This week 52 Ancestors is focusing on 'Family Business'. While many of my ancestors were farmers and farm labourers, there were also a number of business owners, including my great great grandfather John Thompson Argent.
John Thompson Argent was born 3 November 1819 in West Bergholt, Essex and baptised 10 December 1819, the son of John Argent and Amy (Watts).
John's father, also named John, was listed as a miller on his son's baptism record. John Senior ran the Newbridge Mill in West Bergholt, and John Junior would grow up to learn the trade from his father.
The family can be followed through the census records with both father and son listed as living at Newbridge Mill, West Bergholt in the 1841 census. By the 1851 census John Jr has taken over the mill from his father and is listed as a miller and farmer of 100 acres living with his wife Emma, son John and daughters Emma and Ada, as well as 2 servants. The same census lists John Senior as Miller and Farmer living in Crouch Street, St Mary at the Walls, Colchester.
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| Newbridge Mill, West Bergholt |
John Thompson Argent continues to be listed as Miller and Farmer at Newbridge Mill in the 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891 censuses, running this business until his death on 22 January 1894.
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