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Terrace Lane
History of Terrace Lane
For notes on the early development of this area see New Town.
1841
Terrace Lane 1841
NB for 1841 census birthplace is within Cambridgeshire, unless otherwise stated
(1): John Coulson, 30, bricklayer
Mary, 30
Benjamin, 4
Benjamin Harris, 58, labourer
(2): James Thornhill, 49, carpenter
Jessy, 45
Jessy, 15
James, 12
Elizabeth, 9
Susan, 6
(3): Thomas Coley, 22, law writer
Ann, 25
(4): Alsey Missen, 50, female servant
(5): Joseph Troughton, 31, occupation illegible, born outside Cambridgeshire
Kezia, 32, born outside Cambridgeshire
Samuel, 4
(6): William Coxall, 23, tailor
Mary Ann, 23
George, 2
Emma Susannah, 4 months
(7): William Robinson, 25, sawyer, born outside Cambridgeshire
Mary, 23
Mary, 4
Druseilla, 5 months
(8): Robert Hunt, 50, carpenter
James, 15, bookbinders assistant
Charles, 13
John, 11
(9 and 10): nothing recorded
(11): William Baker, 30, carpenter
Mary, 23, born outside Cambridgeshire
Harriet, 2
(12): Thomas Elbourne, 37, labourer
Susan, 35
Mary Ann, 13
Eliza, 12
John, 19
William, 8
Thomas, 6
David, 5 months
Catherine, 5 months
(13): Sarah Hutt, 38, charwoman
Edward, 15, errand boy
(14): nothing recorded
(15): Charles Foster, 30, sexton
Thirza, 30, born outside Cambridgeshire
Frederick, 5
(16): John Johnson, 35, bricklayer
Ann, 35
Robert, 5
David, 6
(17): Joseph Clark, 50, labourer, born outside Cambridgeshire
Sarah, 47, born outside Cambridgeshire
Joseph, 13, born outside Cambridgeshire
Mary Ann, 11, born outside Cambridgeshire
George, 8, born outside Cambridgeshire
(18): Charles Chapman, 27, carpenter
Ann, 35
Louizea, 5
Ann, 4
Mary Ann, 9 months
(19): William Wing, 35, gardener, born outside Cambridgeshire
Sarah, 30
Sarah Ann, 3
Joseph, 2
Samuel, 6 months
(Separate household at this address): Catherine Ayrton, 68, independent, born outside Cambridgeshire
1851
NB no house numbers are given for this census, and only 16 households can be identified, although house numbers up to 19 are found on 1841 and 1861 and later censuses.
Where a household can be found living in the same street in other censuses this is noted.
Thomas Hills, 34, ostler, b Royston
Mary, 29, b Hertfordshire
James, 2, scholar, b Cambridge
Mary, 11 months, b Cambridge
Jessy Thornhill, 55, widow, dressmaker, b Cambridge
Jessy, 25, b Cambridge
James, 21, apprentice carpenter, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 19, b Cambridge
Susan, 16, b Cambridge
NB members of this family were living at 2 Terrace Lane in 1841, 1871 and 1881
Charles Carter, 30, painter and glazier, b Landbeach
Eliza, 22, b Cambridge
James B, 7, scholar, b Cambridge
NB in 1861 and 1871 this family was at 9 Terrace Lane
Joseph Fuller, 51, widower, confectioner and fruiterer, b Cambridge
James Goffin, 12, servant, b Cambridge
John Sisk, 66, tallow chandler, b Suffolk
Alice, 59, b Cambridge
Harry, 25, clerk, b Cambridge
Robert Hunt, 65, carpenter and joiner, b Cambridge
Ann, 58, b Cambridge
John, 20, labourer, b Cambridge
NB in 1841 and 1861 members of this family were at 8 Terrace Lane
William Robinson, 35, sawyer, b Essex (NB listed as ‘married’ but no wife present)
Mary, 14, scholar, b Cambridge
Drusilla, 10, scholar, b Cambridge
Ann, 6, scholar, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 2, b Cambridge
NB in 1841 this family were at 7 Terrace Lane
Robert Sparrow, 47, shoemaker, b Norfolk
