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George Parker (Post Office Directory)
(13) Norwich Arms
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
1875
John Westley (Kelly’s)
1879
Mrs M A Roorze (Post Office Directory)
(13)
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
(13) Norwich Arms
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
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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