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The following entries are in this format:

Year/Publican or other Resident/Relationship to Head and or Occupation/Age/Where Born/Source.

The "brewhouse" at Great Warley had been bequeathed to Thomas Foker by his father-in-law Daniel Cross in his will (proved 1828) which establishes both the ownership and existence of the place to before that date. ***

In the 1841 Census Susannah is shown as living at "Kits Slough" which is where the brewery / public house was located.  In 1851 the resident (and owner) is actually Mrs Susannah Foker (nee Cross) - the widow of Thomas Foker. The surname is shown in the census as "Foaker". ***

Susannah (Cross) Foker was my 3xgt grandmother through her daughter Frances who married Joseph Roots and their daughter Roseanna. During the 18th & 19th Century,  there were many Cross & Foaker famlies living in Great Warley & Ingrave. I understand the Fox was replaced in1903 by cottages, at 180-188 Ingrave Road. *

Thomas' son William came back to take over the pub in 1874 but it did him no good in the end. His wife took their 4 young children and left him in 1884 and William finished up in the Romford Union Workhouse by 1891 where he died 6 years later. ***
[Fox, Kits Slough]
1851/Samuel Foker/licensed to retail beer (widow)/81/Great Warley, Essex/Census **
1851/Frances Roots/daughter, living with her mother/40/Great Warley, Essex/Census **
1851/Joseph Roots/son in law, living with his mother in law/51/Great Warley, Essex/Census **

1861/William Foker/Publican/60/Great Warley, Essex/Census
1861/Emma Foker/Wife/39/Barton, Suffolk/Census
1861/Dal Foker/Son/21/Shenfield, Essex/Census

1871/Charles Dowsett/Licensed Victualler/37/Hutton, Essex/Census
1871/Mary Dowsett/Wife/34/Lancaster, Lancs./Census
1871/Eliza E Dowsett/Daughter/5/Great Warley, Essex/Census
1871/William W Dowsett/Son/4/Great Warley, Essex/Census
1871/Mary H Dowsett/Daughter/3/Great Warley, Essex/Census
1871/John M Dowsett/Son/2/Great Warley, Essex/Census
1871/Ann F Dowsett/Daughter/4 months/Great Warley, Essex/Census
1871/Naomi Mean/Servant/17/Ingrave, Essex/Census

1874/William Foker/../../../Post Office

1878/William Foker/../../../Kelly's

1881/William Foker/Licensed Victualler/43/Wokingham, Berkshire/Census
1881/Margaret V. Foker/Wife/25/Reading, Berkshire/Census
1881/Edith M. Foker/Daughter/4/Great Warley, Essex/Census
1881/William G. Foker/Son/3/Great Warley, Essex/Census
1881/Mabel A. Foker/Daughter/1/Great Warley, Essex/Census

1882/William Foker/../../../Kelly's

1886/Mrs. James Bailey/../../../Kelly's

1890/Mrs. Sarah Bailey/../../../Kelly's

1891/William Bright/Licensed Victualler/52/Rettendon, Essex/Census
1891/Sarah M. Bright/Wife/43/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1891/Lilly Bailey/Daughter, Barmaid/17/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1891/Ellen K. Bailey/Daughter/10/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1891/Esther J. Bailey/Daughter/8/Brentwood, Essex/Census
1891/Iain J. Bailey/Son/6/Great Warlery, Essex/Census
1891/Florence E. Bright/Daughter/2m/Great Warlery, Essex/Census


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*** Provided by Larry Young

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