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Query: 19th century chemists/druggists

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  Posted by Michelle (U5702693) on Wednesday, 14th September 2011

  Hi there
  
  Does anyone know if there is a register / trade directory for chemists / druggists from the 19th century? I have one in my tree and I'm finding it very difficult to find out anything about him (except what I can find in censuses and from his death cert).
  
  Thanks a lot
  
  Michelle

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  Posted by clematised (U3233879) on Wednesday, 14th September 2011

  They would be in the normal trade directories but in alphabetical order take a look at Historical Directories to see if he is listed
  
  Edna
  
  
  
  www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/

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  Posted by jc (U1902680) on Thursday, 15th September 2011

  
  
  also try searching newspapers archives, sometimes they were listed once they had passed their exams etc

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  Posted by jc (U1902680) on Thursday, 15th September 2011

  oops... just remembered, have you looked for a Will on the probate calendars? my Alchemists both left wills
  
  If you post a name and year of death I'm sure someone will check Ancestry for you if you don't have access
  
  Also check the Wellcome library for its medical holdings, slim chance there may be something, especially if he discovered a new drug or something!
  

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  Posted by Michelle (U5702693) on Thursday, 15th September 2011

  Hi there
  
  Thanks a lot for these links - I'll check them out.
  
  This is for a tricky (ish) branch of my tree. The person in question is Joseph Bruce born around 1791 in Colchester, Essex (this according to the 1851 census). Married Hannah somebody - when and where I don't know. At least 5 of their children were baptised in Bishops Stortford (I found their info in the non-conformist registers for Bishops Stortford)
  
  1841 Census (Registration District: Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire)
  
  BRUCE, Joseph M 50 1791 (occupation: druggist)
  BRUCE, Hannah F 50 1791
  BRUCE, Elizabeth F 15 1826 Hertfordshire
  BRUCE, William M 12 1829 Hertfordshire
  
  1851 Census (Registration District: Samford County: Suffolk)
  
  BRUCE, Joseph Head Married M 60 1791 Chemist & Druggist Colchester
  Essex
  BRUCE, Hannah Wife Married F 61 1790 Aldham Essex
  
  1861 Census (RG number: RG09 Piece: 1159 Folio: 40 Page: 41)
  
  BRUCE, Joseph Head Married M 71 1790 Retired Druggist
  Colchester Essex
  BRUCE, Hannah Wife Married F 71 1790 Retired Druggist Wife
  Aldham Essex
  
  He died on 24/01/1862 in Tattingstone Union, Samford Suffolk.
  
  I can find no record at all of a Joseph Bruce being born around that time in Essex and can't find a marriage either - it could have been in Essex, Bishops Stortford or East Bergholt.
  
  Regards
  
  Michelle

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