Mary, 36, b Cambridge
Frederick, 9, b Cambridge
Jane Lupson, 22, sister, dressmaker, b Cambridge
John Hayward, 30, painter, b Essex
Mary, 28, b Essex
Susan, 10, b Bassingbourn
Hannah, 8, b Essex
John, 4, b Cambridge
Simeon, 2, b Cambridge
Maria, 1 month, b Cambridge
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
Richard Darnell, 29, labourer, b Caxton
Jane E, 27, b Cambridge
Harry, 6, b Cambridge
Richard W, 5, b Cambridge
Susan, 1, b Cambridge
Henry Skinner, 64, father-in-law, labourer, b Cambridge
Susan Skinner, 52, mother-in-law, b Great Chesterford
Susan, 17, sister-in-law, servant, b Cambridge
Emily, 10, sister-in-law, scholar, b Cambridge
James French, 24, farm labourer, b Cambridge
Mary, 20, b Northamptonshire
Catherine, 2 months, b Cambridge
Thomas K Gray, 33, baker, b Cambridge
Rebecca, 33, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 8, scholar, b Cambridge
Samuel H, 7, scholar, b Cambridge
Harriett M, 5, b Cambridge
Mary Ann, 3, b Cambridge
Elizabeth Garabee, 78, widow, washerwoman, b Somersham
John, 34, brewers labourer, b Essex
Benjamin, 24, gardener, b Essex
George, 20, labourer, b Essex
William Carder, 30, lodger, labourer, b London
Mary Carter, 50, widow, college servant, b London
John B, 23, miller, b Cambridge
Phoebe, 21, b Cambridge
James, 16, errand boy, b Cambridge
Frederick, 12, scholar, b Cambridge
Susan Smith, 21, visitor, dressmaker, b Cambridge
William Wing, 50, gardener, b Mildenhall
Sarah, 40,, b Cambridge
Sarah A, 13, b Cambridge
Elizabeth S, 8, b Cambridge
Joseph J, 12, b Cambridge
Samuel, 10, b Cambride
Robert, 5, b Cambridge
David W, 4, b Cambridge
James, 1, b Cambridge
NB this family were at 19 Terrace Lane in 1841, 1861 and 1871
1861
NB no record of properties 1-7, a page may be missing as schedule numbers jump from 32 to 47
(8): Robert Hunt, 75, widower, carpenter and joiner, b Cambridge
(9): Charles Carter, 48, painter and glazier, b Landbeach
Eliza, 41, painters wife, b Cambridge
James, 17, painter, b Cambridge
(10): George Thompson Barley, 32, omnibus conductor, b Chesterton
Sarah Ann, 33, house domestic affairs, b Gloucestershire
James, 9, scholar, b Cambridge
Robert, 1, b Cambridge
(11): unoccupied
(12): George Bailey, 24, labourer, b Cottenham
Emma, 26, b Cambridge
Elizabeth Clark, 66, widow, visitor, b Cherry Hinton
(13): Thomas Elbourne, 26, labourer, b Shelford
Mary Ann, 20, labourers wife, b Trumpington
Ann, 2, b Cambridge
Catherine, 8 months, b Cambridge
(14): Mary Ann Howell, 51, widow, retired, b Lincolnshire
(15): William Clark, 36, labourer, b Cambridge
Harriett, 32, labourers wife, b Cambridge
Bertha Selina, 11 months, b Cambridge
(16): William Cooper, 73, general labourer, b Great Shelford
Sarah, 63, labourers wife, b Thriplow
William, 22, hostler, b Cambridge
(17): George Fink, 24, housekeeper to R Gillam, b Little Wilbraham
Eliza, 25, b Cambridge
NB there is a Richard Gillam, chimney sweeper at 1 Saxon Street, which is the adjacent street
(18): John Scott, 49, groom, b Hauxton
Catherine, 48, b Stapleford
Harriett, 12, scholar, b Cambridge
Eliza, 10, scholar, b Cambridge
(19): William Wing, 60, gardener, b Mildenhall
Sarah, 49, gardeners wife, b Kingston, Cambridgeshire
Robert, 16, errand boy, b Cambridge
David, 14, errand boy, b Cambridge
James, 11, scholar, b Cambridge
1871
(1): George Rickett, 41, railway signalman, b Cambridge
Emma, 40, signalman’s wife, b Ickleton
