Melbourn Elm Tree 1851 ©MusCambHigh Street, Melbourn
History of William Crole Carver
Approx.location:
William Crole Carver b 1793 Melbourn, died 18.1.1865 Melbourn
Enid Porter rites in Cambridgeshire Customs and Folklore, p.19:
Bills sent out by William Carver, who had a private school in Melbourn, and which are now in the Cambridge Folk Museum, show that it was customary for him, in the 1830s, to make an extra charge if a boy slept in a separate bed.
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1861:
William C Carver, 68, no profession, b Melbourn
Elizabeth A, 63, b Malton
Louisa S, 38, b Melbourn
Francis, 29, bankers clerk, b Melbourn
Eustace, 27, general practitioner, b Melbourn
Albert H Betant, visitor, 21, rent agent, b Genera [?]
Susan Winter, 26, cook, b Melbourn
Eliza A Jacklin, 14, b Meldreth