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1881:
26 Gloucester Place
Edward J Gillson, 54, tailor, b Thetford Norfolk
Jessie Gillson, 29, wife, b Fulbourn
Ernest Gillson, 7, b Cambridge
Frederick Gillson, 6, b Cambridge
George Gillson, 3, b Cambridge
Percy W Gillson, 6 mos, b Cambridge
In 1891 the family were at 6 Gloucester Place
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1891:
6 Gloucester Place
Jessie Willson, widow, 38, b Fulbourn
George, 12, b Cambridge
Percy, 10, b Cambridge
Archer, 8, b Cambridge
Jessie, 3, b Cambridge
In 1901 the family were at 3 Gloucester Place
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1901: 3 Gloucester Place
Jessie Gillson, widow, 48, laundress, b Fulbourn
Percy, 20, draper’s porter, b Cambridge
Archie, 17, shop assistant, b Cambridge
Jessie, 13, b Cambridge
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1911: 3 Gloucester Place
Jessie Gillson, 57, widow, b Fulbourn
Jessie Clarke, wife, 23, b Cambridge
Ernest Clarke, husband, 23, motor driver jam factory, b Balsham
Archie Gillson, son, 26, brewers labourer, b Cambridge
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1913:
SEVERN PLACE LATE GLOUCESTER PLACE
EAST SIDE
1-16
WELLINGTON PASSAGE
SOUTH SIDE
18 – 20
SEVERN PASSAGE (Late GLOUCESTER PASSAGE)
1-2
SEVERN PLACE
21-30
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