Charles, 19, railway porter, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 15, housemaid, sleeps at home, b Cambridge
Arthur, 10, scholar, b Cambridge
Emma, 9, scholar, b Cambridge
George, 6, scholar, b Cambridge
Alice, 4, scholar, b Cambridge
Louise, 4 months, b Cambridge
(2): Jessie Thornhill, 40, dressmaker, b Cambridge
(3): William Hurlow, 36, painter (master), b Haddenham
Hannah, 37, painters wife, b Prickwillow
William, 9, scholar, b Cambridge
Hannah Marah, 1, b Cambridge
George Bullock, 45, straw hat maker, b Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
(4): James Kirkup, 28, upholsterer master, b Cambridge
Sarah, 26, upholsterers wife, b West Wratting
William, 5, scholar, b Cambridge
Louisa, 8 months, b Cambridge
Alias, 66, widow, mother, supported by head of family, b Ireland
(5): Betsy Webb, 32, widow, shirtmaker, b Six Mile Bottom
William, 7, scholar, b Cambridge
Ellen, 5, scholar, b Cambridge
Arthur, 3, scholar, b Cambridge
Anna, 1, b Cambridge
Anna Risely, 33, widow, lodger, college bedmakers assistant, b Cambridge
Henry Thomas Risely, 7, lodger, scholar, b Cambridge
Albert Edward Risely, 5, lodger, scholar, b Cambridge
(6): Thomas Hames, 24, stonemason journeyman, b Cambridge
Emily Jane, 21, b Granchester
Emily Harriett, 3 months, b Cambridge
Bertha Selina Clarke, 10, sister-in-law, scholar, b Cambridge
(7): William Hunt, 40, slater journeyman, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 46, b London
Charlotte Gray, 20, step-daughter, stay maker, b Cambridge
(8): Julia Deeks, 20, deserted by husband, tailoress, b Clare, Suffolk
Ada, 3, b Burt St Edmunds
Beatrice, 3, b Cambridge
Martha, 2 months, b Cambridge
(9): Charles Carter, 50, painter master, b Landbeach
Eliza, 50, college bedmaker, b Cambridge
James Bennett, 27, son, warehouseman in printing works, b Cambridge
Mary Ann, 28, daughter-in-law, b Cambridge
(10): William Allen, 30, railway engine driver, b Cambridge
Emma, 30, b Cambridge
William Robert Charles, 6, scholar, b Cambridge
Arthur, 2, b Cambridge
(11): Charlotte Maria, Dant, 22, supported by husband, b Bottisham
Charles, Harry, Dant, 2, b Cambridge
NB husbands whereabouts given but illegible
(12): 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
(13): Thomas Elbourn, 35, coal porter, b Little Shelford
Mary Ann, 29, collage servant, b Trumpington
Ann, 12, scholar, b Cambridge
Cate, 10, scholar, b Cambridge
Florence, 8, scholar, b Cambridge
Mary Ann, 5, scholar, b Cambridge
Thomas, 3, scholar, b Cambridge
Caroline, 1, b Cambridge
(14): James Peters, 43, farm labourer, b Trunpington
Hannah, 33, b Coton
Frederick, 7, scholar, b Cambridge
James, 5, scholar, b Cambridge
(15): Mary Ann Muggleton, 76, widow, supported by son, b Stansted
Henry Muggleton, 47, labourer in corporate works, b Cambridge
Bertha Ann Golding, 12, granddaughter, scholar, b Granchester
(16): David Smart, 31, journeyman woodturner, b Cambridge
Sarah Ann, 29, b Great Swaffham
Eliza Ann, 4, scholar, b Newmarket
Ellen Louisa, 5 months, b Cambridge
(17): John Hayles, 33, scavengers labourer, b St Ives
Jane, 21, college bedmakers helper, b Fen Drayton
Frederick, 8, brother, scholar, b St Ives
(18): John Scott, 57, fly man, b Harston
Catherine, 55, college bedmaker, b Stapleford
Eliza, 20, shirt maker, b Cambridge
Edwin Arthur, 6, grandson, scholar, b Cambridge
(19): William Wing, 70, gardener journeyman, b Mildenhall
