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82 Hertford Street
History of 82 Hertford Street
1911
George Rawlinson, 27, van salesman, b London
Mary née Child, 33, b Norfolk
Mary Elizabeth, 3, b Cambridge
John James, 1, b Cambridge
In 1901 Mary Child was living at Honey Hill
1918
Frank William Hobson: Private 44083, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 20 June 1918. Aged 42.
Dependent Mrs Rebecca Cecilia Hobson, mother, 82 Hertford Street
1921
William Hobson, 54, painter and decorator, b Histon
Rebecca C, 55, b Cottenham
Olive A, 24, assistant draper, b Chesterton
Ethel A, 19, tailoress, b Chesterton
Cyril Jack, 18, bus conductor, b Chesterton
James R Llewellyn Jones, 25, theological student, b Lancashire
1939
Rebecca C Hobson, b 1866, widow
Olive, b 1897, draper’s assistant
Ernest Butcher, b 1895, clerk University exams
1962
Mrs Hobson
Rebecca Cecelia Hobson née Upchurch moved to no. 82 from no. 54 after her husband William died. Rebecca Hobson died in 1960. (email from SM 2023). Rebecca’s unmarried sister, Violet, also lived at 82. She was domestic servant/companion to an aunt of J B Priestley who lived at Pony Cottage, Buckden.
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