12, Providence Cottages, Terrace Lane, Cambridge

History of 12 Terrace Lane

1841

Thomas Elbourne, 37, labourer

Susan, 35

Mary Ann, 13

Eliza, 12

John, 19

William, 8

Thomas, 6

David, 5 months

Catherine, 5 months

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1851

Thomas Elbourn, 47, labourer, b Little Shelford

Susan, 44, b Little Shelford

John, 20, labourer, b Little Shelford

William, 18, labourer, b Little Shelford

Thomas, 16, labourer, b Little Shelford

Catherine, 10, scholar, b Cambridge

Sarah, 5, b Cambridge

NB members of this family were at 12 Terrace Lane in 1841, and at 13 Terrace lane in 1861 and 1871

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1861

George Bailey, 24, labourer, b Cottenham

Emma, 26, b Cambridge

Elizabeth Clark, 66, widow, visitor, b Cherry Hinton

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1871

Thomas Haigh, 36, journeyman tailor, b Cambridge

Faithfull, 33, b Gillingham, Kent

Thomas, 11, scholar, b Chatham, Kent

Mary, 10, scholar, b Chatham, Kent

Emma, 8, scholar, b Chatham, Kent

Catherine, 5, scholar, b Chatham, Kent

Harry, 4, scholar, b Gillingham, Kent

Frank, 2, b Chatham, Kent

John, 3 weeks, b Cambridge

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1881

Harry Alderton, 26, bricklayers labourer, b Cambridge

Emma, 27, bedmakers assistant, b Bourne

Harry, 3, scholar, b Cambridge

Walter J, 1, b Cambridge

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1891(No 1 Providence Cottages):

Jane Polendine, 52, wife, b Cornwall (no husband present, but it is likely he is away in the army)

Henry, 17, baker, b Cyprus

Alfred, 12, scholar, b Bermuda

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1901

George Willis, widower, 38, baker, b Beds

George H, 12, b Cambridge

Edith, 10,  b Cambridge

Amy G, 7, b Cambridge

Herbert, 5, b Cambridge

Agnes May, 2, b Cambridge

Florence, 6 mos, b Cambridge

Alice Simpkins, aunt, 30, housekeeper, b Cambridge

Percival Simpkins, nephew, 4, b Cambridge

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1911

William Henry Cook, 54, labourer cycle makers, b Cambridge

Elizabeth, 43, b Cambridge

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1913 William Cook, cycle cleaner

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1927

William Henry Cook, Elizabeth Cook

William Henry Cook was a shepherd and a cowman in Longstowe Cambs in 1911. After WWII he lived in Wisbech. It seems very probable that he was the father of Walter Cook, a private in the Cambridgeshire Regiment who fought at the Battle of Singapore, was captured by the Japanese and died 4.6.1943, cause of death unknown at ‘206 Kilo’, Thailand.

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1939

William H Cook, b 1855, retired packer

Elizabeth Cook, b 1869, household duties

Mary A Payne, b 1876, housekeeper

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1962

James A Powley