Mostyn House, Cambridge (RGL2026)
16, Mostyn House, Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge
History of 16 Brooklands Avenue
1881 Census
Frederick Wm WhiteheadMarthaJohn E L, 28, solicitor, born CambridgeMary A F, 23, born CambridgeFrederick C M, 22, student of Downing CollegeAlice C, 19, born CambridgeMercia D, 17, born CambridgeEdith Agnes,George M Haslam, boarder, 56, ward in chancery, born Cambridge, lunaticAdelaide Russel. servant, 41, ladies maid, born KentAnn Smart, servant, widow, 57, cook, born EssexSarah Bone, servant, 21, housemaid, born ToftWilliam Arnold, servant, 16, houseboy, born Gt Shelford
1891 Census
Frederick W Whitehead, 64, clerk in Holy Orders, born ManchesterMartha, 65, born CambridgeFrederick C M, 32, solicitor, born CambridgeEdith A, 34, born CambridgeGeorge M Haslem, boarder, 68, born CambridgeSarah Althow, servant, 58, cook, born NorfolkEmma L Clarke, 18, housemaid, born CambridgeAgnes J Rule, 23, servant, semptress, born BalshamMary Ann Rule, visitor, 48, born Cambs
1901 Census
William Edmund Currey, 60, one of H M Inspectors of Schools, born Lismore Ireland[His father Francis had worked for the Duke of Devonshire at Lismore.]Emma J, 48, born HantsEmily Hoy, 24, cook, born EssexEthel Morton, 17, parlourmaid, born Essex
By the time of William’s death in 1908 the family had moved to Romsey House, Mill Road.
1911 Census
James Drummond Anderson, 59, Indian Civil Service (retired) University Teacher of Bengali, born India BengalFrances, 49, born Capetown S AEllen, 25, born Assam IndiaGeorge, 14, born Bengal IndiaFrank, 8, born EalingDavid, 6, born EalingKate Makepeace, 41, widow, cook, born BristolDorothy Prosser, 19, parlour maid, born CapeowonMilly Meisures, 23, housemaid, born Cambridge
1913 Street Directory
James Drummond Anderson, MA
James Anderson (1852-1920) joined the Bengal Civil Service in 1875. When he retired in 1900 he became lecturer in Bengali language and literature at Cambridge. He published several books on folk culture, language and linguistics. By the end of WWI the family had moved to Cavendish Avenue. Their son Major Martin Alan Anderson was killed in action in 1917.
Sources
- 1881 census
- 1891 census
- 1901 census
- 1911 census
- Kellys Directory
- Photographs
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