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44 Ainsworth Street
44 Ainsworth Street
Number 44 is one of a terrace of four houses standing on the east side of Ainsworth Street.
1881 census
Geo. H Franklin, head, 30, engine fireman on GER, b. Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
Sarah A Franklin, wife, 32, b. Over, Cambridgeshire
Agnes Franklin, daughter, 8, scholar, b. Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
William H Franklin, son, 6, scholar, b. Cambridge
Geo. Franklin, son, 3, b. Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
Frederick [Hurmond] Franklin, son, 11 months, b. Cambridge
The Franklin family had moved to 94 Ainsworth Street by 1891.
1891 census
William Peddle, head, 25, mail messenger GPO, b. Old Windsor, Berkshire
Alice Peddle, wife, 26, b. Cambridge
William [Alfred Hugh] Peddle, son, 1, b. Cambridge
William Peddle married Alice Runham at Holy Trinity on 2 April 1889. He gave his address as 44 Ainsworth Street.
They moved to 172 Sturton Street. By 1911 William was the Assistant Inspector of Boy Messengers at the Post Office, and baby William had become a town postman.
William and Alice are buried in Mill Road Cemetery.
1901 census
George Andrews, head, 37, railway signalman, b. Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire
Elizabeth Andrews, wife, 36, b. Coates, Cambridgeshire
George F Andrews, son, 11, b. Trumpington, Cambridgeshire
Alfred Andrews, son, 4, b. Cambridge
1911 census
Alfred Watts, head, 42, builder’s labourer, b. Cambridge
Florence Watts, wife, 36, b. Cambridge
Alfred Watts, son, 16, marine store assistant, b. Cambridge
William Watts, son, 5, b. Cambridge
Lloyd-George Watts, son, 1, b. Cambridge
Married 17 years, 4 children
Alfred and Florence Watts had been married for 17 years and had 4 children. The family moved to 56 Ainsworth Street by 1914.
1921 census
Frederick James Penrose Pilsworth, head, 28, printer’s machine minder, b. Cambridge
Gladys Theresa Pilsworth, wife, 26, home duties, b. Cambridge
Joan Audrey Pilswoth, daughter, 3 months, b. Cambridge
Frederick Pilsworth worked for R I Severs, Printer (Proprietor P A Parfitt), Hobson’s Passage.
Sources: 1881–1921 Census, Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridgeshire Marriages
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