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Caius College and Senate House
Oak bracket made in 1918 by Samuel Cowle of the Museum of Archaology, Cambridge from a beam of the 1414 roof of the hall of Caius College, from Mr N Tuelon Porter (MoC)
General information about Gonville and Caius College can be found on Wikipedia.
Caius College and Senate House c1904
Ernest Stewart Roberts, college tutor, 43, b Lincs,
Mary, 41, b Oxon
Caroline M S , 3, Oxon,
Walter S, 1, b Oxon,
Margaret S, 5 mos, b Ireland
Mary Ann J Lee, 29, housemaid, b Germany
Maria Weis, 38, nurse, b Berks
Mary Annie Illsley, 17, nurse, b Berks
William Beckley, 47, head porter, b Herts
Alice Beckley, 40, b Herts
Job Bendall, 35, under butler, b Cambridge
Albert Beckley, 16, b Hants
Richard Briggs, 26, under porter, b Histon
Samuel G Humphrey, 37, under porter, b Essex
Mary Ann Humphrey, 37, b Oakington
Samuel T Humphrey, 10, b Cambridge
Mary Ann Humphrey, 7, b Cambridge
Alice Maud Humphrey, 6 mos, b Cambridge
Arthur Tilbrook Humphrey, 2, b Cambridge
Arthur Sheridan Lea, fellow, 37, assistant tutor, b New York
William T Lendrum, fellow, 35, lecturer, b Ireland
Ralph F Darcy, 26, graduate student, b Ireland
Caius College and Senate House c1903
During the period 1903-5 Harold Delph Gillies was a student at Caius. His work during WWI has led to him being widely considered the father of modern plastic surgery. Harold Gillies Close (CB5 8ZD) is named in his honour.
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Gonville and Caius Vollege, Senate House c1917
Edward Davis, 48, naval pensioner, Royal Hut Reserve, College Head Porter, b Middlesex
Ellen Jane, 45, b Middlesex
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