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2 - 3 Emmanuel Street, 1954 (MoC 118/76)John Gray, carpenter
John, 17, bookbinder
Henry, 15,
Elizabeth, 14,
Emma, 10
Thomas, 9
Ann, 7
Charles, 5
Stroud Jervis, 68, shop keeper
Ann Jervis, 68
John Read Gray was born 24/12/1788 at Barkway in Hertfordshire. He married Ann Harriett Phillips on 30/3/1815 at St Benedicts Cambridge. Ann was the daughter of John Phillips b. abt. 1750 and Sarah Bell who married at St Benedicts 27/11/1778.
John and Ann had 8 children in all: Agnes b 1817, Arthur John 1817-1895, Amelia Caroline b 21/2/1819, Lydia Ann Elena b 10/12/1820, William Alfred b 2/5/1822, Henry Samuel b 20/7/1825, Elizabeth Jane (1827-1899) and Frederick Charles b 27/9/1828.
Emmanuel Lane
John Gray, 63, carpenter and builder, b Cambridge
Ann, b Cambridge
Thomas, 19, bookbinder and finisher, b Cambridge
Charles, 15, baker, b Cambridge
William Overhill, 34, bootmaker, b Cambs
Hannah, 34, b Cambridge
Richard, visitor, 59, labourer, b Cambs
Rose Curson, lodger, widow, 57, formerly shop keeper, b Teversham
Rose Anne Curson, daughter, 21, needlewoman, b Cambridge
Henry Fairweather, 45, upholsterer, b Norwich
Maria S, 43, b Norwich
Emma J, 21, ladysmaid, b Norwich
Ellen M, 13, b Norwich
William, 9, b Norwich
Alice, 7, b Norwich
Charles H Payne, 28, stationer
Jane
John H
Martha
Annie
Henry Charles Payne, picture framemaker
Jane
John Henry, 19, picture frame maker, b Cambridge
Martha Elizabeth, 18, picture shop assistant
Ada Elizabeth, 16, milliner, b Cambridge
Arthur Sidney, 13, b Cambridge
Katharine Maud, 12, b Cambridge
Annie Louisa, 10, b Cambridge
Jessica Laura, 8,
Ethel Clara, 6,
Henry C Payne, 55, retired framemaker,
Jane, 50,
Martha, 28,
Jessica, 18, b Cambridge
Ethel, 16, b Cambridge
Montague, 9, b Cambridge
H C Payner, 65, stationer shopkeeper, married, b London
Jane, 60, b Bury St Edmunds
Martha, 30, daughter, b Cambridge
A Pirie, 25, daughter, b Cambridge
Henry C Payne, newsagent stationer and picture frame maker
2 Emmanuel Street, 1970 (MoC 248/70)
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