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An Indian postage stamp depicting portraits of Nellie Sengupta and Jatindra Mohan Sengupta with their names and the year 1985.

Nellie Sengupta

1, 3, 5, Histon Road, Chestnut Terrace, Cambridge

History of Chestnut Terrace

1891

(1) vacant

(3)

Frederic H Gray, 29, waiter, b Cambridge

Edith H, 27, b Suffolk

Edith E,  7, b Chesterton

In 1901 Edith was living with her grandparents  Dunne, in Royston

In 1909 she married Jatindra Mohan Sengupta in Royston. He was a student at Downing College. She became known as Nellie Sengupta.

(5)

Barnett Elwood, 35, college servant, b Cambridge

Charlotte F A, 31, b Cambridge

Minnis F, 11, b Chesterton

Sidney F, 9, b Chesterton

Claude B, 7, b Chesterton


1913

(5) Montague Eley, hairdresser

(3) Frederick Smith, postman

(1) Alfred Siggis, corn dealer


1939 (Spaldings)

(1) Cecil Webb, mechanic

(3) Mrs Taylor

(5) Montague Eley, hairdresser

(National Register)

(1)

Kathleen V Webb, b 1908

Christine V Webb, b 1937

Cecil Webb, b 1907, motor mechanic and photographer, air raid warden

(3)

Adelaide Spence, b 1895, vegetable cook

Edna M Ward, b 1911, sales waitress, emergency blood transfusion

(5)

Montague Eley, b 1871, barber

Laura L Eley, b 1868

Amanda L Allgood, b 1892, dairy ledger clerk

A map section showing Histon Road with numbered building plots, a garage area, and several overlaid red and green circular dots.

Histon Road, OS 1965


1962

(5) Richard O’Driscoll

(3) Edward Jackson

(1) William Cooper

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  • India
  • world war two

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