1936, Blue Book
26 Petty Cury, Cambridge
History of 26 Petty Cury
1841
William Nixon, 30, confectioner
Susannah, 25
William Chalk, 37, independent
Susanna Allen, 23, servant
Joseph Fisher, 17, apprentice
1851
William Nixon, confectioner maker employing 1 man
Susannah
Jane Warren, 19, servant, b Harston
Edward Pillar, lodger, 21, undergraduate, b India
Thomas H Croft, 20, student of Caius College, b Yorks
1861
William Nixon, confectioner
Susanna
Mary Ann Day, servant, 19, b Meldreth
Joseph Baines, lodger, 33, curate St Andrew;’s Birmingham, b Yorks
W Dewhurst, lodger, curate St Paul’s Birmingham, b Lancs
Edward H Jones, lodger, curate St Peter’s Birmingham, b Wales
Eustace Robinson, lodger, curate Bedford, b Sussex
1871
William Nixon, confectioner
Susanna
1881 Bakers Shop
William Nixon, 70, confectioner, b Cambs
Susanna, 65, b Cambs
Sarah Cornwell, 21, servant, b Comberton
1891
Charles W Flack, 37, organist and music seller, b Cambridge
Alice, 31, b Cambridge
Grace Edith, 12, b Cambridge
Maurice J, 11, b Cambridge
Frederic C, 10, b Cambridge
Ernest M, 8, b Cambridge
Walter V, 1, b Cambridge
Annie Taylor, 16, b West Wratting
1901
(26) uninhabited
(26a):
John Holland, 49, general dealer, b Cambridge
Kate, 37, b Cambridge
William, 16, yeast traveller, b Cambridge
Geneva Adam, 14, servant, b Over
1906

28 High Street, Soham, far right (MoC391/63) reverse of postcard, addressed to 26 Petty Cury
1913
Otto Wehrle, watchmaker and jeweller [also organist at the Catholic Church OLEM until 1919]
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