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14 Gas Road, Mary Ann Prior nee Charity middle

14 Gas Road, March

History of 14 Gas Road

1911 unnumbered Gas Lane March

George Prior, 52, jobbing gardener, b March

Mary [Jane Charity], 51, b March [b 1859 North Witchford, d 1930 North Witchford]

Herbert, 16, farm labourer, b March

Sam, 14, farm labourer, b March

Bill, 11, b March

Elizabeth, 9, b March

Their son, George, b 1887, died in 1919 aged 32, while working for the railway in a ballast pit at Whittlesey Station. He appears on the March Roll of Honour even though by the time of his death he had been discharged from the Royal Field Artillery. The Cambs Times reports the inquest 24/10/1919.

1939

James W Youngs, b 1891, agricultural labourer

Elizabeth A, b 1897

George Prior, b 1857, retired gardener

Arthur E Fordham, b 1921, agricultural labourer

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