Number 48 is one of a terrace of six houses, called Orleans Terrace, on the east side of Ainsworth Street, built in 1877.
Walter W Gatward, head, 45, bootmaker, b. Cambridge
Ann Gatward, wife, 39, laundress, b. Cambridge
Alice Gatward, daughter, 17, laundress maid, b. Cambridge
Harry W Gatward, son, 13, scholar, b. Cambridge
Samuel C Gatward, son, 10, scholar, b. Cambridge
Walter Gatward, son, 7, scholar, b. Cambridge
Ada Gatward, daughter, 2, b. Cambridge
Arthur Kimpton, head, 44, painter, b. Horningsea, Cambridgeshire
Harriett M Kimpton, wife, 40, dressmaker, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Albert E Kimpton, son, 16, grocer’s apprentice, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Percy Kimpton, son, 14, house & garden boy, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Ethel M Kimpton, daughter, 13, scholar, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Alice M Kimpton, daughter, 10, scholar, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Ruth Kimpton, daughter, 9, scholar, b. Chesterton, Cambridgeshire
Nora Laura Kimpton, daughter, 7, scholar, b. Cambridge
Gertrude Kimpton, daughter, 6, scholar, b. Cambridge
In 1891 Arthur and Harriett Kimpton had seven children living at home.
Arthur Kimpton, head, 53, b. Horningsea, Cambridgeshire
Harriet Kimpton, wife, 52, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Ethel Kimpton, daughter, 23, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Norah Kimpton, daughter, 17, dressmaker, b. Cambridge
Gertrude Kimpton, daughter, 16, apprentice milliner, b. Cambridge
By 1901 only three children were still at home. Arthur had no occupation listed.
Arthur Kimpton, head, 64, house painter, employed, b. Horningsea, Cambridgeshire
Harriet Maria Kimpton, wife, 62, dressmaker, own account, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Gertrude Kimpton, daughter, 26, mother’s help, at home, b. Cambridge
Arthur and Harriet Kimpton had been married for 42 years and had 11 children, of which three had died. Arthur died in 1912.
Harriett Maria Kimpton, head, 72, widow, home duties, b. Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Arthur, Harriett and three of their daughters – Ethel, Mabel and Martha – are buried in Mill Road Cemetery.
Sources: 1881–1921 Census, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837–1915
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