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56 (20) Norwich Street

History of 56 Norwich Street

1868

Trinity Hall lease to James Scarr

1871

(20)

John Reed, 25, railway shunter, b London

Alice, 29, b Berks

Walter Knights, head, 18, railway timekeeper, b Ely [timekeeper seems to be a junior rank of inspector]

Henry Willsher, lodger, 19, railway shunter, b Essex

1881

(20)

Thomas Penny, 37, tailor, b Worcs

Eliza, 38, b Herts

Mary C, 7, b Cambridge

Ellen E, 4, b Cambridge

1891

(20)

George Gilkes, 37, mason, b Oxon

Alice, 40, b Histon

Kate, 10, b Northants

Bertha, 8, b Bucks

1901

(20)

George Gilkes, 47, stone mason, b Oxon

Alice, 58, b Histon

Harry, 22, sailor, b Northants

1911

George Gilkes, 56, mason, b Oxford

Alice, 77, wife, b Impington

1913

George Gilkes, mason

Jesse Willard: Private G/58, 3/4th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Killed in action 17th September 1917. Aged 24. Born East Sutton, Maidstone, Kent, enlisted Maidstone, resident Cambridge. Husband of Catherine Ann Willard, of 56, Norwich St., Cambridge. Buried in SUNKEN ROAD CEMETERY, FAMPOUX, Pas de Calais, France. PLot I. Row A. Grave 31. See also Cambridge Guildhall (St Paul’s Roll of Honour)  Jesse married Catherine Ann Gilkes in Cambridge in June 1917.

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