Notes on entries in William Brown's Account Book

 

There are many references in the account book to printing work (bills, brochures, etc) done. In most cases the printer is not named

 

Folio 149 Relates to the costs of the sale of the Tring Grove Estate including, other expenses in relation to advertising and producing 300 plans (by Mr Bird) for the brochure.

 

 

1848 Oct-DEc Berkhamsted - Ebenezer Charkles Bird married Helen Glenister

1851 Census High Street, Tring

BIRD, Ebenezer C	Head	Widower	M	24	1827	Bookseller & Printer (Employing 2 Men)	Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
GLENISTER, Eliza	Mother-In-Law	Widow	F	59	1792	Annuitant	Stanstead Mount Fitger, Essex
GLENISTER, Eliza M	Niece		F	9	1842	Scholar	Tring, Hertfordshire
MASON, Alfred		Married	M	28	1823	Printer Compositor & Pressman	St Albans, Hertfordshire
BURCH, Elizabeth	Servant	Unmarried	F	21	1830	House Servt	Tring, Hertfordshire

 

1853 July-Sept Aylesbury Ebenezer Charles Bird married Mary Ohoebe Pickburn

 

1861 census High Street Tring

BIRD, Ebenezer C	Head	Married	M	34	1827	Master Printer Bookseller Stationery and distributer of stamps employing 1 man and 1 boy	Henley on Thames, Oxon
BIRD, Matilda P	Wife	Married	F	35	1826		Bermondsey, Surrey
CARPENTER, Edward	Boarder	Unmarried	M	24	1837	Assistant Surgeon	Moulton, Lincolnshire
GRAHAM, Mary	Servant	Unmarried	F	26	1835	House Servant	Tring, Hertfordshire

 

1871 census High STreet

BIRD, Ebenezer C	Head		M	44	1827	Book Seller Stamp Office	Oxfordshire
BIRD, Matilda Phoebe	Wife		F	46	1825		Surrey
BAYLEY, Jane	Assistant		F	16	1855		Kent
FITKIN, Emma	Servant		F	16	1855		Hertfordshire

1881 census 6 High Street

BIRD, Ebenezer C	Head	Married	M	54	1827	Printer Bookseller & Stamp Distributer	Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
BIRD, Matilda P	Wife	Married	F	56	1825		Bermondsey, Surrey
NUNN, Miriam H	Niece	Single	F	26	1855	Ex Governess	Stansted Sudbury, Suffolk
PICKBROM, Hannah H	Niece	Single	F	11	1870	Scholar	Islington, Middlesex
BARFORD, Mary W	Niece	Single	F	13	1868	Scholar	Falcut, Northamptonshire
BARFORD, Annie	Niece	Single	F	10	1871	Scholar	Falcut, Northamptonshire
EMINGTON, Kate	Assistant	Single	F	27	1854	Assistant In Shop (To Bookseller)	Bessels Green, Kent
PICKERING, Louisa J	Assistant	Single	F	20	1861	Assistant In Shop (To Bookseller)	Bath, Somerset
WICKS, Sarah	Servant	Single	F	19	1862	Domestic Servant	Paiston, Middlesex

1891 census  6 & 7 High Street

BIRD, Ebenezer C	Head	Married	M	64	1827	Printer Book Seller Stationer & Fancy Warehouseman	Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire	VIEW
BIRD, Matilda P	Wife	Married	F	66	1825		Bermondsey, London	VIEW
PICKBURN, Hannah H	Niece	Single	F	21	1870	Teacher Of Music	Islington, London	VIEW
ALSTON, Ethel M	Niece	Single	F	10	1881	Scholar	Glemsford, Suffolk	VIEW
BAKER, Marion	Assistant	Single	F	24	1867	Bookseller & Stationers Assistant	St Peters, Kent	VIEW
TAVENDALE, Mary	Assistant	Single	F	23	1868	Bookseller & Stationers Assistant	Aldbury, Hertfordshire	VIEW
BARFORD, Elizabeth	Visitor	Married	F	52	1839	Farmers Wife	Greens-Norton, Northamptonshire	VIEW
BARFORD, Frank F	Visitor		M	7	1884	Farmers Son	Falcott, Northamptonshire	VIEW
BARFORD, Edith S	Boarder	Single	F	15	1876	Scholar	Falcott, Northamptonshire	VIEW
PICKTON, Ellen	Servant	Single	F	21	1870	General Domestic Servant	Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire

1899 July-Sept London City Ebenezer Charles Bird married Julia Emma Gilbert

1901 census 6 & 7 High Street, Tring

BIRD, Ebenezer C	Head	Married	M	74	1827	Printer & Stationer	Henley, Oxfordshire	VIEW
BIRD, Julia E	Wife	Married	F	41	1860		Chiddingford, Surrey	VIEW
ABSTON, Ethel M	Niece	Single	F	20	1881	Teacher In Private School	Glinsford, Suffolk	VIEW
LEIGH, Mary A	Cousin	Single	F	56	1845		Manningtree, Essex	VIEW
PLUMB, Florence	Servant	Single	F	21	1880	Assistant Bookeeper	Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire	VIEW
DAVIS, Gertrude E	Servant	Single	F	21	1880	Assistant Bookeeper	Tenby, Pembrokeshire	VIEW
DAVIS, Elizabeth E	Servant	Single	F	16	1885	General Ser Dom	Enstone, Oxfordshire

Ebenezer C Bird Died Jan-March 1906 aged 78 reg Berkhamsted

 

 

 

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