82 Hertford Street

History of 82 Hertford Street

1911

George Rawlinson, 27, van salesman, b London

Mary née Child, 33, b Norfolk

Mary Elizabeth, 3, b Cambridge

John James, 1, b Cambridge

In 1901 Mary Child was living at Honey Hill

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1918

Frank William Hobson: Private 44083, 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Killed in action 20 June 1918. Aged 42.

Dependent Mrs Rebecca Cecilia Hobson, mother, 82 Hertford Street

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1921

William Hobson, 54, painter and decorator, b Histon

Rebecca C, 55, b Cottenham

Olive A, 24, assistant draper, b Chesterton

Ethel A, 19, tailoress, b Chesterton

Cyril Jack, 18, bus conductor, b Chesterton

James R Llewellyn Jones, 25, theological student, b Lancashire

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1939

Rebecca C Hobson, b 1866, widow

Olive, b 1897, draper’s assistant

Ernest Butcher, b 1895, clerk University exams

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1962

Mrs Hobson

Rebecca Cecelia Hobson née Upchurch moved to no. 82 from no. 54 after her husband William died. Rebecca Hobson died in 1960. (email from SM 2023).  Rebecca’s unmarried sister, Violet, also lived at 82. She was domestic servant/companion to an aunt of J B Priestley who lived at Pony Cottage, Buckden.