Elizabeth Baker, head, widow, 23, 1858, washerwoman, St Ives, Huntingdonshire
James Baker, son, 5, 1876, scholar, Cambridge
William Baker, son, 1, 1880, Cambridge
Elizabeth Howard, mother, widow, 60, 1821, day nurse (S.M.S.), Upwood, Huntingdonshire
Geo. Spaxman, lodger, 24, 1857, brickmaker, Ditton, Cambridgeshire
William Sands, head, 28, 1853, bricklayer’s labourer, Brighton
Alice Sands, wife, 30, 1851, London, Middlesex
Elizabeth Sands, daughter, 2, 1879, London, Middlesex
S.M.S. stands for Subsidiary Medical Services. Elizabeth isn’t a trained nurse, but she’s showing that she has experience.
George Spaxman, head, labourer, 33, 1858, Dilton,
Betsy Spaxman, wash woman, 33, 1858, St Ives, Huntingdonshire
James Spaxman, labourer, 15, 1876, B. Cambridge
Willer Spaxman, scholar, 11, 1880, B. Cambridge
Elizabeth Howard, mother-in-law, retired nurse, 70, 1821, Upwood, Huntingdonshire
George Spaxman, head, 43, coal merchant, 1858, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire
Betsy Spaxman, wife, 43, 1858, St Ives, Huntingdonshire
Elizabeth Howard, mother-in-law, 89, 1812, Upwood, Huntingdonshire
Electoral rolls show that the Spaxman family lived here from 1883 until 1907 at least. By 1908 they are living at 141A York Street.
Thomas Farrington, 29, general labourer at cement works, b. Cambridge
Susan Farrington, 30, b. Cambridge
Charles Thomas Farrington, 4, b. Cambridge
Emma Farrington, 2, b. Cambridge
Henry Farrington, 6 months, b. Cambridge
Florence Farrington, 6 months, b. Cambridge
Henry Bruse, 65, father-in-law, widower, farm labourer b. Cambridge
Susan and Thomas have been married for five years and have had four children.
Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 UK Census, GENUKI, Cambridgeshire Electoral Registers, Burgess Rolls and Poll Books (1722-1966),
ID emailed 2023: Elizabeth Baker of the 1881 census is the same individual as Betsy Spaxman of the 1901 census. She became widowed and married the lodger. Her children retained their baker surname. James Baker Junior even ended up living next door at no.72.
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