Danbury, Connecticut Directories, 1885-90

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Bordering New York in Fairfield County, the town of Danbury, Connecticut was home to about 15,000 people in 1890. This database is a collection of six directories for the city originally published between 1886 and 1890. It is a listing of city residents in those years. In addition to providing the resident's name, it provides their address and occupational information. It includes the names of over 41,400 people, mostly heads of households. For the researcher of ancestors from western Connecticut this can be an extremely valuable collection.

Sources Danbury City Directory, 1885-1886. New Haven, CT: Wanton S. Webb, 1886. Danbury City Directory, 1886-1887. New Haven, CT: Carter and Co., 1887. Danbury City Directory, 1887-1888. New Haven, CT: A. R. Thompson, H. B. Breed, F. B. Crofutt, 1888. Danbury City Directory, 1888-1889. New Haven, CT: Fred. B. Crofutt, 1889. Danbury City Directory, 1889. New Haven, CT: Fred. B. Crofutt, 1889. Danbury City Directory, 1890. New Haven, CT: Fred. B. Crofutt, 1890.

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