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Victoria Road / Castle Street junction OS 18851881:
(1)
Matthew Gatland, 72, formerly a coachman, b Surrey
Elizabeth, 36, dressmaker, b London
Mary, 26, dressmaker, b Lincs
(2)
George Smee, 44, tailors foreman, b Cambridge
Eliza, 40, b Cambridge
Anne E, 13, b Cambridge
Lilla, 12, b Cambridge
Edwin G, 10, b Cambridge
Ernest G, 8, b Cambridge
Alice M, 6, b Cambridge
Ethel May, 3, b Cambridge
Percival G, 1, b Cambridge
P D Mitchell sent this note in 2023:
Gunner Percival George Frederick Smee (146962) 387th Siege Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery: Percival was the son of George and Eliza Smee. He was the youngest of seven children and had four sisters and two brothers. The census of 1881 shows the family living at 2 Victoria Road, Cambridge with George (44) giving his occupation as ‘tailor’, Eliza (40), Annie (13), Lilla (12), Edwin (10), Ernest (8), Alice (6), Ethel May (3) and Percival (1). At a later date the family moved to 9 Oxford Road, Cambridge.
The Smee family were later at 9 Oxford Road, Cambridge
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1913: not listed
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