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1881
John Brignall, 48, bricklayers labourer, b Cambridge
Emma, 49, laundress, b Shelford
Alfred, 19, bricklayer, b Cambridge
Fredrick, 16, plumbers labourer, b Cambridge
John, 10, scholar, b Cambridge
William, 7, scholar, b Cambridge
James, 5, scholar, b Cambridge
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1891
Henry Woodcock, 53, rag collector, b Hertfordshire
Jane, 54, b Hertfordshire
William, 20, grocers porter, b Girton
George, 18, grocers porter, b Girton
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1901
Frederick Burton, 47, compositor, b Cambridge
Sarah, 43, b Cambridge
Edward F, 17, telegraph messenger, b Cambridge
Phoebe A, 15, at home, b Cambridge
Grace L, 9, school, b Cambridge
Florence G, 9 months, b Cambridge
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1901 electoral register
Herbert Charles Summerfield
Herbert and Martha married in 1903, in Newmarket
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1911
Herbert Charles Summerfield, 38, cab driver, b Cambridge
Martha, 31, b Borough Green
Dorothy, 7, b Cambridge
Hilda, 5, b Cambridge
Richard, 1, b Cambridge
Ida, under 1 month, b Cambridge
On 31st December 1909, Herbert signed a Pledge of Abstinence (document in the Museum of Cambridge). He died in 1946 aged 76
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1939
Herbert C Summerfield, b 1870, retired labourer
Martha, b 1879, unpaid domestic duties
Grace E M (Russell), b 1917, food processor Chivers table jelly boilers
Gerald F, b 1924, junior assistant, Trinity College Library
Ida E, b 1911, domestic help
1 closed record
The closed record may relate to Trooper Herbert Reginald Summerfield, son of Herbert and Martha, b 1920. He died in action in Egypt on 20th November 1941 and was buried in Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt.
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