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5 - 7 St Eligius Street1901:
Thomas E Brookman, 34, foreman of Fire Brigade, b Kent
Harriett, 36, b Surrey
Leonard H, 10, b London
Edgar L, 7, b London
Dorothy A, 5, b London
May A, 3, b Cambridge
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1911:
Henry Richard Papworth, 55, compositor printing office, b Cambridge
Harriet Jane, 55, college bedmaker, b Cambridge
Alice Maud, 30, housekeeper, b Cambridge
William Henry, 23, clerk university exam board, b Cambridge
Arthur Harold, 18, waiter university, b Cambridge
Edwin Maurice, 15, laboratory assistant, b Cambridge
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1913:
Henry Richard Papworth, compositor
William Henry Papworth: Private 29725, 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action 27th September 1918. Aged 31. Born, resident and enlisted Cambridge. Husband of Mrs. E. M. Papworth, of 159, Ross St., Romsey Town, Cambridge. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). Buried in MOEUVRES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Nord, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 36. See also Perse School and Cambridge Guildhall. (St Paul’s Roll of Honour) During WWI William moved to 159 Ross Street.
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1962:
Arthur H Papworth
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