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Darwin Correspondence Project

John Mumford

1822–82

Schoolmaster, shopkeeper, postmaster, and surveyor. Schoolmaster at the free school for boys in Down, 1851; draper, 1861; postmaster and stationer, 1871; land surveyor, 1881. Copyist for CD.

Sources

CD’s Account book (Down House MS), 6 and 9 April 1859

Census returns of England and Wales 1851 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/1606/313/3), 1861 (RG9/462/89/11), 1871 (RG10/875/50/6), 1881 (RG11/856/6/6)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 6 April 2017)

England, select births and christenings, 1538–1975 (Ancestry.com, accessed 6 April 2017)

Post Office directory of the six home counties 1851

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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