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7 St Andrew’s Street

History of 7 St Andrew's Street

Late 18th cent.

1851 Eliza Bowbank, baker [see Eliza Bowbank]

By 1851, Eliza Bowbank and her daughter Mary were living together in Cambridge. Mary’s occupation was listed as a baker. In 1861 Eliza was living with a widowed father John.


1861

Eliza Rooke, 37, housekeeper, b Ely

Frederic C, 10, b Cambridge

John W, 4, b Cambridge

Agnes Gilbert, 17, servant, b Cambridge


1871

Susan Ives, 34, b Bucks


1881 Photo shop locked up at night


1891 (7)

George Knowles, 35, fancy stationer

Edith, 35

Edith J

Margaret C

Flora Knight, 14, nursemaid, b Stretham


1901

George F Knowles, 45, fancy stationer, b Cambridge

Edith, 45, b Somerset

Edith J, 13, b Cambridge

Margaret C, 11, b Cambridge

Lilian R, 9, b Cambridge

Albert G, 7, b Cambridge

Frederic J, 6, b Cambridge

Janettie Webb, 22, servant, b Barrington


1913

Charles Hymans, optician


Document showing a 1951 invoice from an ophthalmic optician with a red two-penny stamp marked Received With Thanks.

Jackson Cox invoice, 1951

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