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23 York Street

A French Polisher & a House Decorator

1881

Joseph Rowson, head, 70, 1811, Cheshire
Lawrence Rowson, 7, 1874, scholar, Norwich, Norfolk
Emma Rowson, grand-daughter, 11, 1870, scholar, Norwich, Norfolk

1891

William Thring, head, French polisher, 22, 1869, B. Cambridge
Annie Thring, 21, 1870, B. Cambridge
Bertie Thring, 2, 1889, B. Cambridge

1901

Harry Driver, head, house decorator and painter, 28, 1873, Cambridge
Elizabeth A Driver, wife, 28, 1873, Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire
Kate E Driver, daughter, 8, 1893, Cambridge
Harry Driver, son, 7, 1894, Cambridge

1911

Arthur Henry Harvey, 30, Pearl Life Insurance Agent, b. Bury St Edmunds

Eliza Harvey, 30, b. Glemsford, Suffolk

Ronald Thurston Harvey, 9 months, b. Cambridge

Phoebe Golding, 27, boarder, Chivers jam factory hand, b. Glemsford, Suffolk

Laura Golding, 25, boarder, Chivers jam factory hand, b. Glemsford, Suffolk

Phoebe and Laura are Eliza’s younger sisters.  Parent’s and other siblings are at 41 York Street.

Eliza and Arthur recorded, very specifically, that they have been married 1 year 6 months.

Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census

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