Capturing Cambridge
  • search
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
Wedding photo of William and Thirza, c.1907

12 Union Road

12 Union Road

1841 (12)

James Norman, 28, plumber

Mary A, 30

James H, 4 mos


1851

Joseph Heath, 31, wood and stone carver, b Birmingham

Sarah, 27, b Northants

Joseph, 7 mos, b Cambridge

Fanny Moore, visitor, 19, cook, b Northants


1861

Robert Charles Golding, 55, railway carriage examiner, b Suffolk

Harriett, 49, b Suffolk

Eleanor, 19, dressmaker, b Suffolk

John William, 15, butcher, b Suffolk

Owen, 11, b Suffolk


1901 not listed


The wedding photo shows:

Top row from left: bridegroom’s father, cousin of bridegroom, cousin’s wife, bride’s cousin, cousin’s wife

Middle row: cousin of bridegroom (Maxine), grandfather (William Henry Lucas), grandmother (Thirza Elizabeth Lucas née Brown), bridegroom’s sister (Kate Lucas)

Front row: grandfather’s younger brother (Lucas)

In 1901 the George Lucas was living at 11 Cambridge Place


1911

William Henry Lucas, 27, bricklayer jam factory, b Cambridge

Thirza, 22, b Suffolk

Constance, 2, b Cambridge

In 1921 the family address is 13 Union Road.


1913

William Henry Lucas, bricklayer


1939

William H Lucas, b 1883, bricklayer

Thirza née Brown, b 1879

Constance T, b 1908, at home owing to illness


1941

SH sent this note in 2024 in relation to the newspaper cutting: His name is William Henry Lucas and I believe he was born the 17th of June 1883, and would have died March of 1941 (on the 22nd?) He was married to Thirza Lucas (née Brown) and they lived at 12 Union Road in Cambridge. His daughter, Daisy Elborn (née Lucas) is my Nan’s mother. I’ll attach a newspaper article that mentions his death (I apologize for the quality), and while his official cause of death is listed under carbon monoxide poisoning – we were told that this was due to a non-deployed German bomb possibly causing a blockage in the chimney he was there to repair. [William was repairing a chimney at the catholic Church.There had been bombs dropped in the vicinity in February 1941]

12 Union Road, William Henry Lucas


1962

Victor Phillips

Contribute

Do you have any information about the people or places in this article? If so, then please let us know using the Contact page or by emailing capturingcambridge@museumofcambridge.org.uk.

Licence

This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Dear Visitor,

Thank you for exploring historical Cambridgeshire! We hope you enjoy your visit and, if you do,  would consider making a donation today.

Capturing Cambridge makes accessible thousands of photos and memories of Cambridge and its surrounding villages and towns. It is run by the Museum of Cambridge which, though 90 years old, is one of the most poorly publicly funded local history museums in the UK. It receives no core funding from local or central government nor from the University of Cambridge.

As a result, we are facing a crisis; we have no financial cushion – unlike many other museums in Cambridge – and are facing the need to drastically cut back our operations which could affect our ability to continue to run and develop this groundbreaking local history website.

If Capturing Cambridge matters to you, then the survival of the Museum of the Cambridge should matter as well. If you won’t support the preservation of your heritage, no-one else will! Your support is critical.

If you love Capturing Cambridge, and you are able to, we’d appreciate your support.

Every donation makes a world of difference.

Thank you,
Roger Lilley, Chair of Trustees
Museum of Cambridge