871
Verney Albrow HUDSON, 1877
Florence Edith PITTINGALE, Abt 1888
Leonard Alfred PITTINGALE, 26 December 1896
Ethel Minna Madge SEARJEANT , 1903
Henry Arthur Victor SEARJEANT, 28 December 1896
Percy Lionel SEARJEANT, 1898
Charlotte Jane CRAYFOURD, 1871
Caroline Stephanie HUTCHINGS, 1895
Cecil William HUTCHINGS, 1900
Edith PARKER, Abt 1891
Edith A SHARP, Abt Aug 1900
Elsie SHARP, Abt 1906
Grace SHARP, Abt 1904
John SHARP, Abt Aug 1910
Ronald Stanley SHARP, 1916
Benjamin Scott BARTHOLOMEW, 1815
Benjamin Tuckey BARTHOLOMEW, 19 February 1814
Celia BARTHOLOMEW, 21 November 1825
George BARTHOLOMEW, 23 September 1818
Jane Susan BARTHOLOMEW, 24 November 1823
Thomas BARTHOLOMEW, 21 May 1820
Thomas Joseph BARTHOLOMEW, 21 October 1821
Mary Ann CLARK, 1 Nov 1805
Ann Esther GIBBONS, 13 Dec 1821
Letitia Rebecca GIBBONS, 5 Apr 1825
Jane Ann TONKS, 20 10 1793
Edwin J BROWN, Abt 1877
John MALLARD, Abt 1860
William Alfred SCOTT, 1819
Helen Duncan STUART, 25 April 1812
Mary Ann ATTFIELD, 1843
Clara Lydia BIGG, 1870
Jane CROWE, Abt 1837
Mary DUGGAN, Abt 1845
Alexander HUTCHEON, Abt 1892
Elizabeth Maud HUTCHEON, 1895
Walter HUTCHEON, 1893
Florence LOCKWOOD, Abt 1910
Thomas MILESON, Abt 1831
Sarah Peace OUGHTON, 5 Nov 1818
Joseph Hyam ROBINSON, 01 May 1838
Louisa Ann ROBSON, 1868
Abraham James STUDHOLME, 1870
Joseph John STUDHOLME, 1879
Charles William BAWCOMBE, 29 October 1862
Laura Maria BAWCOMBE, 17 Oct 1865
Mary Ann BAWCOMBE, 1858
Alfred E DUMBLETON, 1919
Frank L DUMBLETON, 1913
James C DUMBLETON, 1917
Emma FRY, 1864
Thomas FRY, 1862
Fanny GODFREE, 1803
Robert GODFREE, 1806
Elizabeth HEDGECOCK, Abt 1863
Louisa WHITTON, Abt 1827
Daisy THOMAS, Abt 1902
David THOMAS, Abt 1903
James Henry TILSON, Abt 1892
Minnie Lilian TILSON, 1895
Florence Jessie ALBOROUGH, 1879
Ann GOATLEY, 23 March 1803
Elizabeth GOATLEY, 1785
Elizabeth GOATLEY, 10 August 1804
John GOATLEY, 1789
Robert GOATLEY, 1784
Florence Martha NEWMAN, Abt 1867
Emily WHITTON, Abt 1834
Charles PAINE, 15 July 1815
Elizabeth PAINE, 1818
Maria PAINE, 04 January 1820
Samuel PAINE, 1816
Sarah COLLIER, Abt 1845
Beatric Linda S CORBY, 1881
Samuel HYRONS, 01 May 1815
Samuel LONG , Abt 1796
Ann PAINE , 13 April 1814
Eliza PENFOLD, 1849
George PENFOLD, 31 Oct 1809
Ann GOATLEY, 23 Mar 1803
Elizabeth GOATLEY, 10 Aug 1804
Richard GOATLEY, 3 Oct 1823
George Gordon HAMILTON, 1795
Ann LONG, Abt 1790
Elizabeth READY, Abt 1846
Henry READY, Abt 1841
Jane READY, Abt 1850
Sophia READY, Abt 1844
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Charles CRISP, Abt 1882
Albert Edward FRY, 1906
Frederick Ernest FRY , 1908
Henry William FRY, 1902
Marjorie Olive FRY, 1910
John Stuart JOHNSTONE , 1910
Robert Jane JOHNSTONE, 1910
Joseph MINTER, 1862
Sarah Ann MINTER, 1863
Daniel AHEARN, 1859
Martha FULLER, 1800
James LONGMAN, Abt 1816
John James PATSTON, Abt 1854
Charles John CROSS, Abt 1898
Catherine HEAVER, Abt 1847
Ernest YOUNG, Abt 1876
Wills -
We have extracted all names of testators, beneficiaries, family members, witnesses - in fact anyone - from the wills we have for Middlesex and the London area. The date is that in which the will was proven and is not necessarily the same as the date of death. Contact us for more details, or check to see if the full will appears here.
In the News ………. 1877
Death of a Billiard Player - William Dufton.
More Londoners-
This list contains their names, an indication of when they said they were born and a possible place of birth. Most do not easily fit onto our other pages for the capital city and, while we may know something of their lives, we have yet to discover an accurate birthplace.