Sarah, 60, college bedmaker, b Kingston, Cambridgeshire
Sarah Ann, 30, dressmaker, b Cambridge
James, 21, clerk in college kitchen, b Cambridge
1881
(1): Emma Rickett, 57, widow, b Ickleton
Arthur G, 19, railway goods porter, b Cambridge
George, 15, gentleman’s servant, b Cambridge
Alice, 13, scholar, b Cambridge
Louisa, 10, scholar, b Cambridge
Martha L, 6, scholar, b Cambridge
(2): Jessy Thornhill, 55, occupier, dressmaker, b Cambridge
Annie Stephens, 17, boarder, domestic servant unemployed, b Chesterton
(3): William Thurlow, 44, widower, agent, b Haddenham
Hannah M, 11, scholar, b Cambridge
Annie Eliza, 8, scholar, b Cambridge
James R, 6, scholar, b Cambridge
(4): Selina Read, 24, wife, painter and glaziers wife, b Cambridge
Archibald J W, 4, b Brixton, London
Lilian A, 2, b Brixton
John Taylor, 22, lodger, glazier and painter, b Haddenham
Agnes Taylor, 21, b Cambridge
Millicent Taylor, 1, b Cambridge
NB Selina described as wife but no husband present
(5): Edward Cooper, 40, gardener, b Little Shelford
Martha H, 41, gardeners wife, b Cambridge
Ellen, 11, scholar, b Cambridge
Selina, 8, scholar, b Cambridge
Edith, 5, scholar, b Cambridge
(6): William Smith, 26, dairyman’s assistant, b Suffolk
Elizabeth, 25, b Great Chesterford
Edward R, 3, b Cambridge
(7): William Hunt, 49, slater, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 55, b London
(8): William Elbourne, 48, widower, railway coke man, b Shelford
Eliza, 22, b Cambridge
Alfred, 16, soap factory assistant, b Cambridge
George, 13, scholar, b Cambridge
Thomas, 11, scholar, b Cambridge
Jane, 9, scholar, b Cambridge
Amy, 7, scholar, b Cambridge
Susan, 3, b Cambridge
Mary, 3, granddaughter, b Cambridge
Sarah Satchwith, 36, boarder, vegetable cook at college, b Cambridge
Jane Satchwith, 3, boarders daughter, b Cambridge
(9): Charles Garden, 61, painter, b Landbeach
Eliza, 62, painters wife, b Cambridge
(10): William Allen, 39, railway engine driver, b Cambridge
Emma, 38, b Cambridge
William R E, 16, grocers assistant, b Cambridge
Arthur, 12, scholar, b Cambridge
Herbert A, 8, scholar, b Cambridge
Horace C, 5, b Cambridge
Frederick A, 2, b Cambridge
(11): William Rigarsford, 33, fireman an railway engine, b Lambeth
Mary, 29, b Cambridge
Kate, 8, scholar, b Chelsea
William, 2, b Cambridge
(12): Harry Alderton, 26, bricklayers labourer, b Cambridge
Emma, 27, bedmakers assistant, b Bourne
Harry, 3, scholar, b Cambridge
Walter J, 1, b Cambridge
(13): Mary Harrison, 73, widow, occupier, formerly nurse, b Bottisham
(14): James Peters, 53, labourer, b Trumpington
Hannah, 41, b Coton
Frederick W, 16, printer, b Cambridge
James E, 11, scholar, b Cambridge
Ernest A, 8, scholar, b Cambridge
Harry, 2, b Cambridge
George, 1, b Cambridge
(15): Mary Muggleton, 82, widow, formerly cook, b Stansted
Harry, 55, labourer, b Cambridge
Bertha Golding, 22, granddaughter, b Granchester
(16): Fanny Apthorpe, 48, widow, laundress, b Newnham
(17): Mary King, 66, occupier, charwoman, b Bedfordshire
(18): Charles Barker, 32, college servant, b Cambridge
Harriet, 32, college servant, b Cambridge
Charles, 7, scholar, b Cambridge
John Scott, 69, widower, father, b Hauxton
Annie Cambridge, 14, servant, general domestic servant, b Cambridge
(19): Sarah Mason, 43, widow, occupier, dressmaker, b Hemingford
Marie Goodwin, 37.sister, cook, b St Ives
Minnie Goodwin, 3 months, niece, b Cambridge
