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26 Norwich Street, 1970 (MoC309/70)George Parker (Post Office Directory)
George Parker was born in Findon 22 February 1829. He started working life as an agricultural labourer, although he had changed his occupation to domestic gardener by the time he married Elizabeth Smith at the Parish Church in Arundel in 1885. In the early 1860’s George, Elizabeth and their three children (Alice b:1856, George b:1857, Alfred b:1859) relocated, probably for work reasons, to Cambridge. They had one other child prior to moving to Cambridge – Frederick who was born in 1864, but died of Scarlet Fever after only four days. Their first known residence in Cambridge was in Russell Street in 1865, although by the time of the 1871 census they had moved to 13 Norwich Street in the parish of St Andrew. George’s occupation was recorded on the 1871 census as ‘Gardener & Licensed Victualler’. By this time, George and Elizabeth had three more children (Henry b:1865, William b:1969 and Rose Florence b:1871). Their eighth and final child (Edith May) was born in 1874 while they family were still living in Norwich Street (no.19). (Email from NS 2022)
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George Parker, 40, gardener licensed victualler, b Sussex
Elizabeth, 38, b Sussex
George, 13, railway clerk, b Gloucs
Alfred, 12, b Middlesex
Henry, 6, b Cambridge
Willie, 2, b Cambridge
John Grace, head, 50, railway engine driver, b Cheshire
Mary Grace, 48, b Lancs
John Edward Grace, 12, b Yorks
The Parker family had moved to 19 Norwich Street by 1874.
1875
John Westley (Kelly’s)
1879
Mrs M A Roorze (Post Office Directory)
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George Hearn, 30, blacksmith, b Hants
Martha A Hearn, 27, b Cambs
William H Hearn, 2, b Berks
Edith E Hearn, 4 mos, b Cambs
Henry Jackson, lodger, 32, joiner, b Durham
Jane Jackson, lodger, 36, b Longford
Mary A Roome, lodger, 63, bar housekeeper, b Middlesex
Henry Sexton, lodger, 54, fly proprietor, b Suffolk
Caroline Sexton, lodger, 58, b Middlesex
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Henry Sexton, 37, fly driver, b Suffolk
Henry Sexton ran a fly business from the railway station into town. At the start of WWI the horses were requisitioned and the Sexton family were forced to move to London for work. (Email JS 2022).
Sarah C, 35, b Essex
Henry, 15, stable lad, b London
Sarah C, 13, b London
George, 10, b Essex
Alfred, 8, b London
Pamela Rose, 6, b London
Alice M, 4, b London
Laura L, 2, b London
Frederick W, 4 mos, b Cambridge
Frederick W Sexton is on the St Paul’s Roll of Honour. He served with the Royal Fusiliers in WWI and the Russian Civil War; he was killed in northern Russia on 9th September 1919. He is also commemorated on the Archangel Memorial.
A C G Buckoke, 26, waiter, b London
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William D James, 39, publican. b London
Matilda, 39, b Ely
Lizzie, 12, b Cambridge
William J, 4, b Cambridge
Ethel Mellard, servant, 14, b Balsham
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Arthur William Webb, 32, publican, b Cambridge
Hannah, sister in law, 39, married, laundress, b Cambridge
Arthur Lawrence,son, 16, errand boy grocers, b Cambridge
Alice Day, servant, 20, domestic, b Cambridge
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Andrew McCulloch, television service
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