1841 not recorded
1851
1861
Mary Whitehead, 38, widow, laundress, b Meldreth
William, 6, scholar, b Cambridge
Simon, 9 months, b Cambridge
James Gathercole, 52, lodger, bricklayer, b Cambridge
1871
John Beasly, 39, bricklayers labourer, b Huntingdonshire
Mary, 49, b Meldreth
William Whitehead, 16, stepson, bricklayers labourer, b Cambridge
Symond Whitehead, 11, stepson, scholar, b Cambridge
1881
John Beasley, 48, labourer, b Huntingdonshire
Mary, 61, b Meldreth
Simon, 20, labourer, b Cambridge
1891
John Beasley, 58, bricklayers labourer, b Buckden, Hunts
Mary, 72, b Meldreth
Simon Whitehead, 32, bricklayers labourer, b Cambridge
Alfred J Knight, 20, lodger, groom, b Duxford
1901
George Wayman, 28, builders carman, b Cambs
Emma, 26, b Cambridge
Hartley, 3, b Cambridge
Jack, 1, b Grantchester
1911
Ellington Thomas Overhill, 47, bootmaker, b Haverhill
Henry, 15, boot repairer, b Cambridge
Percy, 10, b Cambridge
Jack, 8, b Cambridge
Jack Overhill recorded his memories of Christmas at home in ‘A Fenland Christmas’ compiled by Chris Carling (p64).
In 1921 Jack and his father are living at 7 Saxon Street.
1913
Thomas Overhill, bootmaker
1939
Hilda Parsons (Jones), b 1906, cardboard box maker and laundry work
George Jones, b 1897, salesman canvasser
1 closed record
NB. Hilda and George married in 1940
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