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Comet Yard, Castle Street

History of Comet Yard

Comet Yard, Castle Street, annotated composite map from c.1885

1871

James Taverner, 48, bricklayer, b Cambridge

Blanch, 41, b Cambridge

Jane, 10, b Cambridge

(1)

Samuel Kirbyshire, 36, b Cambridge

Louisa, 22, b Little Shelford

Albert James, 2, b Cambridge

(2)

John Chapman, 68, labourer, b Quy

Mary Ann, 66, b Quy

John, 37, brickmaker, b Quy

(2)

Henry Wilderspin, 23, labourer, b Cambridge

Elizabeth, 23, b Cambridge

Henry, 2, b Cambridge

Elizabeth, 6mos, b Cambridge

(3)

William Brewster, 28, sawyer, b Camb

Mary Ann, 28, b Bow London

George William, 3, b Shadwell London

George was adopted by his brother William. George died while working as a chimney sweep’s boy in 1875 at Fulbourn Pauper Lunatic Asylum.

George Brewster, copy of death certificate

(4)

George Offley, 42, labourer, b Cambridge

Ann, 41, b Cambridge

Jane, 11, b Cambridge

Dann, 10, errand boy, b Cambridge

John, 5, b Cambridge

Katty, 3, b Cambridge

Alfred, 14 mos, b Cambridge


1881

(1)

William Bell, 37, labourer, b Cambridge

(2)

William Thorp Gray, 38, bricklayer, b Cambridge

(3)

Mary Stally, 59, b Ely

(4)

Frederick Patman, 30, labourer, b London

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