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86 Ainsworth Street
86 Ainsworth Street
Number 86 is a mid-terrace house on the east side of Ainsworth Street.
The 1871 census records 21 inhabited houses in Ainsworth Street, plus another 9 under construction. However, they are not numbered, and at present it is not possible to identify all of them.
1881 census
William F Ellis, head, 39, boilersmith on GER, b. Shoreditch, Middlesex
Elizabeth M Ellis, wife, 39, b. Plaistow, Essex
Florence E Ellis, daughter, 14, pupil teacher, b. Stratford, Essex
Earnest W Ellis, son, 9, scholar, b. Stratford, Essex
Alice M Ellis, niece, 7, scholar, b. Stratford, Essex
By 1891 Elizabeth Ellis had died, and the family had moved next door to 88 Ainsworth Street.
1891 census
Mary Carpenter, head, widow, 50, dressmaker, b. Cambridge
Walter Powell, lodger, 27, bricklayer’s labourer, b. Stansford, Cambridgeshire
James Leech, lodger, 52, commission agent, b. Cambridge
Shadrach Benstead, lodger, widower, 58, boot maker, b. Cambridge
Shadrach previously lived at 81 Sturton Street with his wife Elizabeth and grown-up children. Elizabeth died in 1886. Their son, Luther Benstead, is now living at 81 Sturton Street with his wife Sophia.
1901 census
William J Tiplady, head, 41, boot maker, at home, b. Cambridge
Alice Tiplady, wife, 40, b. Cambridge
William and Alice Tiplady moved here from 46 Ainsworth Street.
1911 census
William John Tiplady, head, 51, bootmaker, own account, at home, b. Cambridge
Alice Tiplady, wife, 50, b. Cambridge
24 years married, 1 child who died
William Tiplady died in 1913. The electoral registers show that Alice remained at the property until 1929. Nonetheless, there was no entry for 86 Ainsworth Street in the 1921 register, and Alice was living at 52 Bateman Street, working as housekeeper for a Miss Anne Bond.
Sources: 1881–1921 Census, electoral registers (up to 1966), General Register Office birth, marriage and death indexes (1837 onwards)
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