Henry J Wallis, 22, boarder, gardener, b Thriplow
1891
(1): Emma Rickett, 66, widow, laundress, b Ickleton
William C E Rickett, 15, grandson, railway clerk, b Cambridge
(2): Daniel Charles, 74, pensioner, b Cambridge
Hannah, 73, b Cambridge
Arthur, 43, painter, b Cambridge
(3): Herbert James Clark, 33, carman, b Cambridge
Harriet M, 24, b Cambridge
(4): George Walter Ransom, 30, printer machinist, b Cambridge
Alice Matilda, b Cambridge, (no age given)
Arthur Walter, 1, b Cambridge
(5): George Theodore Crook, 33, gardener, b Gamlingay
Emma, 34, b Huntingdonshire
Laura, 7, b Huntingdonshire
Herbert, 5, scholar, b Swaffham Bulbeck
Lizzie Sewell, 20, boarder, general servant, b Huntingdonshire
Annie B Sewell, 2months, b Cambridge
(6): John Ebouren Raynor, 61, labourer, b Trumpington
Susan, 59, b Trumpington
William John Taylor, 41, lodger, carpenter, b Norfolk
(7): Elizabeth Hunt, 61, widow, shopkeeper, b London
Maude Alice Gates, 17, lodger, milliner, b Cambridge
(8): Charles Mole, 27, railway servant, b Granchester
Eliza Sarah, 32, b Cambridge
Ellen, 5, scholar, b Cambridge
Walter Charles, 3, scholar, b Cambridge
Sarah Satchworth, 42, lodger, college servant, b Cambridge
Mary Ann Elbourn, 13, b Cambridge
(9): George Willis, 27, journeyman baker, b Bedfordshire
Sarah, 24, b Cambridge
Ethel S, 4, b Luton
George Henry, 2, b Luton
Edith Sarah, 1 month, b Cambridge
(10): George Elbourn, 23, baker, b Cambridge
Alice, 23, b Orwell
(11): William Elbourn, 58, widower, railway servant, b Little Shelford
Sarah Ann, 27, housekeeper, b Cambridge
Thomas, 20, plumber, b Cambridge
Susan, 13, scholar, b Cambridge
Julia Smith, 24, visitor, dressmaker, b Cambridge
(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
(No 2 Providence Cottages): Arthur Halls, 38, college servant, b Suffolk
Ann, 35, b Hampshire
Elizabeth, 5, b Hertfordshire
Alexander, 4, b Hertfordshire
Edith May Dockwell, 12, servant, general servant, b Shelford
Susannah Halls, 62, visitor, b Suffolk
(14): Josiah Rawlinson, 54, upholsterers porter, b Pampisford
Ellen, 35, b Dry Drayton
James, 26, drapers porter, b Trumpington
Elizabeth, 24, dressmaker, b Trumpington
William, 21, drapers porter, b Cambridge
(15): William Wells, 30, gardener, b Littleport
Sarah, 34, b Little Eversden
Agnes, 9, scholar, b Waterbeach
William, 8, scholar, b Cambridge
Frances, 5, scholar, b Cambridge
1901
1 Emma Rickett
Emma J, laundress
2 William Surrey, waiter
Elizabeth, 51, b Waterbeach
John B, 17, stationers shop assistant, b Cambridge
3: Charles J Capon, 25, club waiter, b London
Edith M, 23, b Cambridge
William G, 1, b Cambridge
Grace E, 4 mos, b Cambridge
4: Edwin Cook, 24, college servant,
Louisa, 24,
Edith, 3,
Grace, 11 mos,
William, 47, father, widower, warehouseman packer,
Sidney Gawthorp, 24, cook, visitor,
5: Frederick Keely, 45, cab driver, b Norfolk
Emily, 35, b Dullingham
6: Martha Glasscock, 62, dressmaker, b Cambridge
Sarah Wallis, boarder, 51, housekeeper, b Brighton
7: George W Kitson, 26, cabinet maker, b Cambridge
Sarah M, 24, b Cambridge
Lily L, 6, b Cambridge
Dorothy E, 4, b Cambridge
Elise May, 2, b Cambridge
William G, 9 mos, b Cambridge
8: Patrick J Hannen, 35, hawker and pedlar, b Cambridge
Betsy, 34, b Lancs
Patrick E, 6, b Wales
Annie E, 3, b Cambridge
John, 1, b Cambridge
9: Janet McMaster, 75, living on own means, b Scotland
10 Charles Mole, railway porter
Eliza
Walter C
