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5, Morley Lodge, Brooklands Avenue
History of 5 Brooklands Avenue
1871
George Kett, carver and builder master
Catherine
George Robert, 10, born Cambridge
Edmund Joseph,
Catharine Sarah,
Alice Caroline,
Frederick Wm
Maud Mary
Jane Lawrence, servant, 15,
1881
George Kett, 44, master builder employing 161 men and 4 apprentices, born Wymondham
Catharine, 46, born Norfolk
Edmund J, 19, carver wood, born Cambridge
Catharine S, 17, born Cambridge
Alice C, 16, born Cambridge
Frederick W, 14, born Cambridge
Maud M, 12, born Cambridge
Mary Ann Hardy, servant, 26, born Cambridge
In 1881 George Kett entered local government as a member of the Board of Guardians for the Parish of St Edward. he became and George Robert Kett was summoned home to assist in the family business.
By 1883 the family had moved to Wymondham House, Brooklands Avenue.
1891
John Ernest Gilbert, 37, clerk in Holy Orders, born Cheshire
Johanna C, 34, born Brazil
Ernest D, 8, born Liverpool
Leonard A, 6, born Cambridge
Clement D, 1, born Cambridge
Noel,3 mos, born Cambridge
Eliza Wright, servant, 17, born Foxton
Mary Footer, servant, 18, nurse, born Suffolk
1901
Leonard A Gilbert, son, 16, born Cambridge
Noel, son, 10, born Cambridge
Basil, son, 8, born Cambridge
Ethel L South, servant, 19, housemaid, born Gt Wilbraham
Beatrice Burton, 19, cook, born Fowlmere
1911
Owen Charles Whitehouse, 61, theological tutor Cheshunt College Cambridge, born S India
Annie Margaret, 62, born London
Enid Margaret, 32, secretary juvenile employment registry, born Cheshunt
Lilian Mary, 30, secretary to university lecturer, born Cheshunt
Florence Barton, servant, 24, cook, born Horningsea
Mary Ann Radford, 21, servant, housemaid, born Toft
1913
Rev Owen C Whitehouse, Principal Cheshunt College
Lilian wrote a biography of her father in
1916
Owen Charles Whitehouse of Cheshunt College: the plain tale of a Godly scholar’s life told by his daughter Lilian and others. Owen lived 1849-1916.
Cheshunt College was the oldest of the Cambridge theological colleges. It united with Westminster College in 1967.
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