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George Stace1841: ? unnumbered
Isaac Young, 35, tea dealer
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1851:
Thomas Groom, 32, bootmaker, b Herts
Sarah, 30, b Herts
Philip, 30, bootmaker, b Herts
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1861:
Thomas Scott, 45, grocer, b Cambridge
Caroline, 42, b Cambridge
Mary Ann, 21, b Cambridge
Thomas, 19, grocer, b Cambridge
Henry, 14, b Cambridge
Caroline, 12, b Cambridge
Sophia, 10, b Cambridge
Walter, 8, b Cambridge
Kate, 6, b Cambridge
Mary Ann Baker, wife’s sister, 38, b Cambridge
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1863:
William Lusher took over the grocery business in 1863. he went bankrupt in 1864 and died of TB in 1865.
In 1861 William had been living at the Pickerel Inn. he had married Amelia Constable, daughter of hatter John F Constable who had a shop at 8 Petty Cury.
See Mill Road Cemetery entry
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1871:
Frederick T Jackson, 30, grocer, b Cambridge
Catherine, 30, b Wimpole
Catherine E, 8, b Cambridge
Sarah A, 4, b Cambridge
Frederick T, 18 mos, b Cambridge
Caroline Briggs, 14, servant, b Dullingham
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According to Enid Porter in ‘Victorian Cambridge’, Lyles and Speed of 15 Petty Cury bought the Gonville Nursery after the death of Jabez Chater. Their shop and the nursery was acquired later by James Sanders.
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1881:
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1891:
George Stace, 39, draper, b Sussex
Amelia, 42, b Cambridge
Winifred Mary, 12, b Cambridge
Mary Elizabeth Kelsey, assistant, 32, mantle shopwoman, b Norfolk
Clara Camwell Kelsey, assistant, 27, millinery shopwoman, b Norfolk
Margaret A Wallman, 23, housemaid, b Swavesey
Ellen Elizabeth Wilson, 16, kitchenmaid, b Chesterton
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1901:
Edward Malcolm Bennett, servant, 28, clerk, b Cambridge
Elizabeth Ward, 18, servant, b Toft
Louisa Sargent, 48, servant, b Gt Shelford
Francis E Butterfield, 32, servant, dressmaker, b Yorks
Harriett R Fennick, 30, servant, milliner, b London
Sarah E Pinches, servant, 29, drapers assistant, b Herefordshire
Annie G Rice, servant, 29, drapers assistant, b Devon
Anne E Thorpe, 28, draper’s assistant, b Lincs
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1913:
George Stace, milliner, ladies outfitter, undertaker
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13-16 Petty Cury 1960s
13-15 Petty Cury circa 1960s
16 Petty Cury
14 – 18 Petty Cury c.1960
1962:
Alexandre Ltd, tailors
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