Sarah Satchworth, lodger, 53, college servant, b Cambridge
Percy H Elborn, grandson
11 Henry A Bradford, 53, painter, b Cambridge
Bertha, 42, b Cambridge
Herbert N, 9, b Cambridge
Percy H, 7, b Cambridge
Florence M, 14, b Cambridge
Ellen Maud, 11, b Cambridge
12 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
13 Henry Polendine, 62, hospital porter, b Cambs
Jane, 63, b Cornwall
Alfred, 21, railway parcels porter, b Cyprus
14 Josiah Rowlinson, 64, gardener, b Pampisford
Ellen
William, 31, drapers porter, b Cambridge
Herbert Marshall, visitor, 33, gardener, b Trumpington
Elizabeth Marshall, visitor, 33, dress maker, b Trumpington
15 William P Wells, 40, gardener, b Littleport
Sarah, 44, b Cambs
Agnes M A, 19, b Waterbeach
William J, 18, railway engine cleaner, b Cambridge
Frances C, 14, b Cambridge
George Parcel, boarder, 25, baker, b Cambridge
1911:
1 Emma Rickett, 86, widow, b Ickleton
Emma Jane, 47, b Cambridge
2 William Surrey, 67, college carver [waiter], b Childerditch
3: Susan Parfey, 76, widow, b Cambridge
Elsie Ashberry, 19, b Cambridge
Bessie Ashberry, 18, b Cambridge
4: Victor Fredrick Ostler, 33, house decorator, b London
Myria Ostler, 37, b Suffolk
Fredrick Charles, 2, b Cambridge
Dorothy Hilda, 8 mos, b Cambridge
5: James Maurice Sayer, 25, kitchen porter college, b Chesterton
Lily May Sayer, 29, b Newmarket
6: Charles Haggis, 33, grocers warehouseman, b London
Gertrude, 32, b Suffolk
Frederick Papworth, boarder, 48, fish merchant, b Cambridge
7: Harry Minter, 40, jobbing gardner, b Essex
Alice, 41, charwoman, b Cambs
Harry, 14, house boy, b New Cross London
Henry Harry Minter: [Spelt MINTOR on memorial] Private, 325449, 1st/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Killed in action 31st March 1918. Aged 21. Formerly 1971, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Born New Cross, Kent, enlisted Cambridge. Employed as a warehouseman by the Cambridge University Press. Son of Mr. H. and Mrs. A. Minter. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Panels 84/85. See also Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Guildhall. (St Paul’s Roll of Honour)
8: Thomas Willis, 76, retired coal miner, b Durham
Rebecca Hobbs, servant, 58, housekeeper, b Cambridge
9: George Stokes, 26, brewers labourer, b Cambridge
Annie, 26, b Essex
George Edward, 2, b Cambridge
10 Charles Mole, 48, engine cleaners foreman GER, b Grantchester
Eliza Sarah Mole, 53, b Cambridge
Walter Charles Mole, 23, engine fitter Norman cement co., b Cambridge
Percy Howcraft Elbourn, adopted, 11, b Cambridge
11 Mrs B Johnson, 48, college bedmakers help, b Lincs
Earnest Harvey, son. 20, oil man traveller, b Cambridge
Ellen Harvey, daughter, 15, servant, b Cambridge
12 William Henry Cook, 54, labourer cycle makers, b Cambridge
Elizabeth, 43, b Cambridge
13 Richard Aves, 34, farm labourer, b West Row Suffolk
Caroline Louisa, 35, b Girton
Winifred Maray, 7, b Cambridge
Herbert Frederick Seldrick, 23, lodger, brewer labourer, b Cambridge
Richard Aves: Private TF203346, 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action 17th April 1918. Born West Row, Suffolk, enlisted Bury St Edmund’s, resident Cambridge. No known grave. Commemorated on TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 113 to 115. See also Cambridge Guildhall (St Paul’s Roll of Honour)
14 William Rowlinson, 41, drapers porter, b Cambridge
Fanny, 47, b Oakington
