Number 9 Sleaford Street (Memorial Buildings) does not appear on the 1881 Census. In 1891 it is number 5, and by 1898 it is known as “No.3 Memorial Buildings”. By 1901 it has the modern numbering of “9 Sleaford Street”.
James Ellis, 44, boiler maker, b. Poplar, London
Lizzie Ellis, 34, b. Hackney, London
Thomas Walker, lodger, 19, engine cleaner, b. Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Davie Ellis, 9, b. Stratford, London
William Ellis, 8, b. Cambridge
Ted Ellis, 6, b. Cambridge
Kate Ellis, 3, b. Cambridge
Sources: 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 UK Census, 1888 Town Plan of Cambridge, 1901 Revised Map of Cambridge
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