Clara King and Augustus: 7 De Freville Avenue 1907-8

7 De Freville Avenue, Cambridge

History of 7 De Freville Avenue

1901

Horace G Gray, 34, manufacturer of athletic goods, b Cambridge

Ellen M, 35, b Colchester

Claude L, 9, b Cambridge

Harold D, 8, b Cambridge

Abigail Mattock, 19, b Stapleford

In 1891 the Grays had been at 40 Chesterton Road

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1907 – 8

The photo of Clara and Augustus King was taken in 1907/8.

Clara left the family in April 1908.

Notes on William Kings Life 1870

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1911

William King, 40, motor agent, b Cherry Hinton

Reginald William, 19, scientific instrument maker, b Cambridge

Percival Frederick, 17, motor repairer, b Cambridge

Augustus Harold, 13, b Cambridge

Theodora Elizabeth, 8, b Cambridge

Susan King, mother, 84, widow, b Bottisham Lode

Lily Fordham, 34, housekeeper, b Colchester

Ada King, 16, servant, b Soham

The business was based in Bridge Street. The family had lived previously in Garden Walk and also 30 Sydney Street.

In 1913 Reginald was living at Sunnyside, Mingle Lane, Stapleford.

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1913

William King

William divorced from his wife Clara in 1913 and married Lily Fordham in 1914.

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1914 – 1918

Note in WW1 William was the Chief Engineer for the Board of Agriculture maintaining and running the tractor fleet for food production as well as King and Harpers.  Note: After the Russian revolution some of the Artillery Tractors bound fo Russia were converted for farm use by him and could plough up to 8 furrows at a time. (info supplied by family)

Reginald  was working in 1916 as a salesman and mechanic in the family firm but in September 1916 joined the Royal Flying Corps as a pilot. He was discharged from the RAF in 1919.

Augustus joined the Army Service Corps as a private in 1916. In 1917 he was discharged into the Reserve until after the end of the war. The reason for discharge as he was an expert mechanic, was to assist his father William King managing and maintaining and supplying the Board of Agriculture Tractor Fleet in the Cambridge area (essential war work). Note: all the sons were expert mechanics. In 1926 he married Gwendoline Lucy Snelgrove in Chesterton and in 1932 they were living at 35 Orchard Avenue.