Ellen Rowlinson, mother, 77, widow, b Dry Drayton
15 Emily Derby, 39, widow, dressmaker, b Aldershot
Vera, 16, servant, b London
Winnifred, 14, servant, b London
Pearl, 12, b Cambridge
William Hogger, brother, 28, showing blacksmith, b Cambridge
1913:
West Side
- Mrs Emma Rickett, laudress
- Mrs Parfey
- Harry Hardy, plumber’s mate
- Charles Henry Rye, cook
- James Maurice Sayer, college porter
- Charles Haggis, labourer
- Harry Minter, gardener
- Thomas Willis
- Henry Theaker, shop assistant
- Charles Mole, labourer
- Charles Arles
East Side
Providence Cottages
12. William Cook, cycle cleaner
13. Richard Aves, farm labourer
14. Josiah Rawlinson, porter
15, Henry Robert Bradford
1918:
Pte R Stubbings, reported to have died of wounds in Mesopotamia
1927:
- Elizabeth Rickett, Emma Jane Rickett
2. Henry Maurice Rockett, Edith May Rockett
3. Jack Elborn, Constance Elborn
4. Charles Thurlow, Alice Thurlow
5. Eliza Sarah Moule
6. Arthur Clark, Annie Clark
7. Harry George Minter, Alice Eliza Minter
8. Alfred Shipp
9. Charles Percy Thomas Haggis, Emily Gertrude Haggis
10. Edith R Gaunt, George Gaunt
11. Esther Blatch, Thomas Blatch, Betram Blatch
12. 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.
13. Caroline Louisa Aves
14. William Rowlinson, Fanny Rowlinson
15. Bertha Bradford, Percy Henry Bradford
1939
(1): unoccupied
(2): unoccupied
(3): Charles W Webb, b 1918, window cleaner
(4): Charles F Thurlow, b 1864, retired
Alice Thurlow, b 1875, housewife
Ronald C Thurlow, b 1911, cycle repairer
(5): Charles Mole, widower, b 1863, gatekeeper locomotive department, LNER retired
Dorothea Mole (Gentle), b 1913, silk spotter finisher, dry cleaning
(6): unoccupied
(7): William J Peacock, b 1916, postman
Ellen E Peacock, b 1914, unpaid domestic duties
Leslie F Bailey, b 1914, incapacitated
(8): Samuel Askam, b 1911, hospital porter
Florence V E Askam, b 1915, unpaid domestic duties
1 closed record
(9): unoccupied
(10): Laura E French, b 1912, unpaid domestic duties
Adelaide M Roberts, b 1916, unpaid domestic duties
2 closed records
NB both ladies described as married, but no husbands listed
(11): Margaret Jones, widow, b 1892, college servant
Margaret Juniper, widow, b 1866, unpaid domestic duties
1 closed record
(12): William H Cook, b 1855, retired packer
Elizabeth Cook, b 1869, household duties
Mary A Payne, b 1876, housekeeper
(13): Rose O Gibbs, widow, b 1887, charwoman
Rose E Gibbs, b 1914, cook
Ethel G Gibbs (Hart), b 1920, counterhand
(14): William Rawlinson, b 1869, drapers porter, retired
Fanny Rawlinson, b 1863, unpaid domestic duties
Jane Barker, 1864, unpaid domestic duties
(15): Charlotte Gilson, widow, b 1861, old age pensioner
Elizabeth Davis, b 1876, widow, daily cook
1944
Jack Overhill recorded in his diary 1.1.1944:
There was a terrible row in the street last night after I got to bed: Jess was up. A Londoner living in Terrace Lane wanted to fight an American who had walked into his house and put £2 down on the table. The Londoner was half-drunk and with much profanity bawled out that his wife wasn’t a prostitute. At times he spoke in a pitiful maudlin manner to his pal Stan, telling him the tale how he thought the American was counting his money: ‘Jist picture it Stan, us there quietlike and in’e walks say’n he’d been told goo to number 9 (his address) …….
1962:
12. Jas A Powley
13. Derek J Hodges
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