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59 Kingston Street
An Engine Fitter & a Railway Foreman
1881
George And Mary Garner, both 30, live here in 1881. George is an engine fitter who was born in Cambridge. Mary is from Chesterton. The couple have a large family. George is 9, Elizabeth is 8, William is 5, Thomas is 4, Harry is 3, finally there is baby Emma, just three months old. The older children all attend school.
1891
In 1891, 59 Kingston Street was home to the Anderson family. 45 year old Annie Anderson, listed as married though her husband is not in the house on census day, lives with four of her children. 25 year old William and 24 year old Fred both work as Gardeners; Harry, 19, works as a Labourer, and only daughter Kate, aged 17, is in education.
1901
By 1901, 59 Kingston Street is home to the Ada Mason, a 30 year old from Shenley, Hertfordshire, who is married to George Mason, a 31 year old working as a foreman on the Railway.
1911
There is no census entry for number 59 in 1911.
Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census
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