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Rowland Morris FawcettRomilly moved to Scroope Terrace from Hills Road after Margaret’s death.
1851:
Joseph Romilly, 59, clergyman without cure of souls and registrary of university, b Middlesex [also 3 Benet Place in 1861]
Lucy, sister, 52, b Middlesex
Harriet Sandfield, servant, 25, b Cambridge
Theodosia Russell, 28, servant, b Kent
In 1848 (2 December) Romilly noted: Harriet Sandfield’s birthday: Lucy and I each gave her 10/- to begin an account at the Savings Bank.
Romilly’s editor notes that Harriett was the faithful maid of whom naturally little is known beyond what Romilly relates. She was a local girl, protégée of Lucy, and only in her twenties, who was to refuse two offers of marriage to stay with her master.
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1861:
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1871:
Roland Morris Fawcett, 67, general practitioner, b Cumberland
Elizabeth, 71, b Leics
Fanny Hurry, 60, cook, b Cherry Hinton
Frances Waller, 23, parlour maid, b Hunts
Louisa Fayers, 15, house maid, b Wood Ditton
Frederick Bradford, 30, coachman gardener, b Babraham
http://millroadcemetery.org.uk/fawcett-edward/
The River Cam’s sewage problem – 1870
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1891:
William Milner Fawcett, 58, architect, b Yorks
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1909: death of William Milner Fawcett
William Milner Fawcett – the Architect for Victorian Cambridge
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1911:
Emily Fawcett, 67, widow, b Leeds
Emma Clarke, visitor, 76, widow, b Leics
Mary Elizabeth, sister, 61, b Hereford
Ada Jane Brooker, 40, companion to lady, b Kent
Elizabeth Curson, cook, 40, b Norfolk
Annie Bailey, housemaid, 26, b Norfolk
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