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Berrycroft (date unknown)The Museum of Cambridge holds a copy of the Berrycroft Memories from which some of the following information is drawn. At present there is no digital copy available. The Memories are a collection of largely anecdotal stories about growing up in this extended family, with descriptions of people from the late 19th into the early 20th centuries.
Berrycroft Memories Aug 1990
Berrycroft memories contents page
1901: Berry Croft
Harry G Few, 52, corn merchant, b Willingham
Mary Ann, 49, b Cambridge
John Edward, 23, solicitors articled clerk, b Willingham
Harry Cornelius, 22, merchants clerk, b Willingham
Constance C, 20, b Willingham
Joseph R Green, visitor, professor of Botany, b Suffolk
Jenny Moss, 23, servant, b Steeple Morden
In 1891 the family were living at The Vineyards, Willingham
The Few family built this house in 1890 and moved into the house in 1891.
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1910:
Four generations of Fews c.1910
Harry Cornelius Few (1879 – 1935)
Harry Gleaves Few (1848 – 1931)
Edward Few (1826 – 1912)
Maurice Edward Few (b 1908)
The Few family carriage and groom, Sayer
The Few family groom, Sayer
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1911:
Harry Gleaves Few, 62, corn merchant
Mary Ann [Pollie], 59
Mary Cornelia, 37, b St Ives
Constance Cornelia, 30
Frances Emma Lauder, 25, cook, b Grantchester
Lily Elizabeth Morley, 24, housemaid, b Caldecote
Eliza Crack, 18, housemaid, b Cherry Hinton
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1913:
H G Few J P, County Councillor
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1920s
Berry Croft, Grange Road 1920s
Berry Croft, Grange Road 1920s
Harry Few, late 1920s
Mary Ann Few, late 1920s
Servant and Carriage licences issued to Harry Gleavs Few
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1930s
Harry Few and Mary Ann died in 1931 and 1930 respectively. There was an obituary printed in the Times in 1931.
In 1933 the grandchildren founded the ‘Twenty One Club’. This last met in 1977 in Lyndewode Road.
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1939:
Mrs A M Newsome
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2022:
Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology
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